The wolf demon sneered, clutching the pill, and said, "I told you, Mu Anxiao is my nemesis. If she dies, I'll need a new nemesis. Of course, that's one reason, and another is... I don't like you, you ugly creature. If you take over Mu Anxiao's body, I'll feel uncomfortable." As he spoke, his fingertips began to glow red.
"No," the female demon soul roared, her eyes wide.
A wicked smile played on the wolf demon's lips, "This is the price of your arrogance." He then opened his hands.
The female demon soul stared in astonishment as the powder drifted away with the wind, shouting, "I'll fight you!"
The wolf demon sighed, turned, and plunged downwards.
Just as the female demon soul was about to follow, the underworld official in a suit suddenly appeared before her, "Your plan was quite good."
"Underworld official," the female demon's eyes widened. As she turned, several soul children blocked her path.
The underworld official in a suit looked at the children glaring fiercely at the female demon soul and said, "Children, you're all too tense."
The soul children remained silent.
The underworld official in a suit gave an awkward smile, walked around to the front of the female demon soul, and said, "Everything is resolved." He then presented handcuffs and clasped her wrists.
The female demon soul looked down at her suddenly restrained hands, saying nothing.
The underworld official in a suit, seeing the female demon soul's dazed expression, asked, "Do you have anything to say?"
"What is there to say? I usually plan for others, but I never expected this..." the female demon soul said, her eyes downcast, a bitter smile on her face. "To be planned by someone else, it's truly laughable."
"You know your fate, don't you?" the underworld official in the yellow suit said, making conversation.
The female demon soul looked up at him and said, "Isn't it annihilation? I was prepared for that long ago."
"It's good that you have such resolve," the underworld official in the suit replied, then looked at the soul children, "Let's go."
"Alright," they said in unison.
Then, they vanished into the air.
On the street, Mu Anxiao looked up at the sky and asked, "Is it done yet?"
Feng Qishi glanced at Mu Anxiao and said, "It should be done, right?"
"Can you look up?" Mu Anxiao said, glancing back at Feng Qishi.
Feng Qishi grinned and obediently tilted his head up, watching the dissipating demonic energy in the sky. "That female demon soul has probably been captured."
"Not 'probably,' she has been captured."
Hearing this, Feng Qishi and Mu Anxiao both looked down at the little subordinate emerging from the ground.
"Where is the wolf demon?" Mu Anxiao asked.
The soul child didn't fully emerge, still just his head visible, saying, "He went to find Hu Yuan. He said you don't need to worry about him. He'll appear on the day we leave."
"Understood," Mu Anxiao nodded.
Then, Feng Qishi stepped on the little subordinate's head.
Mu Anxiao looked helplessly at Feng Qishi's childish action and asked, "Are you sick?"
Feng Qishi removed his foot, ignored Mu Anxiao, and crouched down, gently patting the little subordinate's head. "It's this exact feeling," he narrowed his eyes. "For so long, you were hiding underground. I was wondering why I couldn't find you."
"You only just realized?" the little subordinate said, looking up.
"Hmph, so if that's the case, I actually found you then," Feng Qishi said, placing his hand on the little subordinate's head.
"The game is over, it's probably no fun for you to do this," Mu Anxiao said helplessly to Feng Qishi.
Feng Qishi looked up at Mu Anxiao and said, "You don't understand this feeling."
Mu Anxiao snorted, "I really don't."
The little subordinate chuckled, "Either way, you lost. No matter how much you say, it's useless." With that, he left.
Feng Qishi stared at the now flattened ground, stood up with a cold snort, and asked, "Silly Mu, when are we leaving?"
"It's still a few days before a month is up. For these few days, let's just leave it as it is," Mu Anxiao said, turning and walking away.
Feng Qishi followed Mu Anxiao and asked, "If the wolf demon enters Hu Yuan's body, then he'll be resurrected. Are you really okay with that?"
Mu Anxiao walked and said, "Hu Yuan agreed to it himself. Besides, if we stop him, he'll go on to harm others. Rather than that, I might as well turn a blind eye."
"You think very positively," Feng Qishi couldn't help but sigh.
"You think too much," Mu Anxiao retorted.
Feng Qishi couldn't help but smile, "You can even retort now. You're really something, silly Mu."
Mu Anxiao ignored him and continued walking forward.
Feng Qishi, however, continued to follow and talk.
At the foot of Hu Yuan's bed, the short demon and the large-headed fat demon stood behind the wolf demon, extending their hands to channel demonic energy into the wolf demon's soul.
The wolf demon closed his eyes and said, "A little is enough."
"No," the short demon frowned.
The wolf demon knew that the short demon and the others were doing this to give Hu Yuan more healthy time, so he remained silent.
Hu Yuan, with his eyes half-open, asked, "Where is the female demon?"
The wolf demon slowly opened his eyes, looked at Hu Yuan, and said, "She has been subdued. If all goes well, you can reincarnate now."
"Thank you," Hu Yuan managed a weak smile.
The wolf demon smiled, "Since I became a demon, the good deeds I've done are few and far between. This is perhaps the greatest good deed I've done, but it has also brought me benefits."
Hu Yuan remained silent.
The wolf demon, with a lingering sense of unease, asked, "You won't lie to me, will you?"
Hu Yuan pursed his dry lips and said, "I'm not lying to you. It's just that I'm getting weaker and weaker."
"You'll have strength soon. Rest well," the wolf demon said calmly.
Hu Yuan nodded subtly and closed his eyes.
A few minutes later, the short demon and the large-headed fat demon simultaneously withdrew their hands.
"Done?" the wolf demon asked, opening his eyes.
"Yes, you can go now," the short demon nodded and said.
Hearing the short demon's weak voice, the wolf demon frowned and turned to ask, "Did you give me most of the demonic energy from your bodies?" He looked at the large-headed fat demon.
"We're about to be punished, so that demonic energy is useless to us anyway. You helped us, and we gave it to you; it's not a loss," the short demon said.
The wolf demon looked at the two who had given him demonic energy with deep emotion and said softly, "I will definitely fulfill your master's wish, you can rest assured."
"Mm," they both nodded.
The wolf demon turned to look at Hu Yuan, who had opened his eyes, and said, "I'm coming."
"Okay," Hu Yuan nodded.
The wolf demon took a deep breath, turned, and transformed into a red light, flying into Hu Yuan's body.
After a short while, Hu Yuan woke up.
Inside Hu Yuan's body, the wolf demon asked, "How do you feel?"
"My body feels much better, I have strength," Hu Yuan said, using his elbow to push himself up to a sitting position.