The attacking monster’s eyes flickered, but due to the restraints of the rope, Mu Anxiao immediately caught its facial expression. At the same time, Shen Lü also noticed the expression on the attacking monster’s face. “She’s right, isn’t she?” he said, coldly eyeing the monster.
The attacking monster: “…” He lowered his head.
Seeing this, Shen Lü shifted his gaze to Mu Anxiao’s face.
Mu Anxiao continued to coldly eye the silent attacking monster and said coldly, “Tell me who your behind-the-scenes mastermind is. If you do, I’ll let you go,” she said, then turned to look at the other monsters staring at the attacking monster with her. “And you lot too.”
Upon hearing this, they all shifted their gazes to Mu Anxiao’s face.
Immediately after, Monster Number One sneered and said, “What makes you think you can let us go? If you wanted to let us go, you wouldn’t have captured us here. And,” he gradually transformed into a human face, “you don’t understand our suffering.”
“Exactly, what do you understand? You only understand how to brainwash us with sweet talk. What we’ve done has nothing to do with you.”
“Those people are not as fragile as you think. Even if their homes were destroyed, they could quickly repair them. You,” Monster Number Three became arrogant, as if finding support, “you don’t understand at all.”
“Were you ever human?” Mu Anxiao turned to look at Monster Number Three, who was speaking so casually.
“Human,” Monster Number Three sneered, “From the moment I was born, no one treated me like a human. Now you’re here teaching me principles of being human. Don’t you think you’re ridiculous?” He glared at Mu Anxiao, and similarly, his face also reverted to a human face.
Mu Anxiao remained silent, calmly observing the monsters who were gradually reverting to human faces. Then she turned to the attacking monster, who was showing a surprised expression, and asked, “What’s going on?”
Hearing this, the attacking monster snapped back to attention and looked at Mu Anxiao. “Their hearts are changing.”
“What do you mean?”
“What I mean is,” the attacking monster glanced at them again and continued, “you’ve successfully angered them.”
“They’ve all turned back into human faces, so how can you say they’re angered?”
“See for yourself,” the attacking monster said, lowering his head.
Mu Anxiao looked at the helpless expression that appeared on the attacking monster’s face, then looked back at the youths who were gradually reverting to human faces. She was stunned. “Why are they all boys?”
Before this, she had always thought there were both male and female monsters among them. At a glance, she was also taken aback.
Shen Lü frowned and also stared at them.
The attacking monster, hearing their questions and looking at the youths in the net, said in a low voice, “Do you really want to know who the leader is?”
As soon as Mu Anxiao heard this, she immediately turned to look at the suddenly speaking attacking monster and said coldly, “You’re really not their leader.”
“The leader said that as long as they turned back into human faces, I would have made a grave mistake. Now,” the attacking monster lowered his head to look at the green light restraining him, then looked up at Mu Anxiao and Shen Lü, and said with a wry smile, “Now I can only await punishment.”
“You’d rather be punished than ask me for help,” Mu Anxiao said coldly.
The attacking monster sneered, “You can save me? You…” He lowered his eyelids. “You’d better take care of yourself.”
“Take care of myself…” Mu Anxiao said, her brow furrowing slightly. “What do you mean by that?”
“What I mean is, the leader said that anyone who knows our secret must die.” The attacking monster said, shaking his head slightly. “Oh, no, that includes immortals as well.”
“You…”
“Our leader hates immortals the most,” Monster Number Three added.
Hate immortals?
However, Monster Number Three’s words made Mu Anxiao instantly think of Ouyang Ye. “What’s your leader’s name?” she asked deliberately.
The attacking monster sneered, “Why do you want to know my leader’s name? Anyway, as soon as you know the secret, you’ll die immediately. You…”
“Since that’s the case, then you should hurry up and say it. I want to see if I’ll die,” Mu Anxiao said, intending to interrupt the attacking monster.
The attacking monster was speechless for a few seconds upon hearing this and asked, “Are you truly not afraid of death?”
“I am afraid,” Mu Anxiao said, her brow furrowing slightly. “But, you’ve said it to this point. May I ask, is it useful for me to be afraid?”
Shen Lü frowned slightly.
Upon hearing this, the attacking monster immediately shifted his gaze to Shen Lü. “Let me go.”
“Trying to escape,” Shen Lü said in a low voice.
Then, before the attacking monster could speak, Mu Anxiao said, “Fulfill his wish, release him.” She looked at Shen Lü.
Shen Lü stiffened, then glanced at the monsters who were gradually reverting to human faces. After hesitating, he waved his arm, and the attacking monster was released. Then, he walked over gracefully.
Mu Anxiao calmly watched the attacking monster, not saying a word. Instead, she felt… she was about to uncover another secret of Ouyang Ye.
The next second, the attacking monster stopped in front of Mu Anxiao. “It seems you’re truly not afraid,” he said, staring at Mu Anxiao’s face.
Mu Anxiao clenched the large saber in her hand and calmly looked at the attacking monster staring at her. She said, “Speak. I think if you don’t say it soon, they’ll rush out.” As she spoke, she glanced at the monsters who were clenching their fists and glaring at them.
Seeing this, Shen Lü intentionally added another layer of protection to the net.
The monsters did not notice and continued to glare at them.
The attacking monster glanced at them, then turned back to look at Mu Anxiao. “The secret is…”
Unexpectedly, as soon as the attacking monster started speaking, the row of doors that had been closed was instantly blown open by the wind, and then Ouyang Ye appeared. “Xie Shou, you really can’t contain your temper.” As he spoke, strong winds began to blow in.
The next second, the fire was extinguished once again.
This time, Mu Anxiao, using the light from the large saber in her hand, turned sideways to look at Ouyang Ye.
Ouyang Ye pushed his palm forward, and then lanterns with lights flew in from outside and were hung on the beams. Thus, the dilapidated temple was once again illuminated.
Mu Anxiao did not pay attention to the lanterns. Instead, she calmly looked at Ouyang Ye, who was employing such tactics, and said coldly, “It was you after all.”
Upon hearing Mu Anxiao’s words, Xie Shou froze. “You know him?”
Hearing this, Mu Anxiao glanced at Xie Shou, then turned to look at Ouyang Ye, who was slowly walking towards her. She narrowed her eyes and handed the large saber to Shen Lü.
Shen Lü understood Mu Anxiao’s intention, took the large saber, turned, and left as a green light.
At the same time, as Ouyang Ye swung his arm towards the net, the net exploded. The next second, the spiderweb scattered like ‘willow catkins’.
Xie Shou was startled.