At this moment, Xiaoxiao also quickly came to Wei Jie’s side, reaching out to pull at him: “Wei Jie, don’t fight with him anymore…”

But Wei Jie showed no intention of stopping, continuing to attack Dong Yuan, beating him without any ability to resist or fight back. However, the black scales on Wei Jie’s face were also continuously spreading and growing.

Between humans and gods, there was a world of difference. But between true human demons and gods, they could stand as equals.

At this moment, Wei Jie had become completely demonized. Even when Dong Yuan’s spiritual power struck at him, he could wave his hand to form a shield and easily dissolve it.

Dong Yuan was now suffering from occupying a mortal body. If it were his own original divine body, he wouldn’t have been defeated so thoroughly.

Seeing Wei Jie completely intent on tearing Dong Yuan apart, Xiaoxiao became anxious: No matter how bastardly Dong Yuan was, he was still the Heavenly Emperor’s son. If Wei Jie killed Dong Yuan, then Wei Jie would become an enemy of the entire heavenly court.

To suffer punishment for such trash immortal was completely not worth it!

At this moment, Wei Jie had fallen into a frenzied state. Xiaoxiao couldn’t let him continue descending into demonhood, unable to control his reason.

Thinking this, she leaped up and pounced onto Wei Jie’s back, shouting at him: “Wei Jie, control yourself! Don’t let demonic nature control you. This Dong Yuan causes evil in the human realm – the heavenly court will naturally deal with him. But you and I are both mortals. Killing gods is a grave crime!”

This time Wei Jie finally stopped, slowly turning his head to look at Xiaoxiao, his gaze fixed on her chin that had been reddened by Dong Yuan’s grip.

After Wei Jie finally stopped, Dong Yuan closed his eyes and stood in the water to regulate his breathing. Wei Jie’s several strikes had nearly made him vomit blood, almost beating his primordial spirit out of this recently possessed body.

He had to regulate his breathing to stabilize his primordial spirit. But just as his primordial spirit settled and he opened his eyes, what he saw nearly made his primordial spirit leave his body in anger.

Cui Xiaoxiao was embracing Wei Jie tightly, looking inseparable…

Remembering how Phoenix had always been reserved when with him, unwilling to completely belong to him, yet now she was so intimate with Emperor Ancient Flame’s reincarnation.

Dong Yuan’s heart felt like it was being sawed by a dull knife!

He had missed Phoenix for hundreds of years, but she had chosen another, falling in love with his mortal enemy! In the overwhelming jealousy, insoluble resentment mixed in – she had truly failed his deep affection!

As his thoughts raced, Dong Yuan glanced at the tunnel Tang Youshu had drilled earlier.

The soil there was soft – the most vulnerable part of this island…

Just then, he suddenly leaped up, rushing straight toward Tang Youshu and snatching the divine statue from his waist.

Dong Yuan knew that as long as he obtained that statue, he could reverse time and space. He could return to the distant past and cut off all possibilities of Phoenix choosing another!

He always acted quickly to achieve his goals, never possibly kneeling at his beloved’s feet begging forgiveness like mortal men.

When the divine statue was in hand, Dong Yuan flashed like lightning toward that tunnel, directly smashing through the hole and disappearing without a trace!

But his escape triggered the demon realm’s defenses. That breach was quickly repaired by more and more fertile soil, slowly arching into a mountain. On that mountain stood a blood-red monument with three large characters: “Zhangwei Mountain.”

This mountain firmly blocked the island’s only exit, making Tang Youshu stamp his foot angrily while holding the little white fox.

At this moment, seawater surged over completely, and they couldn’t escape for the time being.

Xiaoxiao looked worriedly at Wei Jie’s face, half covered with black scales.

But in Wei Jie’s eyes, Xiaoxiao was… disgusted and repulsed by him.

After the Demon Pearl from his previous life possessed him, this originally belonged to Wei Jie and merged with its true owner instantly. Many memories not belonging to this life’s Wei Jie poured into Wei Jie’s mind like a raging river.

He clearly remembered how terrifying the scales on his face would be. In the continuously flooding memories, those women who had once admired him looked at him as if seeing a mad python or snake, frightened and avoiding him in terror.

Just now, while fighting, he had also seen his face in the seawater’s reflection – truly completely different from his former handsomeness.

When he thought that Xiaoxiao would also flee in terror like those admirers in his memories, emotions of cynicism from his previous life surged over, making the black scales on Wei Jie’s face grow even more rapidly, with black, long claws growing from his fingertips.

He thought, since he was already a demon, why be a good person? If she fled, he absolutely wouldn’t let her. He would keep her firmly imprisoned by his side. This young woman was his unprecedented desire since childhood. No one who wanted to snatch her from him would be allowed!

Thinking this, he yanked Xiaoxiao into his embrace, and like Dong Yuan, gripped her chin tightly.

He didn’t like her being tainted with others’ scents – Xiaoxiao belonged to him! Thinking this, he couldn’t help but lower his head to kiss her face, driving away other men’s scents.

But when he lowered his head slightly, he saw Xiaoxiao’s bright phoenix eyes full of tears and towering anger…

He looked sideways at the waist-deep seawater, where the reflected face was hideous and evil, making even himself feel disgusted…

She had always loved beauty, even wanting to establish a Joy Sect to collect the world’s beautiful men.

But the handsome youth she once liked no longer existed. Seeing the unwilling, humiliated anger and tears in her eyes, his already demonized and hardened heart twitched painfully for a moment.

He had always indulged her every wish, never bearing to let her suffer the slightest grievance. How could he now bear to let her be defiled by a “monster”?

Thinking this, the man covered in black scales slowly released his grip, involuntarily stepping back, quickly turning his head away, not wanting to look at the young woman’s face full of unbearable grievance…

But the next moment, his chin was firmly gripped by the young woman, forcing him to look down at her.

When he looked down, Cui Xiaoxiao unhesitatingly cupped his face with both hands, just like before, shouting at him: “You and Tang Youshu, not one of you is worry-free! In just this moment, how did you create so many problems? He nearly lost his life, and you went and got a Demon Pearl to possess you. Do you think you’re not becoming demonic fast enough? Why didn’t you leave just now? Now you’ve let that Dong Yuan get ahead!”

That familiar angry shouting suddenly made Wei Jie’s heart relax, and he asked quietly: “You… aren’t afraid of me?”

Xiaoxiao was too lazy to answer the man’s stupid question, only using her thumb to wipe the dirty blood from his lips. Her face was so close to his that he could even smell the fragrance from her collar, and if he lowered his head a little more, he could kiss her.

Wei Jie thought this and did so. When he kissed the young woman’s cherry lips fiercely and irresistibly like a hungry monster, Xiaoxiao unhesitatingly reached out to embrace his neck, deeply entwining her lips and tongue with his.

Xiaoxiao knew Wei Jie’s emotions were unstable at this moment. When he had retreated and avoided looking at her earlier, there was even undisguised inferiority in his eyes.

This reminded her of the man in her dreams several times, face covered with black scales, gloomy and withdrawn. That man had always been surrounded by loneliness.

Thinking of these things made her heart ache. Even though they were currently in danger, she wanted to first comfort the man in her arms, who was covered in black scales and hard armor, yet had fragile feelings.

Wei Jie greedily kissed and sought the young woman’s sweetness. At that moment, all gains and losses were healed by Xiaoxiao’s passionate initiative.

While the two were kissing, the black scales on Wei Jie’s face gradually receded, disappearing by more than half in the blink of an eye.

It seemed that in this life, although Wei Jie still descended into demonhood, he was ultimately not the same person who was alone and suffering in his previous life. His control over the demonic nature within him was much stronger.

It was no longer demonic nature controlling him, but he could harness demonic nature for his use.

Seeing that he could finally control his demonic nature, Xiaoxiao’s heart also relaxed.

At this moment, Tang Youshu was standing in the water holding the listless little white fox, looking at each other with several fox clan members.

Because it wasn’t appropriate to interrupt his master’s intimacy with Xiaoxiao, Tang Youshu was almost anxious enough to pace in circles.

But the water was almost up to their necks – they had to interrupt! So he held the little white fox high above his head and shouted with effort: “Master, Master, this island is sinking fast, and that tunnel is blocked by the mountain. What should we do?”

Xiaoxiao pointed at the suddenly appeared Zhangwei Mountain and said, “Let’s go up the mountain to avoid the water first.”

That mountain was already about a hundred zhang high. There were even stone steps on the mountain, but after walking a few steps, they immediately discovered something strange – the white stones under their feet looked more like piles of white bones!

Just then, Lady Fu’s voice rang out in the air again.

“I originally thought the world was cold and hearts were fickle, with no true feelings left. I didn’t expect you to perform such touching romantic drama in this life-or-death place! I should congratulate you – after all, you lovebirds dying together won’t be lonely!”

At this point, Lady Fu’s voice suddenly turned sinister: “The piles of white bones under your feet are precisely the bones of the demon clan who died tragically in the demon city back then. Phoenix, you used demon clan blood and bones to establish your great achievements. Heaven, making your reincarnation come here is your retribution!”

Just then, something seemed to be breaking through the earth on this mountain. It turned out that several demon embryos that had matured early were breaking out of their cocoons from the soil.

Tang Youshu, well-versed in various strange texts, naturally recognized these distinctively featured demons.

These demon clan members were demons from birth, and they all had a sharp horn on their heads.

The newly hatched ones that looked like large toads with sharp horns were called Yakshas, also called Water Yakshas.

They had once been the vanguard, charging ahead when the demon clan fought against the heavenly realm.

They were even more ferocious and powerful than ordinary humanoid demons.

Due to some heavenly balance, Water Yakshas reproduced in small numbers during peaceful times for the demon clan, but once the demon clan fell into danger, these Water Yakshas would multiply exponentially.

Seeing the Water Yakshas, Xiaoxiao finally understood why Lady Fu had deliberately raised the seawater.

As the name suggests, Water Yakshas loved water greatly. Once in water, they seemed to dissolve into it, becoming invisible and formless, able to suddenly appear anywhere in the water at any time, almost impossible to detect.

As the flood gradually rose and was about to submerge the small island, once the island was underwater, the Water Yakshas could attack them at will without being detected.

Sure enough, these demons all jumped into the continuously rising seawater and quickly dissolved into the blue expanse.

But once in the sea, they would rapidly accumulate strength and soon launch thunderous attacks.

While they were on guard and searching, suddenly two fox clan members closer to the water screamed – two long toad-snake heads suddenly emerged from the water like sharp blades, piercing through their chests.

Just as they were about to fall into the water, Xiaoxiao shot out like an arrow, holding two silver talismans in her hands, striking the water surface without hesitation while barely saving those two fox clan members.

Where she struck, blue water flowers immediately exploded, accompanied by toad-like roaring screams.

Tang Youshu couldn’t help but be delighted: “Xiaoxiao, can your yin-yang eyes detect the invisible Water Yakshas?”

Xiaoxiao opened her eyes wide and looked hard. The fleeting shadows in the water were very obvious, and strangely, she could even predict where they would appear next.

After watching for a while, she suddenly said urgently: “Watch out, three are attacking from the northeast, two from due south. They’re preparing to surround and attack!”

With Xiaoxiao’s guidance, the Yakshas in the water were no longer as undetectable as before. But they moved too fast in water – just as Xiaoxiao pointed out their positions to Wei Jie, the next moment, the Water Yakshas had changed locations.

But no matter how they changed positions, Xiaoxiao could accurately determine their locations without error.

And strangely, when Xiaoxiao spoke, those Water Yakshas’ cries grew smaller and smaller, only swimming about restlessly and uneasily in the water.

Finally, they slowly emerged from the water, as if under pressure, crawling onto shore and prostrating themselves toward Xiaoxiao’s direction like ordinary people in worship, making rhythmic low sounds.

Just then, the long-disappeared Lady Fu appeared. Her face no longer smiled, only staring wide-eyed at those prostrating Water Yakshas, angrily shouting in a low voice: “A bunch of useless creatures, what’s wrong with you? Why surrender without fighting? Are you still the demon clan’s vanguard?”

It should be known that these Water Yakshas had always charged ahead even in battles against divine beings, preferring death to submission, devouring divine bones and blood, never showing cowardice.

But their current appearance was simply docile and tame, having lost the demon warrior’s fierce spirit!

Xiaoxiao was also puzzled. From this appearance, Lady Fu had intended these Water Yakshas as her trump card. Who would have thought these toads would become so humble? Was there deception here, or did these demons fear the phoenix protective spirits on her body and voluntarily surrender?

Lady Fu looked at those Water Yakshas bowing their heads in prostration, then stared at Cui Xiaoxiao with wide eyes, saying word by word: “They… are bowing to you?”

How would Xiaoxiao know who these big toads were bowing to? She just sniffed and innocently raised her eyebrows.

Lady Fu stared at Xiaoxiao and suddenly asked: “You could see these Water Yakshas just now?”

Xiaoxiao nodded: “I had a high fever as a child, then gained yin-yang eyes… You’re not going to try to connect me to that Phoenix goddess again, are you?”