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As they spoke, a fierce wind roared to life, and a foul stench filled the air. The spider silk coiled along the cave walls surged out in full force, revealing layers of bloodstains that had been hidden beneath.

The reeking odor mirrored the intense crimson of the blood. The Everlight Lamp flickered erratically as a gust of wind swept through.

Chaoyan retreated several steps in disbelief before being knocked against the stone wall to the side.

"Damn it, this strike..."

She lacked even the strength to stand, lying limp on the ground like a dead fish. Trembling, she raised her right hand to point at Yinshan Ghost Mother. "It seemed careless, yet it hid a deep, internal force. The poisonous wind has already seeped into my internal organs. As expected of Yinshan Ghost Mother, you are truly vicious!"

Yinshan Ghost Mother: ?

She was actually narrating her own defeat? "As expected" my foot! She hadn't even used any real strength in that attack! What did she mean by "seemed careless yet hid a deep force"? It was literally just a gust of wind!

Ignoring the other woman's shocked expression, Chaoyan turned her head toward White Bone Lady, her voice as thin as a thread. "My Lady, you must eradicate this... return justice to the sisters of our pavilion... Ah! It hurts!"

Before she could finish her sentence, her head lolled to the side and her eyes closed.

She was out cold.

Yinshan Ghost Mother was stunned.

This bitch was definitely putting on a show! Could she be any more shameless? How could such a thick-skinned person exist in this world?

Yet, that idiot White Bone Lady actually believed her. Her pie-chart-like eyes filled with sixty percent rage and forty percent pity. Finally, she let out a sharp, cold cry: "You stole my essence and harmed my sisters—die!"

Yinshan Ghost Mother: F*ck.

With a great battle imminent, Yinshan Ghost Mother had no choice but to engage.

Layers upon layers of spider silk, each strand imbued with lethal poison and blood-red malice, poured down like a sky full of silver needles, aiming straight for White Bone Lady's head.

The beauty in the white dress cast a cold glance. Suddenly, skeletons manifested out of thin air behind and in front of her, like an army with a mind of its own, firmly shielding their mistress in the center.

A thousand spider webs knotted; white bones rose in smoke.

In an instant, the cave was completely overtaken by a blinding, snowy white, while the scarlet blood on the stone walls appeared even more viscous, heightening the grotesque and eerie atmosphere.

The vast army of white bones, all of whom had died miserably at the hands of White Bone Lady, swarmed forward with wails, their hollow eye sockets resembling bottomless abysses.

The original text had never detailed a confrontation between these two; after all, they were like the Calabash Brothers saving their grandfather—just one after another throwing themselves at the protagonist's party.

But according to the setting, Yinshan Ghost Mother's power was a cut above.

After all, she had been farming the "minion waves" of others' homes for so many years; if she hadn't developed by now, it would be inexcusable.

Bony knuckles tore through layers of spider silk, while the webs expanded into a massive slaughter, grinding the bone soldiers into dust.

The head-on clash between the two female demons never ceased. Amidst the white light and dark shadows, White Bone Lady spat out a mouthful of blood and was knocked back to the ground.

Yinshan Ghost Mother still had a bit of strength left, though she was far from being in good shape. She pulled a hideous, ghastly grin and wheezed, "Didn't expect this, did you? You piece of trash! Today is my—"

Before she could finish, she was struck by a sudden shock.

The little demon in the corner, who should have been unconscious, had actually opened her eyes and was staring at her with a hint of a smile.

"Chaoyan!"

White Bone Lady laughed heartily, "Quick, use the Shenxing Powder to get me out of here!"

This was the plan they had agreed upon: if White Bone Lady fell at a disadvantage, she would have Chaoyan use the Shenxing Powder, allowing them to escape in the blink of an eye.

That old demon of Yinshan thought she could finish her off today, but she would never have guessed that she still had an ace up her sleeve. Haha, didn't expect that, did you—

Suddenly, White Bone Lady's expression also froze.

The air was filled with a cheerful atmosphere, which was, for a moment, more than a little awkward.

They watched as Chaoyan reached up to her temple and gave a gentle tug.

That layer of skin actually peeled away, revealing...

Damn it! Why is it still that Sword Cultivator's face!!!

Ning Ning smiled gently and spoke the line neither of them had managed to say: "Haha, didn't expect that, did you? I prepared two faces."

Yinshan Ghost Mother felt as if she had been struck by lightning, like someone who had been swindled out of eighty million in an online romance scam.

White Bone Lady rolled her eyes and spat out another mouthful of blood.

What the f***, why.

Everything started a stick of incense ago.

She didn't know where those two junior brothers had gone, and if she wasted time looking for them, she might just alert the enemy. Now, the only strength Ning Ning could rely on was herself. If she wanted to win this round...

Wasn't there a White Bone Lady living on the top floor? In the original story, the protagonist group fought them one by one, but that didn't mean she couldn't play a little trick and make them fight each other!

White Bone Lady, a free tool, was just too good to pass up.

After eliminating the demoness Chaoyan, Ning Ning had effortlessly obtained the mask that looked just like her.

Besides that, she naturally couldn't forget that the demoness already had a Human Mask plastered onto her face.

With that, she had two disguises.

One was the Xuanxu Sword Sect disciple Ning Ning, used to extract information from Ghost Mother; the other was the demoness Chaoyan from Zhaixing Pavilion, used to gain the trust of White Bone Lady.

Once Chaoyan died, Yinshan Ghost Mother would surely notice and send other puppets to investigate—

However, Yinshan Ghost Mother knew this, while White Bone Lady remained completely oblivious.

Although there were two powerful Great Demons in the building, they were in a state of mutual opposition.

Even if Yinshan Ghost Mother discovered that her puppet had been killed, she would never tell White Bone Lady, hindered by her secret act of stealing essence and her unspeakable status.

She could only swallow her anger and manipulate her puppets to investigate slowly on her own.

Little did she know that at this very moment, Ning Ning had already tracked down White Bone Lady's lair.

As long as the information gap and cognitive dissonance between the two Great Demons were utilized reasonably, this scheme would pose no problem.

Persuading White Bone Lady was not a difficult task.

She was not Yinshan Ghost Mother; she could not use puppets to discern whether the person before her was real or fake. Since the identity of a Sword Cultivator was inconvenient for getting close, Ning Ning only needed to pay a visit wearing Chaoyan's face, then anxiously draw attention to the existence of Yinshan Ghost Mother...