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"Save them? With what can we save them?" the rat demon asked. "Will you Human Race, or the Demon Race?"

"Of course, we'll save them all," Shen Ji said.

His righteous and awe-inspiring tone made the rat demon realize that there must be a Human Race cultivator behind him! They demons would never speak like that.

"To be a demon, yet saved by Human Race, is worse than death!"

The rat demon's hatred for Human Race had overwhelmed everything else. He clenched the magic orb in his hand again, Demon Devouring emitted a dark glow, about to explode.

Shen Ji's pupils contracted, and his spirit sword instantly shot out, its boundless sword intent weaving into a net. He intended to use his own Sword Qi to block the power of the Demon Devouring explosion.

"Senior Brother!"

Xiao Tingyu panicked. Shen Ji was going to be seriously injured if he tried to block the force of the explosion. Didn't he think about himself at all?

Just then, a surge of Spiritual Qi spread out like a tidal wave, forming a blue Spiritual Qi that isolated the rat demon's Demon Devouring within the blue barrier, severing its connection with the Demon Power ball.

It was Saintess Liu Yu, Qiaoqiao, Wen Zhi, and others who arrived just in time.

This time, Liu Yu was on guard. She knew something was wrong as soon as she saw the rat demon's movements from afar. She immediately activated the Glazed Heart Method, and the entire cave was filled with surging Spiritual Qi.

She summoned a sea-blue scaled spear, twirled it deftly in her hand, and hurled it towards the rat demon!

At the same time, the disciples of the Glazed Sea quickly took their positions and formed a battle formation. Their weapons were ribbons, and several ribbons simultaneously wrapped around the rat demon's hands and feet.

The rat demon clicked its tongue, unleashing its Yao Qi, which was about to shatter the barrier of the Liu Yu when a flower branch suddenly appeared from the side, scattering petals like rain.

As the "Descending Flower Rain" sword technique landed, the rat demon froze, instantly wrapped up like a dumpling in blue silk. Looking down, the rat demon saw the little girl wielding the sword, her almond-shaped eyes bright and clear. Holding a white plum blossom branch, she declared righteously, "Rat demon, don't even think about torturing Senior Brother!"

Rat Demon:?

Shen Ji:?

He removed his invisibility cloak and called out in confusion, "Junior Sister?"

Qiaoqiao said, "Senior Brother, we all understand how you endured humiliation and hardship to lead the righteous heroes to the den of evil. You've suffered so much!"

Shen Ji:...

Junior sister, what kind of novels do you usually read...?

Qiaoqiao's words were so powerful that Liu Yu trembled, and she almost missed with her spear.

The spear pierced the rat demon's shoulder and instantly turned into a stream of water, without harming his bones or muscles. It passed through his shoulder blade and pinned him firmly to the spot.

The rat demon cursed angrily, "Despicable!"

Qiaoqiao tilted her head to look at him, "You want to detonate the Demon Devouring and kill everyone here. Compared to that, aren't you the more despicable one?"

The rat demon struggled fiercely, "You shameless Human Race, using demon blood and human flesh to refine pills, and now you want to kill me to silence me? How dare you call me despicable?!"

"Who said they were going to kill you to silence you?" Qiaoqiao said. "If they wanted to kill you, the Holy Maiden wouldn't have held back just now. Would you even have a chance to speak then?"

The rat demon sized her up. "What do you want?"

"Since you've managed to find this place, it means you know who's behind it all. Just identify these people, and we'll let you go."

The rat demon sneered, "How do you know I wasn't involved? Weren't you the ones who tried to capture me just now?"

He could see it clearly; the woman wielding the scale spear was right there by the high wall.

Qiaoqiao asked, "Were you involved in this?"

"No." The rat demon denied it outright. Although he was no good demon, he would never stoop to such a despicable act.

"I believe you," Qiaoqiao said earnestly.

The rat demon's heart skipped a beat.

Why shouldn't I believe you? You're the biggest scapegoat in this whole mess!

Qiaoqiao sighed, "[It was those people who created the plague using evil magic to refine pills, but they pinned the blame on the rat demon, cleared themselves of suspicion, and those people became the heroes who saved Envy Fish City.]"

[The rat demon not only bore the blame, but its fate after being captured was even more tragic. It was made into strips of dried rat meat, and finally boiled into water in a cauldron, leaving not even Root Bone behind, its remains utterly destroyed.]

Just as the rat demon was beginning to feel moved, he suddenly noticed three sympathetic gazes falling upon him, as if they were looking at a fresh corpse.

Rat Demon:...

He can still breathe!

Are these people out of their minds?

But the little girl said she believed him...

He hated Human Race cultivators because these cultivators always looked down on Demon Race, especially his rat demon clan, who were hated by everyone wherever they went. But the way Qiaoqiao looked at him didn't show that kind of heartfelt contempt and disdain.

Her dark eyes were like a mirror, reflecting whatever was projected into them, without any judgment or scrutiny.

His own shadow was clearly reflected there, and it was only himself.

The rat demon looked at her and said, "Okay."

"As far as I know, using mortals and Demon Race to refine various elixirs is a business, a business that has been conducted in secret, and many of the buyers are your hypocritical elders and venerables in the Cultivation World." The rat demon sneered, "The people secretly manipulating this business—"

"Demon, prepare to die!"

At the passage, Elder Liu rushed over and, without saying a word, transformed his whisk into a sword and stabbed it towards the rat demon's heart!

This fierce sword strike was about to take the rat demon's life!

Liu Yu was still distracted by isolating the Demon Devouring and couldn't stop it in time. Just when Elder Liu thought he had succeeded, he saw the agile little girl stand forward, her Law Treasure and sword formations radiating dazzling light.

She stood in the halo of light, smiling gently, "Elder, you're already so old, don't you know it's impolite to interrupt others?"

Elder Liu was furious: "You—"

"Even though everyone guessed you were involved, you don't need to be so quick to admit it, do you?"