Mythical Luo, starting with the fox spirit

The fierce battle between the snake demon and the centipede monster ended, and the snake demon emerged victorious.

The snake demon held the flower-shaped treasure in front of its eyes, feeling smug and proud, its tail rubbing against the treasure with its twenty-four petals.

Within Yang Ping'an's spiritual sense, he saw the outline of a massive animal, quietly moving from the edge toward the snake demon's location.

Yang Ping'an was positioned directly opposite the giant demon, separated by the snake demon; the three were aligned in a line.

"I'll wait until the two monsters start fighting, then I'll seize the treasure." Yang Ping'an suppressed the urge to snatch the flower.

Yang Ping'an carefully observed the giant monster's movements. The monster slowly advanced along the edge of the battlefield, and as it approached the snake demon, it lowered its massive body.

With a whoosh, it spat out a spider web at the snake demon and pounced on the snake demon's head.

"Damn spider, get off me!" Caught off guard, the snake demon was ambushed by the spider spirit. It was knocked forward by the spider web and then pounced on by the spider. The snake demon's head was pinned down by the spider spirit, unable to move. Only its tail thrashed wildly, sending rocks flying and creating a series of booming sounds as it tried to shake off the spider spirit.

The spider demon pounced on the snake demon, its five spider legs firmly anchoring it to the ground, using its body to pin down the snake's biting head. The spider demon's pair of chelicerae tightly gripped the fleshy crown on the snake demon's head, the sharp fangs at the tips of the chelicerae piercing into the crown and injecting venom, while its tail sprayed out a large amount of spider silk, dominating the surrounding area.

Only then did Yang Ping'an get a clear look at the spider demon. It was about the size of two eight-immortal tables, with bone armor on its chest and back, and red hourglass-shaped patterns on its abdomen, one of which was a deep red line that looked extremely eerie. Its head was also covered with a chitinous exoskeleton, with thin stalks connecting the bone armor. Three of its eight spider legs with stiff hairs were broken off at the base, and only two of its eight basketball-sized eyes remained.

"Hiss~ Don't forget how your legs were broken? I'm going to break all your legs!" The snake demon cried out in pain, its tail whipping like an iron whip as it lashed out at the spider demon's three unprotected left legs.

"Ah, snake demon, die!" The spider demon's eyes were bloodshot, flashing with a resolute light. Even if it meant losing three more legs, she would inject all the venom into the snake demon's body.

Because in the previous battle between the three demons for the treasure, the spider demon was able to gain senses in the thick fog by weaving webs, and was therefore attacked by the snake demon and the centipede monster, suffering serious injuries.

Even though the spider demon had been hunting continuously for the past two days, absorbing a large amount of blood energy, it had only managed to maintain its injuries and prevent them from worsening. However, if the spider demon gave up this opportunity to attack, it would not have the strength to launch another attack on a demon king, and would also lose the chance to seize the treasure.

The spider demon traded injury for life, its fangs frantically piercing the snake demon's fleshy crown, almost breaking it off with its immense force.

"Crack!" The snake demon's tail whip struck its target, and three crisp cracking sounds rang out as the spider demon's three legs snapped off.

"Give me a break!" The spider demon plunged its remaining two spider legs deep into the bloody hole in the snake demon's body, securing itself in place. The spider demon's long legs were far superior to the centipede monster's short legs; the two-meter-long spider legs pierced right through the snake demon's body.

"Hiss~" The snake demon hissed in pain, feeling as if its body was about to break. In agony, the snake demon twisted its body wildly, raised its head to lift up the spider demon, and slammed its tail forward with force.

"Boom!" The deafening crashes echoed as the spider demon on the snake demon's head slammed into giant trees and rocks. The surrounding forest suffered another devastating blow; large swathes of beech trees were snapped and overturned, sending rubble flying and wood chips scattering everywhere.

While the spider demon and the snake demon were locked in a fierce battle, Yang Ping'an focused his divine sense, clearly observing the situation within a nine-meter radius around him. Carefully avoiding the spider webs on the ground, he slowly approached the treasure.

Long before the spider demon's sneak attack succeeded, the flower treasure had broken free of the snake demon's control and fallen into a nearby pit.

Yang Ping'an carefully discerned the booming sound and confirmed that the battle between the two demons was several hundred meters away. Yang Ping'an cautiously probed the flower treasure with his divine sense. Its flower had twenty-four petals, perfectly integrated, like a lotus bud about to bloom, pink and white.

After Yang Ping'an detected nothing amiss using his divine sense, he mobilized his spiritual power to pull the lotus out of the pit.

Yang Ping'an reached out and caught the lotus flower. It didn't feel like a plant to his touch; it was warm and smooth like jade. His magical power began to circulate rapidly, billowing his clothes and causing them to flutter loudly, pulling him back two steps. Yang Ping'an was quite surprised that his magical power was circulating at ten times its usual speed.

"Hiss~" The snake demon fought fiercely, then was injected with venom by the spider demon, which pierced through its body. At this moment, the spider demon's venom took effect, the snake demon's consciousness blurred, it let out a mournful cry, and then it could no longer hold on. With a thud, the snake demon's massive body crashed to the ground, blood flowing from its numerous wounds, staining a patch of soil red.

The spider demon was also severely injured in the impact. Of its two remaining legs, one was broken off at the base, and the other remained as a fragment. The spider demon's bony armor shattered, and its abdomen exploded, gushing out white, green, yellow, and various other colored liquids.

The spider demon endured the pain, using its fangs to pry at the ground and its broken leg to push backward, struggling to crawl towards the spot where the lotus had fallen, as it remembered.

The cratered ground after the war posed the greatest challenge to the spider demon. With astonishing perseverance, the spider demon would use its pincers to grit its teeth and crawl out of the craters each time it fell in.

When the spider demon, covered in dust and dirt, crawled to the edge of the pit, it was almost furious at what it saw.

It turned out that Yang Ping'an's two steps back had just stepped on the spider demon's silk.

"You little thief, put down the lotus flower in your hand!" The spider demon was furious. She had fought to the death, only to have the little thief steal her peach.

"Little thief? Are you talking about me?" Yang Ping'an held a lotus flower in his hand, and his divine sense was also enhanced. Through his divine sense, Yang Ping'an saw the spider demon's body covered in a thick, dark red aura, as well as a large number of souls trapped within it.

Among them were not only Taoist priests wearing the robes of the Yi Qi Dao Alliance, but also countless wronged souls of ordinary people glaring angrily at the spider demon.

"Hiss, who else could it be but you?"

"You little thief, obediently hand over the lotus, and Grandpa Demon King will spare your life." Even though she was severely injured, the spider demon still spoke arrogantly.

"Oh? Then I'll give it to you." Yang Ping'an stepped forward, pretending to give the lotus to the spider demon.

"Hiss~ Haha, you're just as stupid as the humans in the forest before. Grandpa was lying to you."

"Die, you little thief!" The spider demon saw Yang Ping'an approaching, opened its fangs, and pounced on Yang Ping'an with all its might, intending to poison him to death on the spot.

"Hmph! You spider demon are the one who is destined to die here." Yang Ping'an sneered, and swung his sword, the dazzling sword light slashing towards the spider demon.

Although Yang Ping'an understood that the chances of the Taoist guarding the city still being alive were slim, the spider demon's words undoubtedly proved that it had killed them all.

At such close range, the spider demon had no chance to dodge and was struck by Yang Ping'an's sword energy, flying away. If it weren't for her fangs and the bone armor on her head blocking some of the force, the spider demon would have died on the spot.

Yang Ping'an's sword almost vertically cleaved the spider demon in two.

"Ah~ you little thief, I curse you to die a horrible death!" The spider demon's last remaining eye was also destroyed by Yang Ping'an's sword. The spider demon stared at Yang Ping'an with its empty eyes, wishing it could devour his flesh and drink his blood.

"Whether I live or die is none of your concern, but you've killed so many people, you must die today."

"Sword Technique - Meteor Shower!" Yang Ping'an raised his sword again, formed a sword incantation, and mobilized the surrounding spiritual energy. A sharp, crimson sword aura shot towards the spider demon.

"I'm not reconciled!" With a deafening roar, the spider demon's soul vanished. The surrounding trees burst into flames, only to be extinguished by the remaining sword energy, leaving behind a huge crater from which wisps of smoke rose.

Holding the lotus flower, Yang Ping'an watched the spider demon vanish into thin air, and couldn't help but think of the idiom "the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind."

"There are trees in the garden, and cicadas on the trees. The cicadas sing sadly and drink dew on the high branches, unaware that a mantis is behind them. The mantis crouches down and crawls forward to catch the cicada, unaware that a bird is beside it." How similar this is to this battle!