I tried to kill the heroines of destiny, but they ended up chasing after me.

Upon hearing this, the green mouse replied without hesitation, "I'm already in your hands, how can I refuse?"

Seeing that the green rat was agreeable, Gu Qici smiled again and said, "Alright, I'll tell you now. Just like you said, you're in my hands. If you try to hide anything from me later, I'll slowly cut off your rat flesh and let you die in inhuman torture."

Upon hearing this, the green mouse dared not even imagine the scene and nodded hastily, but then seemed to realize something and quickly shook its head.

At this moment, Gu Qici looked at the green rat's frightened appearance and gradually began to understand: "That's right, you are very smart, but when you fought me, there were two things that you inadvertently overlooked, and it is these two things that have made you a prisoner now."

"Which two points?" The green mouse frowned, as if it couldn't understand at all.

"First of all, when you were controlling those four giant ratmen, you seemed to be intentionally or unintentionally attacking with your left hand, and even had a habit of deliberately avoiding your right hand, which puzzled me."

"But that's not certain. What if I prefer to use my left hand?" the green mouse retorted.

“That’s true, but after you transformed into the giant ratman, you became overly protective of your right hand. Even when I was clearly bluffing you just now, you hesitated to see if what I said was true. Although you acted normally, it’s just a pity…”

“Perhaps it’s because you’re illusory this time that you’re more concerned about the truthfulness of what I’m saying, or rather, you’re more concerned about your own life. As a result, your right hand keeps unconsciously moving backward. How can I not be suspicious of your behavior?” Gu Qici said.

Upon hearing this, the green mouse remained silent for a moment before sighing and saying helplessly, "Fine. You win."

"Hehehe." Gu Qici chuckled, then said, "Alright, now it's your turn to clear up my doubts."

But as soon as Gu Qici finished speaking, the green rat's eyes flickered, and it suddenly said, "You know where this place is? How do you get out? Is that right?"

“That’s right.” Gu Qici nodded, but did not deny it.

"Tsk. I'm sorry then, all I know is that this place is the world of the Mysterious Mirror, and almost everything here is an illusion. As for the rest, I don't know anything else," the green rat said.

"Hmm?" Hearing this, Gu Qici frowned and suddenly asked, "Illusion, then are you an illusion too?"

"Me? No, no, no. I'm the only real creature besides you," the green mouse quickly shook its head.

"Oh? How did you get in?" Gu Qici asked again.

……

Meanwhile, outside the Xuan Tian Mirror.

"Oh, oh, oh. I finally remember. This little mouse was an enemy of mine back then." The gray-robed woman said as if a flash of inspiration struck her when she saw the situation in the Xuan Tian Mirror.

"An enemy?" Xiao Gu Qi Ci asked in surprise.

"Yes. Back then, it came to me on its own initiative, saying it wanted to devour me and cultivate some kind of demonic art. But at that time, I happened to have something to do, so I sealed it in the Xuan Tian Mirror. I didn't expect that after so many years, it would still be alive. Indeed, rats have a strong vitality."

“I see…” Xiao Gu Qici said.

"I understand now. Perhaps it's because I haven't used the Xuan Tian Mirror for a long time. After so many world shifts, the Xuan Tian Mirror's own consciousness has become disordered. That's why Gu Qici was unintentionally transported to the little mouse's world by the Xuan Tian Mirror..."

"Huh?" Xiao Gu Qi Ci was still a little confused.

"Ahem. It's like an old man with presbyopia mistaking one thing for another... Do you understand?" the gray-robed woman explained in layman's terms.

"That's...that's quite a vivid analogy." Gu Qici was slightly sweating, looking a bit dumbfounded, but she quickly continued, "Then...what about that?"

"It's probably a side effect caused by the Xuan Tian Mirror's loss of consciousness. After all, this little mouse has been inside the Xuan Tian Mirror for so long, so the sudden appearance of a living person is quite an attraction for it," the gray-robed woman said.

"Alright, alright. This Xuan Tian Mirror really is an ancient relic. So what's next? What are you planning to do with it?" Xiao Gu Qi Ci asked again.

"What should we do? Now that we understand the reason, we naturally need to bring that person back. Anyway, it's about time; if she doesn't come back soon, we'll probably have to travel through several more worlds," the gray-robed woman replied.

"Sigh. This thing is really unreliable..." Xiao Gu Qici glanced at the Xuan Tian Mirror, then at the gray-robed woman, and sighed inwardly, "Just as unreliable as this guy..."

Gradually, after calming down, the gray-robed woman, with a hint of embarrassment, slowly extended her left hand and gently touched the Xuan Tian Mirror.

The next instant, the Xuan Tian Mirror emitted a burst of intense white light.

There are four people in this place right now, but to be precise, there are three people and one green rat.

"You old bastard, I already said it was an accident back then. Who the hell wanted to fight you? You picked the wrong person! You actually locked me in that broken mirror for so many years, causing me to lose so much of my cultivation. Have you no shame?" The green rat, which was about three inches tall, roared at the gray-robed woman the moment it emerged from the Xuan Tian Mirror, as if it wanted to "pour out" all the pain it had endured over the years.

However, the gray-robed woman merely glanced at her and said, "Alright, alright. I know all about your little schemes. If you hadn't been unaware that my cultivation had already broken through, would you have appeared before me back then? Besides, I didn't kill you. Locking you up in the Xuan Tian Mirror is a punishment for you."

"Punishment? I didn't do anything wrong, why should I be punished? You old bastard, how could you..."

"Hmph. You think you're being too kind by giving me face? If you keep bastarding, I'll lock you back in the Xuan Tian Mirror and make you suffer for tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands of years." The gray-robed woman suddenly interrupted the green rat's complaints, her gaze icy as she spoke.

This startled the green rat. It turned out that even when she was in the True Heaven Realm, she had to be humbled in front of the gray-robed woman. Now that she had become a Pseudo-Spirit Realm Perfectionist, she was naturally even more afraid. Her previous toughness was just an act. So, in the next moment, her little teeth started grinding together, and her fear was completely exposed.

"You...you...don't scare me, I'm not easily frightened, if you dare...come on then." The green mouse swallowed hard, seemingly trembling all over, but still managed to retort with "composure".

But after saying that, the gray-robed woman, still a little annoyed, grabbed the green rat's tail with her left hand without hesitation, and then walked lightly towards the Xuan Tian Mirror, as if she had really decided to do something.

"Hey, hey, hey. No. No!" The green mouse writhed in the gray-robed woman's hand, but couldn't break free. This caused her to instantly go limp, and she pleaded, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I was wrong. I was wrong, okay? Please!"

"Too late." With that, the gray-robed woman prepared to throw the green rat into the Xuan Tian Mirror.

"Wait." At this moment, Gu Qici, who was watching this scene, suddenly stood in front of the gray-robed woman.

"Hmm? Gu Qici?" The gray-robed woman was surprised and murmured. Not only her, but the green rat that had been caught and the little Gu Qici on the other side were also puzzled, especially the green rat, whose confusion was extremely obvious.

"What do you want to do?" the gray-robed woman asked directly.

“I think this little mouse might be very useful in the future, so I would like to ask... senior to give me this mouse.” Gu Qici’s eyes flickered slightly as she replied earnestly.

The woman in gray robes was an ancestor who had existed for countless years, so according to seniority, Gu Qici should indeed call her senior. However, she was also Gu Qici's first incarnation, which was essentially her own life, so Gu Qici naturally felt a little awkward.

Not caring about Gu Qici's embarrassment, An Ran suddenly laughed and said, "Purpose? Heh. What use can this little mouse be? Don't think that this guy will willingly become your servant. It's not such a good thing. It might stab you in the back. So I'd better throw this guy into the Xuan Tian Mirror."

"No, no, no. I wouldn't... I absolutely wouldn't. I'm not stupid. How could I possibly harm the person who saved me? How could I?" The little mouse denied excitedly, seemingly furious at An Ran's false accusation, and also seemingly hoping that Gu Qici would save it.

"Oh? Is that so?" An Ran raised the corner of her mouth and asked skeptically.

"Of course, you old bastard, don't be fooled by my rat form. When have you ever seen me harm an innocent person? As for the people I eat, they are either dead or enemies. Unless they are the kind of people who are determined to kill me, I generally won't take action. I swear on that." The green rat's small eyes darted around as it spoke very seriously.

"Hehe. Alright, alright. Don't pretend in front of me. I've heard a lot about the infamous Netherworld Rat. I've also heard about its heroic deeds of slaughtering hundreds of thousands of people in order to cultivate the demonic path. How could you hide such a thing from me?" An Ran said dismissively.

"That, that was just..." Hearing this, Green Mouse broke out in a cold sweat. She replied anxiously, "That was just an accident. You should know that back in the Imperial Demon Domain, I cultivated demonic energy with the Imperial Demon Ancestor. However, she mainly cultivated external demonic energy, while I mainly cultivated internal demonic energy. But who would have thought that cultivating internal demonic energy would be so easy to go into demonic possession? I made that big mistake when I was not in a clear state of mind."

"Hmph. Wrong is wrong. I won't allow such a dangerous element as you to reappear on the continent, so you'd better stay in the True Profound Realm." An Ran said coldly.

However, when Gu Qici heard their conversation, her expression changed. As if she had thought of something crucial, she suddenly raised an eyebrow and interrupted, "Wait. Senior. What's the deal with the inner and outer demonic energy you were talking about?"

Chapter 168 Internal and External Demonic Qi

This strange creature was a giant rat-man, but it was at least thirty meters tall. Although it had a human body, it was covered in rat fur, making it look even more terrifying than the previous ones.

Of course, the appearance of this guy surprised Gu Qici again, because the giant rat-man actually spoke in the next instant.

The giant rat-woman roared fiercely at Gu Qici, and to her, Gu Qici's figure was like an ant, so her voice was so loud that Gu Qici felt a booming sound in her ears.

At this moment, Gu Qici's expression turned cold, and he immediately flew to be parallel to the giant rat-man.

This caused the foreign object to pause in surprise for a moment.

"Die!" At this moment, the strange creature finally lost its patience and roared suddenly.

In its ferocity, it opened its bloody maw and lunged at Gu Qici, as if it wanted to swallow her whole.

Although Gu Qici was somewhat injured, she would never let the strange creature succeed so easily. Therefore, she got up and leaped over the creature's huge body to get behind it while dodging its attack.

Gu Qici was certainly not the kind of person who wouldn't fight back when attacked. Taking advantage of the moment, she aimed at the giant rat-man's neck and slashed it with her halberd. Instantly, blood and flesh splattered everywhere. If Gu Qici had used more force, she might have severed the creature's head. However, after the flesh and blood left the body, they turned into dead rats.

The pain immediately reached the foreign object's senses, which made her both angry and frantic. But it was only for a moment. The wound that Gu Qici had broken was completely healed in the blink of an eye, as if there had never been any injury. However, Gu Qici's perception was not weak either. She could tell that the foreign object seemed to have become shorter.

"I see." Gu Qici's eyes brightened, but she moved away again, seemingly distancing herself from the enormous creature. Then, Gu Qici looked at her carefully and said calmly, "You thought I wouldn't know you hid yourself with these rats?"

Upon hearing this, the foreign object that was about to crush Gu Qici with its left hand suddenly stopped, as if hesitating. Its expression showed some doubt and surprise because of Gu Qici's words. Then, it uttered a deep voice: "What did you say?"

Upon hearing the strange creature speak, Gu Qici was secretly delighted: "As expected, this strange creature is not very intelligent."

"You were afraid your true self would be discovered, so you hid it somewhere in this body, right?" At this moment, Gu Qici's eyes flickered, and she said softly, but her gaze was carefully observing the other party's huge body.

Gu Qici's words were effective. Upon hearing this, the strange creature unconsciously took a step back, and said with a somewhat flustered expression, "How did you know? No, it's impossible, you couldn't possibly know."

"Impossible. Fine, I'll explain it to you then," Gu Qici said coldly.

"Wh-what?" The foreign object took another step back, half-believing and half-doubting, as if afraid of Gu Qici's sudden approach.

Of course, Gu Qici saw this behavior, but she thought it was not the right time yet, because she knew that the other party was afraid because she thought she had discovered her true form, while she knew that she had no idea where the other party's true form was.

Therefore... it requires the other party to reveal their true colors.

"Indeed, you hid very well, and used ordinary rats to cover yourself. If others don't observe carefully, they won't be able to find out at all. But you forgot one thing."

"What little bit?" Hearing this, the foreign object seemed to have a bad feeling. In its tension, it actually moved its right hand slightly backward at this moment. But as soon as it moved, Gu Qici's eyes suddenly lit up.

Gu Qici smiled, concentrated her spiritual energy on the halberd in her hand again, and said, "So, that's your attack?"

"My attack?" The alien was taken aback.

But as she hesitated, Gu Qici acted without hesitation.

Therefore, this is the perfect opportunity.

Seeing that she seemed to have unleashed her spiritual power to its limit in an instant, giving the strange object no time to react, her figure had already arrived at the opponent's right side, and she swung her sword fiercely, slashing down immediately.

"This is your true form."

At this moment, the strange creature's expression changed drastically, but it was too late. Then, with a clang of a halberd, its right hand was severed by Gu Qici in that instant.

Gu Qici's guess was correct. Just as his right hand fell, a green rat panicked and scurried out of it. Once it came out, it didn't care about anything else, and without even glancing at the indifferent Gu Qici behind it, it ran desperately towards the direction of the previous void.

But Gu Qici had gone to such great lengths, so how could she let it escape so easily? Suddenly, Gu Qici waved her left hand, and the Emperor Halberd disappeared, turning directly into a string. Then, just before the green rat reached the void passage, it was suddenly bound up and tied into a dumpling.

Then, Gu Qici pulled Yi An hard, and the green rat was pulled to Gu Qici's feet.

In addition, the enormous body also crumbled, and countless rats that had not been killed, as if out of control, quickly scattered and disappeared.

"Wait, wait, wait." Seeing that Gu Qici had already pointed his weapon at him, the green rat suddenly spoke, looking weak.

Gu Qici paused, but didn't immediately kill him: "What? You have some last words?"

Upon hearing this, the green rat seemed to have a stubborn streak: "Hmph, I have no objection to killing me, but I want to be an informed rat."

"Oh? What do you want to know?"

"How did you find me? I know I hid perfectly. I didn't even hide the head, heart, or other vital organs that ordinary people would think of. Instead, I hid them in my right hand. But you found the location right away. I'm not convinced." The little mouse seemed a little angry and incredulous, its small eyes revealing a strong thirst for knowledge as it stared at Gu Qici.

Gu Qici was stunned when she saw the rat's behavior. She found it hard to believe that this creature was the same vicious and ruthless monster from before. However, despite her disbelief, Gu Qici didn't actually intend to kill it directly. Instead, she wanted to make a deal with it. So she smiled and said, "I can tell you, but you have to answer some questions for me. How about it? Do you agree?"

Upon hearing this, the green mouse replied without hesitation, "I'm already in your hands, how can I refuse?"

Seeing that the green rat was agreeable, Gu Qici smiled again and said, "Alright, I'll tell you now. Just like you said, you're in my hands. If you try to hide anything from me later, I'll slowly cut off your rat flesh and let you die in inhuman torture."

Upon hearing this, the green mouse dared not even imagine the scene and nodded hastily, but then seemed to realize something and quickly shook its head.

At this moment, Gu Qici looked at the green rat's frightened appearance and gradually began to understand: "That's right, you are very smart, but when you fought me, there were two things that you inadvertently overlooked, and it is these two things that have made you a prisoner now."