"Alright, I'm going to rescue those who were captured anyway. I can help you deal with that snake demon on the way, but you have to cooperate with me."
"How should I cooperate?"
"I'll first take out the lamp you're parasitized in. Then you let go of the people you captured. After that, I'll take your lamp and go find the snake demon. He wants your power so badly. When he finally gets you, he'll surely be overjoyed and let his guard down. That's when I'll strike and kill him."
Seize the opportunity when your enemy is vulnerable.
That's what the third senior brother taught her.
No matter what kind of creature it is, when its emotions fluctuate too much, it's at its weakest in willpower and least vigilant. Striking at this moment will yield twice the result with half the effort.
Niannian had already secretly prepared to shatter the idol in front of her.
As long as the other party disagreed, she'd immediately smash the idol and take out the lamp inside. No matter what, she'd send the spirit a set of "soul annihilation package".
But if the spirit agreed,
This would be a mutually beneficial deal.
"Fine. After I help you, can you spare me? I just want freedom."
Even at this moment, the spirit still tried to struggle.
"Absolutely not. You've killed a lot of people. Moreover, I don't have to avenge you, nor do I have to kill that demon. I could even just take your main body and exchange it with him. He probably wouldn't mind trading the lives of a few ordinary mortals for yours."
Niannian refused very firmly. Don't think she was easy to deceive just because she was young. She wasn't the five - year - old kid she used to be. She was six this year!
The spirit couldn't refute at all.
Liars, all of them were big liars.
Wasn't it said that human women and kids were softer - hearted and easiest to deceive?
She was so pitiful, being harmed like this and imprisoned here for so long.
Why couldn't they spare her?
Was what she asked for too much?!
All she had ever asked for was just freedom.
Sigh...
It was more cost - effective to take someone down with her before she died.
"Okay, I agree. Anyway, I can't escape death. Don't destroy my idol. Go around to the back of the idol. There's a groove under the table. Press it and you'll see my lamp."
After staying in the idol for so long,
The spirit had already been connected to the idol.
If the idol was violently destroyed, she would also suffer certain injuries.
She didn't want to be injured again and again before her dissipation.
Niannian followed her instructions and walked around to the back of the idol. She groped under the table and soon found a medium - sized groove.
It was well - hidden. If she hadn't deliberately searched, she really wouldn't have found it.
Niannian gently pressed it.
The back of the idol immediately reacted.
A hidden compartment slowly slid out, and inside was a beautifully and exquisitely carved glass lamp.
A green light was burning inside the glass lamp.
There was no lamp oil or wick, and the light flickered like a flame as the glass lamp swayed.
It was dim and bright intermittently.
This special candlelight had no temperature.
When she put her hand on it, it was ice - cold.
What was burning wasn't fire.
It was the spirit's main body.
"Now, we can go find that snake demon~"
After getting the thing, Niannian swaggered out of the shrine.
Just as she was about to step out of the city, the snake demon seemed to sense something and almost instantly appeared in front of them.
When he saw the lamp in Niannian's hand, his breath caught.
The desire in his eyes couldn't be hidden at all.
"Did you take care of her?"
"Not yet. I thought I'd give this lamp to you, so I didn't act."
Niannian never lied.
But not lying didn't mean she couldn't imply something.
That's exactly what she thought: bring out the lamp, give it to him, and then kill him.
But to the snake demon, it sounded like Niannian was going to give the lamp to him to deal with.
The snake demon was extremely happy.
Since these two humans entered the city, he hadn't left.
Originally, he planned to seize the opportunity to devour the remaining power of the spirit as long as he noticed any movement.
He would devour as much as he could.
But he never expected that the whole lamp would be delivered right in front of him.
It was like a pie falling from the sky.
He reached out to take it, but Niannian slightly sidestepped to avoid him.
The snake demon's eyes showed impatience and confusion as he asked, "Didn't you say it was for me?"
"But you promised to save the people! You can't go back on your word. Do you think you can deceive me just because I'm young?"
Niannian hugged the lamp tightly in her arms.
She looked as if she would smash the lamp directly if he dared to grab it.
Seeing the thing he wanted most right in front of him,
The snake demon certainly wouldn't let Niannian destroy the lamp as originally planned and absorb the remaining power that could only be captured at the moment of its dissipation.
He wanted it all.
His greedy nature was aroused, and the snake demon became very easy to talk to.
But he didn't forget the story he had made up before.
He quickly suppressed the upturned corners of his mouth.
"I almost forgot. I'll take you there."
After saying that, the snake demon immediately coiled up a dust snake and teleported Niannian and the others to a wooden board. Under the board was a cellar.
Digging a cellar underground? It's like nesting dolls!
The snake demon lifted the wooden board and motioned for Niannian to go forward.
Niannian walked over and looked down.
Sure enough, there were many people locked up inside.
The people locked in the cellar had their eyes closed. They seemed to be in a coma.
"Are they dead?"
Niannian frowned and pretended to ask worriedly.
She could tell whether the people inside were dead or alive.
"They're just in a coma. The evil spirit was afraid they would cause trouble or run away, so he cast a spell to knock them out."
The snake demon explained, but his eyes never left the lamp.
He was now completely focused on the lamp.
With the lamp, he didn't need these humans at all.
He didn't care if they left.
Moreover, he was afraid Niannian would notice something wrong, so he didn't dare to urge her.
He was almost there. It wouldn't hurt to wait a little longer.
"Thank you for leading the way."
"You're welcome. This is our deal, and it's what I should do."
The snake demon still maintained that modest and reasonable appearance, but the eager desire in his eyes was too obvious.
It could be seen that this demon didn't have much contact with humans.
He was smart, but not very smart.
He could hide, but not very well.
Are demons all so not very smart? It didn't seem so.
The ones she met before weren't this stupid.
Niannian nodded slightly, slowly took out the lamp from her arms, and gave it to the snake demon.
The other party eagerly took it into his hands.
He could no longer hide his joy.
He stroked the lamp. His expression didn't look like he was treating an enemy at all.
He looked like he was treating his most beloved lover.
Now that he had the lamp in his hand, the snake demon was too lazy to pretend.
He immediately wanted to absorb the spirit's power on the spot.
Taking advantage of the moment when he was breaking the wick formation, Niannian didn't hesitate to throw the confinement talisman hidden in her hand at the snake demon's feet.