Chapter 74: The Mantis Woman’s Prey

Even though Ye Cha knew Wang Li was not a good person, he had not expected to be betrayed so quickly.

While he still knew little about this demoness, her hostile attitude towards Wang Li suggested she was not like other female cultivators who shamelessly threw themselves at men. Ye Cha immediately understood that this demoness held no interest in men.

Perhaps, demonkind were only interested in their own race.

Human male cultivators simply weren’t within their consideration.

In that case, even if his face could charm any woman, it would be useless against a cross-species female like this demoness.

The most likely outcome awaiting him was to become a wrongly slain ghost.

As for hoping that Ke Qian, deep within the cave, would emerge to kill the demoness…

Ye Cha found it highly improbable.

The demoness had been present for a while, yet Ke Qian had made no sound. This indicated she was likely in trouble herself and unable to intervene.

This was truly dire.

‘How was he to protect himself from this ferocious demoness?’

“Men? Hmph, what’s there to see in human men! Don’t worry, I won’t kill you. In fact, I’ll grant you a wonderful marriage. The Mantis Women of the demon race are particularly fond of tender-skinned men like you. They taste quite delightful too.”

However, as Ye Cha’s mind raced with these grim possibilities, Bai Ling remained still, gazing down at Wang Li with a cold sneer. The words that then escaped her lips stunned Wang Li, sending his heart plummeting into an abyss.

Mantis Woman…

Just hearing the word ‘mantis’ immediately made Wang Li think of the insect’s habit of twisting off the male’s head!

If he were paired with a Mantis Woman, the thought of his head being twisted off by a demon filled him with despair. He mused that death would be far preferable to being tortured by a demon.

Yet, he couldn’t give up just yet; he still had Ke Qian as his trump card!

As long as Ke Qian emerged from the depths of the cave, no matter how powerful this hedgehog demoness was, she would have to flee swiftly and miserably. A spark of hope reignited in Wang Li’s eyes at this thought, dispelling his hesitation. He immediately turned towards the cave’s depths and shouted with all his might.

“Ke Qian, quickly save—”

Crack.

However, with the crisp sound of dislocated bone, Wang Li’s words were cut short.

The pain of his dislocated jaw brought tears to his eyes. He wanted to scream but could not utter a sound.

His body, weakened by the agony, collapsed to the ground. He stared at the demoness with extreme terror, wondering if he truly couldn’t escape this time.

‘No! Not now!’

He had just left the Lingtian Sect with so many unfinished tasks. How could he die so ignominiously at the hands of a demon?

“You wish to call for help?”

Perhaps it was the exhilaration of easily acquiring the scorpion egg, or perhaps Wang Li’s visible terror had successfully satiated Bai Ling’s sadistic desires. Regardless, she spoke with a pleasant mood.

Bai Ling regarded the trembling Wang Li with disdain, thinking how useless human men truly were.

He was so terrified by such a minor issue that he was nearly wetting himself. How spineless! He couldn’t even compare to a demon male’s little finger.

‘She wondered what human female cultivators were thinking, to relentlessly pursue such men, acting as if they would die for love. How pitiful, how lamentable, and how tragic.’

There were even women who squandered their entire fortunes just to earn a man’s smile.

Bai Ling utterly despised such women, deeming them ‘brainless.’ In her opinion, a man was just a man; there was no need to pay such a hefty price.

Even though Bai Ling was fond of demon males, she would be extremely reluctant to share her cultivation resources with them. This was precisely why Bai Ling remained single: her petty refusal to share resources.

Otherwise, with her cultivation level, finding a male within the demon race would be an effortless task.

However, considering that the King she served also had no companion, Bai Ling didn’t find her own single status strange at all.

Many in the world were single; she was just one more. Men would only hinder her cultivation speed. It was better to do without them!

“Haha, do you think I would have come here without any preparation? The cultivators inside the cave cannot come out for now. No matter how you struggle, you will return to the demon race with me and become the Mantis Woman’s bedmate.”

Bai Ling let out a cold laugh, then swiftly raised a hand and reached towards Wang Li.

Her palm, wide as a cattail fan, roughly seized Wang Li by the collar, lifting him from the ground as if he were a chick.

Wang Li struggled and resisted, but against Bai Ling, it was like an ant trying to shake a tree—utterly futile.

Upon hearing that Ke Qian would not appear, Wang Li’s fighting spirit instantly vanished.

He knew the situation was truly dire now!

“Wait, you can’t just take me away like this! I’ve been poisoned by a demonic cultivator. Even if you take me back to the demon race now, I won’t live for more than a few days. I might even die on the way!”

However, even with the slightest glimmer of hope, Wang Li would not give up.

During his struggle, he remembered his poisoning. Like a drowning man clutching at a lifeline, he immediately spoke to the demoness.

He was already poisoned and could die at any moment. Taking him back would be pointless.

‘Perhaps, if this demoness could cure his poison, he could then find an opportunity to escape on the road… Although the process would be incredibly dangerous, it was still a way out!’

Fortune favored the bold.

Now, with no retreat, he could only push forward.

“Poisoned? Heh, so what? I, Bai Ling, may not have many other skills, but keeping you alive by a thread is certainly within my capabilities. Then, I’ll feed you a few aphrodisiac pills, and all you’ll need to do is mate with the Mantis Woman.”

However, when Bai Ling heard Wang Li’s words, her subsequent remarks mercilessly mocked his naivety.

This extinguished the last flicker of hope in Wang Li’s heart; he knew he was truly finished this time.

After despairingly averting his gaze, Wang Li suddenly spotted Ye Cha standing by, observing the scene. Envy, jealousy, and hatred for Ye Cha surged within him, making him resolve to drag Ye Cha down with him, even if it meant death.

‘Why should only he have his head twisted off by a Mantis Woman? That despicable Ye Cha should also suffer the same fate!’

“And Ye Cha! Even if you’re taking me, you can’t let the other man go!”

Subsequently, upon hearing Wang Li’s shrill voice, Bai Ling’s curiosity was piqued after hearing Ye Cha’s name for the second time.

She turned her head to see a man wearing a bamboo hat veiled with white gauze, adopting a mysterious demeanor. This greatly displeased Bai Ling. She thought, ‘Catching one man is catching one, catching two is catching two. Why not take an extra one to make the Mantis Woman happy?’

This would also reduce the mortality rate of demon males, thus contributing to the demon race.

“You are Ye Cha?”

As Ye Cha heard Bai Ling’s unfriendly words, he silently sighed, knowing there was no escaping this time. However, there was always a way out.

“‘Do you want me to help you?'”

At this moment, Zi Linglong’s voice echoed in his ear, alluring and seductive.

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