"So, it's you!"
Mu Jinyu looked at the Le Le, exuding a cold, eerie aura, his pupils shrinking slightly as he said, "Then it seems, Li Yaotong must be dead, right? It has been you impersonating him all this time?"
"Yes," Le Le nodded.
Although he knew that Mu Jinyu was stalling for time, he was not at all afraid.
At this point, Mu Jinyu's shariputra was destroyed, Sheng Rulai's life-saving Buddha Beads were clamped on that mass of waste flesh, Reinhardt's Spear of Longinus had penetrated deep into the waste flesh, the Holy Blood on it had been washed clean by impurity, completely reduced to junk—they couldn't pose any threat to him anymore.
Sheng Rulai also knew that Mu Jinyu was delaying, so he frowned slightly and began to silently recite a spell, trying to control the Buddha Beads to return to him.
However, even though his murmured spell and the Spiritual Thought that diffused out clearly touched the Buddha Beads that clung tightly to the demon-possessed rotten corpse, the Spiritual Thought was like a stone sinking into the sea, unable to make the Buddha Beads expand and retract again!
Reinhardt was even more out of options, his only reliance for exorcising demons was the Spear of Longinus, which now could not be retrieved because it had impaled the Agglomerate Demon.
Even if he could take it back, he dared not, for he would have to face being encircled and attacked from both sides!
Mu Jinyu was still dragging out the time, waiting for Sheng Rulai to retrieve the Buddha Beads, not knowing Sheng Rulai's helplessness. He continued to ask, "Was this entire outbreak of dark chaos plotted by you and Li Yaotong? Why would you do such a thing?"
Not just to delay time, Mu Jinyu also truly didn't understand why Le Le, living a good life, became sick of it. Why would he instigate such events, plunging the world into chaos! Making countless innocent people across the world sacrifice!
Le Le laughed and said, "Simple, haven't you realized my purpose from the name 'Paradise Lost'? I indeed grew tired of living and found the human world worthless, so I wanted to destroy it!"
Mu Jinyu listened to Le Le's chuckling response, feeling a chill in his heart, not knowing whether he was joking, unwilling to answer his question, or whether he was truly insane?
"Alright, no need to struggle, I've explained very clearly, so you can go to the Underworld without being confused ghosts, you may be at peace on your way!"
"Swoosh!"
As the words fell, Le Le's brows twitched, revealing a sinister Demon Eye, then the other two eyeballs also instantly turned into eye whites with no pupils...
"Hiss hiss hiss!"
Le Le's clothes burst open, and two Bone Wings sprouted from his back!
His entire form began to undergo a great change, as if the dozen or so demons he controlled were all resurrecting!
Mu Jinyu, Sheng Rulai, and Reinhardt all began to be unsure of what to do.
Mu Jinyu bit down hard, trying to use his Ghost-Faced Demon to contend with Le Le.
However, the sound of eerie laughter and wailing went out but failed to affect Le Le at all.
Then, Mu Jinyu switched to another Faceless Ghost Mask, attempting to suppress Le Le. Although, considering the number of demons Le Le controlled, even if he could suppress him, it probably wouldn't be for long.
But if successful, it should allow them to escape from here, go back to make arrangements, on how to kill this guy!
However...
Mu Jinyu switched to the Faceless Ghost Mask form, and it still failed to suppress Le Le's actions.
"How many demons has he actually controlled?"
Mu Jinyu was shocked in his heart, finding it unbelievable.
This Faceless Ghost Mask he was using was of a very high level and could even ignore the quantity and grade of demons to suppress the opponent, just like just now, the Agglomerate Great Demon of more than fifty demons, wasn't it also unable to move for five seconds under his ghost mask?
Could it be that the number of demons controlled by this guy exceeded a hundred?
"I told you, it's useless, give up the struggle!"
Le Le spoke again, but this time his voice had become very strange, as if a hundred people were talking at once!
The overlapping voices almost made it impossible to discern what he was saying.
"Run!"
Mu Jinyu sensed that Le Le's condition was becoming more and more bizarre, so he made a split decision to shout to Sheng Rulai and Reinhardt, then prepared to scatter and flee with them!
However...
As soon as Mu Jinyu entertained the thought of escaping, he realized his legs wouldn't obey him at all, as if they had been amputated!
The same was true for Sheng Rulai and Reinhardt; they couldn't move at all.
All of them could feel an extremely terrifying pressure bearing down on their shoulders, making it impossible for them to so much as move a finger!
"Pfft!"
Just then.
A shadow rapidly spread their way, and everything it touched along the way—buildings, living creatures—aged and decayed as though experiencing a century passing by in an instant, before finally collapsing into oblivion!
"What is this?!"
Just as Le Le was about to take action, he saw this scene and all three of his pupils simultaneously contracted. Without hesitation, he gave up on attacking Mu Jinyu and the others, turning around to flee the place!
However...
It was too late!
The spreading shadow, seeing Le Le's attempt to escape, initially at a distance from him, suddenly shot out eight thin black lines, like an octopus striking its prey, covering a hundred meters in a breath and pinning Le Le to the spot as he tried to flee.
Le Le was impaled on the spot by the shadow, struggling ceaselessly, releasing the terrifying demon power of over a hundred demons within him, trying to break free from his restraints and regain his freedom.
But the difference in strength was too clear.
It was like an ant desperately struggling in a human's grip, at best only managing to bite the person without causing any pain or discomfort, while the person could crush it at any moment!
Therefore, at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Le Le aged rapidly, his originally collagen-filled face became loose, covered with wrinkles and age spots, followed by death spots; in no time at all, his pupils dilated, his breathing grew faint.
Another second passed, and Le Le completely expired, then turned into a pile of dry bones, with flesh long decayed beyond recognition.
And strangely, the bones he left behind were black!
They were still moving, trying to break free from the shadow's hold!
At the same time, Le Le's three eyeballs fell out, bouncing like rubber balls, and countless organs, just like his eyeballs, tried to escape!
This was because after Le Le's death, the demons that he had previously suppressed began to resurrect!
"Eh?"
Xiang Mantang's voice suddenly rang out.
At the same time, the shadow that had been slowly creeping behind surged forward, enveloping all the fragmented demons that were remnants of Le Le.
Three seconds later.
As the shadow receded like the tide, heading toward two people coming from the distant horizon, there were no longer any demons left on the spot, not even the very bizarre black skeleton.
"Ah Xiang!"
It was then that Mu Jinyu finally came to his senses, seeing Xiang Mantang walking hand in hand with Jian Ruyan, he couldn't help but call out in delight.