Chapter 239

Of course, Fuyan's help wasn't free; she had agreed with Xueyi that as long as she helped everyone defeat Yiyan, Xueyi would help her petition the Ten Kings Office to regain her freedom.

Although Yiyan possessed great power, his weakness was a childlike mindset; his sole obsession was winning or losing against the General, and to defeat him one only needed three sentences.

Having said that, she used Xing's body to reach a high place and began shouting at Yiyan, who was shrouded above Suiyuan.

"Yiyan! Yiyan——! The duel with the General is still far off; how about we decide the outcome first between us?"

From afar came a faint, intermittent voice that gradually grew clear in the wind, mixed with a hint of incredulity: "You… are Fuyan? A little trinket, what gives you the right to compete with me for victory?"

"I have turned the garden into a battlefield, making the Ten Kings Office's lackeys into puppets! All we need is for the General to arrive, and we can reopen that battle from years ago. Why must we now fight our own kin?"

Fuyan mocked that what Yiyan controlled was merely a rabble, then turned to boast: "By a fortunate coincidence, I have already seized an excellent pawn—an excellent pawn that once drove away Phantasm!"

"Phantasm? … Phantasm! I remember now! I remember now! I want such a fine pawn too!" Yiyan truly was like a child, wanting any interesting toy he saw.

"Feel free to send your underworld minions to find me; if you can defeat the nameless guest I possess, I will gladly let you devour me and contribute my strength to your great battle against the General. What do you think?"

"It's settled! My pawns and I will come find you right away!"

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Chainsaw Man.

"Hahaha, Yiyan, you idiot, you're hilarious! You're even easier to handle than Denji!"

Watching Yiyan on the light curtain being hooked into a smug grin by Fuyan, Pawa slapped her thigh, laughing doubled over: "When will I ever get to meet this kind of idiot! Hmm… but I probably won't encounter one now; even a demon would be killed instantly by such an idiot."

"Hey hey! Pawa, why are you dragging me into this?" Denji, sitting across the table, opened a can of beef while protesting to Pawa.

"It's because you're so stupid you'd be tricked by that wicked woman Makima! Hmph… if you had even a tenth of my intellect, you wouldn't have fallen for her."

Pawa rested her chin on her fingers, the corners of her mouth turning up in a provoking arc: "If I were Yiyan, I'd just seize Fu Xuan, Yu Kong, Bai Lu, and Qing Que outright! Then I'd force the General to show himself!"

"Don't even think about it; you're no match for the General."

"Who said we have to clash head‑on with the General? I'll take Fu Xuan and the others hostage; if the General doesn't obey, I'll kill them. As long as I can control the General…… I'll be able to run rampant through Luofu."

"By then I'll be able to eat meat every day, raise Luofu's consumption tax to 100%, lead a fleet to loot the Interstellar Peace Company, and become the richest evil…… uh, I mean Suiyang! Hahaha! Then I'll also put a bounty on Kafka!"

"Huh? What does that have to do with Kafka?" Denji only felt that Pawa's daydream was truly out there.

"Of course, because she looks just like Makima!" Whenever she thought of Makima, Pawa felt a chill run down her spine, her body trembling involuntarily: "I don't want to see anyone in the galaxy who resembles her!"

"Of course~ if that day really comes, Denji…… I can give you permission to cop a feel, you know—Yu Kong, Fu Xuan, Bai Lu are all fine, and even if you want to touch Jing Yuan's chest, I'll allow it~"

"Tch, I'm not interested in guys."

Although he said that, mentioning copping a feel still made Denji's face inevitably flush red.

"Denji, this kind of good thing—I was the first to think of it for you, you know? You ought to be grateful to me, right?" Like a little girl waiting for praise, Pawa couldn't help but shake her head and sway her body.

"Oh, thanks." Denji replied offhandedly.

"You're welcome." Pawa hehehed, and in the next second a bloody dining fork suddenly appeared in her hand, snatching all the beef from Denji's can in a flash, skewering them together like barbecue.

Then, right in front of Denji, she tossed the fork and meat altogether into her mouth.

"Just consider it your sincerity, Denji. If I ever get the chance, I won't forget you…… if that ever happens."

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"Next we have to fight the colleagues controlled by Yiyan. This makes Huohuo hesitant to act; after a moment of silence, Xueyi pulled the two aside and handed an artifact to Xing's hand."

"The artifact is called the Concealing Moon Gourd, specially used to store the divided Suiyang. She also hoped Xing would protect Huohuo well, and at the same time asked him to show mercy toward the Ten Kings Office's colleagues."

"Having finished the briefing, Xueyi and Huohuo's group set out on separate routes. Once all the Suiyang are subdued, they will regroup and enter the Binding‑type Yet Evil Formation on Green Hill Terrace together."

"On the way, Huohuo curiously asked Fuyan: 'Yiyan's power is so great, why would he so readily split himself apart?'"

Fuyan merely gave a hehe laugh: "The stronger one is, the more likely they are to despise their opponents without restraint…… on the contrary, sometimes weakness is the way to survive."

Along the route, Xing and her companions indeed encountered many underworld minions possessed by Yiyan, but the possession obviously hadn't bolstered their cranial physical resistance; a couple of blows from Xing's staff knocked them all out, and gathering the Suiyang was a breeze.

Not long after, a gourd was nearly full.

"The two proceeded to Green Hill Terrace as agreed; from afar, Huohuo saw Xueyi together with Guainafen."

"Huohuo was relieved that Guainafen was safe, but as soon as she produced the artifact, Guainafen said she wanted to examine the Ten Kings Office's demon‑slaying tools up close. Huohuo's tail twitched, about to tell her to step back… but it was already too late."

"Guainafen snatched the artifact in one gulp, a green light flashing in her eyes, and lifted the gourd high——'Bang!'"

"The jade‑like gourd instantly shattered, strands of azure‑gloom fire erupting from the fragments and beginning to coalesce in midair; the faint, intermittent voice of Suiyang, lost in the wind, echoed excitedly above Suiyuan, while the biting cold wind swept everyone's collars into a frenzy."