Chapter 46: A Heavy Hand Destroys the Flower

After Li Yu finished speaking, a look of helplessness and hesitation appeared on the mature, charming face of the Empress of Sui.

She had those "Hundred-Offspring Medicinal Corpses" as her eyes and ears, so she knew Li Yu was not lying; he truly had never killed a single person from the opposing camp.

But steal the corpse?

The Empress shook her head in refusal, then proposed another rather stimulating solution:

"The corpse of that female immortal is completely shrouded in toxic pill clouds; even if the Emperor and I were to approach, we could not withstand it, so it cannot be stolen."

"As for those invaders, the palace is shrouded in poisonous mist, and there are a large number of mad medicinal corpses transformed from eunuchs and palace maids. Added to the Emperor, it is a situation of certain death."

"How about this: you crawl into my pistil now, and I will take you into the palace to find an opportunity to slaughter someone from the opposing camp."

"In the process, it won't hinder you and me from practicing dual cultivation in the bedroom arts; wouldn't that be the best of both worlds?"

"Trust me, this is a pleasure you have never experienced in all the years you have grown."

As the Empress of Sui spoke, she made that gesture again.

At the same time, not knowing what stimulating images were in her mind, she revealed a look of shyness and joy, and those flower buds with tongues and teeth began to drip saliva once more.

And Li Yu was left completely stunned.

Breaking into the palace while having children, and then having a 'husband watching' scenario... must we play something so stimulating?

The key is, how could I dare to go in?

The so-called gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall, and what is before me is more than just a dangerous wall.

Judging by his performance when he was ambushed earlier and nearly sucked into a dried corpse, Li Yu was certain that once he voluntarily crawled in, he might truly experience pleasure like never before, but the final outcome would also be incomparably miserable.

Ordinarily, he should have refused directly at this point.

But Li Yu did not; instead, he showed a look of temptation and hesitation on his face, as if he were truly struggling and considering it.

Until dozens of breaths passed!

Seeing that he was deliberating for far too long, the Empress of Sui gradually became impatient.

Her floral body swayed as she moved toward Li Yu, seductively saying, "Let me give you a taste of the wonders within first, so you can make a better choice..."

Who would have thought that when Li Yu saw her movement, the look of temptation vanished without a trace. He stepped back while shaking his head decisively, "No, no thank you, I appreciate your kindness, my lady."

Once these words were out, even a fool could react to the fact that they had been played.

A negotiation filled with an amorous atmosphere thus fell through.

The face of the Empress of Sui, which had been blushing, turned cold and murderous in the blink of an eye.

"You dare to play me?"

"You are courting death!"

Amidst a scream, those several flower feet twitched violently, petals danced, and a seductive, ghostly shadow lunged at Li Yu.

Halfway there, a large number of flower thorns containing deadly poison erupted, and vine after vine lashed out to bind him.

Judging by the intensity, if he were hit, Li Yu would be severely injured on the spot.

Fortunately, he had anticipated this and had begun to flee in advance.

However, even though he had consumed a "Divine Foot Pill," his speed was still slower than the Empress of Sui. Her flower feet, though seemingly slender, possessed immense strength; every time they twitched, they caused her entire floral body to erupt with terrifying speed.

But Li Yu was always able to use underhanded tricks to avoid being captured.

First was the Explosion Flame Pill; at critical moments, he would throw these fire pills behind him. It was quite vicious, specifically aiming for the Empress's face and chest. The Explosion Flame Pill could not even burn an immortal medicinal corpse to death, so naturally, it could do nothing to the Empress, but the matter of disfigurement was something she could not resist the instinct to avoid, even after becoming a flower demon.

Second was the Compassionate Heart Pill; whenever there was a risk of being severely injured or captured from a distance, this fellow would pick off a small piece of the pill to eat, briefly entering the [Compassionate Form] to barely neutralize the Empress's offensive.

Third was the Pill Fire; every time Li Yu was about to be captured, he would release the Pill Fire. He wouldn't spray it at the Empress, but instead let the Pill Fire burst out from every pore on his body, like a human torch, leaving the Empress with no way to lay a hand on him.

There were side effects, too: except for the containers holding the pills, everything else was burned away, and the temptation for the pistil flower demon also surged several times over.

Thus, in this empty city of corpses, a very strange scene began to unfold: a charming flower demon chasing madly after a streaking young man.

Once the latter was caught, there would be no escaping the outcome of being forced.

Unfortunately, Li Yu was both cunning and slippery, and he possessed a supernatural ability like "Pill Fire" that completely countered her. Unless the Empress of Sui was willing to endure the agony of being burned to force Li Yu, it was absolutely impossible for her to succeed.

Yet she was unwilling to give up. Having been trapped in this strange domain for so many years, she had finally encountered a special existence that offered hope of breaking free, and she naturally wanted to hold onto it tightly.

Especially since she saw that Li Yu obtained his power through taking pills and it was not his own, she thought of exhausting the boy to death.

Alas!

The two chased and fled for a full half-hour.

Li Yu remained full of vigor.

The Hundred-Flavor Meatballs had extraordinary spiritual effects.

It was the Empress of Sui herself whose beautiful flower demon body began to show signs of withering, and those flower whiskers and vines became weak.

Who could have imagined? It was she who wilted first.

She finally sobered up from her "lust," and her expression changed drastically.

Unwillingness appeared in her eyes, but she decisively turned to return to the palace.

Yet the next moment, she suddenly heard a "cough, cough, cough" sound from not far away. It was Li Yu, who seemed to have used his Pill Fire ability too many times, injuring his internal organs. He was staggering as if to fall, and thick black smoke spewed from his throat.

"A good opportunity!"

The Empress of Sui changed direction and lunged madly toward Li Yu.

And, she soon got her wish.

Her phoenix robe unfolded in an embrace, and the two rolled into a ball.

Li Yu felt special sensations all over, and the pistil flower demon was also intoxicated by the scent of pills and medicine on Li Yu, her whole body flushed. Just as she thought the good thing was about to happen...

Suddenly, she realized that the boy's face did not show panic or shyness, but a smile of a conspiracy fulfilled.

Instantly!

The pistil flower demon's heart skipped a beat, and fear surged for no reason.

Before she could react, the latter opened his mouth and sprayed a full blast of Pill Fire.

While igniting the flower mouths in front of her, he deliberately spoke to interfere with her.

"Beauty leads men astray; you should abstain from lustful poison, my lady."

"If I'm not mistaken, neither you nor that Emperor can leave the palace for too long. Those poisonous mists are deadly to outsiders, but they are also the source of life for you two."

"So you snuck out to have an affair with me, and you had to drain the city of zombies first to medicate yourself? Do they automatically revive every so often? Otherwise, they couldn't withstand the harvesting by you two husband and wife for so long, right?"

"Also, if you stay away too long, you will wither and die, won't you?"

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This time, the Empress of Sui was in no mood to answer any of Li Yu's questions.

She decisively severed all her flower whiskers, threw Li Yu away, and with her flower feet twitching madly, she fled toward the palace area regardless of anything else.

By now, she had completely understood!

The seemingly pure and kind youth before her was actually an insidious, cunning, and shameless person.

Through observation and probing, he had long ago seen through her weaknesses and bottom line, deliberately showing weakness to stall for time so he could counterattack when she fell into a state of weakness.

She wanted to sleep with him!

But Li Yu was thinking of slaughtering her to complete another side quest.

Behind her, Li Yu fiercely picked out a piece of Compassionate Heart Pill and stuffed it into his mouth. The killing intent he had suppressed for so long permeated out, and he chased after her without a word.

The momentum of the entanglement was abruptly reversed.

Comparing the two's strength, the pistil flower demon was undoubtedly superior, but she was countered by the Pill Fire.

If only she and Li Yu were in this strange domain, then in a day at the fastest or several days at the slowest, Li Yu would have been drained of all his supplies and then forced by the other party to bear children, over and over again.

Unfortunately, there were too many other factors.

The important thing was that she had been blinded by "lust" and hadn't concealed her fatal weakness, and Li Yu had sharp eyes; after a few probes, he knew it.

Thus, he lured her further and further away from the palace.

Seeing she was about to give up, he even deliberately exposed a flaw and offered the sweetness of an embrace, until the scheme was revealed.

And what followed was a tragic affair of a heavy hand destroying a flower.

Although Li Yu could not engage in close-quarters combat with the pistil flower demon and had to guard against her desperate struggle when near death, with the help of several types of pills, he used long-range harassment, hit-and-run tactics, and Pill Fire attacks in a cycle, successfully dragging down the pace of the pistil flower demon.

As time passed quickly!

Finally, under the entanglement of Li Yu, who acted like a "pervert," the pistil flower demon ultimately failed to escape back to the palace.

When she was a hundred feet away, only a shrill, mournful wail was heard.

Her several flower feet could no longer twitch and were forced to take root. Wisps of poisonous mist continuously overflowed, and her entire body began to lignify. As the last glance of resentment fell upon Li Yu, her beautiful, charming face also turned into wood, and she perished completely.

In Li Yu's mind, the wonderful notification sound rang out again:

"Congratulations to the Order Master with the codename 'Calamity Star' for successfully completing the side quest: Collect Spirit Demon."

"Obtained one hundred merit points."

With the risk of being forced gone, and another hundred merit points in the account.

Li Yu's mood was naturally wonderful, although he had not completed either of the two main quests.

But he had already completed three side quests.

He had already obtained over three hundred merit points!

"Unless either Wen Feifeng or Shang Yang can seize that [Corpse of the Penglai Female Immortal], my performance in this strange domain should be number one."

"However, according to what this pistil Empress said, that foolish Emperor is extremely fierce, so the two of them may not have a chance of winning... eh?"

Just as Li Yu was pondering, his expression suddenly shifted.

It was because he suddenly saw that the pistil flower demon, now like a wooden carving in front of him, had strange flower nectar seeping out from her beautiful pistil area, drop by drop, gathering like a small pool of spring water, congealing in the center.

Seeing this scene, he immediately recalled another rule regarding cultivators:

"After a transcendent being dies, the spiritual properties within their body will slowly precipitate out; each type has great utility, and some are even the main ingredients for secret elixir formulas."

"Of course, if one is not careful in using them and swallows them rashly, it is very likely to result in accidents or contamination."

With this thought in mind, Li Yu stepped forward.

Taking what was at hand, he broke off a flower bud from the pistil flower demon and used it to hold the pool of nectar.

And the moment it was in his hand, a notification sound unexpectedly came to his mind again:

"Discovered [Spirit Demon Nectar], which is both the status symbol of the pistil and the convergence of its spirituality."

"You may choose to bring it out of the Weird Domain, or hand it over to the Demon Star Order after the mission ends to receive fifty merit points."

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(End of this chapter)