The ink woman died, revealing her true form, which was a huge black spider.
Although the white-clothed one had told everything to the black-clothed one, the ink woman had taken care of them for five years after all, so out of respect for her, the black-clothed one did not touch her corpse.
“The ink woman deserved to die, but some of the principles she taught us were very real.
She once said that we are demons, born as demons we must become strong and cruel, and cannibalism among our kind is perfectly normal in these hundred thousand great mountains.
This is the most basic animal nature, imprinted in our blood and bones, and we must learn to accept it sooner or later.”
The white-clothed one stood in front of the spider demon’s corpse, speaking calmly. Seeing that the black-clothed one’s gaze was still numb, he sighed and said, “Our cultivation is different from other demons. Eating the corpses of these demons can make us grow strong quickly.
The ink woman’s true body is a poisonous spider. Now that she is dead, the toxins in her body will be greatly weakened. If we eat her now, not only will we not be poisoned, but we can also gain this toxin, which will benefit both of us.
Are you sure you won’t eat?”
“Although she took us in with ulterior motives, she did take care of us for five years, which is an undeniable fact, so don’t persuade me anymore. I can’t eat my own master’s corpse!” The black-clothed one said through gritted teeth.
Seeing her so persistent, the white-clothed one said nothing more. He immediately revealed his true form, turning into a huge white mantis, and then began to devour the ink woman’s corpse in large chunks.
The black-clothed one had a knot in her heart and refused to eat the ink woman, which he could understand, but he did not care. Although tears flowed down his cheeks while eating the ink woman, he did not stop, just as when he had personally killed her.
As the black-clothed one said, after spending a long time together, even demons would develop some special feelings.
Whether the ink woman had ever had such feelings, the white-clothed one did not know, nor did he want to know. He only knew that he must eat her and gain her power!
“You are crying.”
The black-clothed one looked at the huge mantis, lost in thought.
Originally, she thought the white-clothed one had changed, but now she realised he seemed unchanged, except for the different colour of his clothes. He was still himself.
“No, you are mistaken. I have just eaten a demon king and become powerful. How could I cry?”
The white mantis spoke in human language, quickly turning away, and said, “We should go. Come onto me, and I will take you down the mountain.”
“Can’t we stay here?”
The black-clothed one said somewhat reluctantly. This place held more than five years of her happy times, and she was unwilling to abandon it just like that.
“The ink woman was injured by other demon kings. If we don’t leave, it won’t be long before we die at the hands of that demon king.” The white mantis said.
Hearing this, the black-clothed one took a deep breath, then jumped onto the mantis’s broad back and asked, “Then where can we go?”
“First, leave here. The hundred thousand great mountains are so vast. How could they not accommodate us?”
“What if they really can’t?” The black-clothed one said with a desolate expression.
Since birth, they had always been bullied by other mantises. Although they later luckily ate a spiritual fruit and transformed into demons, they encountered that terrifying lion demon who came to kill, not only killing the mother body but also massacring the mantis valley.
Later, they barely survived, only to be schemed against by the ink woman.
All of this made the black-clothed one feel deeply confused and lost, as if the whole world was bullying their siblings.
Her words made the mantis pause slightly. After a moment of silence, he replied in a slightly hoarse voice, “It won’t happen. If they really can’t accommodate us, then I will kill until they acknowledge us!”
“You are not good like this. There would be no difference from evil demons…”
“Demons are demons. Why need to distinguish between good and evil?”
“If we must distinguish, then in my eyes, everything unfriendly to us is evil!”
Time flew by, and the two little demons who once shivered in the mantis valley gradually grew up.
In these years, just as the white-clothed one said, innocence belonged to the black-clothed one, while the white-clothed one always walked in blood and fire.
After the ink woman incident, the white-clothed one understood the cruelty of these hundred thousand great mountains. He knew that without sufficient strength, he could not protect the black-clothed one well, so many times he went to dangerous places to fight many demons while the black-clothed one was asleep.
In this way, the white-clothed one’s reputation grew larger, eventually attracting the attention of many powerful demon kings. Among them, two demon kings noticed them first and directly sent powerful demon generals to surround and kill them.
These two demon kings were the lion demon and bear demon who had slaughtered the mantis valley in the past.
“I didn’t expect that the demonic mantis still had bloodline left in this world. We were really careless!”
In a demon mountain, the lion demon’s face looked somewhat ugly.
“Big brother, they are just two demon generals. What are you worrying about?”
The bear demon did not take it seriously. He picked up the wine cup on the table in front of him, looked at the bright red blood wine in it, and grinned, “Over these years, our cultivation has advanced. Big brother, you have even broken through to the mid-stage of demon king. Didn’t that black widow end up severely injured by us?
I just didn’t expect those two little mantises to escape.
But with our strength, crushing them to death is easier than squashing an ant. Big brother, no need to worry!”
With that, the bear demon looked at the demon general standing respectfully nearby and asked, “Is there still blood food?”
“Reporting to the second great king, those male humans have all been eaten. Now only a few beautiful women are left, but they are the great king’s usual bed-warming girls. If eaten, they will be gone.” The demon general said with some difficulty.
“They are just blood food. If gone, just let the underlings go to the human side to catch some more. Today, we must make big brother eat happily!”
The bear demon frowned, then scolded, “What are you standing there for? Hurry up and drag those women out to slaughter!”
“Soak the blood in wine, stew half, and roast the other half on the fire rack!”
“Yes, great king!!”
The demon general quickly turned and left upon hearing this.
“The demonic mantis bloodline cannot be underestimated. This matter must be resolved quickly. Send some powerful demon generals to kill them!” The lion demon said solemnly while clinking cups with the bear demon.
“Big brother, rest assured. Leave this to me. If my demon generals can’t kill those two mantises, I will personally go and slaughter them!”
The bear demon laughed heartily, not taking those two demon general realm mantis demons seriously at all.
Hearing this, the lion demon immediately felt relieved and drank freely with the bear demon.
Not long after, the white-clothed one indeed encountered an ambush. Not only him, but even the black-clothed one was also attacked and nearly died at the hands of those demon generals. However, at the critical moment, the white-clothed one rushed back, killed the group of demon generals, and also learned some key information from them.
In this way, to avoid the bear demon’s pursuit, the white-clothed one had to take the black-clothed one and flee again, heading north all the way.
The bear demon was extremely furious upon learning of this. He did not expect those two mantis demons to really escape the killing, so he personally chased after them.
Along the way, the white-clothed one and black-clothed one were forced to fight, almost always in danger, facing both the bear demon and his subordinates’ pursuit, as well as guarding against demon hunts along the road.
“Are you the white-clothed one?”
One day, a young man with two horns on his head found the two siblings.
“And who are you?”
The white-clothed one frowned, not attacking first, because the aura on the other party made him very wary.
“My name is Niu Xiaosheng. I have been hearing about your deeds during this time, so I want to come and fight you!” Niu Xiaosheng directly stated his intention.
His words made the black-clothed one dissatisfied. She did not understand what this guy was crazy about. He clearly did not know them, yet he came to fight her white-clothed brother.
“Good, I agree!”
“But before that, you have to take care of the black-clothed one for me. After I completely handle the following matters, I will have a good fight with you!”
Just as the black-clothed one was about to speak and refuse on behalf of the white-clothed one, the white-clothed one agreed first.
“White-clothed, you…”
The black-clothed one glared at the white-clothed one, vaguely feeling a bad premonition in her heart.
“I promise you, I will definitely come back alive to see you!”
The white-clothed one smiled at the black-clothed one, then looked at the bewildered Niu Xiaosheng and said solemnly, “Please!”
With that, he soared into the sky without looking back and disappeared into the horizon.
“Hey! I haven’t agreed yet!”
“Who the hell do you think you are? One word and you want to hire me, Niu Xiaosheng, to protect such a burden?”
“Hey! Come back!!”
“If you dare to die, I… I will tie this girl back to Juling Mountain!!”
