Peerless Divine Doctor in the City of Flowers
Chapter 723: A Step Too Late?

Chapter 723: Chapter 723: A Step Too Late?

"Wukong, let’s stop here!"

With the colossal Wukong as their mount, the trio had reached the core area in just a few hours.

Moving forward would take them out of the forest, so Ning Mengyao patted Wukong’s ear.

The spiritual beast obediently halted its steps and lay down on the ground.

"Seems like you’re getting more proficient at controlling it."

Lin Fan jumped to the ground with a smile, looking at the giant ape that remained properly sprawled there.

This fellow was now completely obedient to Ning Mengyao.

"Don’t worry, it’s just my pet, you are my true love."

Ning Mengyao smiled as she snuggled into Lin Fan’s embrace.

The formidable aspect of the Charming Skill was that as long as it was a living being, it would be affected by her.

"It’s just your sweet talk."

Lin Fan pinched Ning Mengyao’s cheek with a smile, then led the two women out of the dense foliage.

While standing on Wukong’s shoulder, he had already spotted the dried-up lakebed in the distance.

Clearly, the original toxic defense had been completely breached.

The lake’s waters had backfilled, and the mechanisms within were already operational under the enhancement of the flowing water.

"Who goes there!"

As they approached the dry lakebed.

Several figures flashed out, holding demonic sabers, and watched the trio warily.

"Pfft..."

Unfortunately, their question received no response.

In just the span of a breath, Xu Zhi Rou had already flashed before them.

With a sweep of her right hand, a chilling wind howled.

The three of them didn’t even have a chance to react before they were frozen solid by the bone-chilling cold.

The next moment, Ning Mengyao’s fox tail had already chopped down, turning the ice sculptures into shattered pieces.

Xu Zhi Rou paid no attention to the scattered body parts on the ground.

She directly picked up the demonic sabers that had fallen to the ground and absorbed all the demonic power from them.

"I must say, these people’s demonic sabers are of much better quality than those outside, I can hardly wait to get inside now."

Discarding the broken sabers that had become worthless scrap metal on the ground, Xu Zhi Rou looked at Lin Fan with anticipation.

"Don’t worry, the treasures inside are definitely enough for you to feast on."

Lin Fan really hadn’t expected that this trip would present such a fortuitous opportunity to Xu Zhi Rou.

It seemed that this time, her gains were even bigger.

"Alright, this time you’re truly reveling!"

Ning Mengyao laughed as she walked to Xu Zhi Rou’s side, "Then tonight, let me have my turn at reveling."

"Hey, can’t you be serious!"

Xu Zhi Rou’s face flushed red instantly.

The scenes from those nights flashed through her mind again.

"How am I not serious? Besides, didn’t you rather enjoy it, begging me all the time and now you’ve forgotten?"

Ning Mengyao’s words became increasingly explicit.

An embarrassed Xu Zhi Rou hurriedly hid behind Lin Fan.

"You... You better discipline your wife..."

"I really can’t manage this matter."

Lin Fan shrugged helplessly, Ning Mengyao was truly unstoppable once she let loose—men and women alike were fair game.

These past few days had been eye-opening for him; he hadn’t expected her to come up with so many tricks.

"Ugh, you two are ganging up on me..."

Xu Zhi Rou looked at Lin Fan with a pitiful expression.

This umbrella seemed to leak a bit in front of Ning Mengyao.

But what could she do? She was all alone and powerless to resist.

"Okay, okay, let’s stop fooling around. We still don’t know the situation inside, let’s go check it out."

Seeing Ning Mengyao pounce over again, Lin Fan had to intervene.

He didn’t care about the strengthened puppets gifted by the Puppet Master.

But he remained wary of the mummies.

So he called to the two women, and they made their way toward the dried-up lake’s tunnel.

After passing through the low-lying passage, they once again arrived before the stone doors.

Throughout the journey, Xu Zhi Rou’s cheeks were flushed with shyness.

Recalling the underwater kiss back then, and Lin Fan’s embarrassingly thorough inspection of her once ashore,

Her cheeks would still burn and her heart race to this very day.

If she had been braver back then, perhaps they wouldn’t have had to go through so much trouble.

"Wow, this guy really has become impressive."

Looking at the stone doors that resembled city walls in front of them, the massive doors that originally required a code to open had been forcibly broken through.

One must indeed look upon others with new eyes after a lapse of three days.

Lin Fan guessed that it was definitely the Puppet Master’s doing.

"No matter how impressive, this time I must avenge the humiliation I suffered before."

Ning Mengyao clenched her fists in anticipation as she looked at the scarred doors.

She had suffered greatly, trapped within a puppet by the Puppet Master.

In the next encounter, she vowed to take good care of that detestable woman.

Pushing through the ravaged doors, the trio continued forward.

As they were approaching the second set of doors, the sounds of fighting from inside had already reached them.

"Wow, it looks lively."

A stench of blood wafted over from the distance.

Lin Fan revealed a cold smirk.

Then, the three of them immediately stripped off their gear and scurried forward, crouching low.

When they passed through the similarly destroyed stone doors, the twelve enormous statues suddenly loomed before them.

At that moment, corpses lay strewn about the vast space.

The demonic blades scattered across the floor bore witness to the fierce battle.

Hundreds of torn-apart bodies were scattered about.

Blood pooled into rivers, flowing with the underground water toward the large hole in the center.

On the other side, a body clad in red was locked in combat with eight puppets.

The occasional stealth attacker, a curse caster, was instantly torn to shreds by it.

Yet, despite this, the curse casters kept charging forward, one after another.

"These curse casters really aren’t afraid to die!"

Ning Mengyao sneered.

Despite the clear disparity in strength, they dared to rush forward fearlessly.

One had to admit the courage of these curse casters was quite substantial.

"Do you think they’re doing this willingly? Take a good look at their faces."

Lin Fan shook his head unconvinced.

Hearing this, Ning Mengyao then noticed that the faces of these curse casters were contorted.

They exhibited a strange desperation to flee but were utterly incapable of doing so.

"They’re all being controlled by the Puppet Master!"

Ning Mengyao came to her senses instantly and had to reassess Beitiao Qian Naizi, who had always been lurking below, biding her time.

Hidden inside an apparently cumbersome puppet, she was, nevertheless, controlling the life and death of everyone present.

"Right, these guys are just cannon fodder, and she’s really willing to use them."

Lin Fan squinted his eyes as he watched the brutal fight.

It had to be said that at this moment, Beitiao Qian Naizi had completely gained the upper hand.

"Pfft!"

Just as the tomb-guarding corpse tore another sneaking curse caster to shreds, a thread thin as a hair finally pierced its spine.

"I’ve got it... I’ve got it... I’ve finally got it!"

Beitiao Qian Naizi laughed out loud along with the sound.

Following that, her bulky puppet slowly opened up.

The emaciated body inside, with hair falling out, let out a sinister laugh.

"Damn it... She’s succeeded!"

Seeing this, Ning Mengyao immediately charged forward.

With her seven fox tails striking simultaneously, she absolutely could not let this person succeed.