The Game with Fairies
Chapter 382

The icy plains fell into an eerie silence.

After their vengeful strike missed, the two immortals suddenly lost their target.

Xiao Yecao, clutching her heart, was terrified.

“That thing looked at me so strangely!”

Xiao Yecao, who was usually detached and played with the mortal world, was now unusually restless.

She turned to Li Muyang, asking anxiously, “Elder Brother, did you hear what that thing said before it left? I feel like it was looking at us differently…”

It wasn’t just her that it looked at differently. That strange gaze seemed to pay special attention to Elder Brother beside her.

But Elder Brother was just an ordinary mortal, albeit with the power of the Ancient Evil Lineage. He had no cultivation to speak of…

Why would such a person catch the attention of that murderous fiend?

Seeing the snowy plains at the end of the world return to calm, the figure who had slain the Northern Sea Dragon King vanished into thin air, and the two true immortals, Peach Blossom Fairy and the old immortal could not find their target.

After a moment’s hesitation, Xiao Yecao quickly flew up with Li Muyang.

“Both of you…”

Xiao Yecao inquired, “The murderer said something before he left, did you hear what it was?”

Xiao Yecao was deeply concerned about this matter.

She feared the emergence of a powerful enemy she could not resist would appear to kill Elder Brother, dreading that Elder Brother would be targeted by the dragon-slaying fiend.

However, after she spoke, the two immortals looked at her and Li Muyang with a strange expression.

The huge dragon corpse lay limply to one side, and the wind and snow between heaven and earth gradually dissipated, but the clouds in the sky seemed to grow thicker and thicker.

The atmosphere at this moment suddenly fell silent.

Finally, it was Peach Blossom Fairy who spoke first.

This kind-hearted, gentle, and friendly fairy, now unusually without a smile, stood beside the body of the Northern Sea Dragon King, her expression somewhat sorrowful.

After a soft sigh, Peach Blossom Fairy said to Xiao Yecao,

“…The words that the murderer said before he left were very strange.”

She began to speak, but the old immortal suddenly interrupted.

” ‘Two who were dead but are not dead? How bizarre’…”

The old immortal’s voice suddenly became sharp and gloomy, with a tone of mockery and surprise.

It seemed that in the moment he spoke, he had become someone else.

But Li Muyang and Xiao Yecao understood that the old immortal had perfectly mimicked the words the fiend had said before leaving.

“Two who were dead…”

Li Muyang’s face suddenly changed.

As a gamer, he knew all too well what this meant.

In the original timeline, Xiao Yecao had long since died in Black Cloud Village as a kidnapped orphan.

And the body he controlled was also destined to die young.

It was only because of the existence of the game system that he was able to change Xiao Yecao’s fate.

But in the past, Xiao Yecao had visited so many immortals and hermits, and none had seen through this.

But today…

Li Muyang’s face was ugly, and Xiao Yecao was also shocked.

“Two who were dead?”

She looked at the two immortals in astonishment, then looked down at herself.

The clouds above the snowy plains, however, gathered thicker and more numerous.

Within those dense, pitch-black clouds, a violent and intense evil aura faintly emanated, causing alarm.

Seeing this scene, the two true immortals sighed and shook their heads.

“Let’s go… this place is not suitable to stay for long.”

When an immortal falls, heaven and earth mourn.

Brilliant auroras appeared between the sea and the sky, and the colorful rays of light that fell scattered the giant dragon’s corpse on the snowy plains, dissolving it.

Finally, the vast dragon corpse transformed into a majestic and vast storm of spiritual energy, spreading from the site of the Northern Sea Dragon King’s demise to the entire world.

At this moment, almost every inch of land was covered by dark clouds.

Blood rain began to fall from the sky, and countless creatures on the earth were filled with dread.

Beasts in the mountains, fish in the waters, and even humans in the wilderness or cities were inexplicably sad.

Many people shed tears.

The four who had long since left the snowy plains flew back to land, and in the blood rain that continued to drift down from the sky, the old immortal, with a sorrowful face, said,

“The Northern Sea Dragon King died so tragically…”

Peach Blossom Fairy sighed bitterly,

“…That murderer was so strange and powerful, we don’t even know how it appeared or disappeared.”

The two immortals had witnessed the death of a neighbor who had opened a cave dwelling in the northern lands, and even as immortals, they couldn’t help but feel sorrowful at this moment.

What was most terrifying was that they could not discern the origins of this fierce and powerful mysterious fiend.

They had never seen or heard of this person before.

It really seemed as if it had appeared out of nowhere, leaving no trace and defying all logic.

The old immortal sighed, “I will visit an old friend and ask others if they know any information about this fiend.”

The straightforward slaughter of a true immortal-level Dragon King was indeed disconcerting.

The two immortals said their goodbyes on the way back, parting ways with Li Muyang and the others.

The news of the Northern Sea Dragon King’s slaughter was enough to make any immortal wary.

Xiao Yecao, with an uneasy mind, brought Li Muyang back to Yellow Wind Valley and saw Liu Sanniang of Yellow Wind Valley coming out to greet them.

Over the past six months, Liu Sanniang had been searching through the ancient books of her clan, trying to find a cure for Jiang Xiaoyu.

But as of today, she had to reluctantly admit that she was helpless against the mental corruption inflicted by an ancient evil deity.

Now, the only hope for Li Muyang might lie in Black Cloud Village, praying that Granny Gu could save him.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yecao fell silent for a moment.

But the next second, she nodded decisively without hesitation. “Elder Brother, let’s go back to Black Cloud Village.”

Xiao Yecao looked at Li Muyang and said, “I’ve been away from the village for so many years, I miss Granny Gu and the others there too.”

Although she was not a villager of Black Cloud Village, Xiao Yecao had grown up there freely and lived for many years.

Now she was determined to accompany Li Muyang back to Black Cloud Village.

Li Muyang could only sigh at this decision.

Logically, he felt that returning to Black Cloud Village was a trap and might lead to trouble.

But as the story had developed to this point, the system didn’t give him a choice.

Clearly, he had to return to Black Cloud Village; without going back, the story couldn’t proceed.

“Then let’s go back and have a look.”

Li Muyang smiled helplessly and turned to look in the southwest direction.

In the southern Myriad Great Mountains, in a remote corner of the territory of the future Heavenly Origin Dynasty, there lay a mysterious village that sealed many ancient evil deities.

And he and Xiao Yecao had barely managed to escape from there.

After all the twists and turns, they were now heading back.

The only consolation was that the current Xiao Yecao was not what she used to be, just a step away from becoming an immortal.

This time, apart from the mysterious and unpredictable Granny Gu, the Temple Seal Lord and his group of demonic cultivators, who had once made life difficult for Li Muyang, should no longer be a threat… right?