After work, start to speedrun the other world-Chapter 225 - 76: Return from Death

Below the abyssal pit.

"Partner, if you feel uncomfortable," Xi Mu gently stroked the mare’s neck, his smile warm as he said:

"You can first wait for me in the outside world."

"..." The mare’s hooves scraped the ground. The air here contained deadly poisons, the damp walls were covered with fluorescent green plants, and there were poison-filled fireflies. The environment could be described as extremely harsh.

However, for her, it was not a severe problem.

"Don’t worry about my safety, my teacher has foreseen the dangers of this journey for me," Xi Mu withdrew his hand, looking deeper into the cave.

"I can solve the problem very soon."

Upon hearing this, the mare put aside her worries, glanced at Ahtal, then turned and left the abyssal pit.

Since the Destiny Witch had given a prophecy, even if there were dangers, the course of destiny would shift significantly, thus ensuring safety.

So she could leave the abyssal pit with peace of mind.

"..." Xi Mu watched the mare leave and walked deeper into the cavern. He wasn’t worried about the deadly toxins in the air; with the constant state of Healing Prayer, the damage from the deadly toxins couldn’t keep up with his healing.

After walking down the damp tunnel for a while, as his field of view suddenly opened up, what appeared before Xi Mu’s eyes was a crude altar, with a statue placed on it... no, more accurately, it was a statue of a demon.

And the deadly toxins in the air were emitted by the demon statue.

"Interesting."

A man’s voice filled with interest rang out.

Xi Mu acted as if he hadn’t heard it, drew out the Great Sword of Death, and walked toward the altar. He knew the source of the man’s voice was a demon from five thousand years ago.

The Splitting Demon.

This demon had the ability to split things, like splitting Magic Power to obtain pure and extreme elements, or splitting humans to gain a complete skeleton, and naturally... it could also perform splits between soul and body.

The statue on the altar was the Splitting Demon’s body.

To avoid being hunted by the All Gods, the Splitting Demon split his body and soul, and then disguised his body as a statue, hiding it within the abyssal pit.

"Human, you have gained the favor of the Witch of Death, haven’t you?" the Splitting Demon said with a composed laugh, continuing to speak to Xi Mu:

"Times have changed, right?"

"..."

Xi Mu didn’t answer.

He reached the edge of the altar, glanced at the statue, then bent down to pick up the Blood Pope’s meteor, and then turned to walk toward the exit.

But just as he took a step to leave:

"Swoosh!" The ground in front suddenly split, whisking past Xi Mu’s nose. A little closer, and it could have cleaved him in two.

"You think you can just take my thing and leave?" the Splitting Demon’s tone was icy, "I’m asking you, human!"

"Is there room for discussion?" Xi Mu countered, and then answered his own question, "You’re just a... statue, there’s no point in talking."

Hence, the black flames ignited on his Great Sword of Death in his hand.

"Keep babbling, and I’ll split you in two."

"... You have guts; I’m starting to look at you differently," the Splitting Demon fell silent for a moment, before swiftly changing the subject.

"Do you want to know the secrets of the All Gods?"

"I don’t," Xi Mu replied.

The atmosphere fell silent again.

"It’s about the secret of why the All Gods were born," the Splitting Demon continued to tempt, but noticed the intruder was unmoved.

This was somewhat unexpected to him; with such deep favor from the Witch of Death, theoretically, one should be interested in the secrets of the All Gods.

And he also emanated a pure demon aura.

"I don’t have time to help you," Xi Mu spoke succinctly, continuing to head for the exit, casually adding,

"In some time, I’ll send someone to talk to you."

Splitting Demon: "..."

What exactly is the deal with this guy? He genuinely needed help. Originally, to escape the hunt of the All Gods, he split his soul and body, then let his soul challenge the All Gods, and pretend to be defeated... commit suicide, right in front of the All Gods, performing a division of his soul, creating the illusion of his own death.

No, in fact, he was truly dead; both body and soul split, he wasn’t a complete entity.

Thus, he needed someone to help him collect his divided soul and reassemble himself.

"Human, do you think the soul is necessary?" the Splitting Demon sensed Xi Mu’s departure and continued to tempt:

"Actually, life doesn’t necessarily need a soul."

"I don’t care,"

Xi Mu didn’t even turn his head, disappearing into the cave.

As for the Splitting Demon’s side story, he had absolutely no interest, only wanting to acquire the Blood Pope’s meteor; otherwise, following through the Splitting Demon’s side story would waste a lot of time.

And regarding the secrets of the All Gods mentioned by the Splitting Demon, except for the first loop when he was interested, he didn’t bother to continue in subsequent loops.

Although following the Splitting Demon’s side quest could offer significant rewards.

However, it was simply too time-consuming, not worth it.

"Power, I can give you unfettered power!" the Splitting Demon offered up his final bargaining chip, "Power enough to rival the gods!"

However.

Xi Mu had already completely left, only the enticing voice of the Splitting Demon lingered in the air.

Why... it felt like that human, knew him very well.

The Splitting Demon fell into silence, beginning to doubt life; perhaps the outside world had changed so much that even his demonic identity held no terror.