My Demon Husband Is a Snake-Chapter 1040: Slay Yuan Hong to Offer Sacrifice to Heaven
Qing Li curled her lips, remaining silent.
Seeing Qing Li holding her position, I also decided to watch events unfold quietly.
"Qing Li, come out, where on earth are you hiding?" Yuan Hong stopped fighting with the remaining Fish People.
He brandished the Red Gold Longsword, hacking wildly in the Mushroom Forest.
Large swaths of mushrooms were chopped down, wilting once detached from the dead fish’s mouth.
In my heart, it was crystal clear: Yuan Hong never intended for Qing Li to save him.
He wanted to expose my and Qing Li’s hiding spot, dragging us down with him to die together.
Qing Li and I were hiding in the largest mushroom, in the perfect blind spot.
With Yuan Hong’s intelligence, he would overlook this largest mushroom.
His reckless hacking and cursing drained him significantly, losing his chance to stand equal against the Fish People.
The Fish People caught up with the exhausted Yuan Hong, stabbing him repeatedly from behind with their spears.
The long spears pierced through his belly, pulling out his intestines.
They even used the sharp end of the spears to tear at his skin, trying to flay the Old Ape’s hide.
Though I couldn’t understand the gibberish spoken by the Fish People, I figured they planned to torture Yuan Hong enough before killing him as a sacrifice.
"Yuan Hong, if you’re willing to take an Oath Curse, I’ll reluctantly save your life." At that moment, Qing Li calmly pushed aside the mushroom stem’s cover and stepped out.
I hurriedly followed her, ready to protect Qing Li at any moment.
Poor Yuan Hong, with half of his skin flayed off, was blood-soaked and horrifying. He had no choice but to concede, "I swear... I swear, I swear not to... not to ever lay a hand on you and Su Wan again."
"Not enough, if you encounter any traps, you must not hide them and you must inform us in advance." Qing Li didn’t make any excessive demands, just asked Yuan Hong to continue his mission.
Yuan Hong howled in agony from the flaying, taking intermittent Oath Curse. By the time he finished, ninety-nine percent of his skin was gone.
"Quick... save me... my skin has been peeled off!" Yuan Hong’s solitary eye widened, seeing Qing Li still standing there, on the brink of madness.
Qing Li picked up Yuan Hong’s severed arm and a fish spear from the ground.
She used the spear to gouge out the bones, crafting a Bone Flute on the spot.
She played the bloodstained Bone Flute, its sound hauntingly cold.
It sounded like the wailing of a ghost at a lonely grave, yet the Fish People seemed unfazed by its tune.
They continued to torture Yuan Hong, even more frenzied, with some starting to come at Qing Li and me with spears.
Just then, I noticed the stench of salted fish from the mushrooms becoming even stronger.
Stronger than fermented herring packed tenfold, enough to make one foam at the mouth after prolonged exposure.
Yet the Fish People seemed mesmerized, letting go of their spears with a clatter, devouring the mushrooms on the ground.
Once done with the mushrooms, they went back into the mountain to be the Everlasting Lamps.
The Bone Flute’s sound wasn’t meant to control the Fish People, but to stimulate the mushrooms to emit a hallucinogenic aroma, thereby restoring the Fish People to their normal state.
"Tsk tsk, what a pity, Monkey, if you’d behaved earlier, you wouldn’t have had it this bad." Qing Li clicked her tongue twice, gingerly nudging Yuan Hong’s blood-soaked body with the tip of her shoe.
Yuan Hong tried to reattach his flayed skin, but it wouldn’t heal.
His entire body shook with rage, "Qing Li!! You tricked me, you used your vile plot to turn me into this wretched state."
"Vile plot? Who brought Su Wan and me here? Who woke the Fish People with loud cries? Who has intense hatred towards the Fish People?"
