Ex-Wife is a Big Villainess
Chapter 502 - 262: The Child Will Be Very Happy

Chapter 502: Chapter 262: The Child Will Be Very Happy

Jiang Shouzhong was still happy about finding Li Nanshuang, but upon hearing the young girl’s sobbing plea, he was completely stunned.

"What did you say?"

Jiang Shouzhong grabbed the girl’s shoulder and asked urgently.

Filled with regret and self-blame, Li Nanshuang pointed at the deep pit sealed by a stone cover and said, "Mugua was trapped down there and might have been killed by a monster. It’s all my fault. If only I had removed the restrictions on me earlier, we wouldn’t have..."

Shen Shengyuan of the Demon Clan once told Qu Hongling that Li Nanshuang was intentionally restricting herself.

That is to say, her true strength was always hidden.

But since it was hidden, it indicated she had some unspeakable difficulties... related to a severe illness she suffered when she was young.

Jiang Shouzhong couldn’t afford to ponder these matters; upon hearing the word "might," he immediately asked, "You didn’t see Qingchen being killed with your own eyes?"

Li Nanshuang shook her head, wiping away tears, "No, but she’s definitely doomed."

Mr. Li, who was usually carefree and bold in character, was after all a young girl. If her caution caused a friend to lose their life, she would likely never find peace in this life.

It’s good that it wasn’t witnessed...

Jiang Shouzhong breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Not having seen it with his own eyes meant that Ran Qingchen was still alive.

The elder in purple robes, seeing the two talking amongst themselves and completely ignoring them, angrily said, "I don’t care who you are, but if you come here, don’t think about leaving!"

He yelled at his subordinates, "Kill them!"

Several men lunged towards Jiang Shouzhong and Li Nanshuang.

Jiang Shouzhong opened the Zodiac Map and released the rat demon, saying to Li Nanshuang, "You hold them off first, I’ll try to see if I can open this stone cover."

"Okay."

Already frustrated, Li Nanshuang didn’t hesitate, grabbing the grave blade and slashing towards the crowd.

The rat demon, agile in its movements, followed behind and coordinated with sneak attacks.

Jiang Shouzhong knelt and touched the stone cover, tapping it with his fingers.

The stone cover was very thick, seemingly fused with the earth, and without the faint trace of a circle around it, it would be hard to tell that there had ever been a deep pit here.

Jiang Shouzhong tried using the Seven Kills Blade to chop at it, but it had no effect.

"There must be some mechanism."

Jiang Shouzhong tried to calm himself down, carefully searching the surroundings.

Occasionally, he would use the flying sword to help Li Nanshuang deal with enemies.

The elder in purple had not expected the two to be so difficult to handle and regretted his recklessness as he watched his subordinates fall one by one. Clenching his teeth, he turned and tried to flee.

How could Li Nanshuang, furious as she was, allow her opponent to escape? She and the rat demon blocked off his path, one in front and one behind.

"Don’t think about leaving, little rat wants to kill you."

The rat demon grinned mischievously, standing in front of the elder with limbs eerily splayed on the ground.

"Young friend, this is a misunderstanding."

Watching Li Nanshuang, who was seething with anger and holding a blood-stained large knife, the elder in purple was terrified; his wrinkled face twitched as he forced a smile and said, "We mistook you for someone else, it’s all a misunderstanding."

"A misunderstanding your old mother!"

Li Nanshuang swung her blade at the elder.

The broad and heavy blade, carrying an unparalleled mighty aura, swept through like raging dark clouds bursting forth.

The rat demon pounced forward.

After merely seven or eight exchanges, with the aid of Jiang Shouzhong’s flying sword, as a head separated from its neck amidst a gush of blood, the body of the elder in purple fell heavily to the ground.

"To think you dared to confront us with such pathetic strength?"

Li Nanshuang kicked the severed head away.

Having dealt with the enemies, she could finally catch her breath; the tightly wound strings around her body finally relaxed, and exhaustion surged over her like a tidal wave, enveloping her completely.

Li Nanshuang tried to stand firm, but could not conceal her deep-seated weariness radiating from within.

Without taking time to rest, Li Nanshuang quickly went to Jiang Shouzhong’s side and asked, "How’s it going, can you find a way to open the stone cover?"

Jiang Shouzhong was seen using the Spirit Water Sword to slightly widen a very narrow crevice and said to the rat demon, "Try to squeeze in there, see if it leads to the mechanism inside the pit."

"Yes, master."

The rat demon lay on the ground, gradually shrinking its body.

It turned into a small, grey-white mouse.

The mouse squeezed into the narrow slit and soon disappeared from sight.

Jiang Shouzhong waited while continuing to search the area for other entrances. About a quarter of an hour later, a faint, unusual noise suddenly came from below the stone cover.

Did it work?

Jiang Shouzhong’s heart lifted with joy.

Sure enough, the next moment the stone cover cracked open a long seam and slowly opened.

The small mouse was seen lying on the protruding lever of the mechanism.

"This mouse is really useful, huh."

Li Nanshuang was overjoyed.

The small mouse pounced towards Jiang Shouzhong, but Li Nanshuang intercepted it.

Li Nanshuang, holding the mouse by the tail and swinging it back and forth, exclaimed in surprise, "Logically, a demon should not be able to transform once it returns to its original form, why can the demon from the Zodiac Map transform at will?"

The rat demon, being played with like a toy, was quite annoyed and bared its teeth at Li Nanshuang, growling angrily.

"Down you go."

Jiang Shouzhong took the rat demon back and put it into the Zodiac Map, then swiftly leaped down into the pit.

Li Nanshuang followed him down.

The pit was about thirty feet deep. When the two reached the bottom, they were shocked by the scene before them.

The pit was filled with white bones, and even the pathways and the ground were constructed of bones... It resembled an intentionally built mass grave, with at least ten thousand people having died here.

On both sides, eerie, ghost-fire-like substances floated, casting a deathly pale light all around.

"These must have been killed by the Asura Queen."

Li Nanshuang said.

"The Asura Queen?" Jiang Shouzhong looked puzzled.

Li Nanshuang explained, "Mugua told me, the Asura Clan once had a queen, known as the Asura Queen. This place used to be the palace of the Asura Queen."