Chapter 1176: Witch (Third Watch)

He tried to remove the domain from Ling Shu, but it had already merged with her. It simply couldn't be taken out by external force.

"Liuli, don't make things difficult for Ling Shu." He also didn't want Ling Shu to leave him. If any more accidents happened on the journey, and the separation from before replayed, he wasn't sure if he could bear it again.

Liuli was very displeased. The more Jiang Fan protected Ling Shu, the more she felt Ling Shu shouldn't get off easy.

"I insist she goes!" "If we're leaving, we leave together. If we're coming back, we come back together!"

Ling Shu stomped her foot in anger, letting her guard down for the first time. "You're truly hateful!"

Jiang Fan, helpless, said, "Ling Shu, why don't you go with her this once? The Golden Snake pattern should be highly recognizable in Wanyao Continent; no one would dare provoke you two. The danger on this trip won't be great."

With tears in her eyes, Ling Shu said plaintively, "Is even big brother chasing me away?"

Jiang Fan thought for a moment, then whispered something into her ear.

Hearing this, Ling Shu blushed from her earlobes to her cheeks, her fair, pretty face turning as red as a boiled crab.

She shyly lowered her head. "Is big brother not tricking Ling Shu?"

Jiang Fan gently embraced her, kissed her forehead, and whispered,

"When you return, I'll fulfill it."

Ling Shu's head felt like it was steaming; all hesitation vanished.

"Yes, Ling Shu will go, right now." She was even more eager than Liuli, wishing she could drag Liuli and rush to Spirit Snake Mountain immediately.

Jiang Fan didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "What's the rush? Traveling across continents isn't that simple. It requires a continent-level teleportation array, top-grade crystals, and you two also need to break through to the Demon Emperor realm. Wait a few days for me to make the arrangements, then you can depart."

The two girls nodded.

After Jiang Fan left,

Liuli asked suspiciously, "Ling Shu, what did Young Master Jiang promise you?"

Ling Shu covered her face and shyly said, "Don't ask, I won't tell." With that, she shyly ran off.

This made Liuli stomp her foot in frustration. "What could it be? Could he be 'taking you in'?"

Looking at the two remaining domains in the jade box, she was troubled. One was for herself. Who should the extra one be given to?

After dealing with Liuli's matter, Jiang Fan also felt a burden lifted from his mind.

He immediately took out the Mountain River Cauldron and placed the low-grade crystal mine into it for concentration.

Meanwhile,

The West Sea Crown Prince emerged refreshed from the Widow Octopus's coral cave dwelling.

"Ah, that felt good."

Rumble! Suddenly, the seabed shook violently, and the West Sea Crown Prince was caught off guard, falling face-first.

He looked in surprise towards the source of the tremor.

It was a massive hundred-zhang-wide array of light, soaring skyward from ahead.

"A spatial teleportation array in such a remote place? And so massive? What level of teleportation array is this?"

Driven by curiosity, he flew closer to the array, hiding among the coral to peek.

Within the colossal spatial light beam, two figures slowly appeared.

It was a man and a woman. The man was burly, enveloped in demonic energy, his eyes surveying all directions with disdain. The woman, in her early twenties, had delicate skin, an oval face, and an uncommon beauty, her eyes holding a faint, enigmatic smile. Her figure was graceful and curvaceous.

The West Sea Crown Prince stared, his eyes wide.

"Senior Brother, let's part ways here. You go find the White Bone Alliance, and I'll go find the person who took the replicated demonic eye."

The burly man was none other than the master behind the White Bone Alliance, a powerful demonic cultivator!

"Be careful; Taicang Continent is full of hidden masters." The burly man cautioned, then vanished into the sky.

The enchanting woman waited for the spatial fluctuations to subside.

Then, she swept over sea sand to conceal the continent-level teleportation array.

After doing all this, she departed.

A moment later, the West Sea Crown Prince crept out, his face full of regret.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, such a beautiful woman, and I couldn't get a taste of her charm. What a huge regret in life!"

The words had barely left his lips when a warm breath brushed his ear, and a seductive voice whispered softly.

"Then, how about big sister helps you fulfill that regret?"

The West Sea Crown Prince trembled all over in fright.

He turned his head and saw it was the black-robed woman who had just left!

Her lips curled slightly upward as she looked at the West Sea Crown Prince with a half-smile.

"Big sister, I am the West Sea Crown Prince; I'm very good at pleasing people." The West Sea Crown Prince had met countless women in his life; he'd even dare to flirt with a female ghost. How much more so with this great beauty before him?

It wasn't until the demonic energy at the back of the black-robed woman's head receded, revealing a divine ring as black as ink, that he froze.

The West Sea Crown Prince stood rigid, his eyes wide, stammering, "V-Venerable Senior?"

He gasped, inhaling a mouthful of seawater. He had actually dared to flirt with a Venerable!

The black-robed woman's smile turned dangerous. She raised a finger and made a slicing motion towards the West Sea Crown Prince's crotch.

"Ow!" The West Sea Crown Prince immediately clutched his crotch, collapsing to the ground like a shrimp. The familiar pain made the veins on his neck bulge, and he kept gasping for seawater, too much in agony to speak.

Since his "little brother" was severed by Mu Ziyu last time, it had now left him once again.

The black-robed woman squatted beside him, smiling, with a dangerous glint in her eyes.

"How rare," she murmured. "Men in the Great Wilderness all call me the Demonic Witch. They flee at the sight of me, but you, my little dear, dared to flirt. Too bad you're not big sister's type. Otherwise, big sister would have claimed you today."

She poked the two small horns in the West Sea Crown Prince's hair, saying with a hint of disdain,

"Since you've seen our hidden teleportation array, big sister can't let you live."

The West Sea Crown Prince instantly felt the shadow of death descend.

He quickly begged for mercy. "Big sister, spare my life! I—I'll find you the most handsome man in the world!"

The Demonic Witch's lips curved. "Oh really? Big sister's standards are very high, you know. If you can't interest big sister, you'll die a much worse death."

The West Sea Crown Prince felt like cursing. He must not have checked the almanac today; how else could he have run into such a vicious demonic witch?

His mind raced, thinking of his circle of mischievous friends.

But no matter how hard he thought, he couldn't find a single handsome man worthy of a Venerable.

Suddenly, he remembered someone. His sworn brother, his savior, Jiang Fan!

Among his friends, he was the most successful.

But this Demonic Witch was no kind soul; wouldn't pushing Jiang Fan to her be harming him?

However, his own life was at stake.

He quickly said, "I—I have a brother, his name is Jiang Fan!"

"He's even better at charming women than I am, and he only plays at the high-end level! The Demon Emperor's peerless immortal consort, the virtuous widowed female Demon Emperor – none of them could escape his grasp! There's even a rumor that even the Venerable True Word couldn't escape and became his wife!"

The Demonic Witch let out an amused laugh. "He certainly has some skills, but that alone isn't enough. I need to see his actual abilities."

The West Sea Crown Prince praised him relentlessly. "Ha, you're telling me! My brother is incredibly powerful. He killed Demon Emperors while only in the Core Formation realm, fought Bodhisattvas while in the Nascent Soul stage. I even heard he recently caused a huge ruckus in the Heavenly Realm! He killed all those ancient giants and the Giant King, leaving no one unscathed! And most importantly, he's incredibly handsome. He's practically the bane of women and the public enemy of men!"

The Demonic Witch chuckled, her ample bosom shaking with laughter.

"Your words are half-truths, half-fables," she said. "But you've successfully piqued my interest. Alright, I'm reserving him as my male companion. Convince him to be my male companion, and I'll spare your life."

As she spoke, she patted the West Sea Crown Prince's cheek.

A wisp of demonic energy seeped into his body.

"This wisp of demonic energy will lead you to me," she continued. "But you must be quick; in at most ten days, the demonic energy will cause your intestines to rot. Hahahaha..."

With a receding laugh, the Demonic Witch vanished from the spot.

The West Sea Crown Prince felt as if he had received a great pardon, but then he thought of Jiang Fan.

With an apologetic expression, he put his hands together. "Good brother! Please, for your brother's sake, be a male companion just this once!"