Fairy, don't let your golden finger chase after me!

Chapter 23: Miss Fox Demon, your cheat ability has a completely different form with me~

Despite being bound hand and foot, Gu Ziyue hopped and skipped like an Australian kangaroo when she tried to escape, which looked extremely comical.

But she was incredibly fast at escaping. By the time Dong Mo and Xiao Bai came to their senses, the purple figure had already leaped to the corner of the fork in the road and vanished without a trace in the blink of an eye.

It can only be said that she truly lives up to her title as a princess of the demon race; her escape speed is something that ordinary cultivators cannot match.

"Chase!"

Once he came to his senses, Dong Mo shouted and, with Xiao Bai in tow, chased after Gu Ziyue in the direction she had fled.

As Dong Mo ran, he brought up the system map and quickly found a shortcut in the maze that allowed him to outflank Gu Ziyue.

He then quickly spoke up and gave instructions to Xiao Bai.

"Xiao Bai, you chase after her from behind! I'll take the shortcut to the right and ambush her from the front!"

"clear!"

Xiao Bai touched the ground with his toes and sped off like an arrow in the direction where Gu Ziyue had disappeared.

Dong Mo then darted into the right-hand passage, speeding through the narrow stone walls.

Meanwhile, Gu Ziyue was hopping triumphantly forward deep within the maze.

Hmph! You mere humans think you can capture me? Dream on!

I have remembered the humiliation you inflicted upon me! Once I regain my strength, I will repay you tenfold for the humiliation you just caused me!

Gu Ziyue was secretly plotting her revenge when a clear shout suddenly came from behind her.

"Don't run!"

Gu Ziyue turned around and saw Xiao Bai's figure appear at the other end of the passage, approaching her at an alarming speed.

Hmph... Don't run? Only a fool wouldn't run!

Gu Ziyue gritted her teeth, her spiritual power suddenly erupting, increasing her escape speed by another third. As she hopped, she deliberately used her shoulder to bump into the traps on the maze walls, attempting to use them to slow Xiao Bai's pursuit.

As Gu Ziyue operated, a series of traps and mechanisms were triggered behind her.

Arrows, falling rocks, poisonous fog, puppets... the entire maze passage was instantly filled with all sorts of traps and mechanisms.

Xiao Bai was forced to stop and drew her sword to parry the various mechanisms shooting from both sides, as well as the mechanical puppets wielding weapons and attacking her.

However, after she finished dealing with these mechanisms, Gu Ziyue had already disappeared without a trace.

Hmph... You think you can catch me? You humans are so naive!

As Gu Ziyue was thinking this, just as she was about to turn around and say a few sarcastic words to Xiao Bai behind her, the back of her head suddenly bumped into something warm.

Suddenly, a long, strong hand firmly pressed down on her shoulder from behind.

"Run...keep running! Let's see where you can run now!"

Dong Mo's laughter came from above.

Gu Ziyue froze and quickly backed away.

Looking at Dong Mo's arrogant blond hair, dark skin, greasy expression, and the hateful look on his face, Gu Ziyue knew that he was the worst of the blond-haired!

The guy in front of me is clearly the kind of shameless, despicable, and shameless blond villain that often appears in those human stories I've read before!

Looking at Dong Mo's smug face, Gu Ziyue didn't even dare to think about what would happen to her if she fell into his hands without the ability to resist!

Immediately afterwards, terrifying scenes she had read in human folk tales suddenly and uncontrollably surfaced in her mind...

For example, a demon beast might fail its tribulation and suffer a significant drop in strength, then encounter an evil human and be instantly refined and subjected to cruel reincarnation...

For example, a naive and newly transformed demon encounters a perverted human, is hypnotized by evil magic, and then suffers horrific acts of sexual assault...

Ahhh... No! Absolutely not!

That kind of thing... absolutely must not happen!

"You despicable humans! I won't let you succeed!"

Gu Ziyue gritted her teeth, and the Taotie bloodline flowing through her body suddenly trembled.

Clearly, he wanted to use the Taotie bloodline within him to break free from the Spirit-Binding Lock and fight Dong Mo to the death.

In fact, under normal circumstances, it would be impossible for Gu Ziyue to continuously activate the Demon Emperor's bloodline within her body.

However, this time the situation is extremely special...

Because this time, Gu Ziyue still had some weak spiritual power at the Qi Refining level remaining in her body.

Since she had the spare capacity, she could forcefully push it forward.

Although such frequent forced activation of bloodlines will damage Gu Ziyue's fundamental essence.

But to avoid being humiliated by this blond thug, Gu Ziyue had no choice but to go all out!

Immediately afterwards, a familiar burst of violent energy exploded from Gu Ziyue's body.

Realizing something was wrong, Dong Mo's pupils contracted, and he immediately transmitted his voice to the Devouring Heaven True Blood within his body.

"Devourer! Quickly cancel her Berserk effect!"

[Devouring Heaven's True Blood: Mother! I understand!]

The moment the pop-up window for Devouring Heaven True Blood appeared, the violent energy that was about to erupt from Gu Ziyue's body suddenly vanished completely, as if someone had pulled the plug.

Her bloodline calmed down, her spiritual power subsided... Gu Ziyue knelt on the ground and frantically tried to activate her bloodline, but no matter how she tried, there was no reaction!

Huh? What...what's going on?

Gu Ziyue panicked. Why was the mad blood within her suddenly out of control?

As Gu Ziyue was wondering, a sinister laugh suddenly came from in front of her.

"Hehehe..."

Dong Mo slowly squatted down, bringing his face close to Gu Ziyue's, and a perfectly standard villainous smile appeared on his lips.

"Hehe... How's it going, Miss Fox Demon? Are you finding your powers aren't obeying you?"

Upon hearing this, Gu Ziyue's pupils dilated suddenly.

"It's...it's you!"

"You tampered with my body! What on earth did you do to me?"

Faced with Gu Ziyue's questioning, Dong Mo chuckled inwardly.

I didn't do anything particularly outrageous; I just casually took control of the Devouring Heaven True Blood within you.

Hehe~ The Demon Emperor's bloodline that you cherish so much has a completely different face to me~

Dong Mo thought this to himself, but said something completely different to Gu Ziyue.

"What did I do to you? Guess..."

Just then, a series of hurried footsteps suddenly came from the other end of the passage.

Just then, Xiao Bai, who had dealt with a series of traps and mechanical puppets triggered by Gu Ziyue, suddenly arrived at Dong Mo's side, panting heavily. There were still a few wood shavings on the hem of his clothes, which he had shaved off from the mechanical puppets in the maze.

"Young master, I'm late. Are you alright?"

"I'm fine." Dong Mo waved his hand and gestured towards Gu Ziyue with his lip, saying, "Come and lend a hand, help me take this fox demon lady back!"

"Yes, young master."

Dong Mo then stood up, looked down at Gu Ziyue who was slumped on the ground, and extended a hand, giving Gu Ziyue what he considered a friendly smile.

"Come with us, Miss Fox Demon."

Seeing Dong Mo and Xiao Bai approaching step by step, Gu Ziyue instantly bristled.

"Don't come any closer! Don't come any closer!"

Gu Ziyue's voice was filled with sobs, her tone brimming with humiliation she had never experienced before as a princess of the demon race.

"Hmph! Do you know who my mother is? My mother is the Jin Yun Demon Empress of the Southern Wilderness! If you dare to harm me, my mother will not let you get away with it!"

"Oh?"

Dong Mo stopped and tilted his head.

Gu Ziyue was overjoyed, thinking that invoking her mother's name had finally intimidated this blond-haired villain.

However, the next second, Dong Mo roughly grabbed her by the collar.

"Hmph... I don't care who your mother is."

Dong Mo smiled like a complete villain, pulled Gu Ziyue, who was tied up like a dumpling, in front of him, and said to Gu Ziyue word by word.

"Once you fall into my hands, if you're a dragon, you'd better coil up; if you're a tiger, you'd better lie low!"

However, as soon as Dong Mo finished speaking, the entire maze suddenly trembled without warning.

The surrounding walls began to shift rapidly, and the spatial runes on the ground flickered wildly. One by one, teleportation arrays lit up beneath the three's feet. The interior space of the maze was reorganizing!

"Damn it... Oh no! Time's up!"

Dong Mo's expression changed, and he immediately extended his hand to Xiao Bai.

"Xiao Bai, grab me!"

"The maze's movement cycle has ended; the spatial structure within the maze is changing!"

"We must hurry and get to the array plate; it would be troublesome if we got separated!"

Xiao Bai suddenly came to his senses, leaped forward, and desperately reached out to Dong Mo.

However, just as Xiao Bai's fingertips were about to touch Dong Mo's palm, a blinding white light exploded from beneath Dong Mo and Gu Ziyue's feet.

A moment later, the white light gradually dissipated, and Dong Mo and Gu Ziyue disappeared without a trace, leaving only Xiao Bai in the spot.

"Young Master!"

Xiao Bai's shouts echoed through the empty maze, but received no response whatsoever.