Realm of the Night God

The villagers' act of climbing the mountain to eliminate demons thoroughly angered the snake deity. In a fit of rage, the snake deity instantly swallowed several villagers who were at the forefront.

The brutal actions of the snake deity further convinced the villagers that everything the two talisman masters had said was true. The demon's nature was ferocious, and it would devour people without hesitation. This made them believe that turning to the Fu ancestor was the right choice, considering how foolish and laughable it was to once worship a serpent demon.

The villagers' faith, combined with witnessing the cruelty of the serpent demon, filled their hearts with hatred. The serpent demon, once their sole deity, had now become the target they must eliminate.

As the serpent demon spoke, she paused, looking at Yang Haoran. The icy coldness in her eyes disappeared, and she managed to force a slight smile. Then she spoke, "Is there water? My throat is practically smoking."

"I'll get it for you," Yang Haoran responded and got out of the car, retrieving two bottles of mineral water from the trunk. After getting back into the car, he handed a bottle to the serpent demon and opened one for himself.

At this point, Yang Haoran didn't continue driving; he had already parked the car in a spot under the shopping mall because they had reached their destination. However, the serpent demon's story was not finished, so he didn't interrupt.

After taking a sip of water, the serpent demon smiled at Yang Haoran and asked, "Do you want to continue listening?"

Yang Haoran also took a sip of water and replied with a smile, "Of course, I enjoy listening to any story, be it a tragedy or a comedy. I like to hear it all from beginning to end and learn from the experiences."

"Underworld Envoy big brother, you're truly studious. However, if you want to listen, I have a condition," the serpent demon said with a flattering smile.

"Can you?" the serpent demon asked, smiling.

"Of course not, because our transaction is not over yet," Yang Haoran replied decisively.

"You're really stingy. Well, I'll change the condition then. I don't have money on me, so you have to pay for the clothes I want," the serpent demon said, not really expecting Yang Haoran to let her go, as she knew it was unrealistic. So, she nonchalantly changed the condition.

"Buy whatever you like, and the payment is on me. You can trust me on that," Yang Haoran assured with a smile.

"You better not back out," the serpent demon said. Taking another sip of water, she continued with the story.

The villagers and the two talisman masters all wanted to eliminate the snake deity, and the enraged snake deity wanted to get rid of them as well. Thus, a bloody battle unfolded.

The two talisman masters were confident in their abilities, thinking they could easily take down the snake deity. They not only did not stop the villagers from going up the mountain but also led them in demon hunting. They wanted to show the villagers how powerful they, as talisman masters, were and at the same time establish a towering image in their hearts.

However, the two talisman masters underestimated the strength of the snake deity. In that battle, most of the villagers were swallowed by the snake deity, and a small portion was terrified by the bloody scene and fled.

As for the talisman masters from the Fu Sect, the yellow talisman master died at the hands of the snake deity at first sight, and though the black talisman master survived, she was severely injured and also fled.

While the bloody battle ended in victory for the snake deity, she found no joy in it. Her divine statue was destroyed, the temple was leveled in the fight, and her last believer, the old farmer, lost his life in the battle. Instead of feeling any happiness, she felt emptiness inside.

The snake deity did not consume the body of the old farmer, as he remained her devout believer until death. Instead, using magic, she restored and summoned a small snake into the old farmer's body, bringing him back to life once more.

"However, the old farmer had already died, and the resurrected version of him was nothing more than a puppet. Yet, the snake deity did not look down upon him because of this; she still regarded him as her only believer."

"Next, the snake deity initiated her revenge. Under her command, the old farmer returned to the village with orders to kill everyone in accordance with her wishes."

"The reason this task was assigned to the old farmer was because the snake deity, like the black talisman master, had suffered severe injuries in their battle. She urgently needed a place to heal, and she also wanted the old farmer to personally seek vengeance, even if he was already dead."

"Returning to the village, with all the surviving villagers having fled, the snake deity, though not descending from the mountain, could still learn about everything through the magic on the old farmer. Consequently, the snake deity instructed the old farmer to pursue the fleeing villagers."

"While the snake deity set up a makeshift wooden hut on the mountain to recover, the old farmer was tasked with hunting down the escaped villagers. Once the old farmer returned, the snake deity planned to change her healing location immediately, as she felt the current one was unsafe. She feared that the black talisman master might bring reinforcements to confront her and had no intention of staying there for long."

With the aid of magic, a simple wooden hut was quickly constructed, from gathering materials to building it – a mere wave of the snake deity's hand. After successfully building the hut, the snake deity intended to prioritize healing. However, feeling unsettled, she decided to devour the body of the yellow talisman master, leaving only the head. She then cast a spell, boiling the head in a pot. Unexpectedly, something she hadn't anticipated occurred.

The severely injured black talisman master hadn't fled but had concealed her presence and power fluctuations in the shadows. She had been searching for the opportune moment and, during the snake deity's head-boiling spell, seized the chance. She unleashed most of her Talisman Spirit Power, forcefully inscribing several demon suppression talismans on the wooden door!

Given the urgency of the situation, the snake deity naturally didn't want to be sealed inside the wooden hut. Despite resisting with all her might, the snake deity's efforts were in vain. Before the completion of the demon suppression talismans, she cast a hex on the black talisman master. Utilizing a strand of the yellow talisman master's hair as a charm, she forcefully injected it into the black talisman master's body, causing the hex's power to erupt completely!

The black talisman master went insane due to the hex, while the snake deity found herself trapped within the wooden hut by the demon suppression talismans, unable to leave.

Trapped in the hut, the snake deity no longer cared about sending the old farmer to pursue the escaped villagers. She instructed the old farmer to return immediately. However, the old farmer's return changed nothing. His strength was too weak; he couldn't break the demon suppression talismans or even kill the severely injured black talisman master. She had retained a small portion of Talisman Spirit Power in her body, serving as her lifeline.

Due to the overwhelming obsession, the insane black talisman master didn't leave the village but hid in an uninhabited farmhouse. As the snake deity couldn't vent her anger, she commanded the old farmer to nearly destroy all the houses in the nearby village, leaving only a few dilapidated ones as a memorial, commemorating her past role as the guardian deity.

From then on, one village at the foot of the mountain gained a new resident – a crazy woman, along with an old farmer watching over her. On the mountain, a sealed serpent demon became an addition.

On the seventh day after the battle's end, the souls of the deceased villagers coalesced at the mountaintop. Though the snake deity had consumed their flesh, she could only absorb their spirits, not their souls. So, after the snake deity digested their bodies, their souls floated above the wooden hut, gradually condensing. By the seventh day, they formed into undead.

However, among these undead, the old farmer's presence was absent. Because the old farmer died at the hands of the black talisman master, even his soul had been scattered, making him ineligible for the spirit condensation.

The snake deity wasn't surprised by this; she had anticipated such an outcome. Simultaneously, she was prepared. She had no intention of allowing the undead of these villagers to survive; she wanted their souls to scatter into the afterlife!"

Chapter 295: The Depths of the Human Heart