Mortal Mirror

The snake cave was deep and winding. Li Ergou led the two creatures for another hour, but the cave seemed endless. There was no sign of the scorpion that had captured Ah Donkey.

Just as Li Ergou was losing patience, he heard a flapping sound inside the cave, as if some birds were flying.

Li Ergou immediately perked up and led the rabbit and the big red bird forward quickly. Soon, they saw a bat flying in the cave ahead.

What was even stranger was that this bat wasn't dead, but a living creature.

Seeing a living creature, Li Ergou immediately became energetic, urging everyone to follow. The bat wasn't slow, but Li Ergou and the others managed to keep up. Soon, the bat flew into a huge cave.

Li Ergou didn't hesitate and followed. As soon as he entered the cave, he saw countless bats hanging upside down from the ceiling.

Each bat was about a foot in size, with red light shining in its eyes. At the end of the cave, there was a huge bat lying there. The bat was enormous, with its wingspan reaching about thirty to forty feet. It was undoubtedly a demon king-level bat.

Like the things outside, the bat was decaying all over, with some parts broken. However, Li Ergou couldn't be sure whether it was dead or alive.

Just as he was pondering, the bat moved. It raised its head, looked at Li Ergou, its eyes filled with dim light. Then, it opened its mouth and said, "What's that smell? It's the scent of the Heavenly Burial Pill. Human, what have you done? Why did you steal that thing?

That is the source of all evil, a thing cursed by heaven! Damn it, you shouldn't have done this!"

It became more and more agitated and strode towards Li Ergou.

Facing this huge creature, Li Ergou wasn't afraid at all. After all, this thing was a living dead thing. How powerful could it be?

The bat only took a few steps before falling to the ground. Its eyes showed unwillingness as it said, "It's decaying after all."

Li Ergou didn't expect this guy to be so weak. Without thinking much, he went directly to the bat's side and said, "What exactly happened here? Is the Heavenly Burial Pill the pill inside the furnace? Why did you refine that thing? It's really poisonous."

The bat didn't speak, but directly waved its huge claws and grabbed at Li Ergou.

Li Ergou raised his hand and pressed down, directly pinning its body to the ground. He said with a playful tone, "You are too decayed. Still want to resist? I don't mind tearing you to pieces."

The bat wasn't afraid at all and said, "Death is the ultimate liberation. The Heavenly Burial Pill is a thing cursed by heaven. Greed will leave you with no burial place.

Little guy, don't you want to know what happened here? Continue forward and find the Golden Snake King. All the mysteries will be revealed, but…"

Before it could finish speaking, it suddenly exerted force, broke free from Li Ergou's restraint, opened its huge mouth, and bit towards his head.

Li Ergou didn't think much and threw a punch, directly smashing the bat king's head to pieces.

The bat's body instantly turned to ashes. With a thud, a bead fell from its body. The bead was about the size of an egg and blood-red in color. Li Ergou examined it and found that it wasn't a demon core, because he didn't sense any demon power.

The bead looked very ordinary, but Li Ergou clearly felt that it contained very powerful energy, filled with the unknown. He casually put it in his pocket.

Although he didn't know why the bat suddenly attacked, he thought that this bat must have been living in too much pain and used his hand to commit suicide.

With the death of the bat king, countless bats let out mournful cries. Li Ergou thought they would attack him, but he was wrong. Countless bats flew out of the cave, and in the blink of an eye, the bat cave was empty.

He continued forward along the cave and turned another corner. Suddenly, he found that it was getting colder and colder ahead. He looked at the rabbit and said, "What's going on?

The rabbit quickly shook its head: "I don't know. Are we going underground?

The big red bird quickly said, "That's not right. Shouldn't it be getting hotter and hotter underground? Are we going to encounter an ice cave ahead?"

As soon as it finished speaking, after Li Ergou turned another corner, the front turned into a world of ice and snow.

It was very cold here, with ice everywhere.

"Is it really an ice cave?" the rabbit said in surprise.

Li Ergou said, "Everyone be careful. This snake cave is really strange."

Walking into the cave, they soon discovered that there were many monsters frozen in the ice ahead. There were bat demons, toads, and centipede demons with human bodies and centipede heads.

Some of these monsters were running with their heads down, while others were turning their heads to look behind them, their expressions extremely nervous, as if they were afraid of something.

The rabbit stroked the ice sculptures, which were extremely cold.

"Should we open one and see if these monsters are still alive?" the big red bird suddenly said.

The rabbit quickly nodded and said, "Good idea. I think we can."

Li Ergou didn't think much and directly took action, smashing the ice with one punch. The monster inside, just as it was exposed to the outside, turned into countless dust with a bang and fell to the ground.

"Alas…" Li Ergou sighed and said, "Perhaps these guys have been dead for too long. I'll continue forward."

This time, he didn't walk a few steps before the ice in front suddenly shattered. Then, a giant spider about ten feet in size crawled out from under the ice.

The spider was ice-blue all over, with cold air coming from its body and red eyes. It looked at Li Ergou, the rabbit, and the big red bird.

It made a squeaking sound and said, "Damn humans, how dare you come in and disturb the Golden Snake King! Die for me!"

The spider directly opened its mouth and sprayed a blue energy towards Li Ergou and the others.

Extreme cold swept over, and the air was frozen and crackling. Without saying a word, Li Ergou immediately sacrificed the turtle shell and threw it in front of the three.

In the blink of an eye, a layer of ice covered the turtle shell, which had turned into a size of ten feet.

Without saying a word, Li Ergou sacrificed the White Rainbow Sword and killed the spider. The spider waved its huge claws, trying to knock down the White Rainbow Sword. What a joke! This was a magic flying sword. With the flash of sword light, it directly cut off one of the spider's legs.

The spider went mad, and countless cold air emanated from its body.

Li Ergou snorted coldly and directly sacrificed the Furnace Fire. Endless heat rushed towards him. Then, he stabbed the spider's body with his sword.

The spider let out a scream, and then with a bang, it was shattered into several pieces by the Furnace Fire, unable to die any further.

With the death of the spider, he felt proud in his heart, thinking that this guy looked fierce, but he was only so-so. Just at this time, the ice under his feet suddenly cracked open. His feet emptied, and he, along with the big red bird and the rabbit, fell into the darkness below.