Chapter 85: As a Mother, She Is Strong

Heh... The two human heads let out a sneer. The old man’s head laughed and said, “So what if you dodged once? Could it be that you also have that scholar’s treasure?”

One had to know that treasures capable of harming them were rare beyond imagining. This was also their first time seeing one, so naturally, they did not believe that scholar would give such a treasure to someone else.

“Just obediently stay still. We can let you die a little more painlessly,” the old woman’s head said sinisterly.

But Madam Shu Fang was not moved by the words of the two human heads. When she was being dragged over, she had already known that she was certainly dead.

Since that was the case, she might as well use her own life to open a path of survival for her husband and daughter. Having already resolved herself to die, she could endure any inhuman pain for her daughter and husband.

Even though her body was now already broken beyond recognition, she no longer cared.

I only hope Benefactor’s talisman paper can kill this Peach Demon, Madam Shu Fang thought. When she had been dragged over, she had already taken the talisman paper from her sleeve and clenched it in her palm.

Seeing that this woman remained unmoved, the two human heads lost interest and prepared to kill her.

And at this very moment, Madam Shu Fang smiled. Her smile now looked especially terrifying on her face.

Seeing this woman suddenly smile, the Peach Tree Demon immediately had a bad premonition and prepared to pull out its root at once to kill her immediately.

But by then, it was already too late. Madam Shu Fang directly slapped a wrinkled, blood-soaked sheet of talisman paper hard onto the root right in front of her.

With this slap, the Peach Tree Demon’s root immediately began to disintegrate, and the disintegration extended to the Peach Tree Demon’s body.

“No!!!” Seeing this scene, the two human heads on the Peach Tree Demon revealed looks of terror.

However, by this time, the annihilation had already spread to its body.

And at this very moment, the two human heads’ terrified cries suddenly stopped. Instead, the two human heads let out whimpering sobs.

Amid the whimpering sobs, the old man’s and old woman’s heads suddenly split open from the middle, allowing the inside of the human heads to be clearly seen.

These two human heads did not seem like real human heads, because there were no human tissues or organs inside them. Instead, they were entirely wood, making them look strange to the extreme.

After the four halves of the heads separated, half of the old man’s head and half of the old woman’s head fused with each other respectively, turning into two strange human heads, each half old man and half old woman.

At this very moment, the tree trunk began to annihilate, taking away one of the strange human heads with it.

After that strange human head was annihilated, the annihilation stopped.

“I will eat you!!!” The strange human head, old man on the left and old woman on the right, let out a roar that sounded both male and female.

Seeing this, despair appeared in Madam Shu Fang’s eyes, and her face turned ashen.

She had not expected that the final effort she made with her own life still had not killed this damned Peach Tree Demon.

At this moment, a root shot up from the ground, wrapped around the woman, and then sent her in front of the Peach Tree Demon.

The Peach Tree Demon’s two eyes revealed a venomous look. It bit down on Madam Shu Fang’s neck, and then one strange gulp after another rang out through the forest.

At this time, Li Si, who was searching for traces in the distance, also heard that strange roar that sounded neither male nor female. He was immediately stunned, then instantly rushed straight toward the direction the sound had come from.

After running roughly seven or eight hundred metres, Li Si arrived at the place where the scream had come from.

When he reached the place of the scream, the scene he saw nearly made his eyes split with rage.

In the clearing, there was a pitch-black peach tree four or five metres tall. This peach tree seemed to be missing a part, as if it had suffered some kind of injury. On the body of the peach tree was a human head. The left side of this head looked like an old man, while the right side looked like an old woman. There was an obvious crack between the two faces, making it appear extremely strange.

What made one’s hair stand on end even more was that this head was biting a woman’s neck.

The woman’s clothing had already been ground until it was tattered and incomplete. In many places on the front of her body, organs and white bones were already exposed. Blood was spilled all over the ground, and her eyes, refusing to close even in death, were staring fixedly in Li Si’s direction. From the look of it, she was already thoroughly dead.

Looking at this woman’s face, Li Si recognised her as Madam Shu Fang, who had just been dragged away.

And the peach tree’s incomplete appearance was very clearly caused by this woman using the Low-Level Demon-Slaying Talisman he had given her.

It was hard to imagine that a person, after her organs and bones had already been ground out, could still have the strength to use a Demon-Slaying Talisman and inflict serious damage on this demon and evil spirit.

Of course, thinking about it, it was actually only natural. Last night, when Shu Rong saw that Peach Tree Demon, he had been so frightened that he retreated.

But this woman, afraid of alerting the Peach Tree Demon, not only forcibly endured her fear, but also covered her daughter’s mouth so she would not cry out. From this, one could see the resilience in her heart.

A woman may be gentle by nature, but as a mother, she becomes strong.

Together with the strengthening effect of that peach, it was only natural that she could severely injure the Peach Tree Demon.

Li Si took a deep breath, his eyes fixed on this Peach Demon. He prepared to step forward and finish it off. He believed that in this Peach Demon’s current state, as long as he slapped a Low-Level Demon-Slaying Talisman onto it, he could take its life.

At this time, the other nearby Peach Tree Demons were still behind them and would need some time to arrive.

That amount of time was already enough for him to kill this Peach Tree Demon.

And just as he was about to step forward, the Peach Tree Demon suddenly bit down hard, snapping Madam Shu Fang’s cervical vertebrae. Immediately, her head rolled off and rolled to the side.

“I will let you all go.” After biting through Madam Shu Fang’s neck, the Peach Tree Demon licked the scarlet blood from its lips, looked at Li Si, and spoke in its voice that sounded both male and female.

Li Si’s expression did not change. His face was cold as he continued walking toward the Peach Tree Demon.

Seeing Li Si’s completely unmoved appearance, a flash of panic flickered deep in the peach tree’s eyes, and it continued, “I can give you that kind of peach. I believe you have already experienced its benefits, haven’t you?”

Li Si still walked slowly toward the Peach Demon. His expression instead grew colder and colder.

At this very moment, more than ten roots suddenly shot up from underground and stabbed fiercely toward Li Si like long spears.

Li Si’s body did not move, but behind him appeared a deathly blue tongue. Like a python, it wrapped tightly around these roots, leaving them unable to move in midair.

Walking in front of the tree demon, Li Si took out a yellow talisman paper from his clothes, raised his hand, and said to that strange human head, “If I want to become stronger, I do not need to make a deal with you.”

“No!!!” Hearing Li Si say this, the Peach Tree Demon immediately realised something was wrong. Its previously forced calm expression instantly twisted and became extremely terrified.

Slap!!!

Then Li Si slapped the Peach Tree Demon hard across the face. Beginning from its head, the Peach Tree Demon immediately turned entirely into powder, followed closely by its whole trunk.

Only a venomous, extremely hateful shriek remained.