She Er was trapped by Ming Yue and the other two, with walls of fire on all four sides and wind blades overhead.
It could be said that there was no way to heaven and no door to earth. He thought that if he were captured, it would be worse than death.
A shiver ran through She Er's heart. The Demon God organization had strict regulations for captured members.
Even if they didn't reveal any information about the organization, returning alive would be a fate worse than death due to the torture they would endure.
This was because they would perform soul-searching to confirm if any information had been leaked, and after soul-searching, people would basically become simpletons.
She Er did not want to become a simpleton, nor did he want to endure the torture of soul-searching. He had participated in it before.
He knew the cruelty of such methods deeply. The Demon God never intended for captured individuals to survive.
This was why he was so terrified. Just like She San, who had immediately triggered the poison on his body and committed suicide when captured by Ming Yue that day.
He was desperately thinking of a way to escape when a flash of inspiration struck him: there might be no way to heaven, but there was a way to earth!
Although the surroundings and the sky were sealed off, the ground was not. Thus, a yellowish-brown light emanated from She Er.
As he took a step forward, the originally fiery red, hard ground immediately moved to the sides.
A deep cave entrance appeared, and he intended to use earth遁 to escape to safety.
However, all his actions were seen by Ba Jiu, who promptly informed Ming Yue.
Ba Jiu's abilities were primarily mental and fire-elemental, and his pet was also fire-elemental. Now, She Er was surrounded by mud.
They could have directly killed him, but Ming Yue's requirement was to capture him alive, so both of them were powerless.
"Don't worry, he can't escape."
Seeing Ba Jiu and Bao Bao looking anxious, Ming Yue smiled and comforted the two little ones.
She had said to capture him alive, and She Er would not escape today.
Ming Yue waved her hand, retracting the wind blades and fire walls, and walked over with Ba Jiu and Bao Bao.
"Sister, She Er ran away, let's chase him quickly!"
Seeing the fire walls disappear, the inside was empty, and She Er's figure was gone.
Bao Bao cried out, not understanding why her sister wasn't worried at all and was still calm.
"Ba Jiu, Bao Bao, shall we play a game?"
Ming Yue did not answer Bao Bao's question, pulling the two anxious little ones closer and handing each of them a hammer.
The hammers were taken by Ming Yue from the first level of the palace in her jade pendant space. The two were identical, a pair.
Although they had wind and thunder attributes, perhaps due to a refining error, their offensive power was not strong.
However, the materials used were extraterrestrial meteorite iron, genuine and substantial, each weighing a hundred catties.
"Sister, Bao Bao loves playing games the most, what are we playing?"
"Sister, what game are we playing? She Er has already run away, let's chase him quickly!"
Bao Bao and Ba Jiu had completely different attitudes. Bao Bao swung the hammer in her hand with great force. Upon hearing that they were going to play a game, she immediately forgot everything else.
Ba Jiu, on the other hand, looked confused, not knowing why his sister had given them a hammer.
Playing a game? Shouldn't they be chasing She Er right now?
"Whack-a-mole. As soon as She Er pops his head out, hit him hard. Prepare, start!"
As soon as Ming Yue finished speaking, the ground suddenly bulged, forming a mound of earth. Then, the soil scattered outwards, and She Er's head emerged.
"I'll hit him."
Ba Jiu instantly understood Ming Yue's intention. He swung the hammer in his hand, leaped up, and struck She Er's head fiercely.
Just as he emerged from underground, he felt a strong force from above, making She Er dizzy.
Without time to think, he used earth遁 again and burrowed back into the earth.
He had traveled more than ten miles underground just now, likely having already left the scope of Yunmeng Mountain.
So, he headed straight up, wanting to escape the frustrating underground, but before he could get a clear view of his surroundings, he was hit head-on.
He thought that the people who had cornered him were pursuing him all the way.
Therefore, he dared not come out of the soil for fear of being trapped again, and instead retracted his body and continued to flee underground at full speed.
This time, he pushed his speed to the limit, estimating he had run fifty miles and should be able to shake off his pursuers.
To his surprise, as soon as he poked his head out, another strong force from above, heavier than the last, directly knocked his body back underground.
She Er fled underground again. He wondered who the person on the surface was.
Why were they so fast that he couldn't shake them off? He was even more puzzled as to how the person on the surface could track his movements while he was underground.
"Brother, you've hit him twice already, and I haven't hit him even once!"
Bao Bao was very unhappy. Ba Jiu's mental power was higher than hers, and he always detected She Er popping his head out before she did.
This game was so fun, but she hadn't experienced it even once, so she pouted at Ba Jiu.
"Don't worry, there will be plenty of opportunities, they're coming soon."
Ming Yue petted Bao Bao's head to comfort her. She Er's earth遁 could only circle within this area; he couldn't escape.
If Ming Yue wanted to capture She Er alive, how could she leave him a path to escape?
When Bao Bao and Ba Jiu trapped She Er, she had already used witchcraft to place a prohibition on this area.
As long as She Er used earth遁, he could only circle in place. He couldn't escape even if he exhausted himself to death, which was why Ming Yue was so calm.
She Er was already having difficulty breathing underground and urgently needed to return to the surface for air.
Moreover, he had run over a hundred miles back and forth and was exhausted, so he constantly tried to get out of the ground.
Ba Jiu and Bao Bao on the surface became excited. As long as She Er appeared, they would swing their Wind and Thunder Hammers to knock him back underground.
Finally, She Er, unable to breathe, fainted underground.
Ming Yue brought him out from underground and then woke him up. Just as she was about to question him about the laboratory and its connection to the Witch Clan,
She noticed sparks flying on the mountainside plaza. Something had happened at the trading fair again.
The doubts in her heart could have been resolved immediately, but they were interrupted, which greatly displeased her. She felt like killing someone.
However, seeing the powerful sparks, she knew that Ji Shiyou and the others could not control them, and she needed to deal with it immediately.
She could only ask Ba Jiu to use a mental鎖 to control the now-awakened She Er, preventing him from committing suicide by poison like She San.
But what she never expected was that after resolving the issue at the trading fair and intending to interrogate him, She Er was already dead.
Ming Yue examined She Er's body and confirmed that it was not suicide but murder.
She Er's heart was riddled with holes, as if pierced by a sharp weapon, yet the skin of his body was intact, with no external wounds.
She had gone to great lengths to capture She Er alive, and the truth was within reach, only for him to be inexplicably murdered.
Ming Yue's head was about to explode with anger, but she couldn't lose her temper now. She forced herself to calm down and think through the entire incident carefully.
She Er had never left her sight, yet he had been killed, and she hadn't even noticed.
Furthermore, the method was cunning, and the killer must be a meticulous person with a very high ability level.
Ming Yue stood up, her sharp eyes fixed on the mountainside plaza.
The killer must be among them. From the foot of the mountain to the top, the killer would only have had an opportunity to strike at the trading fair.
But who could it be? Ming Yue pondered.