77: I'd been scammed! But then, a glimmer of hope appeared!

Su Lie looked at the excited parties, feeling utterly delighted: "Haha! You all thought I was some peasant dog! Didn't expect this, huh! The real peasant dogs are you!"

His emotions were exceptionally high and excited.

Just then.

Qiqi and the girl simultaneously looked at Su Lie: "You decide!"

"I want this dried corpse tree!"

Su Lie turned his head, nodded at the green-clothed girl, and readily traded the glass bottle to her.

He hadn't expected the glass bottle would almost cause a conflict between two powerful existences.

This made him afraid to take out any other glass bottles.

He worried it would bring trouble upon himself.

He could still explain one glass bottle as something obtained from opening a Treasure Chest.

What about two?

He couldn't explain it.

Su Lie's answer instantly extinguished Qiqi's fervor.

The girl handed the dried corpse tree to Su Lie, snatched the glass bottle, and began examining it closely.

The other monsters returned to their original seats.

However.

The way they looked at Su Lie changed from cold indifference to burning heat.

Su Lie did not notice this.

Just then.

Qiqi reminded Su Lie that it was his turn to trade.

Su Lie excitedly put away the dried corpse tree and casually took out a god-tier salt crystal from his ruyi pouch.

The instant the salt crystal appeared.

Su Lie couldn't help but freeze.

He felt his mind suddenly become clear, as if a layer of Mist had receded from his vision.

The next second.

Su Lie was shocked to find that the magnificent, golden Hall had vanished in an instant.

His location was actually a giant bird's nest 500 meters in diameter.

The floor of the bird's nest was paved with gold.

The light source around them was a collection of glowing mushrooms.

The monsters before him were no longer humanoid monsters, but various kinds of birds.

He turned his head to look at Qiqi and the girl he had mistaken for a mountain god beside him.

This caused Su Lie's pupils to contract, and a bad feeling arose in his heart.

"Damn! What is going on?"

Su Lie was stunned to discover that both Qiqi and the girl were bird-headed, human-bodied monsters wearing golden armor.

He immediately checked his status panel.

The next second.

"Damn! I was tricked!"

Su Lie immediately activated the Invisibility power of his Invisibility Cloak.

*Buzz!*

Under the monsters' confused gazes, Su Lie vanished from his spot.

"What happened?"

"Where is the Survivor?"

Qiqi and the girl abruptly stood up, unable to resist reaching out toward the spot where Su Lie had just been standing.

They disregarded the Disguise and flapped their wings, whipping up gusts of wind all around them.

The next second.

The two monsters were completely stunned.

Not only did they fail to grasp anything.

They also couldn't sense any presence within the wind using their abilities.

It was as if.

Su Lie hadn't used Invisibility, but had teleported away.

"How is this possible?"

The two women exclaimed in shock.

They clearly hadn't seen the light of teleportation!

Immediately after.

*Buzz!*

The departing old woman walked out, looking weary: "Damn it! Just one step short! The Mountain God actually interfered with me at the crucial moment!"

"Right! What was that thing that kid just took out?"

"How did he instantly break free from my Spirit intrusion?"

She looked at Qiqi and the girl.

Qiqi shook her head.

The girl solemnly said: "It was a salt crystal! A god-tier salt crystal!"

"No wonder! That thing has a purification effect; it can cleanse spatial magnetic fields and interfere with malicious Spirit disturbances! It perfectly counters my Skill!"

The old woman suddenly realized.

She turned her head and glanced around, then instructed: "Xuxu! You stay home! Qiqi! Take the bird army and launch an invasion for me. See if that kid teleported back to his Shelter!"

After speaking.

She immediately revealed her true form as a Mist Phoenix Bird and prepared to spread her wings and fly away.

Qiqi couldn't help but ask: "Nanny! Where are you going?"

"Since both we and the Mountain God have marked this Survivor, then the competition must be fair! The Mountain God ruined my plans and interfered with my Spirit, preventing me from turning this kid into a fruit in time. This grudge must be repaid!"

A wave of killing intent erupted from the old woman's sharp eyes.

As her voice fell.

She had already spread her wings and flown away.

Su Lie, standing in place, finally breathed a silent sigh of relief.

At this point, he had already discovered through his passive Skill, Monster Prompt.

This old woman was the Level 50 Mist Phoenix Bird he had traded with earlier today.

And all the surrounding birds were Level 40 bird demons.

Qiqi's level was 30.

Xuxu's level was only 16.

"Holy crap! These feathered beasts dared to trick me! They are truly despicable!"

Su Lie now wished he could slap himself twice.

Only now did he recall the basic rules of the Mist World.

He had made two mistakes.

One was forming an alliance!

The second was trusting a trade invitation!

Aside from that.

He had even more doubts.

He had just checked his status panel.

He was shocked to discover.

The Mist rewards he had just received were all fake.

There were no 2 million Mist Points.

Nor was there a Mist Language Talent.

Furthermore.

He had also lost 1 year of Lifespan!

It had dropped from 131 years of Lifespan to 130 years of Lifespan.

This made him sneer: "I was truly arrogant! How could the mist rule possibly respond to my question? All of this must have been done by that old bird!"

However.

He had indeed received a blueprint for a Mist Pistol, and this blueprint was genuinely a god-tier weapon manufacturing blueprint.

The dried corpse tree obtained from the trade just now was also real.

"Then what about that Mist Phoenix Bird's stone of friendship? I personally used Enhance on it! How could it be wrong?"

A doubt couldn't help but arise in Su Lie's heart.

Soon.

After failing to find anything, the bird demons in the Mist Phoenix Bird monster nest all followed the Mist Phoenix Bird named Qiqi and flew away from the nest.

Su Lie breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this.

Not far away.

Xuxu walked toward the edge of the nest area.

As she walked, she muttered boredly to herself: "Ugh! How boring! I wish that guy hadn't left! I could have had another plaything!"

Seeing this, Su Lie strode toward Xuxu, and when he arrived behind her.

He took the machete out of his ruyi pouch.

He aimed at the back of Xuxu's neck, intending to decapitate her with a single strike.

"Although I obtained two red god-tier items, I can't let them trick me for free! I can't wait to take revenge; I must do it now! This nest is currently empty. If I can take Xuxu hostage... maybe I can gain even more benefits!"

Su Lie stopped; he decided to risk it.

Anyway, he had the Invisibility Cloak.

Even the Level 50 old woman hadn't discovered his whereabouts just now.

Let alone the other bird demons.

*Buzz!*

When he held the machete across Xuxu's throat.

Su Lie revealed himself from his Invisibility state.

Xuxu first noticed the coldness at her neck, immediately followed by the fierce killing intent emanating from Su Lie behind her.

This startled her, and she tried to turn around to look.

But she was instantly restrained by a force she couldn't resist, and the cold blade of the machete sent chills throughout her body.

Subconsciously, she used her Spirit Skill.

The next second.

She cried out in shock inwardly: "How is this possible? My Spirit Skill failed! Could this be a subordinate of the Mountain God? But the Mountain God's subordinates don't have flying bird demons!"

Just then.

Su Lie threatened in a low voice: "Don't move! Tell me! Where are all your Treasure Chests?"

Xuxu's pupils contracted, and she cried out: "How is this possible? You're still here... Did you use Invisibility? That's impossible! Nanny is so powerful..."

She recognized Su Lie's identity.

This left her speechless with shock.

Su Lie asked the question again.

Xuxu rolled her eyes and started making excuses.

Su Lie didn't indulge her and immediately sliced Xuxu's skin.

A stream of golden, scalding liquid flowed out.

Xuxu was so frightened that cold sweat poured down her forehead. The crisis of death made her tremble, and her head buzzed: "I'm going to die!"

Only then did she realize that Su Lie would genuinely kill her.

She hurriedly cried out in panic: "No! No! No! Don't kill me! The treasury is right in the center of the nest, but only the Mist Phoenix Clan can see it! I'll take you inside! As long as you don't kill me, I'll become your slave..."