The Demon King is an Idiot [BL]-Chapter 63: Kill or be killed

"Let them leave this place," Jie Fu Lian unhesitantly demanded.

The demon scoffed as he heard this request and firmly spoke, "I’m afraid I can’t do that. Why don’t you make a more reasonable request?"

"Then heal their injuries."

"I can’t do that either," The demon sighed as he shrugged his shoulders and replied without even needing to think about it.

"Then tell me why we are here and how do we get out of here?"

The demon suddenly smirked as he heard this question and looked at Jie Fu Lian with an indecipherable expression plastered on his face as he spoke, "You."

"Huh?"

"Because of you," The demon repeated himself with a wicked smile as he pointed at Jie Fu Lian and continued, "You are the reason why everyone else is trapped here and you are also the only one who can find a way out of this place."

"What nonsense are you spouting?!" Jie Fu Lian roared, "I came here to save the people that you captured! How can they be trapped here because of me? If anything, I’m the one trapped here because of them!"

The demon laughed as he heard this and shook his head as he commented, "You really don’t know anything, do you?"

Jie Fu Lian’s eyebrows creased together as he heard this and he glared at the demon without saying anything.

"Jie Fu Lian, this trap was made for you." For some reason, the demon’s smile seemed even more sinister as he said these words that left Jie Fu Lian a little dumbstruck, "If you kill everyone present here, you’ll be able to leave."

Jie Fu Lian clenched his fist as he heard this.

This demon was obviously trying to trick everyone into turning against Jie Fu Lian!

Jie Fu Lian didn’t dare believe a word he spouted!

"Of course, if everyone here manages to kill you then they’ll be the ones getting out," The demon added with a laugh and Jie Fu Lian felt a shiver run down his spine, "It’s kill or be killed. You don’t need to think too deeply about it. You just need to make a decision."

Some people glanced at Jie Fu Lian and although there was a bit of reluctance their intentions were pretty clear.

Jie Fu Lian gritted his teeth as he cried out, "You’re lying! You said you can’t let me die!"

The demon nodded his head as he confirmed it, "That’s right. I can’t let you be killed. So even if you die here, you’ll be resurrected by me."

Jie Fu Lian gulped as he heard this and fell speechless.

"I-If he kills us, would we also be r-resurrected...?" One of the HuiXue sect disciples raised his hand as he stuttered.

The demon smiled as he replied, "Of course, not. Why would I resurrect worthless pests like you?"

Jie Fu Lian felt a little terrified.

It wasn’t the fear of a strong opponent or the fear of death. It was the fear of being tricked into becoming the enemy.

"You have to make a decision fast," The demon added, "You’ll only be given a month here. By the end of this month, if Jie Fu Lian isn’t killed, he’ll leave this place and the rest of you will be killed by me. So be quick and make a wise decision."

After having said this, the demon disappeared into thin air but the intense pressure he left behind didn’t diminish easily.

Suddenly, there was a sound of a sword being unsheathed and Hua Tianshu immediately pushed Jie Fu Lian behind him and protected him as he glared at the HuiXue sect disciple that had taken out his sword.

"What are you doing?" With a chilling voice, Hua Tianshu questioned as he glared at the young man.

"S-Senior martial brother, you also heard him. If we don’t kill him, we’ll be the ones to die!"

"So you want to kill him?" Hua Tianshu raised his eyebrow as he questioned.

"E-Even if we kill him, he won’t really die. He’ll be resurrected. We can all get out of here safely!"

"Shut up," Hua Tianshu gritted out as he took out his own sword and pointed it at the disciple’s neck, "Just a few words from a worthless demon and you are already acting insane. You’re a disgrace to our sect."

Jie Fu Lian glanced around at the faces of everyone present and he felt a shiver run down his spine.

Except for Jin Long, Tail, and the Hua siblings, it looked like everyone else held the same opinions as the courageous HuiXue sect disciple who had unsheathed his sword.

Hua Meifang sighed as she spoke up, "If you want to kill Daoist Fu then go ahead and try."

Hua Tianshu immediately glared at his sister, feeling a little confused as he heard this.

"But know this," Hua Meifang continued as she firmly spoke, "If you fail to kill him, he’ll be the one to kill you and I won’t blame him for it. In fact, I might even support him. If you really believe you can beat him then be my guest and attack."

Just a few seconds ago, almost half of them wanted to raise their sword and attack the man but after hearing this, everyone immediately felt reluctant to act up.

At the moment, Jie Fu Lian was the one with the highest cultivation realm so nobody really stood a chance of beating him. If both the Hua siblings acted together and attacked him, perhaps they would have a chance but from the looks of it, they seemed to be completely disinterested in offending Jie Fu Lian.

"I think we should all calm down first," Jin Long spoke up as he raised his hand, "The demon gave us a month to decide. There is no need for us to make a hasty decision."

"Didn’t you hear him?" Another HuiXue sect disciple questioned with a frown as he raised his voice, "If we don’t kill him by the end of this month, he’ll leave this place and we’ll be killed by that wicked demon!"

Jin Long also frowned as he heard this and glared at the man as he questioned, "So you want to kill an innocent man based on the words of a wicked demon? Can you still call yourself a righteous cultivator after harboring such thoughts?"

"W-We don’t need to be afraid," Tail suddenly mustered up his courage to join the discussion as he commented, "The demon is trying to turn us against each other. The enemy isn’t Young Master Jie Fu Lian. If we waste time worrying about this, we’ll have no way of defeating the real enemy which is the demon that created this place and trapped us here."

Jin Long gulped as he heard this and although he hated being on the same side as Tail, he still couldn’t help but nod his head as he agreed.

"How do we know that?" The HuiXue sect disciple that had first unsheathed his sword immediately questioned, feeling a little anxious, "He might have colluded with the demons!"

"That’s right!" Another disciple joined him as he added, "In just three years, he managed to surpass our Senior Martial Brother Hua. His cultivation speed is too abnormal! It’s possible that he colluded with the demons and practiced demonic cultivation in secret."

"The demon king wants him alive. If the two don’t know each other, why would the demon king go through this much trouble?!"

"Jie Fu Lian, how can you prove that you are innocent?!"

Jie Fu Lian remained silent as he heard all this. For some reason, he found the situation a bit funny. Before the demon arrived, all these people were depending on him to get them out of here but after hearing some nonsense, they had turned their backs on him and were unhesitantly pointing fingers at him.

"If Young Master Jie Fu Lian was colluding with the demons, he would’ve already killed you! You have an annoying mouth and a rotting personality! If he kills you even I won’t blame him!" Tail got offended on behalf of Jie Fu Lian and finally snapped.

"Even if he didn’t collude with the demons, it doesn’t change the fact that the demon king wants to keep him alive," This time, it was Hua Meifang who had spoken up with a sigh and for a second there, Jie Fu Lian felt as if the woman had also turned against him.

"Daoist Fu, are you sure you don’t know the demon king?" Hua Meifang looked at the man as she patiently asked.

Unlike the others, she wasn’t accusing the man. She was simply asking to know his answer.

Jie Fu Lian gulped as he shook his head and honestly replied, "I don’t know him personally and I have no connections with him either. I’ve only heard about him from rumors and stories."

Hua Meifang nodded her head in understanding as she heard this and politely spoke, "Then you must be careful."

"Huh?"

"It seems that the demon king is targeting you," Hua Meifang continued and Jie Fu Lian felt as if his heart had stopped beating with fear.

If the demon king was targeting him then... Didn’t it mean that he was close to his death?!

Just how many people have escaped death after being targeted by the demon king? There were none!