My Evil Wife Is a Nine-Tailed Fox

Chapter 52 - No Escape (2)

"There's no way but to break that mirror," Shen Minyao replied, "They are one of those demons that possess items and manipulate any humans who'd seen their reflections in it." 

"Is that why the previous teacher brought it here? She was possessed?" Li Fei'er then realized that the science teacher might have been manipulated by the demon itself. She might have not realized what she had done even on her death. 

"Isn't it obvious?" The other two doppelgängers attacked them again, but Shen Minyao managed to block the attack of the fake Shen Minyao easily. She struck the back of its head, effectively beating it in one hit, while Li Fei'er looked at her in shock. 

Wait. Didn't Shen Minyao say that these doppelgängers copied their strengths and abilities? How could Shen Minyao beat her own doppelgänger in one hit? 

Shen Minyao watched as the copy of her host shattered into smithereens. It seemed that this fake didn't inherit her inhumane strength. 

As she expected, like how the previous mirror demon she encountered in the past, they were only able to replicate the fox woman's original host and not the demoness herself. It would be troublesome if the mirror demon was able to replicate her. 

"Hey, Mu Qing," she called after the grim reaper that was busy fighting with his own copy. "Do you think you can hit the mirror demon from where you are?"

The grim reaper shot her a glare as if telling her 'can't you see I'm busy here?' before pushing the doppelgänger out of his way. 

"I can, but I would rather not attack it from here. If the spirits get caught in my attack, you do realize that the damage will implicate me and my profession, don't you?" 

His attacks could kill the spirits that he needed to guide towards the netherworld. Even if he was capable of killing the mirror demon, it wouldn't be easy because of the number of spirits trapped along with them. If he forced his way recklessly and the spirits got hit by his spiritual power, they would disintegrate into nothingness. 

"How useless." The fox woman scoffed, while Li Fei'er cast Mu Qing an apologetic look. How could she be rude to Mr. Mu? 

"Classmate Shen, that isn't nice to say," she told Shen Minyao, a deep frown etched on her face. 

Shen Minyao tried not to roll her eyes and pulled out the fan she was keeping in her pocket. It was one of the things she found while strolling around the city with Fu Xiyan yesterday. Unlike the rounded, stiff fans she had used in her previous life, the fan she brought could be folded and was portable. The ribs were deep ebony, while the panels were made using lined cotton with a beautiful painting of the scenery of a mountain on it. 

The fox woman opened her fan and swished it in midair, forcing the spirits to make way for the three of them. Meanwhile, the fake Li Fei'er assaulted her original from behind, catching her off-guard. A pair of hands found her neck and squeezed her throat painfully. 

Li Fei'er struggled to break free. She couldn't believe how strong this fake Li Fei'er was. Her doppelganger tried to strangle her to death, but Shen Minyao instantly appeared behind it, grasping its nape and breaking its neck in the process. 

Li Fei'er might have a hard time beating herself, but for the fox woman, killing a human was as easy as breaking one's neck with her bare hands. However, she would have a hard time beating Mu Qing's doppelganger though, as the grim reaper's physical strength was comparable to a demon like the nine-tailed fox. 

After coughing behind her hand and heaving for breath, Li Fei'er looked at Shen Minyao with teary eyes. This was the second time Shen Minyao had saved her life. 

"T-thank you," she said in a raspy voice. 

"Don't lower your guard. Don't let anyone come close to you." The fox woman refused to meet Li Fei'er's gaze. Instead, she turned her attention towards the grim reaper. 

"Mu Qing, I'll deal with the spirits. You better make sure you break the mirror!" 

"Can't you see I'm quite busy right here?" He snapped back at the nine-tailed demoness. He would if he could, but this fake Mu Qing was starting to become a pain in his ass. How could one beat their own self anyway when everything about the person was also the same as the opponent? 

Shen Minyao had the urge to roll her eyes again. How could Mu Qing forget that although the fake grim reaper was a perfect replica of himself, it was still part of the mirror demon? She faced Li Fei'er who had just got back to her feet. 

"Classmate Li, do you still have those binding talismans? I think Lord Hell needs a hand in kicking his own ass," she told Li Fei'er. 

Li Fei'er immediately pulled out her talisman and threw it towards the fake Mu Qing. The moment the talismans hit its head and the other parts of its body, it was immediately electrified as it was being exorcised by Li Fei'er. This time, she was able to finish her chanting and defeat the fake Mu Qing on her own. 

"You sure know about mirror demons and how to deal with them…" Mu Qing gave Shen Minyao an accusing look. If she did know how to defeat it, why didn't she say anything earlier? 

The nine-tailed demoness only quirked her lips. Mu Qing should have known better. She was a demon after all, albeit possessing a human body. How could she waste the opportunity to see Mu Qing struggle? Seeing him fight his own self, racking his own brain to defeat it, had somehow entertained her. 

"You have a plan now?" Mu Qing placed his sword back on its sheath. 

Shen Minyao only hummed, her eyes glinting as her mind formulated a plan to her advantage.