Chapter 0: Help Her to the End
Jia Ren and Lu Changli suddenly felt they couldn’t understand this world.
They only heard Qin Gou use the human language, coaxing a child with a technique of “starting with a setback and then a surprise.” The Dharma Image of this peerlessly beautiful demoness, while appearing deeply moved and enchanted, suddenly saw its invisible might surge like a rainbow, shaking the heavens with astonishing speed.
“This Dharma Image is very strange,” Lu Changli said in a deep voice.
Xie Yu’s dark eyebrows furrowed slightly, and she asked in confusion, “Qin Gou, what are they blabbering about?”
“They’re speaking the demon language, so it’s normal you can’t understand… Presumptuous, Lu Changli, watch your mouth, who are you calling a big, dark, and ugly bird?” Qin Gou glared angrily.
“A big… bird?!”
Xie Yu’s eerie, dark cyan eyes instantly locked onto Lu Changli. The wrathful killing intent transformed into tangible power, sending chills down Qin Gou’s spine, as if he had fallen into an ice cave.
“Bastard, Qin Gou, do you really think this seat can’t understand what you’re saying? When did I ever say that?” Lu Changli, who seemed to treat all of this as a specialized Dharma Image manipulation technique, immediately cursed in broken human language.
“Xie Yu only trusts Qin Gou, not you!”
Xie Yu snorted coldly. Her slender phoenix tail, like a massive black blade, slashed through the air with celestial lightning speed, its fatal, sinister, evil mist causing their hearts to tremble and their minds to be filled with dread.
At the same time, Qin Gou summoned the Bud of Taihuang with his left hand. Clouds and mist billowed around him, and dragon-like crimson light surged, making him appear like a descended deity. He forcefully drew the staff sword at his waist, stepped on the moon, and ascended the clouds, charging directly at Lu Changli.
“Frost!”
Lu Changli roared in shock and anger. Behind him, a Profound Ice Giant Elephant Dharma Image appeared with a thunderous boom. The thick and heavy elephant trunk collided head-on with Xie Yu’s phoenix tail, creating an astonishing and deafening sound.
“This strange tender sprout is Qin Gou’s Natal Spirit Tool? Although I don’t know how you obtained a Dharma Image, I have seen this sprout in the Selection Space. Its power is a joke before this seat!”
With that, Lu Changli used the Frost Blade Spirit Tool in his hand to slash forcefully at the Bud of Taihuang that was rushing towards him.
At the critical moment, the Bud of Taihuang split into two. One clone met the Frost Blade, while the main body emitted a blinding cold light, shattering the protective spiritual power on Lu Changli’s right arm.
“What?!” Lu Changli’s eyes were wide with astonishment.
“Fanyin, do you think there’s any comparison between me before, at the Dao Comprehension Realm, and me now?” Qin Gou sneered.
“A person’s cultivation cannot possibly leap so dramatically in such a short time. Have you been secretly taking Void Step Pills and deliberately hiding your strength?!” Lu Changli’s narrow eyes were as gloomy as a deep stream. “I truly underestimated you before.”
“Then take a look at this.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Qin Gou’s movement technique was godlike. He moved like lightning, rapidly approaching Lu Changli. With a wave of his hand, the sword shadows brought death, and his energy surged into the heavens.
“This Emperor Weapon…”
What kind of sword is this? A stroke of the Astonishing Immortal Sword.
At this moment, Qin Gou’s eyes were filled with unrestrained exhilaration. He had not truly unleashed his full power in peak condition for far too long. The ‘Astonishing Immortal Sword’ in his hand finally revealed its supreme sharpness, unrivaled, after many years.
“Pfft”
Hot blood sprayed into the sky.
Lu Changli immediately covered the gruesome bloodstain on his left arm with spiritual power and retreated rapidly.
Jia Ren, who had been observing the entire time, quietly restrained her aura and moved closer to Qin Gou’s back.
“Little Jia, wait a moment.”
However, Qin Gou seemed to have eyes in the back of his head. The moment Jia Ren, the Demon Lord, took a step, he directly threw several mysterious array flags, encircling himself and Lu Changli.
The ancient great array, filled with infinite killing intent, was set up at an astonishing speed. Even before Jia Ren, the Demon Lord, truly entered it, she could feel waves of palpitations.
“A growth-type Dharma Image, supreme swordsmanship, and such divine ancient array mastery…” Jia Ren, the Demon Lord’s gaze had become extremely solemn and wary.
In her opinion, the Qin Gou before her was like a mobile treasure trove, constantly revealing astonishing methods that were unpredictable.
“My lord, Zhenyu, Fanyin, and Jia Ren are fighting outside the tower!” Demon Lord Duyou said nervously.
Yan Suoyun sat at the table, as calm as an ancient well. With a flick of his sleeve, he conjured a screen showing the scene of the three fighting and said calmly, “I know, this is not a big deal.”
“But, but this is by no means a simple spellcasting battle. Fanyin, the Demon Lord, has already sustained significant injuries.”
“Don’t make a fuss. Look closely. Zhenyu is clearly just casually sparring with the two of them! I know he has always been patient and tolerant with the younger generation,” Yan Suoyun said, watching Qin Gou’s figure, his admiration unconcealed.
“How can a battle with such momentum be just casual sparring?!” Duyou was dumbfounded.
“Nonsense! If it weren’t, Fanyin and Jia Ren would have been annihilated by Zhenyu long ago,” Yan Suoyun said, glaring at Duyou angrily for his lack of insight.
Duyou’s lips trembled in horror, and he stammered, “How… how terrifying is Zhenyu’s true strength?”
“I couldn’t see through him before, and I still can’t, but at the same time, I know very well that even if I couldn’t rely on the Demon Lord’s token, if I wanted to forcefully break into the Demon Lord’s Tower from the outside, I would be covered in wounds that would be difficult to heal.”
Yan Suoyun looked at Qin Gou in the image again with immense admiration. “Not to mention, like he did before, leaving the Selection Space midway and treating the Demon Lord’s Tower like his own courtyard, coming and going as he pleased. This can truly be called a miracle.”
Duyou fell into complete silence, only feeling waves of coldness in his heart. In awe, he couldn’t shift his gaze from Old Qin’s back.
As for Yan Suoyun, there was one thing she had always wanted to ask Qin Gou in person… Since he could enter the Selection Space, it meant that the demon blood in Qin Gou’s body was absolutely genuine. Was he doing this to satisfy Saint Monarch, to fulfill that wish that was ordinary and common for others, but extremely difficult for Saint Monarch, finally allowing it to be realized?
Her bloodline was too anomalous.
“Damn it, it’s all Lu Zhili’s fault for misjudging people. If we had directly chosen Di Zhu as the tenth Demon Lord back then, would there be so much trouble?” Lu Changli was furious, gnashing his teeth.
“How dare you spout nonsense, you old scoundrel? Let me tell you the truth, Lu Zhili and I have known each other for a long time, and I know her charm well, so I can’t stand you treating Lu Zhili like mere merchandise, a beast to be bought and sold!”
“You talk a good game, but how many men would mind a great beauty throwing herself at them? It’s all just excuses. In the end, what’s the difference between you and me? Don’t we both look down on Lu Zhili from the bottom of our hearts?”
“What did you say?”
Lu Changli’s eyes turned cold. “A lowly Heartstriker Snake Woman, what use is she other than to contaminate and poison the clan’s bloodline? Thinking back now, my biggest mistake was choosing her as my bargaining chip. In this vast Abyss, there are countless talented individuals, yet no one would genuinely marry a lowly Heartstriker Snake Woman!”
“Nonsense, do you really think everyone is as twisted as you?”
“At this point, why does Zhenyu still need to feign sincerity? Lu Zhili isn’t here, so you can drop the pretense and say what you truly think!”
“Then listen carefully.”
Just then, a rare impulsiveness flashed in Qin Gou’s eyes, inconsistent with his cautious nature. “As the old friend Lu Zhili trusts the most since her reincarnation, I, Qin Gou, hereby swear a spirit oath, with the Heavenly Dao as witness.”
“Anyone who dares to look down on Lu Zhili’s bloodline, I will grind their bones to dust. Once she finds the person she loves, I will help her to the very end, no matter who they are… I will handle the wedding myself, and I, Qin Gou, will personally sit in the honored seat.”
