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The next moment, the leader fell off his sword.
Before he could react, he subconsciously knelt down and kowtowed non-stop. His voice was filled with panic. “Demon Lord, Demon Lord, please spare me. I am just a useless piece of trash. I am not worthy of you attacking me!”
The man leisurely landed on the ground and raised his right foot to lightly step on the leader’s head.
“Ahh!” The leader instantly felt as though his skull was about to be crushed!
How could he exert so much strength with such a light step? The leader felt as though a thousand-pound mallet was weighing down on the top of his head.
In an instant, the leader heard the sound of bones cracking, and a gush of warm blood poured out.
“Spare me! Spare me!”
The man smirked, raised his eyebrows, and said in a low voice, “Spare you?”
“That’s right! That’s right! Demon Lord, I’m willing to do anything as long as you’re willing to let me go!”
“Sure.” the man casually replied.
The leader suddenly raised his head, his eyes shining with disbelief. “Really?!”
The leader felt that this must have been a dream. Was the bipolar Netherworld Demon Lord nothing more than a legend?
Then, he heard the man ask calmly, “Where is she?”
The leader was stunned for a moment. After a few seconds, he reacted. “Huh? Who are you talking about? Ah! She, I am also looking for that demoness. I can’t find her either!”
Suddenly, a long red mark appeared on the leader’s neck. The next moment, he was decapitated.
“You-“
‘Didn’t you say that you would let me off?’ However, the leader no longer had the chance to say that.
His skull fell to the ground, his eyes still widened incredulously, and blood spurted out from the neck of the half-kneeling body
The Netherworld Demon Lord frowned slightly and patted his sleeves gently. “Demoness? You won’t even get the chance to be my slave in your next life.”
Following that, he leaped into the air and disappeared.
At the same time, in the Imperial Palace’s Imperial Study, the Heavenly God descended once more.
Ever since one of his clones had been killed by Mu Yao, the Blood Pupil had lost almost half of its spiritual power.
Now, it would be difficult for him to use the parasitic spell to appear in front of the sorcerer. After recuperating for a period of time, he was finally able to plant himself in a host again. When he had first gotten injured, he had sent a message to the sorcerer to send men to hunt the woman down. He could not let her return to the human world.
Naturally, the sorcerer agreed to it without any hesitation, allowing the Blood Pupil to begin cultivating in peace.
But today, a wave of intense pain had suddenly spread throughout his entire body while he was cultivating. Something was amiss!
Scanning through the mystical realms, he realized that the Netherworld Demon Lord and the woman had actually broken out of the cave!
In an instant, the Blood Pupil was scared out of his wits. He hurriedly hid his aura and appeared in the Imperial Study again. “Ahhh! Guards!!”
The sorcerer and priest hurried over.
A terrifying crimson eye appeared in the mirror yet again. It slowly opened its eye.
The Blood Pupil’s voice was sharp and filled with anger. “You two pieces of trash! I told you to guard them and not let them escape from the cave! They escaped in the end! Is this how you work for me?!”
Beads of sweat appeared on the sorcerer’s face. He suddenly knelt down and kowtowed non-stop. “Heavenly God, calm down! Please calm down!”
The next moment, the sorcerer vomited blood. When the priest saw this, he swallowed his saliva and said with a trembling voice, “Please calm down, Heavenly God. That woman is just a mortal and doesn’t have any martial arts skills. You shouldn’t take it to heart.”
The Blood Pupil did not make a sound and merely blinked its eyes slightly in the arc mirror.
The priest held his breath and continued, “Besides, even if the Netherworld Demon Lord recovered his memories and spiritual force, he will not look for you. After all, you’ve never appeared while he was drugged. He has no evidence to hold against you!”
The eye in the mirror squinted at this moment, but it revealed no emotions.
“Even if he wants to blame someone, he’ll come after me and the sorcerer. We are willing to sacrifice ourselves for you, so please don’t be angry. You must take care of your health!”
The sorcerer and priest, Tianxiang, naturally knew that the Heavenly God had been recuperating recently. While the latter had not elaborated on the reason for that, the both of them guessed that the Heavenly God must have underestimated his enemy in the mystical realm and had been subdued by the Netherworld Demon Lord.
But even if the Netherworld Demon Lord had seen the Heavenly God in the mystical realm, he had only seen its host, which was the Blood Pupil. No one had seen his true appearance.
At that moment, the Blood Pupil opened his eyes. He was no longer as angry or gloomy as before, and his tone also became gentler. “It’s been hard on all of you. However, continue to send people to keep an eye on her. Although she is a mortal, she absolutely cannot be left alive.”
At the same time, the priest’s eyes flashed with the same expression. He asked with a puzzled voice, “Heavenly God, she’s just a scapegoat we used. She’s just a mortal. Why do you care so much about her?”
The Blood Pupil hesitated for a moment. There was no way he could tell them that a mere mortal had injured him so severely. Furthermore, the Netherworld Demon Lord clearly cared a lot about this woman. Based on just these two points, this woman could not be spared.
The Blood Pupil then said unhurriedly, “Didn’t our lovely sorcerer say something about this woman?”
The sorcerer looked up, confused. “Yes? I’m here.”
The Blood Pupil chuckled. “This woman will bring disaster to our country. How can we let her live?”
The three of them glanced at each other before their hearty laughters rang out in the Imperial Study.
Seeing that Heavenly God was in a better mood, the sorcerer carefully stood up, then cupped his hands and said, “Heavenly God, please rest assured that I will definitely not let this woman live. I will send more people to kill her now.”
The priest glanced at the sorcerer and cupped his hands too. “Don’t worry, Heavenly God, I will also send priests from Tianlong Temple to help out.”
The Blood Pupil stopped smiling and said in a jolly mood, “Sure, but don’t forget about the memorial ceremony in a few days. This time, I need the spiritual power of a pure newborn. Hurry up and get it done.”
“Yes!”
“Yes!”
The reason why they were sacrificing a newborn this time was very simple. It was because the Blood Pupil had lost too much of his powers.
The fastest way to regain his powers and recover from his injuries was to absorb only the purest spiritual powers. This was something that couldn’t be compared to the spiritual power of other cultivators.
Immediately, a series of hearty screams came from the Imperial Study. “Hahaha! I’ll wait for your good news.”
Then, the Blood Pupil disappeared.
The two men shared a glance before heaving a sigh of relief.
“Let’s go,” the sorcerer said weakly, wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth. “We need to discuss the sacrifice with the new Emperor.”
“Yes, next time, you must think carefully before acting. It’s not like you don’t know the temperament of the Heavenly God,” the priest reminded him.
At the same time, in the forest beside the cave.
Mu Yao lay unconscious on the edge of the hot spring, blood trickling down her slender legs. Her fair legs were stained red.
It was a ghastly sight..