Chu Xun's voice rumbling in Su Wei'er's mind left her stupefied for one split-second before she realized whose voice it was as her head swiveled in his direction.
"Don't worry. Just do as I say."
Chu Xun's voice reverberated in her mind once more.
It took every fiber of Su Wei'er's being to keep from crying out loud with shock when she first heard Chu Xun's voice. But with a beat of hesitation, she ultimately chose to trust him.
She recollected herself and fought to keep her breathing steady as she calmed herself down. Her hand came up and lowered slowly and the clamor reduced to her voiceless call to attention.
"My fellow Elves, as the Sacred Maiden, I defer to Her Grace the Queen for instructions and guidance to serve for the prosperity and glory of our race!"
Su Wei'er's voice cast silence over the crowd.
Di Yanjing and the others stared strangely at her, so was Su Lianyi, who looked just a
"Elvish Kings are elected into office by their very predecessors with the blessing and acknowledgment of the Divine Tree! Enough with your lies!" Su Wei'er snapped, her face tensed with rage."True. How true indeed. So what?" Di Yanjing grinned wickedly that he looked like a maniac, "But I hold all the cards now. So I am the king; predecessors and Divine Trees be damned!""So that means that you were behind the deaths of those 10 children?" Su Wei'er growled, on the verge of losing control."Yes. The Divi— No. The Curse Tree answers my call now. Everything that has happened – that was me," Di Yanjing admitted openly, no longer worrying at all about anything."Arcane Guards of the Elf race, heed my command!" Su Wei'er's voice boomed like a horn.A silver armor-clad man with a huge bow hanging on his back came forward. "Captain of the Arcane Guards of the Elf race, here at your service, Your Eminence.""Here
Everyone was placed under arrest – the Sacred Maiden Su Wei'er, Presbyter Su Lianyi, Captain of the Arcane Guards Yan Xin, and every other member of Su Wei'er retinue.With the Sacred Maiden now his hostage, the Elves were effectively under Di Yanjing's control.Meanwhile, Chu Xun was being held by the fiend of the horde.Gao Mohan and the others were placed in Di Danqing's charge."Enjoy your journey into the afterworld, gentlemen," Di Danqing sniggered wickedly.The Flaming Qilin spat viciously, "You sniveling thief! Fight me fairly if you dare! I'll tear you to pieces with my bare hands!""That's enough, Sacred Beast. Have you gone stupid? Haven't you heard the phrase 'winner takes all' before?" Di Danqing sneered scornfully."I would rather lose and keep my pride than be a lowlife with no backbone like you!" the Flaming Qilin lashed out."Shuddup, you beast. Know your place an
Within an hour, everyone regained their powers.The first thing the Flaming Qilin did was to march towards Di Danqing. He summoned flames that he focused on his fists, ready to blast Di Danqing into bits and pieces."Wait. We need him. He could still be useful," Chu Xun stopped him."Much good he can do us! Just blast him into ashes and be done with it!" The Flaming Qilin grumbled, but he stopped as he was bidden to."And what? Place your precious Sacred Maiden in danger? Last time I checked, she's still in Di Yanjing's hands. We need his brother as a bargaining chip," said Chu Xun.That dissuaded the Flaming Qilin from killing Di Danqing, but not without a round of walloping to vent his anger. By the end of it, Di Danqing was barely alive with his bones almost all shattered."All right. So I'll leave those fiends to you all. I'll see if I can do anything to that Tree," said Chu Xun."Don't wo
Chu Xun went back inside to face the Fifth Fiend Lord."So, boy, have you given my offer a thought? Have you come to swear your fealty to me?" said the Fifth Fiend Lord, sounding rather magnanimous."Nope." Chu Xun shook his head."What troubles you still? Tell me. Let me help you find a solution." The Fifth Fiend Lord appeared rather patient and amenable as if he was really interested in recruiting Chu Xun to become one of his lackeys, "But beware, boy. Do not test my patience.""Of course, of course," Chu Xun giggled, "What I wish to know is, if you're the Fifth Fiend Lord, then how many more Fiend Lords are there in the Subterranean Devils Clan?""There is a total of five Fiend Lords that rule the Subterranean Devils. I'm the Fifth.""Does that mean that you're the weakest of the five?" Chu Xun did not neglect to put up a disdainful scowl, "So if that's the case, shouldn't I be better off swearing my al
With their minds filled with lust, Di Ran and Di Ye readied themselves to feast on the beauty of the Sacred Maiden Su Wei'er.Unbeknownst to them, outside the gaols stood a man whose anger could melt even rocks into molten lava. The Flaming Qilin boiled with rage when he heard their plan to defile his sweetheart and he stormed in before anyone could stop him. He rushed inside with Di Danqing still in his clutches, and he tossed him like a javelin.The Flaming Qilin's sudden entry into the gaols caught the brothers off-guard, more so, when they saw a man hurtling through the air towards them. In unison, they channeled their powers and each fired a powerful blast of energy.Bang!The blasts caught Di Danqing squarely, eliciting a huge fountain of blood and shredded sinews.Even so, Di Danqing managed to survive. Such was the extraordinary endurance of Immortal-level champions, although that did little to quell the
Chu Xun managed a weak smile. The Flaming Qilin was staring at him so angrily as if the Sacred Beast wanted to perforate holes on him for stealing his sweetheart.In fact, the Flaming Qilin would have attacked if not for the fact that he was no match to Chu Xun."Urm… Your Eminence, shouldn't you explain? There's a certain someone here furious enough to kill me," said Chu Xun, who was not happy about being misunderstood."Explain what?" asked a puzzled Su Wei'er.Chu Xun was too speechless to say anything.If anything, Su Wei'er's response only seemed to infuriate the Flaming Qilin further."Just explain how did I help you," Chu Xun muttered hastily, afraid that the Qilin might hurl a ball of fire at him."You told me to watch and bide our time by agreeing to Di Yanjing's term. You said you'll handle the rest," explained Su Wei'er.Chu Xun nodded and said to the Flaming Qil
Chu Xun's sudden revelation about Mo Yan's true identity left Gao Mohan and everyone else aghast with astonishment.Mo Yan is the Fifth Fiend Lord?! How is this possible?!Di Yanjing's expression stirred not one bit. He was the one who had conjured this fake Mo Yan using the powers of the Cursed Tree – he knew the truth."How did you find out?" Mo Yan growled with an unfriendly stare."You told me yourself. Or rather, the other you still inside the Divine Tree," said Chu Xun placidly."You entered the spiritual domain of the Divine Tree?!" Mo Yan gasped. He looked hardly pleased at all. Evidently, he did not expect this. "Impossible," he uttered sharply, "If you managed to enter the Tree's spiritual space, I would have known about it!""Then you might not have realized that all two hundred fiends of the horde you summoned are all destroyed too," Chu Xun jabbed even more with a droll, wicked grin.
Di Yanjing aimed a two-meter-long shaft at Su Wei'er with a smug and malicious grin on his face as he drew his bow to its fullest."Go down to the underworld to keep my brother company!"Whoosh! His fingers relaxed and the shaft tore right of out his fingers, screaming through the air like a shooting star streaking across the sky.But aside from being pale with horror, no one could do anything to save her.Swoosh!Chu Xun appeared right beside Su Wei'er all of a sudden. With just a simple swat with his hand, he snapped the arrow shaft into splinters."Careful, Devil! The swine is incredible!" roared the Flaming Qilin.Wow, he's concerned about my wellbeing?! Chu Xun could not quite believe his ears.But the answer came quickly enough; the Qilin screamed again, "Don't die! If you do, so are the rest of us!"Chu Xun snorted with exasperation. I knew