Chapter 230 - Treachery Exposed!
Startled! Speechless! Shattered! The Gu Emperor had no time to question! As his true form was ravaged by the violet storm phoenix, his sea of insects plunged into chaos. The Dragon Breath roared in, opening its maw to swallow the Gu Emperor's flesh and blood whole!
"AGHH" The Green Gu Worm let out a piercing and desperate scream! Under the engulfment of the Mortal Dust Devil Blood, his body turned from red to black, his flesh and essence lost in an instant! What was once a fleshy worm became a dried corpse in the blink of an eye!
"Haha, that old venomous worm is finally dead!" The Violet Emperor's heart pounded wildly with excitement. He had struck a significant blow from behind! Another Demon Emperor had fallen!
The War Princess was strong to begin with, and with his sneak attack, even the Gu Emperor, with his sky-reaching abilities, couldn't escape this fate!
"Violet Emperor!!" Red Lotus' piercing, sorrowful cry trembled over the blood-red lotuses, "Why..."
"Don't waste words on her!" The War Princess looked at the Violet Emperor, smiling, "You were decisive. I'll remember your service."
"Yes! I am devoted to serving the War Princess! I would die a thousand deaths for My Lady!" The Violet Emperor's face flushed red, his cold gaze shifting to Red Lotus, "I will assist My Lady in killing Red Lotus now!"
"No need!" The War Princess sneered, "This thing playing bloodsucking games with me is just seeking death. I can wipe her out with a flick of my hand. You better hurry to Forbidden Fate at full speed. While he doesn't know you're the mole, tell him that the three Demon Emperors, 108 Demon Saints, and the millions of demons, all perished in battle outside the Ancestral Temple! Lure him into the trap faster! You must be quick, or your identity will be exposed!"
The Violet Emperor paused. "My Lady, if all the demons here die, will Forbidden Fate still enter the fray?"
"By asking this, you show you don't understand demons! At their core, they are still easily angered beasts. Only this venomous insect has been enduring from the start! Once they hear of the Ancestral Temple's demise, the demon army outside will be driven by hatred, unstoppable! Even Forbidden Fate won't be able to hold back such vengeance!" the War Princess said coldly.
"Absolutely!" The Violet Emperor thought it over carefully. Using his speed and playing the mole one last time was all he needed. Success or failure, it wasn't his responsibility.
"Remember! If he enters the fray, lead the ten million-strong Violet Sky Immortal Army alongside. Once he steps in, Divine Dawn will activate the gates of the Heavenly Realm and the Primordial Array. Then, you, I, and Divine Dawn will strike from three sides, eradicating the demons!" the War Princess declared fiercely.
"Understood!" The Violet Emperor's eyes blazed with determination. First, slay the mighty demons, then extinguish the Divine Dawn Empress. After that, in the Divine and Demon Continents, he would reign supreme, nourishing himself on their blood!
"Please, My Lady, make sure to stop Red Lotus and Moon Fairy, or I'll be in danger."
"Nonsense! I'll slay these two demons right away! Hurry up!" the War Princess urged.
With a buzz, the Violet Emperor, without a second word and wielding the power of a supreme emperor, moved faster than any messenger. Moreover, in the chaos of the battlefield, with blood and fury filling the air, nobody but Red Lotus noticed the details of his involvement in the Gu Emperor's demise.
While conversing with the Violet Emperor, the War Princess was far from idle! Her blood-toothed whip pierced through the void, wrapping around Red Lotus' largest blood lotus!
"You're ruthless, War Princess!" Red Lotus, entwined in countless vines and lotuses, sought to burrow underground, seeking escape and to spread this fatal news. But the War Princess' Mortal Dust Devil Blood completely ensnared her!
"This is the essence of a devil!" The War Princess sneered coldly, dragged underground by the lotus!
BOOM! The devil and the lotus kicked up dirt and dust, crashing towards the outside of the Ancestral Temple!
"Where do you think you're escaping to?" The War Princess, along with her whip, suddenly appeared on the largest blood lotus. Her Mortal Dust Devil Blood formed a colossal blood fog, entwining around the lotus!
STAB STAB STAB! The lotus' spikes pierced into the War Princess' thighs, her fair legs bleeding profusely!
"Die!" Red Lotus attempted to drain her devil blood. Yet, the moment she absorbed some of the Mortal Dust Devil Blood, the lotus burst into flames.
Red Lotus screamed in agony, as if poisoned.
"Hahaha, I told you before, when it comes to bloodsucking, I am your ancestor! And you try this trick on me?" The War Princess sneered. Her Mortal Dust Blood Calamity surged, drawing the myriad streams of blood from Red Lotus' blood lotus, greedily absorbing them into her own body.
Triggering the Mortal Dust Blood Calamity, the War Princess absorbed the blood of the lotus into her heart!
Even though the Red Lotus Demon Emperor was a plant, her blood was a mix of human and demon blood, revealing her true nature as a supreme demon that feasted on countless lives. Deceptive in her gentle, unassuming facade, she was a predator in disguise. And now, the blood-drinker was being drained.
This was the karmic retribution Yun Xiao sought. The calculating Gu Emperor met his end in a web of calculations. The blood-sucking lotus, too, was doomed to die by her own method.
"No!" As Red Lotus blood frantically rushed towards the War Princess, her heart shattered in despair! In the face of the Mortal Dust Devil, she was nothing but prey on a platter.
"Forbidden Fate! Moon Fairy! Divine Dawn!" The Red Lotus frantically burrowed underground her cries echoing with desperation. Dragging along an inescapable vampire, she tunneled towards a direction etched in her memory. This was her last stand, all for the demon race.
BOOM! The withered blood lotus finally burst through the ground into a landscape of ruins, entwined in crimson lightning. Looking ahead, the lotus saw a three-tailed fox and a figure in dragon robes locked in fierce battle, alone in their struggle.
"Moon Fairy! Violet Emperor is a traitor! Flee and warn Forbidden Fate!" With blood and tears, Red Lotus called out with its last ounce of strength to the Three-Tailed Demon Fox.
"I see." Moon Fairy ceased combat, casting a cold glance at the blood-sucking lotus.
"Divine Dawn!" Before the last of her lifeblood was drained, Red Lotus, in a final flicker of consciousness, turned to the figure wrapped in blood lightning. "After the demons, the devils and Violet Emperor will come for you!"
"Thank you for the warning. I would have been in the dark otherwise." Suddenly, a male voice emerged from the figure in dragon robes.
"..." Red Lotus paused, shocked. Then, she saw the blood lightning disperse from the figure, revealing not Divine Dawn, but a young man, poised and strikingly handsome. He was Yun Xiao.
Yun Xiao and the Three-Tailed Demon Fox stood together, their voices merging into one, "Rest in peace. The Violet Emperor is next."
"Uh..." Red Lotus, dazed, listened as they spoke in unison. Countless storms swept through her heart in these final moments before death, filling it with boundless fear.
"Red Lotus, with the several millennia-old grudge of humanity against you, how do you think the Demon Continent should repay?" Yun Xiao and Moon Fairy asked together.
But Red Lotus' soul dimmed completely, unable to utter another word.
BANG! The War Princess tossed the corpse of the Gu Emperor before Moon Fairy, then turned to Yun Xiao, "We're short on time."
"Do you need to state the obvious?" As Yun Xiao spoke, Moon Fairy, without a word, scooped up the Gu Emperor's body and soared into the sky, pursuing the Violet Emperor.
Left behind were only Yun Xiao and the War Princess.
Yun Xiao's gaze fell on her bloodstained legs, "You did well today."
"Yes." The War Princess bowed her head.
"There will be a reward tonight."
"Ah?" Her heart raced, her delicate body blushing from face to foot, instantly flushed with a rosy hue. At that moment, she was a natural beauty. The redder, the more tempting; especially her cheeks, which were flushed through.
Yun Xiao stared speechless, then cursed to himself. "Damn these racial traits!"
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Outside the Heavenly Realm, in the skies, amidst a sea of demonic clouds, the 100 million-strong demon army remained unaware of the news. The battle at the Ancestral Temple, the deaths of the Gu Emperor and Red Lotus, were Yun Xiao's first successful steps as the war began.
The Violet Emperor, swift as ever, arrived at the Forbidden Fate Demon Emperor's side almost simultaneously with the Gu Emperor's designated messenger. Just as the messenger reported the assault on the Ancestral Temple by the Divine Dawn Empress, the Violet Emperor arrived with dire news.
The Gu Emperor, Red Lotus, and Moon Fairy were all dead! The 108 Demon Saints were annihilated too! They had been double-crossed by the devils! The War Princess, with her Late Awakened Emperor Realm strength, together with the Divine Dawn Empress, swept through the battlefield!
When this terrible news spread among the 100 million-strong demon army, their black ranks turned a bloody red. This was because the eyes of countless demons had turned crimson with rage.
"Kill! Kill! Kill!!" They fell into their primal instincts. Before Forbidden Fate could even issue a command, they were uncontrollably fixated on the entrance to the Heavenly Realm, ready to plunge in.
"Forbidden Fate, we can't act rashly now! Rushing in at this moment will play right into their hands. If we're caught in a pincer attack, our losses will be catastrophic! Those devils are too powerful; we're no match for them!" The Violet Emperor cunningly instigated in the opposite direction. As expected, his words sent the demons into a frenzy.
"Get out of the way!"
"It's because of cowards like you that so many of our kin in the Demon Continent have perished! A fair fight would never have led to such losses!"
"Did our great army come here just to watch our brethren die?!"
Hearing this, the Violet Emperor sighed heavily, looking towards Forbidden Fate with a somber voice, "You know the might of those devils better than anyone. With them around, we're all doomed! The Gu Emperor, Red Lotus, and Moon Fairy, they all died horribly. And the Demon Saints... their souls are captured, likely never to find peace..."
BOOM! Each demon felt as if they had been punched in the heart, their violent thoughts fully ignited by these provocative words.
"Kill! Kill!!"
"I refuse to believe that our 100 million-strong demon army can't annihilate the Heavenly Realm! What of the devils? Even the strongest will eventually fall!"
"I, Forbidden Fate, am an immortal demon! Let our corpses build a graveyard of the Heavenly Realm in my name, avenging the souls of the Demon Continent!"
"Kill!!!"
Seeing the demons in their frenzied state, the Violet Emperor felt immense satisfaction. He knew that Forbidden Fate was actually an embodiment of the collective resentment of dead demons, absorbing everything. When the demon horde was angry, his rage was even more exaggerated.
The Gu Emperor and Red Lotus were Forbidden Fate's close friends. Forbidden Fate, having lived a life of solitude, regarded these two old companions as kin.
"It's settled!" Watching the 100 million-strong demon army uncontrollably advancing towards the Heavenly Realm like a tide of flesh and blood, the Violet Emperor chuckled inwardly.
"Perfect, let them charge into the Primordial Array as cannon fodder! Grind down Divine Dawn's forces as much as possible. When they're nearly wiped out, I'll join forces with the War Princess and reap the rewards like a fisherman after the fray!" The Violet Emperor had always been a cunning man, thriving in every situation. This time, he was particularly proud of his strategic positioning.
Amidst the rampage of the demon horde, Forbidden Fate's voice seemed unable to break through.
The Violet Emperor was inwardly roaring with laughter.
"Kill! Keep killing!"
The Violet Emperor glanced over the 100 million-strong demon cloud. His Violet Sky troops, originally poised to descend and wreak havoc, hadn't budged an inch, 10 million elites still lurking in the background!
The 100 million-strong demon army was completely consumed by hatred.
The Violet Emperor's heart was in a frenzy of celebration.
Then, in this chaotic scene, suddenly, a figure with silver hair burst out from the Heavenly Realm, dragging a huge worm corpse. He appeared before the 100 million-strong demon army!
"Moon Fairy isn't dead?!" The seething rage of the demon army seemed to diminish at the sight.
With Moon Fairy alive, there was still a future for the demon race!
"Moon Fairy!?" The Violet Emperor shuddered, his smile freezing on his face.
"Impossible, didn't the War Princess take care of him?" His face turned ashen. Turning around, he saw Moon Fairy indeed alive and well!
The fox, with eyes red as blood and filled with towering rage, stepped towards the demon army, holding the Gu Emperor's body aloft. "Let's lay the Gu Emperor to rest!" With that, he burst into tears.
From the midst of the demon army, a hand strewn with corpses reached out, tremblingly taking the Gu Emperor's body. On Forbidden Fate's mountain of corpses and sea of blood, countless dead eyes wept blood tears, mouths wailing in unison.
"Violet Emperor!" Moon Fairy howled in anguish, then turned his furious gaze to the stunned Violet Emperor. "He betrayed us! He and the War Princess conspired to kill the Gu Emperor! Red Lotus told me with her dying breath! The Gu Emperor's body still bears the remnants of his violet storm phoenix sorcery. Sadly, I couldn't bring back Red Lotus' body..."
BOOM! The demon army exploded in fury! They all turned to the corpse of the Gu Emperor, where the remnants of the violet storm phoenix magic were unmistakably evident!
Most of the wounds on the body were clearly inflicted by the Violet Emperor...
"AHHH!" Cries rose from the mountain of flesh and blood. These were not the sounds of Forbidden Fate. He was a corpse demon, a fusion of the wills of countless lost souls, emotions overwhelming his intellect. Such obvious traces of betrayal! The fates of the Gu Emperor and Red Lotus transformed his grief into fury! A wrath that would tear the heavens!
"Violet Emperor!" Moon Fairy's eyes brimming with bloody tears, he glared at the pale-faced sovereign of the Violet Sky Immortal Empire. "You were ordered to lead the Violet Sky Immortal Army to lower realms of the Divine Continent to slaughter mortals. Where is your army now? How many have you killed? Did you craft the tale of my death to enrage our demon army, hoping to push us into the Heavenly Realm so your Violet Sky Immortal Army, alongside Divine Dawn and the devils, could trap us and cut off our retreat?!"
The Violet Emperor, wide-eyed and gaping, trembled, unable to utter a word.
"Can't answer, can you?!" Moon Fairy turned fiercely to the demon army, shouting, "If I'm right, your Violet Sky Immortal Army never descended to the lower realms! They're hiding right behind us, ready to deliver a fatal blow, aren't they?!"
At Moon Fairy's words, the enraged demons suddenly spun around, their gaze piercing the swirling mists of the void.
"NOOO!" The Violet Emperor's face twisted, his eyes tearing, he screamed in despair.
BOOM! The demon army roared like thunder, like countless frenzied demons, charging towards their rear...
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