Vermilion Bird...???
She fell silent.
“Myriad Spirit,” Lu Ye spoke, his tone calm yet chilling. “Continue pretending. If she touches you with her blood, immediately parasitize her. This is your only chance at survival. If you don’t parasitize her, she can’t stop me. I know you still have four parasitic bodies left.”
The beast cub maintained its innocent, terrified appearance, as though it couldn’t even understand Lu Ye’s words.
Vermilion Bird’s expression wavered. She looked at Lu Ye. “Are you really willing to let me risk my life like this?”
Lu Ye let out a soft sigh.
His palm gently caressed Vermilion Bird’s stunningly beautiful face.
“The Myriad Spirit Demon Emperor is my greatest enemy. Since you don’t believe that this cub is the Myriad Spirit Demon Emperor, you can test it with your own blood. Otherwise, don’t stand in my way.”
Vermilion Bird’s face twisted with pain, tears streaming down her cheeks.
“Lu Ye, how can you be so heartless? I am your Little Vermilion...”
The stone sword in Lu Ye’s hand rose once more.
“I’ll say it one last time. It is the Myriad Spirit. If you believe me, then move aside. If you don’t, then test it with your own blood.”
“I’m counting to three.”
“Three!”
“Two!”
“I’ll do it!”
Vermilion Bird let out a heartbreaking cry.
Lu Ye’s gaze remained icy and merciless.
“It’s definitely not the Myriad Spirit. I believe that. It won’t parasitize me!”
Lu Ye said nothing more, only staring coldly at the beast cub.
Vermilion Bird slit her arm open, blood flowing down. She looked at the beast cub.
“You’re definitely not the Myriad Spirit Demon Emperor, ➤ NоvеⅠight ➤ (Read more on our source) right? I believe you. Don’t worry, as long as I’m here, Lu Ye won’t kill you. Don’t be afraid!”
Vermilion Bird spoke to the cub.
The cub’s clear, innocent eyes filled with tears, brimming with terror.
Upon seeing the blood on Vermilion Bird’s arm, it even shrank back, trembling in fear.
Seeing this, Vermilion Bird breathed a sigh of relief.
She knew it. This cub had just been born. How could it possibly be the Myriad Spirit Demon Emperor? Lu Ye was simply out of his mind, killing indiscriminately.
Her blood-soaked arm moved closer to the cub, inch by inch.
Suddenly, the cub lunged forward.
Vermilion Bird’s expression changed drastically, and she hastily pulled her arm back, but it was too late. The cub had already made contact with her blood.
Vermilion Bird’s body jolted violently.
Her expression contorted, twisting in agony. Flames of the Vermilion Bird’s essence burst forth, raging wildly.
Though most of her bloodline was sealed, under such a parasitic assault, her inherent power was still stimulated. A fierce struggle for control of her body ensued.
Vermilion Bird was in utter disbelief.
This cub... This cub... It really was the Myriad Spirit Demon Emperor?
“Save... me...” Vermilion Bird looked at Lu Ye, her eyes shifting erratically, desperation and pleading evident.
Lu Ye sighed deeply.
“I’m truly sorry. I can’t do anything against the Myriad Spirit Demon Emperor’s parasitism.”
Lu Ye’s heart ached. But what could he do?
Should he knock Vermilion Bird unconscious and forcefully kill the cub?
Given Vermilion Bird’s personality, if he did that, she’d surely become his mortal enemy.
If the Myriad Spirit chose not to parasitize her, Lu Ye might have been in a difficult position.
But now, the Myriad Spirit actually chose to parasitize her.
“Don’t kill me, Lu Ye! Once I parasitize Vermilion Bird, I can become your slave!”
“You love Vermilion Bird, right? Once I’m inside her, I’ll be Vermilion Bird. I have no gender; I can turn female and become your woman in her place.”
“From now on, whenever you want any woman, just tell me. I can parasitize them for you. You can have as many women as you want.”
“I won’t devour their souls. I’ll just control them when you need me to.”
“Lu Ye, I’m of great use to you. Don’t kill me!”
The Myriad Spirit Demon Emperor spoke through Vermilion Bird’s mouth, pleading with Lu Ye.
This was a new tactic.
And it actually made some sense.
Unfortunately, it held little allure for Lu Ye. If he truly desired women, the line of willing candidates would stretch from the Grand Dao Sect to the Supreme Imperial Dynasty.
And even if they looked different, at their core, they’d all be the Myriad Spirit Demon Emperor. What was the point?
More importantly...
When the Myriad Spirit Demon Emperor first appeared, it manifested as a male demon.
“Sorry.”
Lu Ye gently stroked Vermilion Bird’s cheek again.
“Wait!”
Suddenly, a familiar figure appeared.
Lu Ye...???
Seeing the newcomer, Lu Ye felt a sense of familiarity, yet he couldn’t recall where he’d seen them before.
“Lu Ye, I can help you!”
“It’s just a parasite. I have a way to resolve it,” Yin Qingcheng said confidently.
“Are you sure?”
Lu Ye frowned. In his knowledge, there was no way to counter the Myriad Spirit Demon Emperor’s parasitism.
After all, the system’s simulations had all concluded with failure.
For instance, the Yin-Yang Conversion Dao — transferring the parasitic power to oneself and then self-destructing.
Not to mention how difficult it was to cultivate the Yin-Yang Conversion Dao, self-destruction was an absolute last resort.
As someone who had already died once, no one understood the value of life better than Lu Ye.
“Of course!”
Yin Qingcheng sneered. “It’s just the lower realm’s Myriad Spirit Demon Emperor. I’ve seen parasitic sky demons before, and they ended up being slain by Lu Ye.”
Indeed, most people didn’t know that the parasitic sky demon was actually the Myriad Spirit Demon Emperor.
Back then, when Lu Ye tried to tell Vermilion Bird, she had mocked him so ruthlessly that he lost interest in explaining it further.
After all, both the parasitic sky demon and the Myriad Spirit Demon Emperor had been slain.
“Watch me. I’ll resolve this for you!”
Yin Qingcheng sliced open her own arm and approached Vermilion Bird.
“If you want to live, enter me instead!”
The Myriad Spirit Demon Emperor rejoiced. This woman seemed close to Lu Ye. If one Vermilion Bird’s life wasn’t enough, then with her added to the mix, perhaps Lu Ye wouldn’t kill him?
Without hesitation, the Myriad Spirit Demon Emperor split a portion of his power and invaded Yin Qingcheng’s body.
Yin Qingcheng sat cross-legged, using the Heartless Immortal Scripture to refine the parasitic power.
But... this was the parasitic sky demon.
A rare, otherworldly creature that appeared only once every eon.
“Lu Ye, will you spare me now?”
Yin Qingcheng suddenly opened her eyes, looking at Lu Ye with hope.
Lu Ye...
Yin Qingcheng...???
Is she crazy???
Fortunately, killing this suddenly appearing Yin Qingcheng wouldn’t make him feel bad.
“No!”
“No!”
“No!”
“No!”
Four simultaneous screams echoed — one from Vermilion Bird, one from Yin Qingcheng, and two from the Myriad Spirit Demon Emperor.
The stone sword erupted with a blinding sword light.
Raising a tiger only to be bitten later? Never possible!
Eliminate the root, sever all threats — that is the true path!
...
“Aaaahhhh...”
Vermilion Bird’s obsession wailed in utter agony. The new memories deepened her torment.
She was wrong.
She was really wrong.
Not killing the Myriad Spirit Demon Emperor was her greatest mistake.
With its ambitions, it would have overtaken the entire demon race, becoming its ruler.
And the entire demon race would have been annihilated.
Her misplaced mercy, her foolish compassion...
At the bottom of Samsara, Vermilion Bird’s true spirit let out a harrowing, sorrowful scream.
Seventh Heaven.
Yin Qingcheng stared blankly at the Three-Life Stone.
In that moment, she suddenly felt fear.
Fear of the Three-Life Stone.
She... had died again.
