Chapter 1406: Huang Lingzhu’s True Feelings
"If you don’t believe me, you can go there yourself, and I guarantee you’ll die in their hands." Xie Zuzhou frowned at Jian Xieshen. "I don’t understand why Huang Lingzu hasn’t led them to attack this domain yet, but they will attack you if you go out there, so this place is your best protection for now. Furthermore, the successor of the Primordial Chaos Dragon is still weak right now, so you still have time to prepare other things, and you can also help me regain my past strength."
Xie Zuzhou frowned deeper in response. "Do you think you can defeat them if you regain your past strength?"
"I can’t beat Huang Lingzhu, but I can beat the other immortals easily." Xie Zuzhou knew that Jia Xieshen was strong, but he doubted that the sword demon immortal could defeat them. After all, he had been dead for so long, and those immortals had become much stronger than when he was alive. "Haha! I know you doubt me, but you don’t know that there is another power behind me, and that person is no less powerful than Huang Lingzhu and Long Hun. Unfortunately, that person can’t come out now, but I can guarantee that that person is powerful. Furthermore, you have no other choice now that those two women and your devil’s baby have died in their hands, and I am your perfect ally to fight them."
Xie Zuzhou was furious when Jian Xieshen mentioned the three again, and he immediately attacked the sword demon immortal. However, two figures suddenly appeared in their midst and attacked him, knocking him backwards.
Xie Zuzhou stared at the two figures in shock before glancing at Jia Xieshen, who was smiling smugly.
"Haha." Jian Xieshen chuckled at his expression. "They are that person’s subordinates who were deliberately assigned to protect me. Ordinary people might not be able to attack you, but these two are not ordinary people, and their strength is almost on par with those immortals. If you help me to regain my past strength, they will help you to fight Huang Lingzhu and the others, so the choice is yours now."
"Hmm?" Xie Zuzhou didn’t respond to Jian Xieshen and focused on observing the two figures, but he found it strange that he couldn’t sense any signs of life from them. ’Who exactly are they? How did they enter my domain and attack me without my notice? Moreover, the power of their attack just now was quite painful, so their strength should be above me and Zhizun Buxiu.’
Jian Xieshen shook his head before speaking. "Hey! Make a decision quickly! Every second is precious to us, so we can’t waste it in vain."
"Alright, I will help you to regain your past strength." The two figures immediately disappeared, and Xie Zuzhou pointed to the blood pool behind him. "For now, you can use the blood in the pool to temper your body, and I’ll prepare some other items for you."
Without another word, Xie Zuzhou immediately left the area, and Jian Xieshen hurriedly entered the blood pool.
"Oh?" Jian Xieshen was slightly surprised as soon as he entered. "That foolish devil sacrificed countless living beings to create that devil’s baby, but unfortunately, his overconfidence destroyed his plans."
After that, Jian Xieshen submerged his body in the pool and absorbed the power contained in the blood to temper it.
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Yuan Shijia was anxious because he could not detect the whereabouts of Jin Fa and his other subordinates. She then checked the situation in the Thousand Beast Realm from within her domain, discovering that all members of the devil races had been wiped out. "Tch! Huang Lingzu and those damn immortals ruined all my plans! Not only them, but that hateful guy also threatened me like a few days ago! I won’t let them relax, and I’ll have to attack them on a big scale!"
After saying that, Yuan Shijia waved her hand, and hundreds of souls emerged from the purple coffins. She made a few gestures before firing something at the souls, transforming them into living beings. After she instructed them on a few things, she sent them out of her private domain.
Yuan Shijia then returned to her purple jade and lay there. "I can’t keep going like this, or I’ll never reach Huang Lingzhu’s level. If I can’t reach that stage, I’ll never succeed in defeating her and those immortals under her, let alone destroying this universe."
Yuan Shijia then closed her eyes, and her avatar exited her body before leaving her domain.
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In the Thousand Beast Realm, Long Tianhuo and Wang Jinlong led the beast race to clear the corpses of the ancient devil race members. They felt fortunate that Huang Lingzhu and the other immortals had helped them; otherwise, the ancient devil race would have successfully taken over their realm, and the number of casualties would have been far greater due to the devil’s baby.
"Lingzhu."
Huang Lingzhu turned to Long Hun. "Do you want to lecture me about my decision to let Xie Zuzhou sacrifice those mortals?"
"Will my words be of any use in changing your mind? Furthermore, it’s already happened, and it can’t be changed." Huang Lingzhu didn’t reply to Long Hun and turned her gaze forward again. "Honestly, you could have ended all this sooner, and we wouldn’t have had to bother with trivial matters. Ling Yun could have also focused his strength on fighting my father in the future, but you’re deliberately prolonging this matter, and victims continue to fall because of your selfishness."
"Aren’t you more selfish than me?"
Long Hun raised an eyebrow. "I—"
"You didn’t say anything to me, even though you already knew about your father’s plan to return this universe to nothingness." Long Hun wanted to refute Huang Lingzhu, but not a word came out of his mouth. "Instead, you planned everything yourself, and you decided to die by my hands because I was the only one who could kill you. Even though you were always indifferent in the past, I knew that you always cared about this universe, and you planned everything to save it."
"I—"
"I hate them." Huang Lingzhu interrupted Long Hun. "I want to save this universe, and I planned everything to achieve it, but I hate those mortals because you chose to sacrifice yourself for them. I love you, but you died for their sake, and I can never accept that. You are the only one who can understand me, but you are already dead, and you will be gone forever once you give this half of your soul to Ling Yun. What’s the point of them living if you disappear from this universe?"
Long Hun released a heavy sigh and embraced Huang Lingzhu, but she pushed him away. With his current state, he was clearly not her opponent, and he couldn’t do anything to stop her.
Huang Lingzhu then faced Long Hun. "To tell you the truth, I once thought about letting this universe be destroyed so that the mortals would be able to understand my sadness at losing you. Unfortunately, I couldn’t do that because of my deep attachment to this universe, so I continued my plans to save it from your father. However, those mortals were nothing more than trash in my eyes, and I couldn’t care less about their fate. If you want me to save them, you must return to me intact. Unfortunately, it will never happen because most of you have already fused with Ling Yun, and you will disappear once he becomes the next primordial chaos dragon. I act like this because of your selfishness, and I will never stop Xie Zuzhou, even if he wants to sacrifice all living creatures in this universe."
After saying that, Huang Lingzhu immediately disappeared from the scene, leaving Long Hun to ponder.
Soon, Shiwang Zhizhu and the other immortals landed behind Long Hun, but none of them bothered him. However, they were shocked by Huang Lingzhu’s words, as they never expected her to love him so much. All these years, she had never shown her feelings to anyone, so none of them knew that she harbored such feelings deep within her heart.
Long Hun released a soft sigh and turned to them. "Yuan Shijia will definitely not stop here, so I hope you all will continue to monitor this realm, and you must get rid of those fake immortals."
"Don’t worry, we will definitely do it without you asking us." Xing Jiangjun replied with a nod.
Ai Qing then asked him. "Is there no other way so that you don’t disappear from this universe?"
"No." Long Hun shook his head at her. "Currently, Ling Yun hasn’t obtained my dragon heart and dragon core, so he still can’t become the next primordial chaos dragon. Once he obtains both, this soul will merge with his, and the new primordial chaos dragon will be born at that time, which will also be the end of my existence in this universe."
"Could there be—"
"No," Long Hun denied Mu Xianyu immediately. "You guys don’t need to think about me because I made this decision myself, and I’ve never regretted my decisions. Lingzhu may never change, but at least this universe will be safe from my father’s wrath. For now, your main task is to ensure that Yuan Shijia’s subordinates don’t make the situation even more chaotic, and you guys have to focus on that so Ling Yun can focus on his cultivation, or he will never be ready to face my father."
- To Be Continued -