"Your Majesty the Demon Emperor, please reconsider! The Demon Exterminator once slaughtered tens of thousands of our kin, how can you let him be the next Demon Emperor!"
Hearing Hua Yun's words, Lin Ze turned his face away, his gaze lowered, a complex dark glint flickering in his eyes.
Xiao Zi's single eyebrow slightly raised, "That was in the past, and besides, he had lost consciousness at the time, so it doesn't count."
"But..."
"I ask you, what did he do the last time he returned to the Demon Clan?"
At this, Hua Yun was stunned and looked away.
After the Demon Exterminator discovered Lu Ji seizing power, he stormed into the palace where Lu Ji resided, forcing him to flee the Demon Clan...
It was extremely satisfying... but...
"What if he goes mad again?" What if, while holding the position of Demon Emperor, he still goes on a killing spree against the Demon Clan?
Wouldn't no one be able to stop him then?
Xiao Zi looked at the silent Lin Ze beside him and chuckled, "His heart is not wicked, in fact, he can be called kind."
"I have placed a seal in his body, which will not easily fail. If you are still worried, I can add another layer."
Hua Yun turned her head and also looked at the feared Demon Exterminator. He was hanging his head, his ears drooping, his face bruised and looking somewhat pitiful.
Completely unlike the Demon Exterminator in her impression, Hua Yun remained silent, only the softness in her eyes betrayed her.
Lin Ze raised his eyes, glanced at Bai Ran, then subtly shifted his gaze away.
"Which family."
Xiao Zi was taken aback, but then heard Lin Ze lower his gaze and continue, "Which family were you just talking about?"
He immediately understood that this brat had agreed to their plan. "The Song family, in the east."
With that, under everyone's gaze, Lin Ze turned and left the courtyard.
Hua Yun furrowed her brows, staring intently at his departing back, still somewhat uneasy.
But before long, there was a commotion outside, and the faint sound of screams could be heard.
In less than half an incense stick's worth of time, Lin Ze returned covered in blood.
Seeing his condition, Hua Yun's alarm bells rang. Could it be that the Demon Exterminator had lost consciousness again...
"All taken care of?" Xiao Zi walked forward with a smile and patted his shoulder firmly.
Hua Yun's heart leaped into her throat, her eyes fixed on Lin Ze, afraid that he would go mad again and hurt His Majesty the Demon Emperor.
"Slap—" Lin Ze impatiently slapped Xiao Zi's hand away, not answering, and even glared at him.
Xiao Zi, having been hit, was not angered. He simply provocatively leaned closer to Bai Ran and pitifully extended his struck hand.
"Kid, look, this demon just hit me without a word!"
"It hurts so much..."
Xiao Zi's mouth was covered. He looked at the demon behind him and raised his eyebrows. Lin Ze was hanging his head, his shoulders shaking with anger.
"I'm sorry! It's done! Happy now—!"
This guy is the Demon Emperor, and all he does is tattle!
Xiao Zi laughed gleefully and reached out to pry the hand off his mouth. "In that case, kindly run another errand to the Huang family."
If nothing unexpected happened, the outside would now be in chaos due to the Demon Exterminator's arrival.
It was common knowledge that the Demon Exterminator did not accept Lu Ji's rule. Coupled with the return of Xiao Zi, the true emperor,
It didn't take much thought to deduce which side the Demon Exterminator would take.
It was likely that the families who had defected to Lu Ji were now anxiously planning their countermeasures.
If this opportunity were not utilized, Xiao Zi would be letting down Lin Ze's return.
Lin Ze's face was dark. He raised his fist, intending to punch Xiao Zi again, but then remembered something and forcefully suppressed it.
"Next time, please inform His Majesty the Demon Emperor all at once, alright?"
He gritted his teeth and spoke word by word, making Xiao Zi cover his mouth and giggle.
Watching the interaction between the Demon Exterminator and His Majesty the Demon Emperor, Hua Yun's eyes widened, looking at everything before her in disbelief.
"I can't believe he's really that Demon Exterminator who kills demons without blinking?"
Bai Ran looked at them and also smiled faintly, "Genuine and authentic."
The near annihilation of the Demon Clan that time was merely due to Lin Ze losing consciousness and going mad.
Now that the seal in his body was intact, unless he encountered something that enraged him to the point of losing his senses, the seal would not break.
Thinking of this, Bai Ran's mind conjured everything that had happened before the time reversal.
The plan of the demonized humans had caused the seal in Lin Ze's body to be broken by violent spiritual energy.
The maddened Lin Ze was manipulated by the demonized humans and ultimately died at the hands of Baili Xiao.
Now, none of this had happened. Wu Shi, can you see this?
A trace of grief appeared in Bai Ran's eyes, and her smile turned bitter.
Time reversal was equivalent to the Wu Shi beast never having appeared, erased by the Heavenly Dao without a sound.
A forgotten soul lost in the crevices of time, even she, the Ghost King, could not save.
"Human, what's wrong?" Hua Yun looked at the person beside her, who was in low spirits, with some confusion.
Hearing this, Bai Ran shook her head, a trace of loneliness in her eyes, "It's nothing, just remembering some regrets."
Regrets... Hua Yun looked at Xiao Zi not far away, her expression complicated.
"With the appearance of the Demon Exterminator, His Majesty the Demon Emperor will win the competition at an extremely fast pace. But at the same time, it gives the demons who defected to Lu Ji a handle to point fingers."
They would cling to this matter, saying that Xiao Zi's victory was not glorious, and that he only managed to win back the various families with the help of the Demon Exterminator.
That he won through brute force, an act of a villain.
Bai Ran narrowed her eyes, her gaze icy cold, "If I'm not mistaken, Lu Ji will come with the family heads tomorrow, demanding an explanation."
They would accuse Xiao Zi of being despicable, but this move was also a diversion.
Lu Ji would never let the powerful Lin Ze go unnoticed.
Hearing this, Hua Yun also voiced her confusion, "Human, why did Lu Ji still agree to a competition with His Majesty the Demon Emperor when he knew he would lose?"
Bai Ran snorted, "Naturally, he's foolish."
Not foolish, but rather, he had planned another escape route, an unexpected one.
Hua Yun also nodded in agreement, "He is indeed a bit foolish."
As expected, with Lin Ze's threat, the families who had defected to Lu Ji quickly shifted their stance, dividing into two camps.
One group rejoined the Demon Emperor's faction, while the other pointed fingers at the Demon Emperor, calling him despicable and accusing him of using underhanded tactics.
The next day, Lu Ji indeed came, bringing several furious family heads with him.
"Good for you, Lu Chenling! You actually recruited the Demon Exterminator to your side!" Lu Ji's face flushed red as he pointed at Xiao Zi and cursed.
The family heads beside him also righteous ly echoed.
"Despicable! How can you be the Demon Emperor and come up with such a dishonorable trick!"
"That Demon Exterminator killed so many of our kin, you are not fit to be Emperor!"