Quick Transmigration: The Big Shot Has Gone Crazy Again - Chapter 49
Chapter 49
The news that the Bloodthirsty Demon Lord was going to choose a Demon Empress had just spread when the other Demon Lords could no longer sit still.
The Seven-Kill Demon Lord, the One-Eyed Demon Lord, and the Mighty Demon Lord went one after another to the palace of the Smiling-Face Demon Lord.
Fengyue Palace.
On the highest seat, the Smiling-Face Demon Lord was dressed in an elaborate and luxurious azure robe, noble and elegant.
A beautiful woman with excellent looks was straddling his lap, brazenly caressing the broad expanse of skin revealed on his chest.
The man’s features were refined and handsome, his eyes charming and full of allure.
With a faint smile, he glanced sideways at the three Demon Lords standing in the hall.
If Nan Yuan were here, she would immediately recognize him.
This was none other than Yun Wu, the one who had been hacked down by her blade after Ah Qing’s death.
A crafty rabbit has three burrows.
The Smiling-Face Demon Lord had no three burrows, but he did have avatars.
If Nan Yuan had ever seen his true strength back then, that avatar would never have deceived her.
Unfortunately, she had not.
Seated below, the burly, muscular man whose entire face exuded viciousness was the Seven-Kill Demon Lord among the five great Demon Lords.
Four hundred years ago, this man killed the former Demon Lord and his six Demon Generals, fashioned their seven heads into a demonic staff, and proclaimed himself the Seven-Kill Demon Lord.
The middle-aged man with one blind eye and mediocre looks was the One-Eyed Demon Lord.
His aptitude was as mediocre as his appearance, but among the Demon Lords his seniority was the highest, nearly seven hundred years old.
The last one was short and childlike in build, with a shrill voice like a baby’s cry.
He hated more than anything to be called small, so he proclaimed himself the Mighty Demon Lord.
Before the birth of the Bloodthirsty Demon Lord, the few Demon Lords together, including the one replaced two hundred years ago by the Bloodthirsty Demon Lord, none would submit to the others.
Thus the five great Demon Lords of the demon realm had always been locked in mutual restraint.
Planting spies by each other’s side was something every Demon Lord would do.
But ever since the Bloodthirsty Demon Lord suddenly appeared, the balance of restraint among them had changed.
Logically, after tens of thousands of years, the bloodlines of the ancient great beasts passed down generation after generation had become thinner and thinner, making full beast transformation impossible.
For example, over these ten thousand years, the demon realm had seen many cultivators with ancient bloodlines, but they could only awaken a small portion of it.
To everyone, wishing to fully transform into a beast with such thin blood was nothing but a fool’s dream.
Yet unexpectedly, the Bloodthirsty Demon Lord appeared.
He could completely transform into a beast.
This showed that his ancient great beast bloodline was extremely pure, at least over sixty percent.
The Seven-Kill Demon Lord was the first to speak.
“Smiling-Face, what do you think of the Bloodthirsty Demon Lord wanting to choose a Demon Empress?”
Yun Wu pushed aside the beauty in his arms. She immediately retreated.
He looked at them with a half-smile.
“Him choosing a Demon Empress does not hinder you. What are you worried about?
Could it be you want to do as you did with my harem, and plant pawns in his as well?
If that is truly your plan, I advise you to kill that thought early.”
“Why not?” asked the Mighty Demon Lord in confusion.
Yun Wu looked at them with disdain, clearly despising their intelligence.
“Since he is choosing a Demon Empress, he will only choose one out of thousands. The rest, the Bloodthirsty Demon Lord will not want at all.”
The three Demon Lords fell silent, unclear whether his words had made them abandon their schemes.
After a while, the Seven-Kill Demon Lord spoke coldly.
“Smiling-Face, all of this began with you. If it were not for you back then, there would be no Bloodthirsty Demon Lord today, and we would not be forced to act according to his face.”
The long-silent One-Eyed Demon Lord added, “Perhaps Smiling-Face envied that I had the Lion-Tiger Demon General under me and tried to imitate it, never expecting to create an ancient great beast, and so he suffered the consequences.”
The Lion-Tiger Demon General under the One-Eyed Demon Lord was a cultivator who had awakened ancient blood and could half-transform into a beast, incomparably fierce.
Had not the Smiling-Face Demon Lord searched everywhere for humans with ancient bloodlines precisely to create such a general?
Yun Wu sneered but did not explain.
“You came to me only because I am now the one most favored by the Bloodthirsty Demon Lord.
I will give you only one piece of advice. Do not act foolishly. If you anger him and he goes on a killing spree, I will not be able to help you.”
The meeting ended in discord.
Looking at the empty grand hall, Yun Wu narrowed his eyes, recalling that incident from back then, his expression turning cold.
That pair of siblings truly shared the same temper, hacking at people whenever they pleased.
Fortunately he had been quick-witted back then.
Otherwise, even if he escaped the elder, he could not have escaped the younger.
Thinking of that cold and peerless woman, Yun Wu’s expression grew somewhat dazed.
At first he had not realized that woman was the City Lord of Snow City.
Later, it was only when she said one sentence that he understood.
To be precise, the original female City Lord of Snow City had long been dead.
The one afterward was always this woman.
“Was it you who threw Ah Qing into the Abyss of Demons?”
That day, the woman looked at him as though he were an ant she could crush at will.
Yun Wu had occupied a high position for many years.
He had always been the one to look at others with that gaze.
That was the first time the tables had turned.
The woman’s aura was immense and her pressure overwhelming.
Even though what she faced was only his avatar, it was the strongest avatar he had ever created.
Yet in front of her, he was nearly forced to his knees by that oppressive might.
The instinct to seek benefit and avoid harm made him deny the truth, saying only that he had brought Pei Ziqing to the demon realm, but later they became separated.
He did not know if the woman believed him.
But when she struck with that deadly blow, Yun Wu understood that whether she believed or not was unimportant.
She simply wanted to kill him to vent her fury.
His avatar was destroyed, Yun Wu gravely injured.
It would take at least twenty years to recover to his peak.
Yet two years later, another harbinger of death came for him.
The one who had crawled out of the Abyss of Demons wanted him dead.
Seven-Kill and One-Eyed thought he wanted a Demon General, but from the start what he wanted was a king who could unify the demon realm.
The righteous and the demonic paths were destined to clash one day.
It was unavoidable.
If the demon realm remained as fragmented as before, it would eventually be destroyed by the righteous.
Later, he succeeded.
Pei Ziqing, whom he had thrown into the Abyss of Demons, awakened the bloodline of the ancient great beast, his strength surpassing everyone else in the demon realm.
Unfortunately, the obsession that had helped him endure the gates of hell turned into a double-edged sword.
He was reborn through obsession, and also driven insane by obsession.
When Pei Ziqing learned of the woman’s fall from the city walls back then, he went mad, slaughtering endlessly, then turned his rage on him, the instigator.
That was the most wretched time of Yun Wu’s life.
He was nearly clawed through the heart and flayed alive by that youth.
In the brief chance to breathe, Yun Wu quickly told him the truth, that his dear elder sister was never the original City Lord of Snow City.
That woman was an unimaginably powerful being.
Her strength was unfathomable, able to casually perform feats only peak kings could do, like shattering the void.
She had once slain his avatar with a single strike.
Therefore, a mere beast tide could not possibly defeat her.
Though Yun Wu had no evidence, the maddened Pei Ziqing had no choice but to believe him at that time.
Because only by choosing to believe could he continue to live.
At this thought, Yun Wu suddenly opened his eyes.
The Demon Empress the Bloodthirsty Demon Lord wanted could only be that woman.
Two hundred years had passed, and this mysterious woman had finally reappeared.
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“Yuan Yuan, look down there. How lively it is. Are we almost there? Wow, wow, Yuan Yuan, look over there, there is a glittering palace!”
Little Xuetang’s tiny claws clung to the carriage window as she peered outside, the small tuft of hair on her head blown high by the wind.
Nan Yuan also looked out the window.
Compared to the barren lands she had seen before, this part of the demon realm was indeed bustling.
Not only were there many buildings and houses, but the streets were much wider.
At this time the sky was slightly bright, but since the skies of the demon realm were perpetually dim, it still looked like night.
In such a harsh environment, that dazzling golden palace in the distance shone especially bright.
Nan Yuan clicked her tongue.
So bright.
She liked it.
She wanted to snatch it away and claim it for herself.
“Lord Yuan, we have arrived.”
Ah Qing’s voice came from outside the carriage.
His tone rose slightly, light and cheerful, filled with joy and tinged with suppressed excitement.
