Chapter 23

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"Lord Demon King, please listen to me..." As Nana spoke, the Demon King's fist completely ignored her and hit the shield without feeling any pain.

Hisa seemed to be unable to hear either, and Nana had a different understanding of the silent deadlocks. This kind of silent and abnormal battle made her feel weird. Caught in between them, she always felt something was off.

"Lilith, they might not be in a deadlock."

"Why not?"

"A silent deadlock is impossible. Thirteenth Brother has seen it once before, and it was all nonsense."

"What should we do, big sister?"

"Use the contract to knock them out."

"But big sister, my contract with you is on par with the Demon King and Uncle Hisa. It's impossible to knock them out!"

Nana looked back and realized, "We have three contracts."

"Elena! Can you...?"

Elena tried to activate the contract, but when her magic reached the area around the contract, it couldn't function and she felt a surge of pain throughout her body, making her almost faint. Her body crackled like electricity.

Lilith supported the weak Elena and said, "Big sister, Elena's memories are messed up. Her love for Qin Yang is not strong enough to form a contract."

"Damn it, she's in the way!"

"Do we need to add me? Although I am not a match for the Demon King and the Great God, I still have Divine Fire." Duke Qin was considered influential in The Human Realm, but against gods and demons...

"Fengyu, we cannot act recklessly with matters involving gods and demons." Nia grabbed his hand, not willing to let him take such a risk.

"This is our empire's territory. I have a responsibility!"

Lilith suddenly shrank her body and jumped onto the duke's shoulder, saying, "If we can't find Qin Yang, then let you replace him!"

"Me? How do I replace him?"

"You have the celestial demon's fire, just like Qin Yang..."

The duke's expression changed. "Qin Yang also has the celestial demon's fire? Only our Qin family has it! But Qin Yang said he has nothing to do with our family."

"Well... um, maybe there is some connection, since the same surname 'Qin' could mean that our families were once related five thousand years ago."

Nana shouted, "What are you guys talking about? My mission is Qin Yang. We can't waste time here!" Qin Yang had disappeared, leaving Nana with no patience.

"Fire of Misfortune!"

"This flame... Such a powerful and intense force. It's even stronger than the Four Divine Flames." The duke remarked as he looked at the flames jumping on his body.

"Witch of Misfortune!" Lilith's contract further fueled the flames, and the Fire Witch, who hadn't appeared for several days, reappeared. She slapped her palm forward.

"The flames are not enough," Lilith looked around and finally stopped at Nia. "Nia, what about your jade?"

"Jade?"

"The ink green, bamboo-shaped jade!" Lilith remembered that Qin Yang's jade could be a vessel for the Flame of Punishment, just like the divine fire within a person's body.

"Is this it? What's it for?" Nia took out the jade.

The jade connected with the fire, and the gray flame emitted strands of golden light. The witch let out a long howl and spat out something apple-shaped from her mouth. It was called the Witch's Sleeping Fruit.

"Sis, let them look over here. Magic needs to be within their line of sight, everyone else should close their eyes."

Nana used her shield to withstand the Punch Demon King's attack, attracting his attention. She then swung her sword, flying right past Hisa's forehead. Hisa, who was about to counterattack, was interrupted and instinctively looked over.

"Sleep, Priestess of Light!"

The priestess crushed an apple, emitting a gentle light. Bathed in these rays, her whole body swayed like a lullaby, slowly closing her eyes. At the same time, everyone looking towards the direction of the imperial capital fell into a deep sleep, instantly quieting the bustling city.

"The Fire of Misfortune? Azure..." Elena stared at the flames, fragments flashing through her mind. The same flames in the dark night... On that evening under the azure sky, Qin Yang kissed Hanya. Elena felt as if a knife pierced her heart! Even her current headache couldn't compare to it.

"It's this, controlling them!" Nana removed a small snake from the Punch Demon King and Hisa.

"There might be something else controlling the Punch Demon King, how terrifying..." Nia stared at the two tiny snakes. The snakes, which had already stopped moving, suddenly came back to life and lunged forward. However, Nana, who held them, squeezed with force, ending their lives.

"So unhappy, they died just like that!"

"Lilith, this kind of thing has no research value at all. It's purely because of the operator's incredible power. Besides, shouldn't you all check on the two who fell from the sky just now? Are they okay?"

Suddenly, the group of people realized that they seemed to have forgotten...

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A calm male voice spoke from a dark corner, "He actually didn't come! What a disappointment."

"You don't need to worry. You can still see him in eighteen years. In a few weeks, he will be able to return. Why rush?" Another man appeared from behind.

"I don't want to wait even a moment. Do you still want to wait?"

"Heh, yeah, I don't want to wait either. But just relying on my words, there's no guarantee that he will appear!"

"Qing will help you. Once he appears, let me handle it... and fulfill our unfinished mission!"

A giant serpent appeared, with a woman sitting on its pitch-black head. Several small snakes, similar to the ones in Nana's hands, coiled around her wrist.

"Now we just have to wait for the awakening of the Whale King, and the war will begin!" Vehicles passing by on the road were impaled by an elongated version of a katana, with the driver's blood flowing down the blade and blue orbs sticking to it.

"Just a little more... Qin Yang, see how I completely control this demonic blade!"

3

In the early morning, before the sun had risen, an old man who was strolling by the lake only remembered that there was an accident at Duke Qin's banquet last night, without knowing what had happened in the center of the lake.

The lake surface was calm, just like how one would describe it after last night. And now, as I stood beside the window, the smell of alcohol hadn't faded at all. I didn't know how the liquor in this flask was brewed. It couldn't be a Magic product, could it? Suddenly, I had a feeling that I was drinking cheap wine.

Guffy was already tired, with the smell of alcohol still lingering. I brought her back to her home, a separate villa. Being a teacher came with a decent income.

I wiped Guffy's cheeks with a towel. How could she sleep so soundly when she was covered in sweat?

"Chime." I took off Guffy's earrings and hesitated for a moment before placing her father's notification letter next to her.

Guffy's father had passed away more than seven days ago and had already been cremated. Even if we managed to receive his soul before the emissaries from the underworld, there was no body. Once a person dies, the sorrow is only temporary.

However....... Was Tesha lying when she said she used to live in the deep mountains with her grandfather as a child? I really can't understand.

Hmm? He...

Guffy placed some mementos of past adventures in a corner of his room, including a photo of a man beneath the ruins of the ancient golden pyramid, who looks exactly like the fake Saint Dragon! Why was he an adventurer back then? Could it be that he too was using a body incompatible with the Dragon Soul!