Chapter 120 - Water Demon King

Chapter 120: Chapter 118 Water Demon KingThe Magic Dynasty’s palace was solemn and austere, with purple and black as the primary colors composing the entire royal capital. Not a single other color could be seen.

At this moment, Demon King Yan lay powerless on his throne, while Bai Tianhang was reporting to him about the recent internal affairs of the demon race.

"Report—report!" Suddenly, hurried footsteps came from outside the hall, and a demon official knelt outside the hall door, crying out, "Your Majesty, there is grave news!"

"What is it? Stop making a fuss, come in and speak," Demon King Yan said in a low tone, his words revealing exhaustion and weakness.

The official rushed into the hall and knelt at Demon King Yan’s feet, "Your Majesty, grave news indeed! The Gold Lion just recently launched a surprise attack on our border city of Li, completely destroying it. His army did not stop there and is now advancing toward the Magic Dynasty."

"Gold Lion?" Demon King Yan recalled briefly, "I remember now, isn’t that the beastman with divine favor who invaded the Beastman Empire’s territory?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, that is the beastman. He is currently leading a large army toward the Magic Dynasty. Please make an early decision."

"Bai, you handle it," Demon King Yan seemed utterly indifferent about the matter.

"As you command," Bai Tianhang respectfully acknowledged the grace, then approached the official saying, "Li City has fallen. Where is the City Lord of Li?"

This demon official had little respect for Bai Tianhang, a human, but due to Demon King Yan’s orders, managed to suppress his tone, "The City Lord and all the city’s military and civilians died on the battlefield."

"The City Lord is dead?!" Bai Tianhang was also stunned. Although the City Lord wasn’t incredibly powerful, he was among the top hundred in the demon race—how could he just die?"

This was a serious problem. Was the Gold Lion really that powerful? Bai Tianhang quickly turned to Demon King Yan, his voice grave, "Your Majesty, the Gold Lion is formidable and must have prepared thoroughly. Our demon race should fight with all our might, only then can we have a chance of victory."

"Then just arrange as you see fit, but except for Tong Shuai from Tong City, whom I promised I’d let him leave the wasteland in a few days, you have my permission to command anyone else within the demon race," Demon King Yan waved his hand, directly handing over the great authority of the demon race to Bai Tianhang.

"Thank you for your trust, Your Majesty. I will not fail you and vow to drive the Gold Lion out of demon territory," Bai Tianhang excitedly took command, then immediately issued his first order to the demon officials around him, "Order all Magic Cities in the demon territory to enter combat readiness, bring back all defense forces guarding the human borders, and each City Lord must personally lead the troops. I want to mobilize the strength of our entire race to utterly crush the Gold Lion!"

"Alright, alright, you go and discuss this slowly, don’t disturb my rest," Demon King Yan seemed to become impatient with Bai Tianhang directing in the great hall and directly dismissed everyone from the hall. He then leaned on his throne alone, sluggishly saying, "What wind blew this slimeball here?"

"Hehe," a sinister laugh suddenly echoed in the hall, and a thick, dark purple liquid slowly wriggled to the front of Demon King Yan.

"Why are you still so disgusting?" Demon King Yan turned his eyes away, not wanting to see this blob at all.

"Hey, Yan old dog, can’t you say something nice after not seeing each other for so many years?" The blob of dark purple liquid actually started talking.

"Just get to the point, and if there’s nothing else, get out of here quick."

"Don’t rush me, can I at least transform back first?" As it spoke, the blob of liquid slowly shaped itself, and a young, handsome demon powerhouse suddenly appeared in the great hall.

It was hard to believe that this young, handsome individual had transformed from a blob.

"Sit," Demon King Yan casually gestured and then asked, "Did you find the Shadow Eye?"

"How could I? The Shadow Eye is hard to find. I’ve told you not to hope for it, but you wouldn’t listen."

"Then why did you come back?" Demon King Yan asked irritably, "You can’t do anything right, always transforming into a disgusting slime, and even sneaking under women’s skirts. Do you know how revolting you are?"

"Hey, hey, hey, please respect personal preferences," this young demon powerhouse was presumably the Water Demon King, referred to as the slimeball by Tong Ling and Demon King Yan.

Before Demon King Yan could speak, the Water Demon King continued, "Why did you choose a human to manage demon affairs?"

"Do I need a reason?" Demon King Yan did not want to reveal his plans to the Water Demon King, not even bothering to make an excuse.

"Suit yourself; I don’t care about demon affairs anyway. But I just heard this human boy intends to mobilize the entire race to oppose the Gold Lion. I just wanted to kindly remind you not to drag the demon race into this."

"Haha, hahaha. Slimeball, have you been traveling the outside world for so long that you’ve forgotten your roots? Are they worthy of being called the demon race?" Demon King Yan laughed coldly, his eyes filled with cruelty.

The Water Demon King shrugged, "At the very least, they have some demon bloodline."

"Water Demon King," Demon King Yan suddenly sat up, his eyes fixed intensely on the Water Demon King, "I find that you’ve become increasingly softhearted."

"People always change, don’t they?" The Water Demon King did not retort, "The Yin Eyes have not yet been found, and the demon race still needs to exist. The Gold Lion is formidable, and I’ve investigated his identity. This person is the Zhen Luo King from the Beastman Empire, with power that reaches the heavens, holding sway over dozens of planes."

"And what of it?" Demon King Yan was entirely unmoved.

"Do you know why he is called the Zhen Luo King?" The Water Demon King gave a bitter smile, "Actually, all this is the catastrophe we brought upon ourselves."

"Zhen Luo?" Demon King Yan seemed to have thought of something, "The Heavenly Realm?"

The Water Demon King nodded, "Exactly."

"This really is fated." After receiving confirmation from the Water Demon King, Demon King Yan couldn’t help but sigh, and then spoke, "Then should I step in and end our ties with the Heavenly Realm?"

The Water Demon King wanted to say something but stopped at the brink, unable to speak. He was well aware of Demon King Yan’s character, knowing that persuading him was simply impossible.

"Forget it, consider it my being nosy. I’ll take my leave now." The Water Demon King did not linger any longer and turned into a streak of light, escaping from the demon court.

Demon King Yan did not stop him but stared long at the departing figure of the Water Demon King, remaining silent for a long time.

The attack launched by the Gold Lion against the demons had thoroughly ignited the entire demon race. Tong Ling was now sitting in front of Tong Shuai, unable to contain his anger, "Father, let me lead the troops and support the demon court."

"No," Tong Shuai directly refused Tong Ling’s proposal, "You and Nini must wait until the Human Races’ allied forces arrive before advancing together."

"Why?" Tong Ling asked discontentedly, "By the time the humans dispatch troops, I’m afraid the demon court war will have already started."

"It’s just not possible." After saying this, Tong Shuai turned to Lu Hong beside him, "Are you going to this great war?"

"Of course, I’d like to see the grand spectacle of a plane war myself." Lu Hong described the war between the human and demon allied forces and the Gold Lion as a plane war, which was by no means an exaggeration. Following the annihilation of the beast race by the Gold Lion, only the demons and humans remained amongst the great races in the waste. This tripartite war could certainly be classified at the level of a plane war.

"Good, then I’ll have Nini accompany you," Tong Shuai nodded.

"Ah... better not," Lu Hong tactfully declined, glancing at the icy beauty sitting opposite him.

His first encounter with Tong Ni had not been harmonious; that day, Nini had lashed out at Lu Hong, causing a huge disturbance in the backyard of Tong Mansion. Tong Shuai personally intervened, and since Lu Hong was a distinguished guest of the Tong Mansion, he was absolutely not subject to any punishment. Thus, Nini bore the brunt of the blame for the destruction in the backyard. In these past couple of days, Nini had been forced to repair the backyard garden by herself, suffering quite a bit as a result.

As for Tong Tong, who had stood up for Nini, he had been sent by Tong Shuai to the Red Nation as an emissary to lead the Red Nation’s great army into their territory.

"Hmph!" Nini snorted in dissatisfaction, but she dared not defy the decisions made by Tong Shuai. Consequently, Nini had already envisioned her methods of punishing the lecher all the way on the road.

"That’s settled then, I’m off," Tong Shuai nodded satisfied and stood up, leaving Tong Ling’s separate house.

No sooner had Tong Shuai left than Tong Ni turned to Lu Hong and said sternly, "Prepare to die, lecher!"

"Stop, stop, stop, my dear sister, don’t start hitting," seeing Tong Ni about to start a fight again, Tong Ling quickly intervened, "Give brother a face, if you must blame someone, blame me. I forgot about your retreat."

Faced with her brother’s pleading, Tong Ni finally held herself back and said coldly, "I’ll settle the score with you later!" Then she stood up, slammed the door, and left.

Lu Hong then looked at Tong Ling with irritation, "What did you get me into? How does your family even have such a shrewish sister?"

"Ah, Lu bro, it’s a long story."

After Tong Ling’s explanation, Lu Hong roughly understood why Tong Ni had two personalities. It was due to a mishap when she was born—originally as twins who eerily fused together before birth. The original icy Tong Ni personality was supposed to completely engulf the other softer sisterly personality before she turned eighteen, but the icy personality could not bear to do so. Thus, she and Tong Ling thought of a way, built this small house, and used the collected magic runes to suppress the icy personality annually, ensuring the survival of the softer sisterly personality.

So when Lu Hong first opened the door, Tong Ni appeared with her softer personality, but the icy personality always held the dominant position and soon took back control, launching an attack on Lu Hong.

"Let’s not talk about my sister for now; let’s talk about the Gold Lion. He must be strong to have defeated the formidable king. How many moves do you think I could last against him?"

"You?" Lu Hong shook his head, "Not even one."

Having fought against the Gold Lion, he was completely qualified to make this judgment.

Damn it, just because I lost to you once, do you have to belittle me like this? Tong Ling cursed inwardly. After all, he was the youngest powerhouse in the waste, no, not counting Lu Hong, the oldest powerhouse. The Gold Lion was said to be only fifteen or sixteen years older than them, how could the gap be so big?