Chapter 397

Chapter 397: Lu Ye’s Arrival

An Li was dumbfounded.

Hmm???

Not really?

Darkness Origin?

What’s going on?

Isn’t Darkness Origin supposed to amplify a being’s dark side?

Why is Shangguan Huanling gritting her teeth when I haven’t even exerted myself?

When I do exert myself, Shangguan Huanling goes crazy instead?

An Li’s mind was a whirlwind of question marks.

No, no!

Try again!

The dark mist surged back into Shangguan Huanling’s body.

“It must be that Brother Lu Ye is testing me! This should be the final trial. As long as I hold on, Brother Lu Ye will forgive me!”

“He wants to test me; Brother Lu Ye still loves me!”

“It’s fine, Brother Lu Ye, I won’t blame you!”

An Li???

The dark mist surged out again.

“But this test is too much, right? I can’t cultivate—how am I supposed to follow in Brother Lu Ye’s footsteps? He’d rather give the Heavenly Silkworm Nine Transformations away for free than let me earn some money! So annoying!”

Damn!

I’m not playing anymore; I’m leaving!

An Li couldn’t help but curse, what a lunatic!

She realized that Shangguan Huanling’s thought process was totally different from others.

She wasn’t a normal person at all!

She had never met someone this crazy!

I’m outta here; next time I’ll just manipulate that idiot Shangguan again—I’m just a dog!

Just as the dark mist was about to vanish, Lu Ye’s figure appeared.

Shangguan Huanling’s red eyes sparkled.

Since Lu Ye is here now, he must be here to comfort me.

It was the same in the last life; if Lu Ye upset me, he would always come to cheer me up. I’d raise my standards and make him offer me a ton of benefits before grudgingly forgiving him!

“Hmph, you really have annoyed me this time; even if you brought me a ton of treasures to appease me, I still won’t forgive you…”

The word “you” hadn’t even left her mouth when Lu Ye’s radiant hand suddenly reached for her.

Shangguan Huanling was frozen.

Is he going to hit me?

If he’s going to hit me, then I can just forgive him afterwards.

If he’d hit me earlier, I would have forgiven him long ago.

But the anticipated pain didn’t come—Lu Ye merely swept his claws in her direction, and countless energies appeared, locking away that fragment of Darkness Origin. If one looked closely, it was identical to when Emperor Dao Hen had trapped An Li’s soul fragment before.

Grabbing onto that trace of energy, Lu Ye instantly vanished.

Shangguan Huanling had braced herself for a hit, but Lu Ye had already disappeared.

Shangguan Huanling?

Why didn’t he hit me?

Sure enough, Brother Lu Ye just can’t bring himself to strike me.

This must be a trial!

I need to trust Brother Lu Ye!

But why didn’t he hit me?

I wouldn’t even be mad if he did! Hitting me could even relieve his anger!

…

Lu Ye obviously had no clue what Shangguan Huanling was thinking. If he did, he’d be utterly shocked and would find it completely incomprehensible.

Right now, Lu Ye unleashed endless energies, forming a cage that imprisoned the trace of energy linked to An Li.

His figure, accompanied by the roar of thunder, charged ferociously toward An Li.

Bolts of pitch-black lightning continued to vanish into thin air.

…

An Li noticed this scene and was momentarily stunned.

Lu Ye was actually with that silly Shangguan?

That shouldn’t be!

Could it be that Lu Ye has already forgiven Shangguan Huanling? That doesn’t make sense either; if he forgave her, she wouldn’t be stirring up darkness for me to notice.

But why didn’t Lu Ye send Shangguan Huanling flying?

Well, since Lu Ye is here, bring it on! I can’t wait any longer.

At this moment, she’d laid out a perfect trap, waiting for Lu Ye’s arrival.

The Demon Tide!

The Demon Tide in the last life had an end, but this life’s Demon Tide feels endless; even if it kills Lu Ye, he’ll never be able to finish it off!

She was right in the center of this chaos, waiting for Lu Ye’s arrival!

“Ah!”

A scream suddenly escaped An Li’s lips.

“I’m in the middle of something important right now—don’t transfer your pain onto me!” An Li said, startled and angry.

But the Darkness Origin completely ignored her.

It’s your pain; who else should I transfer it to?

An Li’s face twisted as the intense pain continuously assaulted her mind.

She was desperately trying to disperse her soul fragment—damn it, this soul fragment skill is both a blessing and a curse. The blessing is that as long as she has a soul fragment, she could virtually be anywhere within the same realm.

The curse is that if Lu Ye catches her, the Heavenly Dao could lock onto the Darkness Origin’s main body and rain destruction down upon it.

The Heavenly Dao couldn’t completely wipe out the Darkness Origin, but it could weaken it severely through tribulations.

“Bring Heartless over!”

An Li said coldly.

Soon, the Heartless Demon Lord appeared.

Unknowingly, the Heartless Demon Lord had become half of An Li’s subordinate; someone like him certainly didn’t want to be beneath anyone, but the benefits An Li brought to the Demon Clan were just too huge.

So much so that even the Heartless Demon Lord felt overwhelmed with happiness.

In just a few short decades, the entire Demon Clan not only restored the power that Lu Ye had damaged before, but they also ascended to new heights!

With treasures transported from outside the realm and a mountain of resources, the Heartless Demon Lord had never felt so full.

He looked at An Li with utter warmth in his eyes.

This is a rich lady!

This is the dawn of the Demon Clan, the saint of the Demon Clan!

“A Li, what’s wrong?” The Heartless Demon Lord couldn’t help but express concern as he saw An Li’s frowning expression.

An Li’s expression darkened.

“I’ve told you many times, don’t call me that! Do you not understand human speech?” An Li gritted her teeth.

The Heartless Demon Lord didn’t care at all, smiling gently, “A Li, I just think that name sounds nice; don’t misunderstand.”

“I am Lu Ye’s woman! Nine Lives Celestial Lord’s woman! Curb your delusions!”

“That was in the last life; this life, you are free.”

“This life too! My body and heart belong to Lu Ye. Competing with those seven women for Lu Ye is a million times better than being with you!”

The Heartless Demon Lord wasn’t the slightest bit angry.

“It’s fine; I can wait. Wait until the day you’re moved by me!”

An Li took a deep breath. If it weren’t for the Heartless Demon Lord’s deep standing in the Demon Clan, she would have killed him by now.

In fact, these eight women shared a common trait: even if they betrayed Lu Ye, they still took pride in having once been Lu Ye’s women. Aside from Lu Ye, no other man was worthy of their consideration.

Even Yue Hongling would feel a sense of “is that all?” when her unattainable white moonlight reappeared before her eyes.

An Li took another deep breath.

Whatever; this time, if Lu Ye wins, the Heartless Demon Lord will die.

If the Heartless Demon Lord wins, he’ll die too; she wouldn’t bother arguing with a dead man.

“Lu Ye is here!”