“Woof... If you say so... woof.”
Under everyone's expectant gazes, a smug, cheeky voice stammered out of Big Yellow's mouth.
“Big Yellow, you can actually talk!” Lu Ming cried out in delight.
Although they could understand Big Yellow even when it spoke in dog language, speaking in the human tongue made communication much easier.
Still, its voice sounded a bit punchable.
“Haha... Second Senior Brother, you can really talk!” Huang Tianbao also cheered happily.
Niu Lansan, Diao San, and the others were also thrilled.
The Second Sect Master could speak!
“Holy crap... I can actually speak human language...”
“Yes, yes... you can speak human language!” Lu Ming chimed in happily.
“Mwahaha... This Great Emperor can speak human! Hahaha...”
“Wow... Second Senior Brother, you're amazing...”
“Little Ancestor, I shall take my leave first...!”
Seeing how happy everyone was, the Demon Emperor smiled faintly and spoke to bid them farewell.
“Alright, alright... Go tend to your business!” Big Yellow waved its paw and said.
Well, to be fair, speaking really was quite convenient.
With a flicker of his figure, the Demon Emperor vanished directly from the main hall.
Just as he was about to leave the Duke's residence, a soft rustling sound echoed.
“Whoosh, whoosh...”
The Demon Emperor frowned and looked into the darkness. He did not understand why any demons would come to the Duke's residence.
With a flash of his eyes, he concealed his figure in the shadows.
Soon after, he saw the figures of three 4th-Rank Gale Leopards appear within the Duke's residence.
“Snatch all of their storage bags!” the leading Gale Leopard ordered in a raspy voice.
Splat!
The moment the words left the leader's mouth, the heads of the two Gale Leopards beside him abruptly exploded.
Blood and gore splattered all over him...
The leading Gale Leopard was instantly dumbfounded. What was going on?
Was a leopard not allowed to speak? Or was a leopard not allowed to steal storage bags?
His two subordinates had died the exact moment he finished speaking.
This was too bizarre!
“Who's there?!”
Snapping out of his daze, the Gale Leopard immediately drew his weapon and warily scanned his surroundings.
Whoosh!
The Demon Emperor materialized in front of him in an instant.
The moment the Gale Leopard saw the Demon Emperor, his pupils shrunk.
“The... Demon... Emperor...”
He could not understand why the Demon Emperor was here instead of staying at home with his wife.
When his master ordered him to bring some demons here to snatch the storage bags, he had only been told that there were a few 3rd-Rank lesser demons inside.
No one said anything about the Demon Emperor being here!
Was this not a blatant setup?
The Gale Leopard's eyes flickered. He fell to his knees on the spot and fabricated an excuse on the fly.
“Spare my life, Lord Demon Emperor! I have an eight-hundred-year-old mother at home and a newborn cub to feed. My family is so poor that we can barely put food on the table. I only came here to steal a few things...”
The Gale Leopard's voice grew quieter and quieter as he spoke, because he suddenly realized that the Duke's residence was poorer than a beggars' den.
It was a pitted wasteland of ruins...
This lie was too obvious...
No thief in their right mind would choose to rob this place.
The Demon Emperor stared coldly at the Gale Leopard, his aura of pressure billowing outward.
“Go on... Keep making things up...”
The Gale Leopard trembled violently. He was truly terrified that the Demon Emperor might get annoyed and swat him to death with a single palm.
“Ugh... Spare my life, Lord Demon Emperor!”
The Demon Emperor demanded in a chilling tone, “Speak. Who sent you?”
The Gale Leopard shivered, his eyes darting around rapidly.
“It was General Dog! General Dog sent me here...”
The Demon Emperor stared deeply at the Gale Leopard. “Really?”
The Gale Leopard nodded frantically. “Really, really!”
“Hmph...”
With a cold snort, the Demon Emperor abruptly raised his hand and slapped the Gale Leopard's head, executing a Soul Search!
Bang!
The Gale Leopard's soul instantly shattered and vanished into thin air.
The Demon Emperor frowned slightly. He had not expected this to be a death sworn!
There was a restriction on the soul; the moment it was subjected to a Soul Search, it would self-destruct!
As for the Gale Leopard's claim that General Dog had sent him, the Demon Emperor was highly skeptical...
This did not fit the behavioral style of a death sworn!
It had been said far too deliberately, clearly meant to mislead him...
Looking toward the distant main hall, the Demon Emperor was somewhat perplexed.
He did not understand why these demons wanted to snatch the storage bags of the Little Ancestor and the others.
Suddenly, his eyes flashed as a suspicion crossed his mind.
Could it be the little 98th Prince? After all, I made him hand over his storage bag to the Little Ancestor as compensation...
Could he have been unwilling to let it go and sent someone to snatch it back?
After some thought, the Demon Emperor did not leave. Instead, he concealed his figure and hid in the shadows.
He was worried that more people might come.
Meanwhile, in General Tiger's residence, General Tiger was pacing back and forth.
After Ye Fan left, his first move had been to send someone to contact the Tyrant Tiger clan.
He informed them that the young master of the Tyrant Tiger clan had been killed by the Demon Emperor, hoping to join forces with them to deal with him!
Having arranged all of that, he recalled Ye Fan's mention that the Little Ancestor and the others might possess Break-Stage Grass.
Anxious that delays might breed trouble, he decided to send someone to snatch it back!
Only by keeping it in his own hands could he feel at ease.
As for killing Big Yellow and the others, General Tiger had no intention of doing so.
Judging by the Demon Emperor's attitude, he cared deeply about Big Yellow.
At this time, it was unwise to provoke the Demon Emperor.
“It's just snatching a few storage bags. Why aren't they back yet...?” General Tiger muttered to himself.
After some more time passed and the Gale Leopards still had not returned, General Tiger could not help but grow anxious. Had some accident occurred?
“Someone, come!” General Tiger barked in a low voice.
“Whoosh...”
A dark figure materialized before General Tiger.
“Go check on what happened to the Gale Leopards.”
“Yes, sir!”
With a flicker of its figure, the 5th-Rank Golden-Eyed Eagle vanished!
After waiting for a long time, General Tiger still did not see any of his demons return...
An ominous feeling crept into his heart, and he refrained from sending anyone else out.
Those guys really do have something wrong with them. No wonder Ye Fan didn't make a move.
It seems I'll have to find another opportunity!
The Demon Emperor had killed yet another Golden-Eyed Eagle. After waiting for a long time and seeing that no more demons were coming, he arranged for some of his subordinates to secretly protect Big Yellow and the others before heading back himself!
“A-Yuan, you're back!”
The moment the Demon Emperor stepped into the palace, the Empress's gentle voice rang out.
“Yes! I'm back!”
Having mentally prepared himself, the Demon Emperor replied in his usual manner.
The Empress felt that something was slightly off, but after examining the Demon Emperor closely, she failed to detect anything unusual.
“Xintong!”
“Ah?”
Hearing the Demon Emperor call her name, the Empress immediately snapped out of her thoughts. “What is it, A-Yuan?”
The Demon Emperor smiled faintly. “I wanted to talk to you about the little 98th Prince!”
The Empress's expression instantly turned solemn. “A-Yuan, just handle it as you see fit. You don't have to worry about my feelings!”
“Rest assured, I didn't punish the little 98th Prince. He is our son, after all. I merely had him compensate the Little Ancestor with what he stole...”
“You don't need to worry about it!”
“Ah! Did 98 really steal something?” the Empress cried out in surprise, her heart filled with confusion.
She could not understand why he would steal.
“Yes. He only stole things so he could buy us a wedding anniversary gift! However, I did not punish him.”
The Empress's face immediately lit up with joy. “A-Yuan, you're so good to me!”
With that, she took a step forward and intimately wrapped her arm around the Demon Emperor's.
The Demon Emperor's entire body stiffened. He instinctively wanted to pull away, but forced himself to endure it!
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