“What is wrong, A-Yuan?” the Empress asked in confusion. She felt that the Demon Emperor was acting a bit strange today.
The Demon Emperor's heart skipped a beat. Fearing that the Empress would notice his odd behavior, he quickly reversed his spiritual energy and forced out a mouthful of blood!
“Ah! A-Yuan, what's wrong?” The Empress turned pale and cried out in worry.
“It's nothing... nothing... Xintong, don't worry...” the Demon Emperor comforted her with a slightly unstable breath. At the same time, he squeezed out a smile, mimicking his past self.
The Empress hurriedly took out a recovery pill and handed it to the Demon Emperor. “You were perfectly fine, how did you get injured?”
“Xintong, pour me a cup of water...” The Demon Emperor took the recovery pill she handed him, popped it into his mouth, and spoke.
“Alright, alright...” the Empress agreed. She turned around, went to the table, and poured him a cup of water.
The instant the Empress turned her back, the Demon Emperor quickly swapped out the recovery pill she had given him.
Handing the water to the Demon Emperor, the Empress still could not help but ask curiously, “How did you get injured?”
The Demon Emperor sighed and said in a low voice, “I don't know what happened either.”
“After I finished dealing with little 98th Prince's matter, I was suddenly ambushed when leaving the Duke's residence...”
“If I hadn't been worried about you, I would have chased after them...”
“Do you know who it was?” Hearing that the Demon Emperor had been ambushed, the Empress asked with deep concern.
With the critical moment fast approaching, nothing could be allowed to happen to the Demon Emperor.
“I have no idea!” The Demon Emperor blinked and shook his head, putting on a completely clueless front.
“Empress, go to sleep first. I need to heal my injuries tonight.” Just as the Empress was pondering who could have attacked the Demon Emperor, his voice rang out again.
“Alright! Then heal well!” The Empress nodded and spoke softly.
Just as the Demon Emperor was about to turn around, his eyes suddenly flickered, and he said, “Xintong, I will miss you. What should I do?”
The Empress smiled faintly. “A-Yuan, healing is what matters most. Don't worry, I'll keep watch over you right out here.”
Hearing her words, the Demon Emperor's eyes lit up, and he said happily, “Alright! You must keep watch over me, okay?”
He then turned and went into the bedroom. With a wave of his hand, a door appeared on one of the walls.
This was a seclusion chamber he had specially set up in the past so he could be closer to the Empress while cultivating.
Now, it had become a nuisance. It was too inconvenient here!
“Creak...”
As the Demon Emperor pressed a mechanism, the door to the seclusion chamber opened.
Before entering the seclusion chamber, the Demon Emperor looked back at the Empress once more. “Wife, you must keep watch over me, okay?”
“Yes, yes... I'll keep watch over you...” The Empress looked at the Demon Emperor with a smile.
...
The moment the door to the seclusion chamber shut, the expressions of both individuals changed simultaneously.
The Demon Emperor let out a sigh of relief. He finally did not have to face the Empress anymore.
Otherwise, he was afraid he might not be able to hold back and would slap her to death.
No, he still had to think of a way to separate from her!
Otherwise, whatever he wanted to do would be highly inconvenient.
Following that, he began to pay attention to the Empress outside.
After the seclusion chamber closed, the Empress's smiling expression turned into deep contemplation.
Who was it?
Who had ambushed the Demon Emperor?
One had to know that the Demon Emperor's strength was by no means weak; he was a top-tier existence even among those at the Unity stage.
An ordinary person would find it extremely difficult to injure the Demon Emperor.
The Empress glanced at the seclusion chamber, and then with a flicker of her figure, she vanished!
After the Empress disappeared, the Demon Emperor, who had been observing the outside from within the seclusion chamber, also left the chamber and followed her!
In a dense forest, the Demon Emperor watched coldly from the shadows as the Empress, dressed in black, took out a sound transmission talisman:
“The Demon Emperor was ambushed tonight. Do you know who did it?”
A moment later, a voice transmission returned:
“Unknown!”
The Empress frowned. They actually did not know who had ambushed the Demon Emperor?
To think that her own people, who had been keeping a close eye on the Imperial City, actually had no idea about this?
Right at this moment, another message came through the sound transmission talisman:
“We must take action during the Prince's Tournament...”
“General Dog seems to be in contact with the demonic cultivators of the Northern Province...”
Hearing this news, not only was the Empress shocked, but even the Demon Emperor in the shadows was stunned!
He had never expected that General Dog would actually betray the demon race!
Back then, when he slaughtered his wife's clan, they had only gotten what they deserved.
Although he was already abnormal at that time, it was also because he had discovered beforehand that there was something wrong with them...
Furthermore, what were the Empress and her group planning to do during the Prince's Tournament?
Right then, the Empress turned to leave.
The Demon Emperor's eyes flashed, and he once again gave chase.
“Whoosh...”
Just as the Empress was about to return to the Imperial Palace, a dark figure materialized in front of her.
“Robbery...!” a raspy voice rang out.
The Empress looked utterly incredulous. Was the order within the Imperial City really this chaotic now?
She had just stepped outside, and she was actually being robbed!
But she did not waste words and directly made a move.
“Boom...”
A fierce attack from the Empress ripped through the air.
The airwaves shook the void, heading straight for the face of the Demon Emperor disguised as a robber.
She felt that a mere robber would be easily handled.
It was his bad luck to run into her. Of all the people to rob, he chose her.
She was, after all, at the peak of the 5th-Rank in cultivation!
Immediately after, the Empress's eyes widened.
She saw the opponent raise a hand and strike out with a single palm.
“Bang!”
Her attack collided with his palm phantom and instantly shattered into a sky full of spiritual light.
Oh no, he's a tough nut to crack.
The moment this thought popped into the Empress's mind, she prepared to use the life-saving teleportation talisman array that the Demon Emperor had given her to flee.
Right at that moment, she saw the robber condense a wisp of pitch-black demonic light at his fingertip and casually point forward.
“Splat!”
Before the Empress could even activate the teleportation talisman, that demonic light directly pierced through her chest, and a terrifying demonic energy instantly exploded.
“Pfft...”
The Empress groaned, spitting out a mouthful of fresh blood.
Her entire body was sent flying backward by the impact, crashing heavily onto the ground.
She was horrified. This demon's strength was incredibly formidable. If not for the protective magical artifact the Demon Emperor had given her, she would probably be dead by now.
At the same time, she could not help but curse in her heart:
You're so damn powerful, yet you're playing robber? Isn't literally anything else better than this!
“Hero... I am willing to hand over my storage bag...”
Before she could finish her words, she saw the other party strike down with a palm...
Her consciousness instantly plunged into darkness...
I haven't even resurrected my father yet. Am I really going to die?
For some reason, an image suddenly flashed through her mind of how heartbroken the Demon Emperor would be if he knew she was dead...
Looking at the unconscious Empress, the Demon Emperor's killing intent surged.
However, he ultimately held back and did not kill her. It was not yet the right time.
Then, he reached out and took her storage bag. After checking through it, he found nothing out of the ordinary.
The storage bag was perfectly normal, with no unusual items inside.
There was also no information regarding their plans to take action.
Quite cautious indeed...
The more cautious they were, the trickier the situation proved to be.
Glancing at the unconscious Empress, the Demon Emperor turned and left.
A moment later, the Empress slowly opened her eyes and woke up.
She found that she was actually not dead. Feeling her waist, she realized her storage bag was gone...
While feeling fortunate, the Empress also felt speechless.
This robber was truly dedicated to his profession. When he said he was going to rob, he did exactly that! He did not do anything extra.
Rate on N.U.
