Chapter 45

Xing Luo immediately ran to the forbidden area within the Demon Palace. No one dared to come here, making it the perfect place for her to absorb her core pill.
She sat down on the ground and began the absorption.
…
In the Ghost Realm.
Lan Jin froze, staring as Xing Luo disappeared from sight. Feng Lu’s smile also stiffened slightly.
Xing Liuche, however, panicked. “Luo’er?!”
He had no idea what had happened, nor who had done it.
Ye Lixiao parted his lips slightly. “Luo’er is safe. I’ve already sent her back to the Demon Realm.”
Hearing this, Xing Liuche finally relaxed. So it had been Ye Lixiao who teleported Xing Luo away just now.
“Demon King, you really are clever.” Feng Lu’s smile faded. He hadn’t expected Ye Lixiao to have a backup plan.
It seemed that woman was truly very important to him. Yet why did Xing Liuche also seem so concerned about that cat?
Now was not the time to think about that. Feng Lu didn’t dwell on it. Even without Xing Luo as leverage, he didn’t feel afraid. After all, Ye Lixiao had been poisoned by his specially concocted corpse toxin, and even if Ye Lixiao reached level ninety-nine, he wouldn’t survive long.
A smile returned to Feng Lu’s face. “Demon King, do you know what’s happening to you right now? Feeling pain all over, perhaps? And notice your palms turning black?”
Ye Lixiao’s gaze grew colder by the moment.
He looked down at his palms; a patch of black poison had already spread.
Ye Lixiao was aware of this kind of toxin, Feng Lu’s corpse poison. Xing Luo had encountered it before, so he had made sure to understand it.
Feng Lu laughed as he picked up the contract. “Ye Lixiao, you didn’t expect this, did you? I applied the corpse toxin to the surface of the contract. The top-grade corpse poison I refined is colorless, tasteless, and harmless to those of our Ghost Realm, but should an outsider touch it, the poison immediately enters the body. Demon King, you are now surrounded by my Ghost Realm generals. Any last words? Speak quickly.”
Without a word, Ye Lixiao raised his hand, releasing a powerful surge of demonic energy toward Feng Lu.
“This lunatic!” The demonic energy approached too quickly for Feng Lu to dodge. He could only take it head-on, but he was no match for Ye Lixiao, the consequences were inevitable.
Bang! Feng Lu was blasted backward, crashing into the throne behind him and landing in a disheveled heap, glaring at Ye Lixiao.
This man was truly not to be trifled with. The corpse poison made his entire body ache, and the more magic he used, the faster the poison spread. He was courting death!
Feng Lu spat blood. “Impressive! Ye Lixiao, you’re truly impressive! Struggle all you want, but it won’t be long before the Demon Realm and the Ghost Realm are mine! Seize the Demon King! Whoever kills him will be richly rewarded!”
“Yes!!” The generals’ excitement surged instantly.
The first to attack Ye Lixiao was Lan Jin from nearby, but as he rushed forward, He Chen blasted him away. Yuan Xiu appeared at the same time, and alongside them were the other generals from the Demon Realm.
Feng Lu froze at the sight. What’s going on?! When Ye Lixiao arrived, he only brought two subordinates!
Feng Lu had been playing the obedient part the whole time, and just as Ye Lixiao had gotten into trouble, there had been no chance to alert the Demon Realm generals. So how did they appear here?!