The Demon Lord Relied on His Imagination to Get Together with the Protagonist. - Chapter 76

Chapter 76

Tong Siqing still changed into the same outfit as the exotic dancers. When mixed with the group of beautiful women, she was not overshadowed at all. Instead, her pure and bright demeanor made her look exceptionally unique.

She didn’t know how to dance well. All her moves were learned on the spot. Fortunately, her learning ability was not bad, and she could barely keep up with everyone’s pace.

The dancers unconsciously made her the center, almost encircling her as they danced. Their slender and graceful fingers rested on her simultaneously, and they half-knelt on the ground, clinging to her like Dodder flowers, inch by inch moving up and pressing close to her body.

Tong Siqing: ???

This isn’t right, is it?

I feel like something is strange.

The dancers showed no awareness of maintaining a normal distance. Later, they were almost entirely draped over her.

The more Tong Siqing danced, the more stressed she felt. She didn’t know where to put her hands and feet.

She embarrassedly glanced down and happened to see a dancer’s captivating eyes staring at her unblinkingly. Her bright red lips pressed against her skin, leaving a light pink mark with great devotion.

Tong Siqing: !!!

She froze completely, like a rusty puppet.

This scene was naturally observed by the Demon Lord. Shi Zhihua was enraged. She immediately raised her hand and remotely snapped the neck of the fairy who deliberately kissed Tong Siqing.

The fairy screamed and turned into a plume of green smoke, fleeing in a panic.

Tong Siqing used a spell to wipe off the mark and awkwardly hid to the side. She hadn’t expected such a thing to happen. It didn’t happen outside the Mirage Domain. Did something change because she performed this dance?

Just as Tong Siqing was wondering, she suddenly heard a report from outside that the envoy from Xianning had arrived to present gifts.

Tong Siqing immediately became alert.

She knew this one. That envoy brought a box of bad things using a Dharma Manifestation. The items were magical treasures refined by the Elders, specifically designed to suppress and destroy the Demon Realm.

Zhihua cannot see the things inside.

But… Outside the Mirage Domain, I was the first to check it because Zhihua trusted me and was willing to favor me. At this moment, she has no reason to let me check it first.

Sure enough, Tong Siqing really wanted to sneak over and destroy the contents, but firstly, she couldn’t get close, and secondly, this Zhihua would certainly not let her destroy the items first.

Forget it. She could only wait for now.

The one who first went down to open the Zi Wu Box was Qing Lin. The Zi Wu Box, at first glance, was not a good thing. It was created specifically to deal with the Demon Realm, so Qing Lin was wary. As soon as the box was opened, she went on full alert, blocking the first attack from the contents.

“Demon Binding Silk, Demon Locking Bracelet, Demon Subduing Scroll… and even a Sinner’s Robe!” Qing Lin’s expression was not good. Holding a long whip, she immediately struck these items while they were trying to float up, sealing them all back into the box exactly as they were. “Quickly seal it properly! Don’t let these dirty things spread!”

Everyone present at the banquet was a demon subordinate of considerable status. They all used their abilities, preparing to seal the box together.

The people below were already cursing:

“That old rogue Sheng Wen of Xianning! We knew he had ill intentions.”

“Sending these things while our Venerable One is hosting guests, isn’t he trying to wipe us all out?”

“For him to still be the Heavenly Venerable of Xianning! The things he does are not open and honest at all. It truly makes people look down on him.”

Tong Siqing’s heart was filled with complexity. She knew her Father Venerable would never do such a thing, but she had forgotten the complete truth of the events at the time. Anyway, it definitely wasn’t to exterminate the Demon Race!

They are slandering my Father Venerable.

But Tong Siqing couldn’t step out to refute. She could only nervously watch everyone seal the Zi Wu Box and its contents.

Wait.

That’s not right. I once quickly incinerated these things. Why are so many of the Demon Realm subordinates taking so much time and effort and still haven’t sealed it?

Tong Siqing vaguely felt something was wrong, but she couldn’t pinpoint the problem.

“A bunch of fools.” Shi Zhihua only glanced and immediately understood something. “Stop now! The things inside are absorbing your demonic energy and cultivation! You’ve been tricked.”

“Venerable One! We can’t help ourselves anymore!”

“Venerable One, I can’t let go! I feel like my internal energy is constantly being drained by the things inside. Please save us!”

The subordinates spoke one after another. Within moments, their faces simultaneously showed expressions of pain.

The contents of the Zi Wu Box could no longer be contained and rushed out directly. The Demon Binding Silk was as imposing as a rainbow. When it rushed out first, a bright white light flared, instantly entangling all the subordinates involved in the sealing.

The banquet instantly descended into chaos.

Several Sinner’s Robes had materialized at some point, tightly wearing themselves onto these individuals.

The so-called Sinner’s Robe, when worn by a great demon, would attract Heaven’s Punishment and Lightning Tribulations. It didn’t require anyone to personally intervene. It could kill the demons by leveraging the Way of Heaven.

It was a vicious trick to kill people under the guise of opportunity.

The Demon Lord suddenly rose from her seat, raising her sleeve and casting a spell to sever the connection between the subordinates and the Zi Wu Box.

But the number of participants was too large. How could she easily break it? Even if she was a Demon Lord with profound magical power, she couldn’t do it.

The initially clear blue sky suddenly darkened. Black clouds pressed down, and electric sparks faintly mixed within the rolling clouds, like thick ink spilled into the sea of clouds. After a few passes, all the clouds became completely black. Thunder rolled…

The Demon Lord’s brow furrowed tightly as she anxiously looked at the sky and the imminent Lightning Tribulation. She suddenly soared into the air. With her large sleeves fluttering, she was already above those subordinates.

Since she couldn’t sever the connection between the Zi Wu Box and them, she would personally block the Lightning Tribulation for them.

I am the Demon Lord. There is no Lightning Tribulation I cannot block.

“Venerable One!”

“Venerable One, no! Quickly get out of the way!”

“Don’t sacrifice your cultivation for the sake of a few of us!”

“Even if we die, we have no regrets…”

“The Sinner’s Robe is already on us. It’s impossible to take it off again. You can’t block the Lightning Tribulation for us.”

“You will be hurt! Get away quickly!”

Shi Zhihua turned her head sadly, counting the heads behind her. Not too many, not too few. If each person attracted three bolts of Heaven’s Punishment, the total amount was exactly what she could withstand alone.

The number of heavenly lightning bolts was precisely the limit she could endure.

The Sinner’s Robe was deathly pale. When the demon subordinates were forced to wear it, their faces were even paler than the robe. Everyone naturally knew what this garment signified.

Heaven’s Punishment.

Fate’s punishment of their Demon Race.

They can’t escape it. They can’t escape it. Venerable One…

Perhaps their Venerable One knew, or perhaps she just wanted to try her best to save their lives, so she personally came to block the Lightning Tribulation for them, or maybe… it was just to let them die without regrets.

“Venerable One!”

A sorrowful shout came from somewhere else. Tong Siqing followed Zhihua’s gaze and realized that at some point, Qing Lin also had a Sinner’s Robe on her.

Shi Zhihua’s pupils contracted—The number of people has exceeded the limit.

I will die here too.

So many bolts of Heaven’s Punishment… they are aiming for the lives of our Demon Realm!

The Demon Lord’s luck has been low for tens of thousands of years. Not only is it being depleted every year, month, and day, but with this additional Heaven’s Punishment from fate, how are they supposed to survive?

Does the Demon Race not deserve to live in this world?

Shi Zhihua couldn’t describe the feeling in her heart. She felt a breath stuck, neither up nor down. But as she became angry, she eventually stopped being angry, leaving only heavy breathing.

Her vision darkened.

The heavenly lightning was still brewing. It clearly had no intention of letting them go easily.

Heavenly lightning chooses whom to strike. Shi Zhihua once heard a story that when the favored daughter of Sheng Wen underwent her Lightning Tribulation, her Father Venerable personally protected her, even getting the entire North Sea to help her withstand it. All nine of the North Sea princes were mobilized, rushing through the sea of clouds to protect her.

What kind of honor was that?

It was said that even the heavenly lightning backed down then, not daring to truly harm Sheng Wen’s daughter in the face of the Heavenly Venerable Sheng Wen and the entire North Sea. It only symbolically struck a few harmless bolts of lightning… none of which hit Sheng Wen’s daughter.

How ridiculous.

It was truly too ridiculous. Shi Zhihua remembered when she heard this, she almost laughed until she cried.

It was said that the last bolt of lightning was supposed to strike Sheng Wen’s daughter, but halfway through, it was threatened by Sheng Wen’s will, so it spinelessly changed its course and struck the Ninth Prince of the North Sea instead.

Not only was Sheng Wen’s daughter unharmed, but she even raised her sword to block a bit of it for the Ninth Prince.

The person being tested by the Way of Heaven felt no pressure at all and even had time to help others. It showed how watered down the Heaven’s Punishment was.

Shi Zhihua smiled bitterly.

She looked at the thunderclouds in the sky with difficulty, clenching her molars. She raised her sleeves and overlapped her hands, forming a demonic energy seal. Betting her entire cultivation, she planned to fight this damned fate to the death.

The first bolt of Lightning Tribulation was already imminent…

It was coming…

Shi Zhihua was fully alert, staring fiercely ahead.

And at this moment, the heavenly lightning that was about to strike suddenly dispersed halfway… It scattered.

Scattered?

It was the first time Shi Zhihua had witnessed a Lightning Tribulation scattering mid-air after only falling half the distance.

The Heaven’s Punishment, which was supposed to be unstoppable and magnificent, like a condensed rainbow of light, was about to descend upon her. Then it suddenly scattered like a swarm of fireflies that had been broken up, turning into points of light, leaving no trace.

Shi Zhihua was horrified. She vaguely felt something was wrong.

But she dared not slack off in the slightest, her gaze still focused on the sky.

To her surprise, the second bolt of Heaven’s Punishment met the same fate.

Only, it scattered from a greater distance.

Shi Zhihua watched the scene in disbelief. Then, she saw the third, fourth, fifth… countless bolts of Lightning Tribulation all scatter. Not a single one reached her. Furthermore, in the later stages, the Lightning Tribulation that was supposed to be brewing was actually stillborn, all strangled within the sea of clouds.

What is going on?

Shi Zhihua knew her luck had always been poor. She didn’t think she would encounter such good fortune.

So—

What exactly happened?

It wasn’t until she had counted that all the Lightning Tribulations had vanished that she dared to relax her guard and turn around.

And then.

She saw that the Sinner’s Robes on her subordinates had all been stripped away and lay on the ground. The last one was Qing Lin. The Sinner’s Robe on Qing Lin was still burning with a brilliant white flame. The flame looked gentle but was actually immensely powerful. It quickly burned the entire Sinner’s Robe to ashes without harming Qing Lin in the slightest.

Qing Lin spread her arms, watching the Sinner’s Robe peel from her body, then tearfully said thank you to the person in front of her.

Standing in front of her was Tong Siqing.

Tong Siqing used the Daylight Purifying Flame. Last time, she also used this to burn the contents of the Zi Wu Box, but that time, she didn’t let the contents of the Zi Wu Box escape at all, stifling the danger at its source.

Although she was a bit late this time, it was good that no harm was done.

As the heavenly lightning was about to strike, she still helped everyone by burning the Sinner’s Robes.

Now that the crisis was averted, Tong Siqing turned to look at the remaining contents of the Zi Wu Box, then raised her hand and threw a ball of Daylight Purifying Flame into it, letting the great fire instantly engulf this ominous thing.

Everyone was stunned.

Shi Zhihua was as well. She stood off to the side, watching with her own eyes as this girl, who claimed to be her lover, effortlessly burned the Zi Wu Box and even helped them turn the danger into safety.

The other party handled these matters too skillfully, so skilled that it was as if she had already practiced it once.

This time, the Demon Lord finally believed it.

Perhaps this person really was her future lover, and she had helped her solve many difficult problems, doing things that completely contradicted her appearance.

It was surprising, joyful, and made people develop a favorable impression of her.

As Shi Zhihua watched her crush the envoy’s Dharma Manifestation with her bare hands, a voice suddenly arose in her heart. Why can’t I fall in love with her?

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