Chapter 136 - I Trust You

The hand wrapped tighter and Snow growled waiting for his master, but the former king did nothing. The female demon sauntered over laughing and placed and arm around her brother's shoulder. Her red eyes slid to him with a grin.

"He does not speak because he knows, dear brother. He played you, used you, and will destroy you."

Hand tightened around his neck and he gripped the hilt of his sword but did nothing. Wang Li did not struggle, nor did he fight. His silver eyes continued to investigate red ones that were laced with anger.

"Release the little one, brother, and we will show them all that we cannot be controlled."

Wang Li felt the air leaving him and he closed his eyes for a moment, returning to when he asked for the demon's help.

["This amulet… it holds your power, your core… and you wish to gift it to me?"

Ye Wu stared at the artifact that Wang Li had been sweating over for many years. The Ghost King held the bronzed amulet wrapped in dark energy and stared at him. He nodded to the demon and Ye Wu hummed as he thought.

"Why?"

"I wish to be with him, Ah Wu. If it means to give up my powers to be with him, then I will. Ye Wu, I made a promise to you that I cannot complete. If I give you the power to, then you can do as you wish, but I ask only that you do not release your siblings. No one is prepared to battle them right now. Do I have your promise?"

"Who said I would accept?"

Ye Wu frowned, but his eyes kept glancing at the amulet as the power continued to call to him.

"I hear them, Ah Wu, what they call you."

He looked at his king for a moment, before narrowing his eyes. Letting out a laugh, he shrugged as if to say it didn't bother him. A hand touched his bicep and he looked over to the man in red.

"You are not weak. You never were, Ah Wu, and I do care about you. You are my family."

Ye Wu watched the small genuine smile on the youth's face and he sighed. Taking a hold of the amulet, he thumbed it and observed it. The form of a phoenix in the middle of a ring with its wings spread out.

"How long do I get to play with your power?"

"As long as you do not free your siblings, you may have it for centuries." 

"Huh… this is your core, Ah Li. Are you certain you trust me with it? I may just never give it back even if I let my siblings free."

He looked at the demon and let out a small laugh.

"I trust you."]

"I trust you," Wang Li reminded the demon and reached his fingers out, trembling as it went. The fingers around him tightened more and he fought back the unconsciousness that wish to take him under. Fingers touched the demon's mark under the demon's left eye and ruby eyes widened.

Fingers removed from his neck and Wang Li fell to his knees coughing, as he tried to intake air.

He heard the groan from his friend and looked up, only to have hands around his throat again. This time, he was staring at the female who tsked at him.

"I will kill him for you, brother."

"No!"

Ye Wu pushed her clear across the room through the wall.

"Brother! Don't you dare choose him again! He abandoned you, imprisoned you, and you still go to him?! We will be free with his death!"

The demon with one arm and one leg tried to balance himself. He reached out wanting to attack, but the growl from the beast made him thought against it. He looked to the side and found his sister tossing away the woodchips off her.

"You dare put your hands on me?! You pathetic weak nothing! I cared little that you care, but to still wish to protect this one!"

The female demon growled and rushed to them with long claws and teeth, but Ye Wu lifted his hand and tendrils shot up from the ground to wrap around her. She struggled against it and screamed as the spikes dug into her skin, piercing her deeper.

"Be lucky you are my sister or else you would be dead."

"You-"

"Actually… you were never my sister, were you?"

Ye Wu grinned and with a movement of his wrist, the tendrils snapped the female into parts as she screamed. The sound of gurgling blood made Wang Li fist his hands and gripped onto the demon's wrist. Red eyes turned to him blinking innocently as if he did not just killed his own sister. The scream and distraught of the other demon reminded them of his presence.

This only led to Ye Wu doing the same to him.

"Ah Wu, what are you doing?!"

"Hm? They were getting annoying and-"

A groan sounded aloud and the demon perked up.

"Ah! That is right."

The shrieking was louder and more painful before it was silent. The walls and floors no longer shook, but a strong odor of decay could be smelt through the walls of the palace. The demon grinned at him and cupped his face.

"My dear Ah Li, look at you. You look as though you have died… oh wait! You are!"

Ye Wu laughed loudly as if what he said was the most humorous of all.

"Ah Wu, return it to me."

The humor on the red eyed demon fell and eyes narrowed into a glare.

"No."

"You broke your promise-"

"Heh, I told you, child," Ye Wu patted his cheeks and shrugged stepping back, "I may never give it back to you."

"You promise-"

"Promises, promises," the man waved away and twirled around with his arms outstretched, "Who needs those? People are pathetic. Come, my dearest, tell me about your journey."