Chapter 89: What Hides Beneath The Curtains

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Meanwhile, in a dimly lit area underneath the Fire Nation Royal Castle.

"...They're still alive..." muttered a man with long black hair, his voice emulating the immense amount of frustration bubbling up within him.

"Tch, that useless Emperor! Can't do a single goddamn thing right!"

Shouting in a crazed rave, a beautiful woman materialized right beside the man. During which, her aura nearly caused the foundations of the castle to shake.

"Calm down, my dear. You know how these things go—always unforeseen circumstances and unknown variables. Even if Lucifer and Li Yan are still alive after the assassination attempt, we can always command the Emperor to send out even stronger killers. Either way, our breakthroughs will happen. We just need to trust the process."

Attenuating to his wife, the handsome, valiant-like man made sure to transmit orders to those useless things up above.

Upon receiving the response he wanted, the man pulled back the woman's hair and said, "There is no need to fret, my love. The Emperor has learned of this folly and has thus sent out the strongest forces in the Fire Nation: the Fire Brigaders."

Listening to her husband's words, the woman calmed down a bit. After which, her aura settled down, and she pulled the man to a large, lofty bed. "If that bunch is being sent out to accomplish this, then the death of our children is all but guaranteed. So, why don't we have a little fun to celebrate the occasion~?

That thing you wanted to try; we can do it right here and now~" whispering into her husband's ears, Lady Mu seductively stripped herself down.

"Ho~?"

Seeing his wife throw herself at him, Lord Xiao spared no further hesitation. Jumping into bed with Lady Mu, the both of them 'celebrated' the grand occasion.

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In the middle of fuck knows where, Lucifer and Li Yan were doing their own things in the Nature Dome. Slowly, their new home inched ever further into the Water Nation's home territory.

Although this would typically be a terrible thing for any sane person, Lucifer was too busy obsessing over loot to care about his sanity.

WAAA!

With the unleashment of another wave of Qi from Lucifer's chiseled figure, his cultivation made a breakthrough into the Half-Step Core Formation Realm!

A Core was beginning to form inside his Dantian Space, which meant that it wouldn't be long before a full breakthrough into the Core Formation Realm arrived.

However, with his strength now nearing the peak of the Middle Nascent Soul Realm, he figured it was about damn time to start killing some more powerful do-gooders!

Luckily for him, there just so happened to be some do-gooders coming right to his doorsteps...

Step. Step. Step.

Walking through a battlefield rife with corpses and bloody scenes, eight figures in blue armor looked toward where they originally felt a disturbance.

"Hmm... It does appear that an unknown existence has come into the Water Nation. And from the looks of it, this one has decided to fully make himself at home."

Being the first to stop in his tracks, the Captain of the Fourth Scouting Water Squadron took out a pair of magic binoculars and honed in on what looked like a walking birdhouse.

"This girl must be the one who created this place! She is the one we have to kill!" shouted the Second In Command. His aura climbed up in intensity, whereas his hand was on the verge of taking his katana and slashing out with everything he had!

"Damn it! This was supposed to be an incognito scouting mission with minimal risk! How the hell did it turn out like this!? The aura reader's said there were no other living creatures inside this structure! At most, there were just going to be a few security golems!"

Like his superiors, the Third In Command also readied his weapon. With a spear in the thrusting position, he was going to lunge at the second serpent and take off its head!

The same level of fighting spirit was present in the rest of the Scouting Party. However, for Li Yan, none of their gusto truly mattered a single bit.

After all, they invaded the home of Big Bro...

So naturally, they would... die.

"Useless, so useless." Uttering these detached words, Li Yan fully powered up the two Late-Sky Rank Formations. With overwhelming force, their power increased a hundredfold!

OOOM!

The birdhouse violently shook underneath the might of a single six-year-old girl!

"!!!" "!!!" "!!!"

Caution and weariness overtook the previous confidence present in the expressions of the Water Scout Squadron. Then, without the chance to resist, the two enormous serpents advanced their approach by a dozen times the previous speed!

"What the fu-" Before the headstrong Third-In-Command could get out his exclamation, a serpent's mouth swallowed him whole.

Quickly and efficiently, he was dissolved in the stomach of the serpent.

With his cultivation essence being set to the side for big bro, Li Yan also made sure to leave the Spiritual Ring untouched.

"Big brother likes shiny things... Always keep the shiny things, Umu."

After spending so much time with her brother, Li Yan seemed to have taken on a number of his peculiar traits.

But in spite of her increased unusualness, the screams of the various Water Nation Scouts forcibly took her out of her reverie.

"Why so annoying...?" She asked.

A small pout formed on her adorable facial features as she waved her a little more, trying to tell the serpents to kill dem faster than dis.

"Stop the screaming... Annoying..."

"Ahhh!!! Help me!"

"Please!! It hurts!! If anyone can hear us, we are in the trap of an ancient witch!! Please help!!!"

Hearing what the Second In Command had to say about her appearance, Li Yan grumbled even more. "Not Witch... You stupid," she said. Then, with even greater irritation, she waved her small hands around a few more times, causing the serpents to do donuts in the massive birdhouse. Chomping up and devouring anybody in sight, there eventually came a point where no more annoyances were left...

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