Chapter 52: The Demon Empress
It must be said, disregarding the crazed mentality of the Demon Empress, this old woman truly lives up to her reputation as a legendary soul beast. She perfectly concealed herself behind the scenes, never exposing herself even under Tang San's watchful eyes until Huo Yuhao ascended.
Because the Demon Empress was so cautious, many events deviated from their expected paths.
"Observing the fusion of the embryo? They just want to watch the process?" Du Qianjue laughed in disbelief. "Isn't this just delivering the goods straight to the door? It's even more of a giveaway than the Skydream Iceworm!"
The main issue was that Ye Yukun didn't seem to suspect much. In the original story, he ultimately didn't absorb the embryo himself but sold it to the Star Luo Empire, probably because he realized how extraordinary the Snow Empress was during the sealing process and figured he couldn't absorb her.
After all, Ye Yukun had directly witnessed the Snow Empress sealing her origin to transform. The soul power fluctuations alone made it clear to a Titled Douluo that he couldn't handle absorbing such immense power. Realizing this, he likely understood that the black-robed figure might kill him during the fusion, much like a mantis stalking a cicada, unaware of the oriole behind.
Du Qianjue laughed. He had to admit that the Ye Yukun from the original story, despite his average talent, had a sharp mind. Whether or not he survived the pursuit of the Holy Spirit Cult and the Demon Empress was uncertain, but his actions in the original story indicated a strong will to live.
The Demon Empress in the original story likely went mad when she found out about these events, didn't she?
Du Qianjue laughed silently. Although he harbored a deadly hatred for the scheming Demon Empress, he couldn't help but find humor in the unforeseen twists and turns of the original story.
You can always find something to laugh about. Too bad this Demon Empress doesn't have the memories from the original story, otherwise, Du Qianjue would have loved to taunt her while finishing her off.
"I've roughly figured out who was scheming against you," Du Qianjue gently stroked Xue Linglong's silver hair, speaking softly.
"Who is it?" Xue Linglong's eyes flashed with cold light, her killing intent rising again.
"The wife of the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, who was killed by Tang San ten thousand years ago, a near-million-year soul beast who calls herself the Demon Empress, the overlord of the sea," Du Qianjue said, his mouth twisting as he thought he might have exaggerated her a bit. But she did indeed deserve the title of sea overlord.
Du Qianjue explained his speculations to Xue Linglong, including the scene he had witnessed in Ye Yukun's memories.
There was no need to hide this from Xue Linglong. She wasn't some delicate woman; she was the true Ice Snow Emperor.
"But I don't know her, nor do I have any grievances with her. Why would she want me dead?" Xue Linglong was puzzled, but her killing intent grew colder.
The strong preying on the weak was common among soul beasts, but this typically applied to soul beasts under ten thousand years old. Once a soul beast reached over ten thousand years, they generally wouldn't fight to the death unless there was a deep-seated blood feud.
Moreover, such an elaborate plot to eliminate someone?
"That old woman is just a lunatic obsessed with avenging herself against Tang San, the Shura God from the Divine Realm," Du Qianjue sneered. The more ignorant someone is, the more fearless they become. The same applies to soul beasts. In an era where soul beasts couldn't even become gods, how did she plan to fight Tang San, who was at the level of a god king?
Tang San could probably laugh the Demon Empress to death with a single Blue Silver Grass entanglement.
If even Du Qianjue might be laughed to death by such a move from Tang San, what chance did the Demon Empress have against him?
"Anyway, the grudge is there, and it will be settled sooner or later!" Xue Linglong took a deep breath, calming her anger. Anyone would be furious if they were plotted against to the brink of death.
"When the time comes, please help me turn her into my second martial soul's spirit ring!" Du Qianjue gently kissed Xue Linglong's jade-like cheek.
"Rest assured, she will die!" Xue Linglong smiled coldly, her empress aura unmistakable.
"By the way, the reason this human Titled Douluo revealed himself is partly because of me," Du Qianjue glanced at the frozen Ye Yukun, chuckling.
"He saw the ruler of the Extreme North holding hands with a human man and was so shocked that his soul power became unstable, leaking a bit of his aura," Du Qianjue explained.
Hearing this, Xue Linglong's face immediately showed disgust. With a wave of her hand, the ice sculpture of Ye Yukun shattered into powder, leaving only his intact soul tools.
"These might be useful to you, so I didn't destroy them," Xue Linglong said.
Useful? It seemed so.
A single-target ninth-level offensive soul tool, a group-target ninth-level offensive soul tool, a one-time use ninth-level mental defense soul tool, and three ninth-level aura-concealing soul tools. While Du Qianjue couldn't use most of them, selling them could easily bring in tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of gold soul coins.
Ninth-level soul tools were rare in the Three Douluo Empires, rarer than top-grade ten-thousand-year-old spirit bones. Only in the Sun Moon Empire were ninth-level soul tools more common.
Moreover, Ye Yukun's Starlight Sapphire storage ring contained five other ninth-level soul tools, including two ninth-level fixed soul cannons and the Deity Sealing Platform.
All of this was worth a fortune!
Especially the ninth-level fixed soul cannons, such explosive devices were truly works of art!
Du Qianjue happily collected all these items, his eyes shining with the brilliance of gold soul coins.
Who would mind having too much money?
"You're so good to me, Xue'er. I love you the most," Du Qianjue kissed Xue Linglong passionately.
"How much do you love me?" Xue Linglong's fierce demeanor softened, her expression turning tender.
"More than you love me," Du Qianjue said sincerely.
"You're such a sweet talker!" Xue Linglong playfully tapped Du Qianjue's cheek, pouting cutely.
"Hehe."
Du Qianjue held Xue Linglong's hand, smiling sheepishly.
"Alright, let's get down to business. Didn't you want me to teach you how to create your own soul skill? When do we start?"
Focusing on the matter at hand, Du Qianjue put aside other thoughts. Improving his strength was always a priority.
"Let's start now!"
(End of Chapter)