Chapter 29
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BLING!
A bright blue magically powered screen turned on behind the announcers floating podium as more than 2150 names emerged on the screen. All names were set behind a number, and every number was followed by the match that they would be fighting in.
For Lucifer's first opponent, it was none other than…
"Yan Xue…" Shi Shun mumbled from the VIP stage as she nearly let out a light giggle.
"Yo, announcer dude! I need a new opponent! Mine won't be leaving the infirmary for a while, and I got stuff I need to do!"
Lucifer stopped the Announcer from drinking some water after his long speech, nearly making him cough on H2O.
"The audacity…" The Elder from the Dragon Tamer Sect muttered, mildly amazed by the sheer size of this youngster's balls.
"This 6th Young Master… Was he always like this?"
A High-Ranking Noble Lady from a Rank 3 Family held her hand to her white powdered face, trying to recall her meetings with Lucifer.
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The Noble Lady's words put Lady Mu in a profound state, as something was definitely up with her son. Such drastic changes didn't just come overnight…
Lucifer gauged the reactions of everyone around him, and after making sure everything was going according to plan, he coughed up blood and knelt over onto the ground. His face turned ashen just as the Announcer was about to give him a new opponent…
"Oh No!!! It looks like I injured myself in that earlier battle! It put immense amounts of stress on my body!" Lucifer cried out with a pained expression, blood drizzling down the side of his lips. "Oh, the injustices! I was jumped by a hooligan! What am I to do about this!? How am I to participate in this shitt-... eye-opening competition!?"
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The 6th Young Master put on the biggest play of the century as he pulled out all the stops, even taking out a large neon sign that said, 'Please, need the Pills. If you are a kind soul, throw them down to me!'
"What the hell is this nonsense…?" General Long inquired with a baffled tone, his hardened gaze fixated on the stern Lord beside him.
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Lord Xiao stared at his 6th son make a fool of himself as he realized that he had not changed in the slightest. With his earlier doubts cleared up, he stuck up his hand, about to tell him to stop this tomfoolery.
However, before he did such a thing, subsequently ruining Lucifer's 'well-thought' out plan, a soft heavenly giggle sounded from beside General Long.
"???" "???" "???"
Everyone looked toward her with perplexed expressions, wondering what had caused the Ice Princess to laugh.
"Shi Shun, my dear daughter. Are you doing alright?" General Long asked with a fake level of concern.
"Pfft… Yeah, I just had something in my throat. That large thing from earlier; probably side effects of witnessing it…" Shi Shun lightly coughed before putting her icy facade back on full display.
'The big thing she witnessed earlier…? What does that mean?' General Long thought with confusion.
He pondered the matter for a moment before discarding his train of thought. Instead, he thought about the clear reactions that his daughter was having to this man.
If she enjoys him by even the smallest amount, then the marriage proposal should go all the smoother. Who cares about this competition or the shamelessness of that boy? As long as I have the last laugh, I don't care about anything else…
Sinister thoughts stirred inside the mind of the stern general as he whispered to Lord Xiao, telling him of his ideas about a potential marriage.
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Lucifer watched his father have a positive conversation with General Long, as this was all the proof he needed in order to know that this step went off without a hitch.
Since I will be brought into a marriage either way, I will manipulate it in the direction that I want it to go.
He would not allow himself to become the pawn, and if he had to play the coy in the meantime, then it would happen without question.
Nothing would be left out of his control! Not the Devilduke Family! Not his mysterious Grandpa! Not even his marriage!
He would not allow himself to fall victim to circumstance! Never again!
You all can think whatever you want, but just know that I will take everything by the time I'm done with this place. All the way down to your underwear…
Lucifer rolled around on the ground while rubbing his knees with a grimace, making sure to stick his sign as high as he could.
From what I know of the previous Lucifer, he was a huge fool. Furthermore, he loved money. Even more than that, he loved to spend his money.
That was why he was so broke even though he had the backing of the Devilduke Family…
His thoughts stirred as he looked up, only to see everyone laughing at him, not with him.
For now, you may laugh and giggle. But your pockets will be my pockets before you know it.
Lucifer evilly grinned inside his mind while secretly observing the expressions of all the onlookers. His little ploy persisted for a few more seconds before Lord Xiao ultimately spoke up:
"You may stop now, Lucifer. You are exempted from the competition due to your 'injuries' and unlawful attack by Yan Xue. But you will join us in the Feasting Hall after the Competition is finished. Is that understood?"
"Why yes, my Dear Father! I will do that right away! Now if everyone will excuse me!"
Lucifer responded in a differential manner before outright strolling out of the arena gate in tip-top health. However, before his face passed through the last bit of viable space, he locked eyes with the beautiful ice princess above.
'Keep staring at me like that, Shiny Shoes, and I'll get up close and personal—showing you everything within an inch of the real thing.'
"???"
Shi Shun was visibly surprised by the voice transmission, as she never would've expected his control over the elements to have already reach such a high level.
Just as she was about to respond back, Lucifer fully faded from view, his destination being wherever the wind took him.
You didn't even say my name properly…
For some reason, a small pout formed on Shi Shun's gorgeous face as she promised to get her revenge at a later point in time.
Shi Shun didn't know how she knew that they'd meet again. She just had a strong inclination toward such a meet-up coming to pass…
"Hmm…?" General Long looked at the face his daughter was making as his inward smile only grew.
This girl isn't a useless object of desire after all. She will put her use into the cause, no matter if she has to sell her body to that idiotic Lucifer or not…
Without anyone even realizing it, the past display of power by the 6th Young Master was completely overlooked by all the people in the Arena. It was instead replaced by the same view that everyone originally had of him. However, contrary to before, he was no longer invisible.
His power gave him a presence. That presence was overshadowed by the usual goofy greediness. And now everything was put under the umbrella of benefits, where everyone had their own plans in mind for the Young Master.
Little did they know that, without exception, every single one of them was being played… They were being played so damn badly…
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