Meanwhile, in Eternal Night Monarch City, at Lord Void's Manor...
In the grand hall, Lord Xujian sat in the central seat, his face bruised and battered, covered in wounds and wrapped in bandages. His legs were immobilized in casts.
Several beautiful and alluring women attended to him, offering tea, water, and massages.
As one of them pressed on a particular spot on his back, Lord Xujian's face contorted in pain.
*She's hit a sore spot!*
He gritted his teeth, barely stifling a yelp. If he cried out in front of his wives, the prestige of his position as the Demon Realm's second-ranked Demon God would be shattered!
"My Lord Xujian, I'm so sorry! Are you alright?" the woman who had accidentally pressed the sore spot asked apologetically.
"Hmph! These trivial injuries mean nothing to me. How could I possibly be affected?" Lord Xujian replied coldly, gritting his teeth.
The women beside him rolled their eyes in exasperation.
*He's sweating from the pain, yet still insists on putting on a brave face...*
*Such stubborn pride is just self-inflicted suffering...*
He had challenged the Demon Lord countless times, never winning once, and each time being beaten nearly to death.
The Demon Lord had only just returned, yet he had already publicly issued a challenge, infuriating him...
*He really never learns...*
Lord Xujian's expression softened slightly as he coldly fixed his gaze on the three men kneeling before him in the hall. "Speak. What business does the Thousand Demons Clan have with me?"
The leading man, seeing that Lord Xujian had finally acknowledged them, smirked. Instead of answering immediately, he began, "Lord Xujian, you were once a renowned Demon Emperor in the Demon Realm, your name striking fear across the land! Many supported your ascension to the Demon Lord's throne!"
"Yet now, you are forced to be trampled underfoot by the Demon Sovereign, reduced to mere second-in-command as the Demon Realm's second Demon God!"
"You have served the Demon Sovereign with unwavering loyalty, yet he treats you so ruthlessly! He shows you no mercy!"
"It's not just our Thousand Demons Clan—many across the Demon Realm feel you deserve better!"
Lord Xujian's eyes narrowed, a cold light flashing within them. "I despise pointless chatter. State your business directly."
"Heh heh heh... Very well. I will be blunt. We have heard that Lord Xujian has long desired to defeat the Demon Sovereign."
"Our Thousand Demons Clan shares this ambition!"
"My lord, representing the hundred clans of the Western Territory Demon Realm, offers his full support to Lord Xujian! Let us defeat the Demon Sovereign together!"
"Afterwards, the Thousand Demons Clan will support you as the new Demon Realm Sovereign!"
"With the Xu Jian Clan ruling the Northern Territory and commanding all demons, and in alliance with the Thousand Demons and Hundred Clans of the Western Territory, you will be invincible!"
The man spoke with passion and fervor, his voice ringing with conviction.
"You wish to ally with me to defeat the Demon Sovereign, and then support me in ascending to his throne?"
Lord Xujian leaned forward, his gaze fixed on the three men.
The ladies in attendance beside him frowned deeply, their delicate faces turning cold.
"Precisely!"
"What is your decision?" the man replied, his heart pounding with tension.
Lord Xujian heard this, and couldn't help but rise from his seat and burst into laughter, his voice echoing through the hall.
"Hahahaha! Hahahaha!"
Seeing Lord Xujian laugh, the man's tension eased, and a smile spread across his face.
Just as he thought the deal was settled, Lord Xujian's laughter abruptly cut off. His eyes turned glacial, and a bone-chilling killing intent descended upon him, making him tremble uncontrollably.
"Are you Thousand Demons Clan looking down on me?!"
"No, absolutely not...!"
"Our Thousand Demons Clan would never dare to disrespect Lord Xujian!" the man and his companions stammered, their bodies frozen in place.
"Hmph! Listen up, you ignorant ants!"
"I, Lord Xujian, have never had any interest in the position of Demon Sovereign!"
"What I desire is merely to defeat the Demon Lord himself!"
"I need no assistance from any of you!"
"Does even your Thousand Demons Clan deserve to stand in my presence?!"
"Disappear from my sight!"
With those words, Lord Xujian's eyes turned icy. He gently clenched his fist, and the space where the leading man stood instantly tore open!
The void split at the man's midsection, the rift slicing his body in two!
"V-Void... Lord... M-My Lord...!"
The man collapsed to the ground, blood gushing from his mouth. He hadn't even registered that only half his body remained.
Lord Xujian snapped his fingers, and the corpse, along with the ground beneath it, was swallowed into the void rift...
Only a semicircular pit remained on the hall floor, without a trace of blood.
The other two, paralyzed by terror, slumped to the ground, their minds fixed on one thought: escape!
One sprang to his feet and shot out of the manor as a divine rainbow, while the other melted into the ground and vanished!
"If I let you escape, I might as well give you my position as the Second Seat Demon God."
Lord Xujian's expression was indifferent as he casually inserted his arm into the void beside him.
The man flying through the air kept glancing back at the manor behind him. When he turned forward again, a small rift had torn open in the void before him, and an arm had emerged to seize his neck!
"L-Lord Xujian...!"
The man tried to beg for mercy, but his hand was pulled into the void, leaving half his body hanging outside.
The void rift sealed shut. Lord Xujian yanked the remaining half of the corpse into his hand, while the other half plummeted from the air outside the manor...
Lord Xujian casually tossed the half-corpse aside in the hall. With a flick of his fingers, a series of dazzling, aurora-like void rifts tore across the ground before him!
"Aaaah!"
A scream echoed as the man who had burrowed into the earth was sliced in two by the rifts!
The entire Xu Jian Clan Manor was split in half by the rifts...
After this, Lord Xujian sat back down with his usual cold indifference. But within a second, his face twisted in pain...
Standing up before his foot injury had healed was agony!
The ladies reluctantly examined Lord Xujian's injured foot.
*His wounds aren't even healed, and he insists on standing...*
"Lord Xujian, it seems the Thousand Demons Clan is preparing to rebel?" one of the ladies asked, her expression worried as she applied medicine to his foot.
"Hmph, they're not preparing; they've already begun," Lord Xujian said calmly.
The Thousand Demons Clan is truly ignorant.
They think that because I always challenge the Demon Sovereign, I'll join forces with them.
How laughable!
The Demon Sovereign is the man who defeated me and earned my respect!
"Ah, then shouldn't we inform the Demon Sovereign immediately?" another lady asked, her voice filled with concern.
Lord Xujian scoffed and shook his head slowly.
"There's no need. The Demon Sovereign surely already knows. I don't need to inform him."
"The Thousand Demons Clan is merely walking into their own doom."
"They have no idea how terrifyingly powerful the Demon Sovereign and the Left Protector are..."
"After today, the Thousand Demons Clan will be erased from the Demon Realm..."
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