54: Life is like a play, it all depends on acting

As the Blood Sword pointed at everyone, immense pressure enveloped their hearts, seemingly crushing them, filling every person present with a sense of suffocation as the aura of death loomed.

Above the sky, a crimson full moon hung, with blood and demonic energy intertwined, terrifying to the extreme.

The cannon fodder background host was once again miserable.

The blood-colored figure, whose face was unclear, slowly approached with the Blood Sword, the terrifying demonic energy on the Blood Sword revealing her identity as a demon.

A demon even more powerful than the three demons combined earlier!

At the same time, as she approached, everyone's heartbeats quickened, and the feeling of impending death grew stronger.

Were they going to die?

"Spare me, I don't want to die!"

"I've done good deeds my whole life, how could I end up like this!"

Screams rang out.

The blood-colored figure took another step closer.

"Wah--"

"Wah--"

Cries of wailing echoed, as if only by doing so could they vent their fear of death.

When the three demons arrived earlier, they only felt demonic energy and fear, but now, they truly felt the blood-colored figure locking onto them, intent on tearing them to pieces.

Yun Li, standing behind Mu Wuchen, was full of questions at this moment.

What was happening?

Why did she feel nothing at all?

She vaguely felt that the Blood Maiden in front of her seemed to be...

Acting?

Just then, the Blood Maiden seemed to have charged up a powerful move, slashing out with her sword, changing the color of heaven and earth!

Everyone closed their eyes in terror, awaiting the arrival of the Grim Reaper.

Just as the protagonist needed to appear, a figure in white, holding a golden greatsword, soared into the sky, meeting the Blood Maiden's terrifying sword strike!

He appeared!

Mu Wuchen stood in the void, looking at the Blood Maiden opposite him.

The golden longsword, Xuanyuan, appeared with a majestic heavenly might, standing against the blood and demonic energy.

Under everyone's shocked gazes, the two figures, one white and one red, began to spar.

The killing intent and pressure felt by everyone present also suddenly lessened.

The host's face showed a look of shock.

The extras, who had been scared silly, also felt a looseness in their bodies, the pressure dropping sharply.

He hadn't expected that this disciple from the Tianxuan Sect would be so strong, able to hold his own against the blood-colored figure who could easily annihilate the three demons!

No!

Not just holding his own, but even gaining the upper hand!

Originally, the two were evenly matched, but as the battle progressed, Mu Wuchen actually gained the advantage!

He attacked, she attacked.

He attacked, she defended.

He advanced, she retreated.

He attacked again, she failed to defend.

She ran, he chased.

She ran again, he chased again.

She ran into the Blood Moon, and he also chased into the Blood Moon.

The scene visible to the numerous extras came to an abrupt halt...

Yun Li next to him was completely dumbfounded, she looked at Su Meier beside her with a face full of questions.

Was this really 'life is like a play, all depends on acting'?

Su Meier, however, giggled, took Yun Li's hand, and leaned close to her ear, whispering mysteriously.

"Learn from this, you might need to perform someday too."

At the same time, she secretly added in her heart, for example, performing as a pure, cold little immortal from the righteous path who gradually falls after being captured by the Great Demon King into a secret cave.

Yun Li nodded, half-understanding.

Inside the Blood Moon.

There was no clichéd mutual combat scene.

At this moment, they were just as they were before separating; the Blood Maiden, Yinger, once again devoutly offered the Gift of the Divine Kingdom to Mu Wuchen.

"No need for this, rise."

Mu Wuchen waved his hand.

At this moment, Yinger was no longer shrouded in blood and demonic energy, revealing her original graceful figure, with a layer of blood-colored veil covering her eyes.

Feeling Yinger's current state, Mu Wuchen was slightly surprised.

After some time apart, Yinger's aura had become much stronger; within her aura, there was not only blood energy but also vast demonic energy, very likely she had forged her body with his blood and also inherited his talent.

Yinger extended her hands, presenting a dozen or so demon crystals to Mu Wuchen, seemingly wanting to give them to him.

Judging by their aura, these demon crystals were not weak in power; they were basically equivalent in strength to the three demons encountered earlier, roughly equivalent to the late stage of the Linghai Realm for humans.

Among the dozen or so demon crystals, some were already dim, while the remaining seven or eight still had demonic energy flowing, the dim ones proving their owners had been killed, while those with flowing demonic energy proved their owners were still alive and had been controlled by her.

Mu Wuchen took two of each and returned the rest to Yinger.

"Yinger, do you want revenge?"

Mu Wuchen looked at her and slowly spoke.

Seeing that she had collected so many demon crystals, Mu Wuchen had already confirmed that she had probably been tirelessly searching for powerful demons and killing or controlling them during this time.

The purpose of doing so seemed self-evident.

Yinger nodded almost imperceptibly.

Mu Wuchen also nodded.

The hatred of a destroyed race is irreconcilable; even if the Divine Kingdom no longer exists and no one knows how much time has passed, without witnessing the destruction of those foreign races firsthand, Yinger's knot in her heart would probably never be untied.

Mu Wuchen took out a demon crystal and sensed it slightly; soon, a headless giant several meters tall walked over, terrifying demonic energy emanating from its body, and a chilling roar coming from its chest, making one shudder.

Mu Wuchen took out another demon crystal, and a few breaths later, a figure wrapped in a black robe appeared before Mu Wuchen; just by looking at its form, this figure seemed no different from a human.

However, the demonic energy on him was incredibly sharp, even subtly more terrifying than the headless giant just now and the three demons from before; Mu Wuchen estimated that his strength was likely comparable to that of a typical peak Linghai Realm expert.

"My Lord."

The voice wrapped in black robe spoke respectfully, his eyes cast down, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Did you possess a human body?"

Mu Wuchen asked curiously.

"Reporting to My Lord, this little demon is from the Shadow Demon clan, not human."

Mu Wuchen understood, the Shadow Demon clan, a demon race known for their speed and assassination techniques, capable of transforming into shadows, making them impossible to guard against, they were top assassins among demons.

It is said that Shadow Demons are formless at birth and can choose a form to transform into after birth; once transformed, they cannot change again, and this Shadow Demon had clearly transformed into a human.

Mu Wuchen nodded, then put away the two demon crystals; possessing their demon crystals meant controlling their lives and deaths.

Seeing these two enforcers, Mu Wuchen nodded; to prevent them from suddenly disregarding their lives to backstab him or harm those around him, he also exchanged some restrictions from the system.

These restrictions were harmless to them normally, but once they rebelled, the restrictions would directly kill them.

He also gave some restrictions to Yinger; after all, demons were fickle, just like the vertically-pupiled demon from before, who, when danger approached, did not hesitate to backstab his ally.

With everything settled, it was time for Mu Wuchen to leave.