Evil Qiang Emperor smiled calmly. "They will all fall in the end. I just never expected they would not die by Jade Sovereign's hand."
Lu Ran nodded silently.
The Gods and Devils Camp truly was a heap of loose sand, united in appearance but divided at heart.
If Faceless Jade Sovereign continued to gnaw away at them, their downfall would only be a matter of time.
Yet Lu Ran had risen like an unexpected army, inflicting massive casualties upon the Gods and Devils Camp in an extremely short time. This had also shattered Faceless Jade Sovereign's scheme of boiling a frog in warm water.
"Human, what is your goal?" Evil Qiang Emperor asked.
Lu Ran's fingertips repeatedly brushed across the exquisite golden goblet. His muffled voice emerged from behind the Blood Crystal Mask:
"Cloud Sea Dust Clarity, eternal peace."
"Cloud Sea Dust Clarity." Evil Qiang Emperor nodded lightly and raised his goblet once more. "Your mother was a lifeform worthy of respect."
Lu Ran was startled inwardly and looked up at him.
Evil Qiang Emperor was gulping down green plum wine. The clear liquor ran down from the corner of his lips and dripped onto his Black Gold Emperor Robe.
"Gulp, gulp."
Lu Ran waited silently until the emperor set down his goblet, then said, "You paid attention to my mother?"
A trace of reminiscence surfaced on Evil Qiang Emperor's face as he sighed. "A collapsed sect hall. Followers who had died tragic deaths. Broken longswords, one after another.
"A bloodstained figure. Staggering footsteps. A lowered head.
"And those hands that could once dictate the life and death of all things, reduced to trembling helplessly as they wiped across the eye sockets again and again..."
Lu Ran's eyes slowly widened!
With only a few words, he had already sketched a