The Demon God Emperor Reappears

Waiting was tedious, especially when he had nothing to do. Ling Mo could only chat with Yae Sakura and the Snow Empress about some of the things they had encountered while he had been in seclusion.

Dream Paradise was not open for long, only about half a day. Ling Mo, dressed in a black robe with white trim and wearing a hood, stood out conspicuously among the white-robed priests as he kept talking with two young, beautiful women. Thus, Long Haochen and the others spotted him at once when they emerged.

Seeing that Long Haochen and the others were safe and sound, Ling Xiao of the Priest Temple let out a sigh of relief. Meanwhile, not a single member of the demon race had emerged.

Later, for some unknown reason, Long Haochen seemed to possess a certain degree of influence over the Dream God Temple. Using the chance to let the Demon God Emperor's heir, who had also entered Dream Paradise but failed to emerge, have an opportunity to come out as leverage, he obtained ten Heaven-Defying Demon Dragon Magic Crystals from Huang Li, the demon race's leader.

Watching from the side as another Demon Hunter Squad member named Zhang Fangfang worked with Long Haochen to threaten Huang Li, the demon race leader whose strength far surpassed theirs, Ling Mo could not quite suppress the curl of his lips.

Ling Mo did not find it funny. Rather, he found the contradiction between Huang Li's behavior before and after rather ironic.

Everything ended just like that—or so everyone believed. But suddenly, an overwhelming pressure descended upon all the human powerhouses present without warning.

A voice somewhat familiar to Ling Mo rang out from afar. "Taking the Dragon Crystals of my kin will not be so easy." As the voice fell, the Demon God Emperor appeared before everyone.

The demons immediately fell to their knees in panic. "Your Majesty."

Hovering in the sky and looking down upon all living beings, the Demon God Emperor glanced at Huang Li but paid him no heed. He turned his gaze toward the humans and was about to say something when he saw a familiar person.

"Snow Empress." The Demon God Emperor murmured the name in a deep voice. Though it was quiet, the Snow Empress heard it with her strength.

She flew up to the same height as the Demon God Emperor, smiling with an even tone, as though she had run into an old friend she had not contacted in a long time.

Snow Empress: "It has been several months. I did not expect you to still be alive."

Her bearing was graceful as she spoke, but her words were anything but polite. The Demon God Emperor could even clearly hear the mockery in them.

Feng Xiu: "Put away your hypocrisy. I am doing just fine. Even if you die, I will be fine, but the same cannot be said for you. Perhaps one day, you will be killed."

Snow Empress: "No need for your concern. My circumstances may not be good, but they are not bad either. At least they are better than certain people's. If it happens again, perhaps you really will die. After all, you had Demon God Pillars last time. What do you have this time?"

Feng Xiu: "One day, I will reclaim this debt."

No matter what, Feng Xiu could not possibly reveal before others that his Demon God Pillar had been taken. However, the Snow Empress knew perfectly well what he meant and smiled meaningfully.

Snow Empress: "Unfortunately, you will not have that chance. That thing has already been destroyed."

Feng Xiu frowned and asked gravely, "What do you mean, destroyed?"

Snow Empress: "That is right. Destroyed."

Repeating it once more, the Snow Empress put away her smile. With an indifferent expression, she casually spoke words that struck Feng Xiu's ears like thunder.

Feng Xiu forcibly suppressed his anger, not because he could no longer recover the humiliation of having his Demon God Pillar taken, but because he understood very clearly what the Demon God Pillars represented.

Feng Xiu: "Does she know what she is doing? Do you know what you have done?!"

Feng Xiu tried his best to restrain his emotions and keep his tone as calm as possible, yet the Snow Empress could still tell that this seemed to be a serious matter. But no matter what it was, did it really matter that much?

Snow Empress: "You know that she does not care. No matter what happens, she does not care, and she has the ability not to care. Having faced that kind of power, you should understand it better than I do. Otherwise, you would not have come here, would you?"

Yes, the Snow Empress had roughly guessed why the Demon God Emperor had appeared here. Something capable of making a person of his level personally appear had to be extremely important, so the answer was obvious—divinity.

Finality's appearance had placed tremendous pressure on the Demon God Emperor, to the point that Feng Xiu had personally come here for the sake of caution. Yet he had ended up hearing that his Demon God Pillar had been destroyed.

Feng Xiu: "Where is she? I want to speak to her in person. You have no idea what consequences this will bring."

The Snow Empress shook her head. "As I said before, she does not care, so naturally she will not meet you. Go back now."

While the two great figures in the sky exchanged words, those on the ground did not dare interrupt and could only whisper among themselves. Ling Xiao in particular, as an executive of the Priest Temple, had no idea when the human race had gained a powerhouse besides Demon God's Fall who could speak to the Demon God Emperor as an equal.

However, Ling Xiao had also seen that the Snow Empress had previously been beside Ling Mo. After Long Haochen and the others explained that the Snow Empress called herself Ling Mo's attendant, and that she was a powerhouse with 990,000 points of inner spiritual energy, he repeatedly praised this development and lamented that the human race had finally gained a chance to rise.

Listening to Ling Xiao mutter to himself, Ling Mo occasionally caught phrases such as "the great prosperity of the human race" and "unifying the continent," leaving him utterly speechless. Yae Sakura also found it rather amusing. She wrapped herself around Ling Mo's arm, covered her mouth, and smiled with narrowed eyes.

In the end, the Demon God Emperor still fought the Snow Empress, hoping to force Finality to appear.

The Snow Empress was obviously no match for the Demon God Emperor. Even on the Douluo Continent, the Demon God Emperor would be a level one hundred without a godhood, while the Snow Empress could at most be considered a level ninety-nine Limit Douluo. Yet even if the Snow Empress lost, it would not be easy for the Demon God Emperor to kill her. Moreover, even if she lost, Finality clearly would not appear. In the end, the Snow Empress was not that important in Finality's eyes. Her strength peaked at Emperor Level; even if she died, Finality would not find it particularly regrettable.

But the Demon God Emperor did not know whether, if he killed the Snow Empress and Finality truly appeared, it would still be possible to talk. His previous experience had told him that she was not someone who would waste words with others. Thus, he ultimately left without killing the Snow Empress.

In the eyes of others, the Snow Empress's strength was nothing short of terrifying, since she could face the Demon God Emperor alone. Her name spread far and wide, and now both the human race and the demon race knew that the humans had a supreme powerhouse like the Snow Empress.

Ling Mo was deeply troubled at the moment. What did it feel like to have someone worshipped by everyone following behind him? Perhaps in the Previous Era, Ling Mo might have secretly enjoyed it. For instance, that had been the case when he used to drink with Eden at a bar. But now, Ling Mo only found it irritating. If he wanted to attract attention, all he needed to do was take off his hood, and at least ninety percent of people would turn to look at him. Now, he only felt like an idiot in a cloak.

Ling Mo had also tried persuading the Snow Empress that she did not need to follow him all the time, but she had bluntly refused every time. Yae Sakura would stand by the side watching the show each time, and Ling Mo was terrified that the Snow Empress would suddenly make some shocking remark. She really might be capable of doing something like that.