Negotiation

The moment Ximen Lang finished speaking, the Dark Energy within him began plummeting at a terrifying speed.

His aura visibly weakened as well. (I'm not nerfing the protagonist here. That is Morgana, after all. Show her some respect. Besides, although his Dark Energy had decreased, his physical stamina remained, and so did the Glint Fruit.) As expected of the Demon Queen, taking her out of the picture was truly no easy task.

Fortunately, Ximen Lang had succeeded.

Morgana broke free from the control in an instant, but that was enough for Ximen Lang.

Pfft.

The halberd pierced A Tuo's heart, and its force shattered his body into fragments.

"Brat, you're courting death!!!"

Sun Wukong did not hesitate. He immediately drew the Golden Cudgel and pointed it at Morgana.

Seeing that a fight was about to break out, Ximen Lang spoke.

"Can we talk?"

It was not only Sun Wukong—even Morgana was somewhat dumbfounded.

Sun Wukong slowly raised the Golden Cudgel and looked at Ximen Lang thoughtfully.

To be honest, if not for the matter concerning Huaxia, Ximen Lang would never have wanted to go up against Morgana.

Although she was currently only a Third Generation God Body, he and Monkey were both Third Generation God Bodies as well.

But Ximen Lang knew that it was useless. There was no way they could keep her here! Even with Leng and Yan added, it would be the same! Morgana was the Demon Queen, and Qiang Wei's Space-Time Gene had been developed by her personally.

She was the most capable main god in the Known Universe when it came to escape—bar none!

If she wanted to run, no one could stop her unless Queen Keisha came in person! But everyone had seen the result. Queen Keisha's attitude toward Morgana was extremely ambiguous.

Even though she knew Morgana was here, she did not show herself at all. With just their current numbers, how were they supposed to keep her? Not to mention, behind her stood that sycophant, Death God Karl! That bizarre skull could teleport even Holy Keisha away without making a sound. If Morgana truly found herself in danger, would he really not intervene? If they failed to keep her and instead formed a grudge to the death, Huaxia would truly be in danger.

What? Ximen Lang had just killed A Tuo, so they were already enemies? Come on, if Morgana could revive him once, couldn't she revive him a second time? The reason Ximen Lang had annihilated him without hesitation was simply to make his stance clear—and to show off his strength.

Now that everything that needed to be done had been done, it was naturally time to have a proper talk.

As for Yu Sheng Bao, who had already disappeared, Ximen Lang could only say he was sorry.

Being weak was a sin. That was something one had to acknowledge.

And weakness did not refer only to Yu Sheng Bao. It also referred to Huaxia—and to him.

"Queen, I'm really finding you more and more interesting."

Just as he had said, Morgana was not particularly angry.

A Tuo? He was merely a set of Second Generation Super Gene resources. (Don't ask why A Tuo was clearly a Third Generation God Body but only had Second Generation resources. Morgana was poor.) At worst, she would personally go talk to that sycophant Carl. Then she could upgrade A Tuo and take the opportunity to trick him into providing the resources needed to upgrade to a Fourth Generation Divine Body. Two birds with one stone—what could be better? As for face? Come on, the Queen was already this poor. What did she need face for! Oh, and Demon One needed resources too. It was happily decided.

"Go on. What do you want to talk about? Let me remind you, I'm open to talking about anything~" Morgana even deliberately shifted her body, showing off her alluring figure before winking seductively at Ximen Lang.

"Stop posing. I'm not interested in you. That outfit of yours is revolting."

That was the truth, but the truth was usually unpopular. Sure enough, Morgana exploded.

"Damn! Your mouth is seriously foul! I really want to tear it apart!"

Ximen Lang ignored her and went straight to the point.

"Let's be frank. Morgana, you want to resurrect your Demon Legion. Fine. I have no objections."

"But Huaxia is off-limits!"

"Why not?" Morgana raised an eyebrow.

Ximen Lang puffed out his chest, then felt that his shoulders were too thin. He reached out, pulled Monkey over, and brought him beside him.

"We're the ones covering Huaxia. Understand?"

Monkey also felt somewhat speechless. What kind of nonsense is this? He corrected him, "Protecting."

"It's basically the same thing. Same meaning."

"You're... threatening me?"

At those words, Ximen Lang raised an eyebrow.

That sounded awfully familiar. The last time he had said those words, he had thoroughly dealt with Du Qiangwei. It seemed that Morgana's current thoughts were probably similar.

"What's this about threatening or not? Earth is so big. Why are you fixated on just one Huaxia? Aren't you supposed to advocate freedom?"

Ximen Lang casually pointed in one direction.

"That way is a land of freedom. They need you more than we do. The soil is more suitable, the atmosphere is stronger, and it matches your temperament perfectly."

"Hahaha, interesting. Truly interesting. But..."

Morgana's expression darkened.

"What if I say no?"

"Then I definitely can't stop you. Even with Brother Monkey, it would be the same. With countless demons and the ability to grow stronger through battle, you really are unbeatable."

"At least you have some awareness." Morgana gave him an approving look.

"Go on. You should have more to say, right?"

Ximen Lang nodded.

"Indeed. There's one more thing. When the situation becomes impossible, I'll run."

Morgana blinked, not understanding.

"Then, a thousand or ten thousand years later, I'll come looking for you."

As soon as those words were spoken, Morgana's face turned black as the bottom of a pot.

There was no denying that Ximen Lang's threat carried enough weight to intimidate her.

With the Power of the Galaxy Super Gene and his extraordinary light-based abilities, even the Demon Queen had no choice but to take him seriously.

Ximen Lang was only just over twenty, yet he already possessed such strength. If another thousand or ten thousand years passed...

By then, even the Demon Queen Morgana felt a chill run down her scalp at the thought of a powerful man with nothing to lose.

Morgana had considered forcibly subduing Ximen Lang, but after running through the calculations again and again, she could not find even the slightest possibility of success.

He was the Power of the Galaxy. He could not be analyzed, and he could transform into light as well.

Defeating him was easy, but killing him was simply impossible. And if Ximen Lang truly focused on fleeing, Morgana could not catch him at all.

By then, he could hide in some random corner of the universe. How would she find him? And once things reached that point, there truly would be no room for reconciliation.

Looking at Morgana's shifting expression, Ximen Lang sent her a Dark Plane Communication.

He opened with just two words.

"Qiang Wei."

"You!!!" Morgana's expression changed dramatically.

"Don't rush. As long as you don't attack Huaxia, you can take her with you. If she's willing, I won't stop her."

"Deal!!!" Morgana ground her teeth as she spoke.