Facing Each Other

"Smack, smack!"

The man with the center-parted hair ate the heart first, and the blood clouds in the sky dispersed along with it. Next, he swallowed the tongue bearing the crescent-moon mark.

"Such intense energy. With this, I won't need to go to the trouble of making 'tumors' anymore... Huh, I knew something felt missing from such a grand slaughtering ceremony. So it was because my son-in-law hadn't come. Where did you run off to, Yu Jing?"

The man standing in the center of the rooftop twisted his neck 180 degrees and looked toward Yu Jing, who stood at the stairwell entrance.

"Shen Zhao!"

His intuition had been right. The situation before him was the outcome Yu Jing had least wanted to see.

Although he didn't know why things had turned out this way, Shen Zhao had indeed killed both the Blood Demon and the city lord! He had seized their supreme energy for himself. Not only that, but the completion rewards Shen Zhao had obtained were also beyond comparison with anyone else's.

When Shen Zhao stuck out the tongue in his mouth, the crescent-moon mark was visible on its surface. Judging by its color, the mark had only recently formed.

"Son-in-law, where's Li Lingna? I'll never show mercy to a traitor."

"We went through different main storylines. Li Lingna has already left the restricted zone."

"No wonder you didn't come. So you went to participate in another main storyline. Never mind. After today, the Zede Family will be led by me, Shen Zhao, and rise completely. The Dark Forces throughout the empire will all be devoured by my family, and I'll become the Dark Overlord... Li Lingna, one of Zhan Ling's people! When I invade the Imperial City, I'll butcher her sooner or later!"

While Shen Zhao spoke, Yu