The Heavenly Demon had wanted to urge him to leave alone once more, while she stayed behind to unleash the Heavenly Devil Disintegration Technique and hold off their pursuers. But after hearing what Lei Dong had said, she was moved—and all the more resolved in her decision. Only then, for the first time, a tenderness appeared between her brows. She murmured, "Lei Dong, I've often regretted using the Great Heavenly Demon Hand to pull you off the Evil Ghost Banner." She paused, then nestled gently into his arms and said softly, "But now, I'm so glad I pulled you down back then. It's the best thing I've ever done."
While they were speaking, the Vajra Demon Subduer had already closed to within a few miles.
Lei Dong teleported again, taking himself and the Evil Ghost Banner more than ten miles away. Only then did he gently hold the Heavenly Demon and say softly, "Meimei, in the eyes of a cultivator of your standing, I'm nothing but an ant. To have you favor me so, Lei Dong must have earned this blessing over three lifetimes."
The Heavenly Demon had never heard Lei Dong say anything so tender to her. Having tasted it for the first time, she felt as light as a little girl, buoyed from the inside out. But when her divine sense sensed Venerable Demon Subduer doggedly pursuing them once more, she couldn't help sighing wistfully. "What a pity. We've barely reunited, and that bald monk has spoiled everything. Now I can only hope the Buddhist teachings of reincarnation are true. Then, in our next lives..." Unable to bear leaving Lei Dong, she thought she would spend a little longer with him before turning back to use the Heavenly Devil Disintegration Technique. No matter what, she would destroy that