The Moon Demon Race Princess's Face Saves His Life

"What?"

Yueye's head shot up. Her already pale face turned ashen, like paper.

Her body swayed violently, nearly collapsing to the ground.

"Princess!"

The Maidservants beside her cried out in alarm, quickly stepping forward to support her on either side.

They knew best how their princess had searched tirelessly, day and night, for the past few months, her mind and spirit already depleted to their limit.

Hearing such news now, how could she possibly hold on.

Yueye's breathing grew rapid. After a long moment, she managed to steady herself.

She took a deep breath, suppressing the sob rising in her throat, her voice devoid of any emotion.

"Alright, I'll go."

The Maidservants were stunned for a moment before reacting, whispering urgently in her ear.

"Princess, things have come to this, but at least we've found traces of that half-blood... You are, after all, our princess and a peak Rank 7 expert. Valen is merely a Rank 6 Earl; he should at least show you some respect."

"Our clan's reputation will surely be damaged, and Valen's actions are likely instigated by the Death Spirit Demon God behind him."

"But we should be able to save the person, right?"

Yueye remained silent.

She merely lowered her head, pulling the piece of cloth in her arms tighter.

After a few seconds, she raised her head again, her expression returning to indifference.

She nodded slightly.

"I understand."

"Let's go, to Valen's."

The Undead Demon Race messenger, who had been kneeling on one knee, saw her agreement and resumed a respectful posture as he stood up.

"That is for the best. Welcome, Lord Yueye. My lord has been waiting in the ambush area for a long time."

Three days had passed since the last serious injury.

Xuan Ye leaned against the thick trunk of a tree, his eyes closed as he regulated his breathing.

When he sensed the flow of Spiritual Power within him, his movements paused slightly.

Inner Spiritual Power had already broken through fifteen hundred points.

He opened his palm, and the long sword named "Vengeance" quietly materialized.

Three days ago, after he had killed those two Rank 5 demons, this sword had completed its evolution.

It had leaped from Spirit-Demon level to Glorious level.

The sword body was no longer purely black.

Strands of pale gold light and dark purple flowing light intertwined and swirled, moving slowly on the sword body like living creatures.

The once singular effect of "Light to Dark" had been thoroughly elevated.

Not only did it retain the characteristic of converting light skills into dark attributes and greatly increasing output power, but it also added a reversal ability—"Dark to Light."

This ability could add special derivative effects to his original dark-element skills.

Take, for example, the Demon God's Shadow he had frequently used.

Now, under Vengeance's transformation, it had become a new skill, "Light Illusion."

When activated, he could not only traverse a short distance in space but also grant allies within range a damage reduction effect called "Light's Protection."

He could even condense the illusion into a physical clone with attack capabilities, cooperating with the main body to flank enemies.

This effect far surpassed the scope of ordinary Glorious-level equipment.

Typical Glorious-level equipment could, at most, come with one or two fixed skills.

But "Vengeance," produced by the System, could even convert the dark abilities attached to his own thin Demon God Emperor Bloodline.

It was simply outrageous.

On the sword body, a line of tiny text flickered in and out of existence.

[Evolution Progress: 9%]

Xuan Ye looked at this line of text, his eyes devoid of any joy.

The high Inner Spiritual Power, the rapid growth of evolution progress...

All of this was not due to him actively completing multiple high-difficulty choices.

Instead, it was growth passively spurred by being chased like a stray dog by countless demons in this demon territory.

As he was contemplating this.

A pale blue light screen suddenly popped up before his eyes.

[God-Tier Choice System Activated]

[Choice 1: Frontally crush all attacking enemies. Reward: Innate Dark Inner Spiritual Power +2, Inner Spiritual Power +30, Vengeance Evolution Progress +3%]

[Choice 2: Utilize Instantaneous Movement Steps to break through a weak point in the encirclement and escape. Reward: Inner Spiritual Power +15, Vengeance Evolution Progress +1%]

[Choice 3: Conceal all aura and hide in the tree hollow ahead, waiting for the enemies to leave. Reward: Inner Spiritual Power +5, Vengeance Evolution Progress +0.5%]

Xuan Ye hadn't even taken a closer look.

The second and third options instantly turned into an unselectable gray.

Two lines of cold system annotations then appeared.

[Hint: Action range has been sealed, unable to execute Option 2.]

[Hint: Action range has been locked, unable to execute Option 3.]

Only the first option remained, still glowing with a faint light.

Xuan Ye understood.

These past few days, those Demon Race members had been like they were deliberately feeding him.

One after another, they sent teams of fifth-tier monsters with hunting value, but not so strong that he couldn't handle them, or groups of fourth-tier monsters.

He accepted all this "experience," but his operational range was also being compressed step by step.

As of today, he was trapped in this small forest less than half a mile across.

He couldn't even escape.

This was the sixth consecutive time the System had presented only the "forced confrontation" option.

His retreat was completely blocked.

"Roar—Found you! Traitor of the Moon Demon Race!"

With a roar, four thick figures crashed through the bushes ahead and charged out.

They were four fifth-tier Demon Race monsters he had never seen before.

Two were covered in dark green scales, wielding white bone staffs; they were Shadow Demons.

The other two were muscular, their hands tightly gripping giant axes burning with molten fire; they were Molten Fire Demons.

A Shadow Demon shook its bone staff, and the surrounding air instantly filled with a dark purple mist.

"With just your mere fourth-tier aura, you dare to kill so many of my brethren? Today, I'll let you..."

His words couldn't be finished.

A cold light flashed in Xuan Ye's eyes, and his sword "Vengeance" suddenly lit up.

"Light Illusion!"

Pale gold and dark purple light erupted violently from the sword.

Xuan Ye's figure split into two.

His main body was surrounded by pure Dark Inner Spiritual Power, while the clone was enveloped in pure light energy.

The two figures moved simultaneously.

"Fifth-Tier Skill · Dark Devour!"

The main body swung his sword, and a dark purple vortex of Inner Spiritual Power instantly formed, pulling the Shadow Demon Kallen directly into it. This was a skill transformed by the glorious-tier "Vengeance," outputting terrifying power!

The dark mist the opponent had just released was devoured and vanished upon contact with the vortex, like ice and snow melting.

This demon couldn't even let out a scream before being completely shredded into pieces by the terrifying vortex.

At the same time.

The light clone simultaneously slashed out with its sword.

"Fifth-Tier Knight Skill · Holy Light Judgment!"

A massive golden blade of light, carrying a scorching holy aura, accurately cleaved onto the Molten Fire Demon Locke's giant axe.