Looking up at Donghuang Ziyou, Qi Meng's heart turned ice-cold, and breathing became exceedingly difficult.
He had never imagined that a woman's gaze could be so sharp and frigid, like the stare of an abyssal demon god, filled with ruthless killing intent.
Even the legendary demon goddess of their planet possessed less than a third of Donghuang Ziyou's sharpness and coldness in her eyes.
Qi Meng dared swear to heaven that if he concealed even the slightest thing, this human Empress would instantly reduce him to dust.
Thus, he hurriedly said:
"Reporting to Your Majesty, my name is Qi Meng. I come from the Dark Gold Mad Ape Clan of the Shadow Prison Galaxy beyond the realm."
"As for why we suddenly attacked Linqiu City..."
Qi Meng and the group of Demon Race members below all revealed utterly miserable and helpless expressions.
The Dark Gold Mad Ape Clan's favorite food was a spirit fruit called the Purple Star Frost Peach. After invading the Nine Heavens Immortal Domain, they had learned that this spirit fruit also existed there, right around Northern Profound Heaven.
Considering that their army was stationed on the outskirts of Silent Heaven and that the journey to Northern Profound Heaven was far too long, Qi Meng had, under orders from his clan's upper ranks, led over a hundred men aboard a Slaughter War Ark to gather the spirit fruits.
Originally, their group of more than a hundred had already filled an entire war ark with spirit fruits and found the place where Purple Star Frost Peaches grew in abundance. They could truly be called laden with a full harvest.
But as they passed Linqiu City, some bastard suddenly muttered:
"Isn't this a city under Empress Profound Ice's rule? It doesn't look like much!"
"As for those pieces of