"Reporting to Your Majesty!" Taibai Venus reported with lingering fear in his heart and a trace of dread in his eyes, "Your Majesty, Rakshasa Maiden, Yellow-Robed Old Monster, Red-Eyed Demon Venerable, and the Nine Demons of Kongtong... they are all dead!"
Hearing this, the Jade Emperor's half-closed eyes snapped open. "What happened?"
"Your Majesty!" Taibai Venus explained in detail, "This humble official was originally ordered to go and warn Rakshasa Maiden and the others.
However, when this humble official arrived at Mount Kongtong, I discovered that eight of the Nine Demons of Kongtong had already been slain.
Every one of them looked as though they had been..."
Seeing him stop, the Jade Emperor gave a puzzled hum. "Hm?"
Taibai Venus bowed. After taking a breath, he said, "They all appeared to have been killed by the Immortal-Slaying Sword, just like the Crocodile God.
However, unlike the Crocodile God, every sword wound on those corpses carried an additional trace of demonic qi.
That... that killing aura was enough to make even this humble official shudder with lingering fear.
Moreover, that demonic qi nearly took advantage of that moment of dread to plant a demonic seed within this humble official's heart.
Fortunately, this humble official possesses some skill and discovered it early.
Had I been any later, once that demonic seed took root, it might have transformed into a strand of Sword Qi and slain this humble official."
The Jade Emperor could not help but be moved by this.
Though Taibai Venus looked like an immortal elder with white hair and beard, he was, in truth, a Martial God who governed slaughter and battle.
For even him to feel lingering fear, that Sword Qi and that demonic qi were surely extraordinary.
"You said just now that Rakshasa Maiden and the others are