Beneath a great mountain, Ye Lin looked at the wooden box in his hand. He immediately placed his right hand on it and began opening it. Yet the next moment, blue light bloomed from the box, eating away at Ye Lin's arm.
This was the seal upon the wooden box. Though it had weakened to the extreme, it still held fast to its final post.
Yet in the next instant, the spiritual energy in Ye Lin's right hand trembled slightly, and the seal, already weak to the extreme, was directly shattered by him.
Once the seal vanished, streams of black qi began seeping from the crack at the joint of the wooden box, swiftly pouring out from within.
"Ha ha ha, ha ha ha! I, the Demon Emperor, have finally seen the light of day again! Ha ha ha! Boy, I must properly thank you."
At that moment, an incomparably arrogant laugh rang out from within the wooden box. At the same time, the entire box began shaking violently. The next instant, it exploded into fragments, and a black sphere appeared in the air.
A pair of blood-red eyes suddenly opened within the black sphere. Then the sphere began to reassemble, until a humanoid creature stood before Ye Lin.
He had a square face, mysterious red runes carved into his skin, a pair of long purple horns growing from his head, and long hair cascading over his shoulders. A curved blade was embedded in each of his forearms.
Seeing this, Ye Lin let out a breath of relief. Good—at least he had enough brains.
"Little fellow, thank you very much for breaking the seal and releasing me. It seems you are a member of the Human Race as well. Don't worry. I, the Demon Emperor, may lack nothing, but I