Only a few breaths had passed, but to Niu Da, they felt like decades of torment. Only now did he remember that the man before him was not merely the Jade King of the Demon Dynasty, but also a Great Sage of the Demon Race.
Cheng Yu opened his eyes and let out a long sigh.
"After hiding for so long, I still couldn't escape it. Even knowing it cannot be done, I must do it anyway..."
With that, he looked at Niu Da and said softly,
"I know what has happened. Go back. You have done very well, and I will reward your service in the Demon Capital."
Niu Da was taken aback when the Prince told him to return. Then, hearing that the Prince would reward his service in the Demon Capital, he immediately said excitedly,
"I don't want anything! I only beg Your Highness to save the Demon Dynasty, to save the Demon Race!"
Cheng Yu nodded slightly. Then he looked up at the sky with a wild, defiant smile and spoke in a voice only he could hear.
"Since you're so impatient, don't blame me for being too ruthless..."
At that moment, Cheng Yu's formerly laid-back demeanor changed completely. Refined gentleness and savage ferocity, two almost entirely opposing qualities, manifested in him at once.
Then Cheng Yu's figure faded and vanished.
The sunny sky and mild breeze gave way to dense, dark clouds that hung oppressively low, with dragons of lightning leaping among them. At that moment, every mighty cultivator in the Eternal True World wore a grave expression. Only in the Demon Race's Tokyo City did a handsome man in splendid robes look delighted.
Looking toward the Jade Bamboo Grove, he cried out in surprise and delight,
"Second brother!"
Ever since the Demon Race