"Were you praising me?"
"Heh..."
"How ironic."
"In this vast Demon Domain, among its countless living beings, including the gods high above, looking back over everything, the only one who understood me was you."
The Nine-Tailed Fox was still smiling. Before it knew it, it was only five hundred meters from Old White Ape.
Bowing to the Nine-Tailed Fox's terrifying pressure, all the other Demon Beasts around them made way for it of their own accord.
"Actually, over these past six months, I've figured a lot of things out."
"And I've more or less understood the true meaning behind your releasing me."
"Come to think of it, the moment you cut the chains off me, the outcome was already decided."
"Out of spite, I once thought of simply abandoning my faith and my ideals and joining them in their corruption. It wouldn't ruin your plans, but at least it would disgust you."
"But then I thought, why bother?"
"Dying on the path you've held fast to is a blessing, too."
"Of course, the Human Race often says things like that. Among the Demon Clan, I'm probably the first."
"But there's an inexplicable sense of common ground."
"Heh..."
"So..."
The Nine-Tailed Fox paused briefly, and its nine enormous tails suddenly rose.
Waves of terrifying demon aura swept across the sky!
Its Mental Power, so dense it had become tangible, poured out completely at that moment, locking both itself and Old White Ape firmly in place to form an indestructible prison.
The moment the prison formed, it was already decided that only one of them would walk out alive.
"Demon Domain Lord!!!"
"The Nine-Tailed Fox!"
"Today, I purge a traitor for the Demon Domain!"
At that moment, the Nine-Tailed Fox's expression was solemn, and its roar resounded through the heavens.
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