The Devil Race had no shortage of devil gods, but they were not particularly numerous either. The loss of even one was unacceptable to them!
What was more, the Devil Master's own younger brother had been thrown into the Devil-Sealing Well!
Even dying in battle would have been better than being cast into the Devil-Sealing Well, for its very existence was a humiliation to the Devil Race!
Liu Ling'er had chosen to throw Tuoba Ke into the Devil-Sealing Well rather than kill him outright to strike a blow to the Devil Race's morale.
Of course, there was another very important reason!
Tuoba Ke was not weak. Though his divine body was inferior to Tuoba Kui's, it was still exceedingly tough. Killing him would have taken Liu Ling'er some effort, and she had no time for that now.
Whoosh!!
The God-Slaying Devil Blade slashed down from the sky, bearing a vast devilish might and the boundless fury of the Devil Master, Tuoba Kui!
Anyone could see that, at that moment, Tuoba Kui's eyes were blood-red!
This was what people often called... seeing red!
At the same time, the devil god Black Dragon once again unleashed a black dragon formed from devil power, sending it lunging at Liu Ling'er!
Liu Ling'er easily dodged both the black dragon and the devil blade, flashed to Tuoba Kui's side, and sent him flying with a kick!
Like the gloves, the Iridescent Battle Robe's boots were divine-grade!
The next moment!
Liu Ling'er reached the devil god Black Dragon's side at extreme speed!
For the first time ever, the devil god felt himself in grave danger!
Fear welled up inside him!
Liu Ling'er put all her strength into a punch and slammed it into the devil god Black Dragon's left shoulder!
The punch smashed his left shoulder into a bloody pulp, severing his entire left arm from his body in an instant!
What terrifying power!
The devil god Black Dragon flew through the air, but Liu Ling'er caught up to him in the blink of an eye.
Bang!!
Liu Ling'er also gave the devil god Black Dragon a flying kick!
The kick landed right over his heart!
Its tremendous force shattered his heart!
Boom!!
The devil god Black Dragon fell from the air and crashed into the ground!
Before he could struggle to his feet, a sheet of golden light descended and enveloped his entire body.
Overbearing golden divine essence power poured through his wounds and rapidly spread throughout his body, annihilating his devil power while continuing to shred his organs!
A devil god had been slain!
The Devil Race's experts were stunned!
Tuoba Ke had only been sealed in the Devil-Sealing Well. He was not dead, and there might still be a chance to rescue him in the future.
But the devil god Black Dragon had fallen right there in Chishui Royal City!
A long-renowned devil god had been killed just like that, and it had looked effortless!
The Devil Race's experts were instantly gripped by fear!
Among them, who apart from the Devil Master, Tuoba Kui, dared claim to be stronger than the devil god Black Dragon?
"Retreat! Everyone, retreat!"
The Devil Master, Tuoba Kui, had not lost his senses. He transmitted a message with his divine sense, telling his side's Quasi-Gods and God Realm experts to retreat at once!
If the battle continued like this, the Devil Race would likely lose even more God Realm experts!
The Devil Race's Quasi-Gods and God Realm experts rapidly withdrew. To cover them, the Devil Master, Tuoba Kui, steeled himself and kept Liu Ling'er occupied.
"Haha, why are you running? Keep fighting!"
Duanmu Lan laughed aloud, looking somewhat high-spirited now!
Of course, he did not dare give chase!
The devil army's morale had already been low. When they heard that their Quasi-Gods and God Realm experts had fled, they too chose to flee in panic!
Tuoba Kui's heart was full of bitterness!
If he could not rescue his younger brother in the future, the Devil Race would have effectively lost two devil gods in this battle. The price was far too heavy!
Seeing the devil army recede from Chishui Royal City like an ebbing tide, the Devil Master, Tuoba Kui, who had fought Liu Ling'er for a long time and been beaten until his whole body ached, fled the battlefield with his injured body.
If he kept fighting, he feared he too would be left behind!
Liu Ling'er did not pursue him. She did not dare stray far from her newborn son.
After watching from the air for a while and making sure the devil army would not come surging back, Liu Ling'er slowly descended into the Heartwarming Pavilion.
Hong San was still in shock. Liu Ling'er took Lin Heng from his arms and instructed him, "Eunuch Hong, if anyone comes, tell them that Heng'er and I need to rest. Ask them to come back another day."
"This old servant obeys!"
Only then did Hong San come to his senses. He hurriedly bowed and answered.
Lin Heng thought, Mom's shutting the door on visitors. That's a good move.
Leave those people hanging for now. They must be suffering!
As Lin Heng saw it, his mother would only grow stronger and stronger!
With a mother like her looking after him, wouldn't he be able to walk sideways from now on?
This is the life!
Outside the Hall of Longevity.
A short while earlier, Duanmu Lan had withdrawn his divine power, and the green vine cages surrounding Lin Changqing and the others had vanished.
Now, Lin Changqing had just descended from the air.
He too had seen the devil army retreat, and his feelings were indescribably complicated.
On the one hand, he was glad that Chishui Royal City had been saved and that the Chishui Royal Clan had not suffered too great a loss.
On the other hand, he did not know how to face Liu Ling'er.
He was deeply conflicted!
And why was Liu Ling'er so powerful?
If she had been this powerful all along, why hadn't she resisted that night?
He couldn't understand it!
"Your Majesty, that goddess seems to have landed by the Heartwarming Pavilion. Let's hurry over and pay our respects!"
Su Ying reminded him.
"Yes, yes! We failed to pay our respects and thank her last time. We've already been terribly discourteous!"
Shi Feifei chimed in.
"She... she's Liu Ling'er!"
Lin Changqing gave a bitter laugh.
"Huh?"
"What?!"
Su Ying and Shi Feifei both stared wide-eyed.
The two women looked at each other!
"Don't think about paying your respects to her just yet. Hurry up and think about how to get her to spare you!"
With that, Lin Changqing strode toward the Heartwarming Pavilion.
Xi Zhaoqu was stunned as well, but he quickly recovered and hurried after Lin Changqing.
"Principal Consort, His Majesty said that goddess is Liu Ling'er. That... that can't be true, can it?"
Su Ying looked panic-stricken, trembling inside!
"I... I don't know either, but, but... His Majesty has no reason to lie!"
Shi Feifei looked just as terrified, stumbling over her words.
"We're finished, finished..."
Su Ying was even more nervous now than she had been when the devil army invaded Chishui Royal City.
The hatred between her and Liu Ling'er ran deeper, and she felt Liu Ling'er had no reason whatsoever to spare her!
Even though the Su Clan was powerful in the Chishui Kingdom, it still amounted to little before a God Realm expert.
"We are finished!"
Shi Feifei nodded. She knew full well that, in the eyes of a God Realm expert, all those below the God Realm were mere ants, even a prince or princess of a kingdom!
Now, even if Liu Ling'er killed her, her royal father and the entire Lingxi Royal Clan probably would not dare demand an explanation. They might even fear being implicated and publicly declare that she had brought it on herself and deserved to die!
"Principal Consort, what do we do?"
Frightened to tears, Su Ying trembled as she asked, "Are we just going to wait here for her revenge?"
"There might still be a way out."
Shi Feifei tried to calm herself down. "If she wanted revenge, she would have taken it long ago! She's a God Realm expert. She'd have nothing to worry about if she killed us!"
"Why hasn't she killed us?"
Su Ying also found it strange.
"She probably never took us seriously at all. She's just watching to see what tricks we can pull, amusing herself by toying with us!"
Shi Feifei speculated.
Outside the gates of the Heartwarming Pavilion.
Lin Changqing met Duanmu Lan there.
The devil god Black Dragon's mangled body lay at Duanmu Lan's feet.