Chapter 186: Chapter 185: Slaying the Black Prison
"We need to find a way to help him!" Master Xuantian said again. Despite this, he did not know how to aid Ye Fan, as even a King-class expert like himself was insufficient for such a battlefield.
At that mont, the Dark Night Demon Queen felt her body growing incredibly hot and imdiately understood. "I have a way," she said.
"What?" Master Xuantian asked incredulously.
"My blood is his greatest weakness!" the Dark Night Demon Queen said through gritted teeth. This was the very reason the Black Prison Duke had not moved against her yet; the dark-green Crystal Stone had not yet fully rged with her body.
"There’s no ti!" the Dark Night Demon Queen said to Master Xuantian. "Senior, can you throw this Copper Coin stained with my blood onto the Black Prison Duke’s wounds?"
Master Xuantian looked at the Black Prison Duke’s two fatal wounds: one on his head and the other a ghastly hole pierced through his torso. "I can!" he affird.
The Dark Night Demon Queen imdiately sliced her wrist.
"What are you doing?" Master Xuantian demanded, completely baffled.
"I need to borrow your Copper Coin!" she replied, extending her bleeding wrist as fresh blood dripped onto Master Xuantian’s Copper Coin.
Seeing the shocking sight of her blood, Master Xuantian had no idea what the Dark Night Demon Queen intended. Can this blood really kill the Black Prison Duke?
Under the sunlight, however, the blood began to bubble, and he felt an unprecedented heat emanating from the Copper Coin. At this rate, the coin would lt before long.
He looked over at the Black Prison Duke, who was still battling Ye Fan. The Duke was tearing at Ye Fan’s arm, bellowing, "I’ll rip you to shreds!"
Unable to speak, Ye Fan could only struggle with all his might, trying to break free from the Black Prison Duke’s grasp.
At that exact mont, Master Xuantian threw the blood-soaked coins, all of them striking the Black Prison Duke’s body.
"AH!"
The Black Prison Duke, who had been on the verge of triumph, was completely caught off guard. He imdiately spun around, trying to extinguish the flas that erupted on his body. Unfortunately, the fire only burned more fiercely.
"This is—!"
Though his consciousness was hazy, the Black Prison Duke recognized the sensation instantly. He could feel the power of the dark-green Crystal Stone.
"The dark-green Crystal Stone! It’s the dark-green Crystal Stone! Hahaha, I finally have it!"
The Black Prison Duke laughed maniacally, completely ignoring the flas consuming him. His obsession with the Crystal Stone had reached a new height, one that made him forsake everything, including his own life. The very thing he desired most was the one thing that could deliver a fatal blow in an instant.
At that mont, Ye Fan tore himself free. He threw a punch, and the Black Prison Duke’s burning body exploded into pieces.
It was finally over.
No one had foreseen that a Duke from the high-tier Undying Bloodline could actually die.
"Are you okay?" The Dark Night Demon Queen rushed forward to support Ye Fan.
However, Ye Fan had yet to snap out of his fatal Berserk state. He viciously grabbed the Dark Night Demon Queen by the neck and lifted her into the air.
The Dark Night Demon Queen hamred at Ye Fan’s arm, but lost in his Berserk state, he paid her no mind. His only instinct was to kill any enemy before him, and that now included the Dark Night Demon Queen. She was on the verge of suffocating.
"The demonized state!" Master Xuantian realized in shock.
He leaped into the air and struck the vital ridians along Ye Fan’s spine. Instantly, Ye Fan’s body went limp. He dropped the Dark Night Demon Queen, collapsing to his knees and gasping for breath. His ragged breathing showed that his body had reached its absolute limit. He would need ten to fifteen days of recuperation to recover.
"COUGH! COUGH! COUGH!" The Dark Night Demon Queen coughed violently. If Master Xuantian had not acted so swiftly, Ye Fan would have undoubtedly killed her. She struggled to climb to her feet.
Drenched in sweat, Ye Fan’s sanity returned. "Was I... possessed?" he asked weakly.
"Yes, King of Heaven. You were terrifying, like a demon," Master Xuantian said with a wry smile. "If you hadn’t snapped out of it, we might all have died by your hand." In Ye Fan’s demonized state, he knew he would have been no match.
"I’m... I’m sorry," Ye Fan stamred, apologizing mainly to the Dark Night Demon Queen, whom he had nearly killed.
"I’m... I’m alright," she said weakly.
Ye Fan was filled with self-loathing. This was a scenario he never wanted to face. If he had actually killed the Dark Night Demon Queen, he would be wracked with guilt for the rest of his life. This possessed state had reached a point beyond his control. Ye Fan was terrified that one day, he might kill the people closest to him.
Master Xuantian’s voice pulled him from his thoughts. "King of Heaven, this is your ultimate strength. But for every gain, there is a loss. While this power can help you vanquish any foe, it can also drag you into an abyss from which there is no return. Gains and losses are two sides of the sa coin, both destined by fate. Whether it becos a force for good or evil depends entirely on how you learn to control it."
Ye Fan fully grasped the aning behind his words. Master Xuantian’s speech was brief, but it perfectly summarized his greatest weakness. He took the lesson to heart.
Thankfully, the battle was over, and the Dark Night Demon Queen was finally safe.
Good news also arrived from elsewhere: The Green Emperor Sect and the Dark Night Demon Queen’s followers had joined forces to annihilate Ye Luocha, and the King of Bai Ting’s influence was completely eradicated.
Ye Fan returned to the villa, where the Mo Family was holding a welco-ho feast for him. This was, of course, another great day for the Mo Family, as the Green Emperor Sect still stood behind them as their Guardian. This ti, however, the Green Emperor Sect did not make exorbitant demands. They only asked for twenty percent of the Mo Family’s annual inco, which was quite courteous compared to the fifty percent they had taken before. At least the Green Emperor Sect would no longer ddle in the Mo Family’s affairs.
Today, Tang Yurou was walking with Ye Fan. "Honey," she said, "I might have to inherit the Mo Family’s business. What should I do? It’s not what I want!"
"But I can’t refuse the Mo Family, and I can’t refuse my parents!" Tang Yurou felt completely lost.
"Inheriting the Mo Family’s business is the best option for you," Ye Fan said, his words direct and to the point. While it wasn’t what Tang Yurou had initially wanted, she had, over ti, truly integrated into the Mo Family and grown to love its warmth.
However, the conditions Tang Yurou proposed next left everyone utterly exasperated.
She agreed to inherit the Mo Family business, but only if she could have her freedom, without being controlled by anyone. Furthermore, citing her lack of experience, she declared that she would only take over the business in three years.
Mo Chou was dumbfounded. He had thought he could finally travel the world with his wife, but now, he would have to manage the business for another three years.
Ye Fan and Tang Yurou arrived at the airport for their return to Jiangning. Mo Chou and Tang Wanchou saw them off, waving goodbye as they departed.
At the airport, Tang Yurou leaned against Ye Fan. "Honey, I never imagined our trip to North Arica would cause such a huge stir!"
"Are you scared?" Ye Fan asked with a chuckle.
Tang Yurou nodded. As a woman, she was indeed frightened by these events. After all, she had never witnessed such things before. She had thought she lived in a peaceful world, but it turned out that slaughter was everywhere.
Ye Fan chuckled again. "The world isn’t peaceful at all. What you see is only the surface. There’s a much darker world that you know nothing about."
He was right. The conflicts of the underground world had raged for millennia without end. It was a world where might made right, where strength was the only thing that mattered.
Gradually, Tang Yurou was coming to accept all this. Taking the Mo Family as an example, without Ye Fan, they would have likely already been destroyed.
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