Chapter 239: Quadra Kill (Fifth Watch)

Vermilion Bird???

She fell silent.

"Myriad Spirits, keep pretending. If she touches you with her blood, immediately parasitize her. That's your only way out. If you don't parasitize, she can't stop me. I know you still have four parasitic hosts left."

The young beast naturally wore an expression of pure innocence and fear.

It seemed not even to understand Lu Ye's words.

Vermilion Bird's face twisted in anguish as she looked at Lu Ye. "How can you really bear to put me in such danger?"

Lu Ye sighed softly.

His hand gently caressed Vermilion Bird's stunningly beautiful face.

"Myriad Spirits Demon Emperor is my greatest enemy. Since you don't believe this young beast is Myriad Spirits Demon Emperor, just test it and you'll know. Otherwise, don't stand in my way."

Vermilion Bird's face contorted in pain, tears streaming down continuously.

"Lu Ye, why are you so cruel? I'm your little bird, after all..."

Lu Ye raised the stone sword in his hand again.

"I'll say this one last time—this is Myriad Spirits. If you believe me, step aside. If you don't, test it yourself with your own blood!"

"I'll count to three!"

"Three!"

"Two!"

"I'll do it!"

Vermilion Bird let out a mournful cry.

Lu Ye's eyes were filled with cold indifference.

"It can't possibly be Myriad Spirits. I believe it's not! It won't parasitize me!"

Lu Ye stared at the young beast, saying nothing more.

Vermilion Bird's arm was cut, blood flowing as she looked at the young beast.

"You're definitely not Myriad Spirits Demon Emperor, right? I believe in you. Don't worry, as long as I'm here, Lu Ye won't kill you. There's no need to be afraid!"

Vermilion Bird spoke to the young beast.

In the young beast's clear eyes, tears shimmered, filled with terror.

Seeing the blood from Vermilion Bird's wound, it even shrank back fearfully.

Seeing this, Vermilion Bird couldn't help but sigh in relief.

She had said it all along—how could this newborn young beast possibly be Myriad Spirits Demon Emperor? Lu Ye had simply gone mad with killing, preferring to err on the side of slaughter than mercy.

Her bloodied arm moved closer and closer to the young beast.

Suddenly, the young beast lunged violently forward.

The Vermilion Bird was shocked and quickly retracted her arm, but the young beast still touched her blood.

The Vermilion Bird shuddered violently.

Her expression twisted and contorted rapidly as the Vermilion Bird's flames erupted instantly.

As one of the Four Celestial Beasts, though most of her bloodline was sealed, the parasitic invasion triggered her latent power. The two began a fierce struggle for control over the body.

The Vermilion Bird couldn’t believe it.

This young beast… was it truly the Myriad Spirits Demon Emperor?

"Save… save me…" The Vermilion Bird looked at Lu Ye, her eyes flickering between desperation and pleading.

Lu Ye sighed.

"I’m truly sorry, but there’s nothing I can do against the Myriad Spirits Demon Emperor’s parasitism."

Lu Ye was also pained, but what could he do?

Knock the Vermilion Bird away and kill her by force?

Given the Vermilion Bird’s nature, doing so would only make him her sworn enemy.

If the Myriad Spirits abandoned the parasitism, Lu Ye might actually have a headache.

But the Myriad Spirits had truly taken over.

"Don’t kill me, Lu Ye! After I parasitize the Vermilion Bird, I can be your slave!"

"You like the Vermilion Bird, don’t you? Then I’ll become her. I have no fixed gender—I can take a female form and replace her as your woman."

"From now on, just point out any woman you desire, and I’ll parasitize her. You can have whoever you want, as many women as you wish."

"I won’t devour their souls—I’ll only control them when you need me to."

"Lu Ye, I’m useful! Don’t kill me!"

The Myriad Spirits Demon Emperor pleaded through the Vermilion Bird’s voice, offering a new bargain.

It sounded plausible.

Unfortunately, it wasn’t very enticing. If Lu Ye wanted women, those willing to be his could line up from the Great Dao Sect all the way to the Supreme Empire.

Besides, even if the appearances changed, the core would always be the Myriad Spirits Demon Emperor—what was the point?

Most importantly!

When the Myriad Spirits Demon Emperor first appeared, it had taken the form of a male demon.

"Forgive me."

Lu Ye gently caressed the Vermilion Bird’s cheek once more.

"Wait!"

Suddenly, Yin Qingcheng’s figure appeared.

Lu Ye???

Looking at Yin Qingcheng's appearance, Lu Ye felt a vague sense of familiarity, yet couldn't recall where he had seen her before.

"Lu Ye, I can help you!"

"It's just a parasitic infestation—I have a way to resolve it," Yin Qingcheng declared confidently.

"Really?"

Lu Ye frowned slightly. In his understanding, the Myriad Spirits Demon Emperor's parasitic infestation was unsolvable.

Because the system's simulations had always concluded it was impossible.

For example, using the Dao of Yin-Yang Conversion to transfer the Myriad Spirits Demon Emperor's parasitic infestation into his own body and then self-destructing to perish together.

Not to mention how difficult mastering Yin-Yang Conversion would be, the mere idea of self-destruction was unthinkable.

As someone who had died once, no one understood the value of life better than him.

"Of course it's true!"

It was merely the Myriad Spirits Demon Emperor from the lower realm. She had even seen parasitic celestial demons before, yet hadn’t they still been slain by Lu Ye?

Yes, almost no one knew that the parasitic celestial demon was the Myriad Spirits Demon Emperor. When Lu Ye had mentioned it to the Vermilion Bird, her mockery had left him deeply disheartened, and he lost interest in telling others.

In any case, both the parasitic celestial demon and the Myriad Spirits Demon Emperor had perished.

"Watch closely—I'll help you solve all your problems!"

Yin Qingcheng similarly sliced open her arm and approached the Vermilion Bird.

"If you don’t want to die, enter my body!"

The Myriad Spirits Demon Emperor was overjoyed. This woman seemed to have a close relationship with Lu Ye as well. If one Vermilion Bird’s life wasn’t enough leverage, adding another—would Lu Ye spare him now?

Without hesitation, the Myriad Spirits Demon Emperor split off a portion of its power and entered Yin Qingcheng’s body.

Yin Qingcheng sat cross-legged and began refining the Myriad Spirits Demon Emperor’s parasitic infestation using the *Heartless Immortal Scripture*.

But this was a parasitic celestial demon.

A bizarre creature that appeared only once in countless eons across the heavens and earth.

"Lu Ye, surely you won’t kill me this time, right?"

Yin Qingcheng suddenly opened her eyes and spoke to Lu Ye with hopeful anticipation.

Lu Ye...

This Yin Qingcheng???

A lunatic???

At least killing this inexplicably appearing Yin Qingcheng wouldn’t weigh on his conscience.

"No!"

"No!"

"No!"

"No!"

Four consecutive cries—one from the Vermilion Bird, one from Yin Qingcheng, and two from the Myriad Spirits Demon Emperor.

The stone sword erupted with sword light.

To nurture a tiger is to invite calamity—utterly impossible!

To uproot the weeds is the true path of kings!

......

"Ahhhh..."

The Vermilion Bird's obsession let out the most agonizing scream. The newly added memories deepened her fixation.

She was wrong!

She was truly wrong!

Not killing the Myriad Spirits Demon Emperor—with its ambition, the entire demon race would become him. He would become the entire demon race.

The demon race would surely be utterly annihilated.

It was her own naivety.

It was her own excessive kindness!

At the depths of reincarnation, the Vermilion Bird wailed in torment.

The Seventh Heaven.

Yin Qingcheng stared blankly at the Stone of Three Lives.

At this moment, she suddenly felt terror because of this stone.

She had died yet again...