Chapter 1100 - 1100, Wait
The Steward Demonic Emperor
Translator: StarReader
Editor: CutieBinkie
Proofreader: Papatonks
[Damn you and those blasted eyes of yours. I was this close to dodging you. Just you wait. The moment I get the chance, Iâll be sure to gouge those shifty eyes out of your skull!]
Bali Yuyuâs heart raged while flying over to the four in annoyance disguised as shock, âPatriarch is hurt? How? Is this how you three protect him?â
Baili Yuyun sighed, âNot even our best was enough. The sea demon is absurd. He couldnât even touch him.â
âThe s-sea demon is that strong, for even Patriarch toâ¦â
Bali Yuyuâs heart sank, knowing Zhuo Fan was in there alone with that beast. How could Zhuo Fan stand a chance where Invincible Sword failed?
Filled with worry, Baili Yuyu turned to the black fog with tense fists.
Baili Yutian failed to notice Baili Yuyuâs shift. Maybe the deep wounds scrambled his senses. He coughed iced and burning blood and sighed, âIâve never seen strength like the sea demonâs. I have suffered a complete defeat. But this is only the beginning. One day, I will come to challenge ag-, ughâ¦â
Invincible Sword coughed fire and ice again, his face white as paper.
âPatriarch, donât speak. We better look for a quiet place to heal. We canât ignore your wounds!â Baili Yuyun urged.
Invincible Sword waved him off, sighing and looking at the black fog behind with determination, âNo, Iâm staying. I have lost, but I want to see with my own eyes the result of such a powerful showdown and its victor.â
âPowerful showdown?â
Baili Yuyu lit up, âPatriarch, is someone still in there fighting the sea demon?â
Baili Yutian took a deep breath and nodded. Baili Yuyun sighed with a grumble, âYuyu, speaking of, I have something to say to you. How in heavenâs name did you even do your investigation? Because of you we were this close to making a mess of this and getting wiped out.â
âW-what did I do?â Baili Yuyu was baffled.
Baili Yuyun spat, âYou have the nerve to ask? Did you not say that Zhuo kid is in Soul Harmony Stage at best, a trifle?â
âUh, yeah, whyâ¦â
âWhy?! Did it ever occur to you that the missie next to him might have a powerful bauble to give us, Sword Kings, heavy wounds? That child almost had all three of us killed!â
Baili Yuyun shot a reproaching glare, with the two nodding along, feeling victimized.
It was utterly mortifying for a wee girl to make them scramble away in fright. If word got out in the central area, theyâd have no self-respect left to even walk outside.
Baili Yuyu gave a confuzed shake of her head, âYou mean Qiaoâer? But sheâs adorable. How can she be⦠tough?â
âAdorable? Thatâs news to me!â
Baili Yuyunâs face twitched, fuming along with his two brothers, âLike father like daughter, like master like disciple. With the small one godlike, the parent couldnât be any lesser! Did you not know she has a trinket to handle Sword Kings? Whatâs worse, her dad had something that could end Patriarch! Heaven almighty, he just took out a 9th level imperial beast for crying out loud; his spirit animal no less. Thatâs a damn 9th level imperial beast! Iâm willing to bet not all Nine Sword Kings combined could put a dent in its plumage before getting annihilated!â
Sss~
Baili Yuyu gasped, âA 9th level imperial beast? Wasnât that just a myth? It exists? And he has one?â
âYou didnât know?â
âNot a hint!â
âThatâs why Iâm asking, how did you make your investigation?â Baili Yuyun huffed and puffed, turning at the end to Baili Yutian, âWe were fortunate Patriarchâs skill is divine to kill the 9h level imperial beast, the true best in the lands.â
Ignoring the blatant suck-up, Baili Yutian felt he was at the lowest point in his life to mind anything else.
Baili Yuyuâs heart jumped in shock, âPatriarch killed the beast? When it was his turn, did Patriarch finish him off?â
Ugh!
Baili Yuyun shook from a sudden chill, his face sinking. He peeked at Invincible Sword then barked, âDonât stick your nose where it doesnât belong. He can never again be mentioned anywhere near Patriarch!â
âBut arenât I talking with you, brother Yun?â
âIâm saying your info is faulty and almost got us killed. Donât mention it againâ¦â
âAlright!â
Baili Yutian raised his voice, sighing at the black fog, âI was about to fight with him when the sea demon arrived. He was after the sea demon and I wanted to meet it too, all of us entered its domain. I arrived there just to see him frozen by the sea demon and challenged the beast. It ended with me frozen as well before I could even get close.
âBy the time I woke up, Iâd found myself gravely wounded along with the three of them. But I witnessed a most shocking scene, one that I would never forget for as long as I live.â
âWhat?â Baili Yuyu was nervous, eager to know.
Baili Yutian sighed, âZhuo Fan and the sea demon fought. He was clearly not to its level, but thanks to an ingenious skill, he was slowly gaining advantage. The sea demon was forced to just take his attacks. That happened after sea demon was gravely wounded, near death. I donât know how he did it, but Iâm certain he was behind it. It was thanks to his showdown with the sea demon that a heat wave blasted over us and thawed the ice while also leaving us with deep wounds.
âWith how the sea demon suffered at such a blow, itâs clear that once the two of us fought, Iâd have been reduced to ashes. What Invincible Sword, ha-ha-ha! Iâve been blind all my life, unable to see the vastness of the world!â
The Sword Kings lowered their heads. Baili Yuyun shot a glare at Baili Yuyu, âSee? This is what your report did, downplaying the tiger into a cat. He almost ripped us to shreds. Itâs giving me the chills just thinking about it!â
Baili Yuyu was stumped, blinking her big dull eyes of their fog.
[The guy is that great? He sure didnât look like itâ¦]
âPatriarch, youâre waiting for the fight to end but how will you find out the winner? Itâd be better if you tended your wounds!â Baili Yuyun bowed.
Baili Yutian said, âItâs simple. We canât see their fight but the end will be obvious. If Zhuo Fan wins, heâll be coming out. If the sea beast won, the black fog would retreat leaving nothing behind it.â
âRetreat? Why would he?â
âHa-ha-ha, the sea demon wouldâve won a pyrrhic victory. Is he supposed to wait here for other humans to kill it instead of licking his wounds?â
Baili Yutianâs eyes shone with conviction, âSo Iâll be waiting right here for the conclusion and confirm my next great rival.â
The Sword Kings started and nodded, staying with him.
Bali Yuyu was nervous as she remained here, waiting not for the end, but with hope in her heart that he would come out of the black mist.
Whoosh~
Someone shot past just then and plunged into the fog. Baili Yuyu cried out, âDidnât she transfer away? Whatâs she doing here? Canât those louses do anything?â
âOh, someone found it tedious and came to die.â
Baili Yuyun noticed and mocked, âThat right there is a fight that could end even us, watching from the sidelines. For a mere girl in the 5th layer of Ethereal Stage to go in is plain suicidal. Ha-ha-haâ¦â
âOr maybe the kid won and sheâll be safe.â
âOr the kid lost and the sea demon wouldnât spare a single human.â
âItâs all up to fate, ha-ha-haâ¦â
The three Sword Kings jeered, with Bali Yuyu nervous as to what to do. Should she go in? But she squashed the thought as soon as it popped.
[I was to save her for that rotten punk, but now heâs in a fight to the death so why bother with her fate?]
[Whatever, let her go. Itâs all the same to me however she ends up.]
Bali Yuyuâs eyes shone coldly, her heart taking a crueler stance.
[Itâs better if sheâs gone. Then the punk would have no one to worry about, ha-ha-haâ¦]