The Demonic World I designed
Chapter 165 - 165 158 They All Deserve to Die!

165: Chapter 158: They All Deserve to Die!

165: Chapter 158: They All Deserve to Die!

“Indeed, it is a suitable place for an ambush….”

Duke of Qin looked around at the surrounding fog and nodded to himself.

This spot, near the Southwest Mountains, inherently possessed miasma and fog, which blended with the fog coming in from the sea.

Many times, without paying attention, you wouldn’t even be sure if you were within that ancient place or outside!

The Imperial Court had chosen this spot for concealment.

The location was very secure.

Even if he wanted to target it, it would be difficult to find their military deployment.

The thinking behind the route was quite clever; it could not have been conceived by the blockheaded elders of the Hong Family and the Weichi Clan.

Who was leading the troops?

As he pondered, a vague figure appeared within the fog, almost a hundred meters away.

Although the thick fog enveloped the area, Luming, relying on his faint bloodline sense, could indeed feel…

there…

was the Crown Prince.

“Your Highness, this place is not safe, how could you, on your own, manage to escape surveillance and come so far away?”

Luming was just about to step forward when the other party stopped him.

“Uncle Lu, please halt!”

“Hmm?” Luming paused, puzzled: “Your Highness, what do you mean?”

“I have a question I want to ask Uncle Lu….”

Luming frowned, but his temperament was always steady.

He spoke calmly, “Your Highness, please ask.”

“Why did Uncle Lu take on this task?

To come to Jiangnan to face this terrifying monster?”

“Because I must come!” Luming said solemnly.

“It’s not only because my son is here but also because I’m aware of how terrifying the descent of the ancients can be.

This incident with the demon is very likely the coming of the ancients.

If I don’t rush to the front lines, Your Majesty won’t send troops, only leaving Jiangnan and other places beyond help!”

“So, Uncle Lu is doing this for the common people?”

Luming’s brows furrowed more tightly.

Had someone been misleading the Crown Prince?

There was an evident note of distrust in the Crown Prince’s tone.

“It’s not that….” Knowing that now was critical to obtaining information, Luming was exceedingly cautious in his speech.

“But when a nest is overturned, no eggs remain unbroken.

The West Sea is also a place where I command heavy troops; I cannot just sit by and watch.

Your father, the Emperor may be able to wait, but I cannot!”

“Is that so?” The Crown Prince’s tone softened a bit.

“Someone told me, Uncle Lu, that you have an incurable disease.

Uncle Lu, do you want to be cured?”

Luming’s pupils contracted: “Your Highness, what do you mean?”

“Uncle Lu is right.

This time, the fog is indeed ancient.

The source of the fog that spread over the West Sea is a colossal array called the Nine Heavens Mirror, a protective array outside of the Dragon Palace!”

“Dragon Palace?”

Luming’s heart skipped a beat.

That matches!

Great Jin is prosperous in all four seas.

Why did the Lu Family choose the West Sea for their territory instead of the more flourishing Southern Sea area?

The reason was to continue monitoring and exploring the secrets of the Shen Family.

The Lu Family had never given up searching for the ancients for thousands of years.

The Shen Family had long been tagged by the Lu Family, and after years of careful probing and intelligence gathering, plus a certain trade with Old Ancestor Shen from years ago, Luming did learn some secrets.

The term “Dragon Palace” was first heard from Old Ancestor Shen, and now it came from the Crown Prince….

It seemed his efforts had not been in vain.

The Crown Prince…

indeed knew information about the ancients!

Suppressing the excitement in his heart, Luming said solemnly, “Your Highness, why didn’t you speak earlier about the origin of this catastrophe in Jiangnan?

With more information, how many soldiers could we have saved?”

His words carried a hint of reproach, but his stance was absolutely firm.

“Because I don’t know….

after I say some things, Uncle Lu…

will you still be the same Uncle Lu?”

“Why would Your Highness say such a thing?

Cough cough….” Luming coughed lightly twice.

Touching his hand to his mouth, it came back covered in thick, black blood.

It seemed Heiyun was right; even if he used secret medicines to prolong his life, at most he only had five years left!

“Uncle Lu seems to be seriously ill….” the Crown Prince said softly.

“If Uncle Lu knew what was inside the Dragon Palace, would you still maintain your current integrity?

Or perhaps, has Uncle Lu been deceiving me all along, trying to pry information from me from the very start?”

Luming: “….”

This youngster, has he become shrewd?

It probably wasn’t that he had become shrewd, but that he had always been on guard against him.

However, it was also good.

Since he was willing to lay things out today, although his tone distanced himself from Luming, Luming knew that as long as he answered well, things would naturally progress, and he would be able to extract the very information he desired most!

“Information?” Luming took a breath, a wry smile on his face: “King of Qin said the same thing back in the day.”

“King of Qin?” The Crown Prince’s tone became confused and uncertain.

“Yes….” Luming’s face showed a trace of reminiscence: “King of Qin once asked us, whether to take the risk and gamble, to explore the legacy hidden within the Otherworldly Demon Statues!”

“Otherworldly Demon Statues….”

“They were monsters ten times, a hundred times more terrifying than anything we know now!” the Duke of Qin said gravely, “Back then, if we had been careless and let them loose, our human race might have even faced the risk of annihilation!”

“Then…

that year…

you…”

“We couldn’t take such a risk…” Lumings said with a smile as he wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, “I already had this illness back then.

Honestly, King of Qin’s proposal was really tempting…”

“I chose not to take that risk back then…” Lumings looked at the Crown Prince with utmost sincerity, “Even now…

I won’t!”

“Uncle Lu…” There was a trace of emotion evident in the Crown Prince’s tone.

“Crown Prince, come over here first,” Lumings said with a smile, “Keeping your distance from me like this is pointless.

If I really had ill intentions, you wouldn’t be able to resist anyway.

Let’s find a safer place; there’s something…

unsettling about this one…”

“Alright!” The Crown Prince’s voice carried excitement, his tone clearly reverting to one he had used in the past.

This caused Lumings’ eyes to twinkle with unstoppable mirth.

That’s it, next is…

Hmm?

Suddenly, he saw a huge shadow appearing behind the Crown Prince, without warning, bringing with it an extremely dangerous chill!

“Your Highness, be careful!” Without hesitation, Lumings lunged towards the Crown Prince with such speed that his voice hadn’t yet arrived when his body already leaped a hundred meters.

However, what he saw when he arrived was a horrifying sight!

Within the opaque mist, the Crown Prince had a creature resembling a house centipede, with legs all over its body, crouching on his back, his entire back split open, with the house centipede-like monster firmly locked onto his spine, its numerous tiny legs exactly aligned with all of the Crown Prince’s spinal nerves!

The Crown Prince at this moment was expressionless, and his limbs were clearly stitched on, he had completely become a puppet!

“You…”

Before Lumings could express his shock, an incredibly fast figure had already launched an attack at his back!

As a top fighter, Lumings could always sense when there was an intent to harm him, even if it was just malice from afar, he could feel it clearly.

Those capable of hiding their malice and attacking him numbered no more than five in the whole world, and the person at his back was clearly among those five!

Furthermore, the timing of the attack was impeccable!

As the most esteemed Duke of the Great Jin, with a family wealth that rivaled nations, there were few things that could fully capture Lumings’ attention.

However, the situation before him tugged at his heartstrings and had been cleverly exploited.

Even an elite of the highest caliber, with cunning timing like this, could catch even Lumings off guard!

Bang!

The golden flames, the Siao Family’s most authentic Flame Blade, caught Lumings off guard and sent him flying hundreds of meters!

“It was you…”

Lumings had never expected that she would be the one to make a move!

“Still as despicable as before…” The Princess looked coldly at the severely injured Lumings, “To think you would renounce King Qin’s temptation for the sake of humanity…

you’ve got some nerve to say that!”

“You…” Lumings clutched his chest.

His family’s bloodline self-healing ability allowed his horrific wounds to heal rapidly, but the Golden Crow’s undying flames repeatedly burned at the wound, and the fire toxin that had entered his body tugged at old injuries.

Lumings even felt like he could hardly catch his breath!

“It’s you…

you actually did this to the Crown Prince…

do you realize what he represents?”

“The Reincarnator, right…?” The Princess suddenly burst out laughing, her laughter growing louder and louder until she was almost gasping for air, “Ah, these decades have really stifled me, especially seeing how carefully you treated him!”

Lumings was stunned.

He was no fool and almost instantly understood.

The Crown Prince’s identity was fake, orchestrated by this woman from the start.

But the young Crown Prince’s precociousness wasn’t feigned, it had all become clear now!

Lumings’ face became extremely grim as he looked at her, “You’re the one who lured the Thousand-Faced Fox into the capital!!”

“Still as smart as before…” The Princess spoke in an ethereal voice, “King of Qin was right, you are one of the rare wise men in this world, but the smarter one is, the more confident and thus more prone to stumbling!”

“Princess, what is the meaning of this plot?” Lumings asked in a dark tone, “Is it just to kill me?

I don’t mean to underestimate you, but even now, with such a design against me and my body in such a bad state, you’re still not a match for me!”

“Of course I know that…” The Princess said with a smile, “I don’t need to kill you.

You’re a dying man anyway.

Bringing you here is just to stop you from returning, that’s all.

You’re too strong, strong to the point that even with such injuries I still can’t be sure of defeating you, so I can’t let you go back!”

“Hmm?” Lumings was startled and suddenly charged forward, but for some reason, no matter how hard he tried, he could not get any closer to the distant Princess Royale’s position!

This is…

In an instant, Lumings understood.

The adversary didn’t want to kill him but rather trap him.

This place, interwoven with thick fog, was best suited for intertwining arrays with reality, which is why when he had been sent flying, despite it being a desperate move, he had not been wary of being cast straight into an array!

I see…

“Sector after sector, you truly live up to the Siao Family’s one-time designated Family Head!” Lumings’ face was ashen, “No wonder King Qin valued you so highly back then!”

Upon hearing this, the Princess’s face revealed no pride; instead, her smile faded and she became as cold as frost, “You…

are not worthy to speak his name!”

“Are you?” Lumings scoffed, “Trapping me here, are you eyeing my thirty thousand descendants?

They…

are the descendants of the Black Dragon Guard who followed King Qin back then!”

“That’s why they must die!” The Princess’s eyes were filled with madness, “How did King Qin treat them back then?

How did they treat King Qin when they knew he was a demon?

You deserve to die…

all those people from back then…

must die!!”