Chapter 2047: The Culprit

"Li's fucking flying dagger!" The Death Controller recalled all the worlds it had experienced, never having heard of such a thing as "Li's Flying Dagger." Clearly, the other party was trying to fool it. Coupled with its continuous inability to recover, it finally lost its composure.

Rage surged from the Death Controller, reaching 999,999,999...

Zu An chuckled to himself. He had initially felt a sense of lonely melancholy, thinking no one in this world would understand what he had just said. Unexpectedly, this creature had somehow, in its own way, stumbled upon the 'code word,' even though it had never seen that movie.

That flying dagger, of course, wasn't "Li's Flying Dagger"; instead, it was the Immortal-Slaying Flying Dagger he had unexpectedly acquired earlier. It could wound souls and also had the ability to prevent recovery.

Originally, his attention was solely focused on its soul-damaging aspect, which had proven remarkably effective when used against Zhao Hao's primordial spirit.

As for its ability to prevent the target from recovering, it seemed somewhat limited in usefulness. After all, it only prevented recovery for a certain period after injury. If one's own strength was insufficient, this ability had little impact on the battle regardless.

But if you were already stronger than the enemy, why would you even need this ability?

So, for a long time, he had overlooked it. It was only now, facing an unusual enemy like the Death Controller with its terrifying and despair-inducing regenerative abilities, that this flying dagger produced a miraculous effect.

He watched as the demon corpses tried to gather, but they couldn't clump together as before. Each demon corpse merely writhed in place, appearing utterly disgusting and horrifying.

Fearing any unforeseen developments, Zu An gave it no quarter. He immediately materialized a hydrogen bomb from his Divine Rune Armory and dropped it.

With his current cultivation level, continuously materializing powerful hydrogen bombs was extremely taxing; each time, it felt as though his body was completely drained.

Fortunately, he had previously slain a million demons. Although the world's barrier prevented him from using them for upgrades, as compensation, it offset the energy cost of using his abilities, which prevented him from being completely drained.

Watching the hydrogen bomb descend, this time the Death Controller could no longer coalesce into a corpse ball to bounce it back.

"No!"

A brilliant explosion erupted heavenward, and countless demon corpses instantly turned to ash.

Immediately after, Zu An, wielding the Tai'a Sword, sent countless dazzling sword qi crisscrossing through the heavens and earth, completely shredding the remaining demon corpses into fragments.

The whimpering cold wind that had pervaded the heavens and earth seemed to vanish, leaving only a more biting sword wind. Not even a trace of the demon corpses remained; they had all utterly dissolved into nothingness.

Only Zu An's figure stood in the heavens and earth, hands behind his back, coldly and resolutely gazing down at the remnants on the ground. This scene left everyone in Monte City speechless for a long time.

Some young cultivators, their hearts surging, thought, "How wonderful it would be if I could someday be like the Regent King..."

When only one demon corpse remained, its head glared malevolently at Zu An. "You dare destroy my projection! In the future, I will personally..."

"Too much nonsense!" Before it could finish speaking, Zu An swung his sword. All its words, along with the corpse, completely vanished into thin air.

When Zu An landed on the battlements of Monte City, only then did everyone realize that victory had truly been achieved. The entire city erupted in earth-shattering cheers.

"Long live the Regent King!""Long live the Little Demon Queen!""May the Regent King and Little Demon Queen soon have noble children!"

Amidst the cheers were many blasphemous words, but no one saw any problem with them.

Even the Little Demon Queen herself, looking like a young girl experiencing her first crush, stood before Zu An with a flushed face and finally couldn't resist throwing herself into his arms.

Zu An immediately wrapped his arm around her waist, cupped her face, and kissed her.

Having just slain a million demons, his emotions were more or less affected; only upon feeling her soft, sweet body did he regain some clarity.

The cheers and whistles around them grew louder, everyone immensely excited.

As for the Old Demon Emperor, who cared about him now?

The Regent King had just saved everyone's lives, displayed immense power by slaying a million demons, and destroyed that terrifying corpse ball. Not to mention the Little Demon Queen; even if he desired the most beautiful women from all races, they would willingly offer them, without any coercion, as those women would eagerly wish for it themselves.

Many women in the city now looked at the Little Demon Queen with envy, thinking that since the Little Demon Queen's status was special and they couldn't compete, they would seek out the Regent King to "exchange feelings" when she wasn't by his side next time.

Demon women were passionate and fiery, a stark contrast to the human women's reserved nature in this regard.

However, the Little Demon Queen finally became shy. Sensing his desire for more, she frantically pushed him away gently; even she, bold as she was, wouldn't dare in front of so many subordinates.

She hastily made an excuse to discuss matters concerning the Sealed Land and thus left the city wall.

Soon, the high-ranking demon generals gathered in the city's council hall. Seeing everyone's ambiguous glances, Zu An felt his face flush, and he quickly cleared his throat: "What exactly has happened during this time? How were you besieged by these million demons?"

Although he had heard some things from Yu Yanluo earlier, she had separated from the main group midway, so she didn't know the details as thoroughly as the Little Demon Queen and other eyewitnesses.

Only then did everyone begin to speak, one after another:

"We learned that something was wrong with the Sealed Land and, fearing the demons would completely break free, hastily summoned elites from all ranks to Iron Plains City. There, we discovered that the Second Prince had already led his army into the Sealed Land. At first, we thought he was simply acting rashly, making a desperate bid to eliminate future troubles forever. Naturally, we couldn't stand by and watch him lead a quarter of the empire's elites to their doom, so we brought our main army in to rescue them."

"But who knew that damned fellow was setting a trap for us from the start? He deliberately used various intelligence to mislead us into the demon's encirclement. Coupled with the betrayal of traitors like the Little Golden Peng King, Lion Shockwave, and the Hyena clan, we almost suffered a complete annihilation. It was only thanks to the Little Demon Queen's wise and valiant leadership that she guided us through maneuvers to break out of the encirclement, giving us the chance to hold out here until the Regent King's arrival."

"Thanks to everyone's brave fighting and collective efforts, I only played a small, insignificant part," the Little Demon Queen said with a slight smile.

"Your Majesty is too modest."

Zu An frowned slightly, thinking that the Second Prince was indeed problematic. However, why had he not seen the Second Prince or his army at all?

"By the way, how did the Regent King find this place?" Tiger Thousand Roars asked with a smile. Everyone was equally curious; the Sealed Land was much larger than they had imagined, and they had been desperate after venturing so deep. They hadn't expected him to actually find them.

"Initially, I found I couldn't contact the Little Demon Queen via the audio-visual mirror, which made me realize something had likely gone wrong here..." Hearing Zu An's words, everyone's gazes darted between the two, revealing knowing smiles.

The Little Demon Queen's face was flushed, and she glared at everyone: "He is also the human Regent King; we were discussing official matters."

Everyone thought, "Who are you kidding? The way you two were clinging to each other just now, you've probably already 'exchanged feelings' quite deeply."

Zu An lightly coughed: "Later, upon learning of the change here, I came to Iron Plains City. After entering the Sealed Land, I encountered Yanluo... *cough*... I mean, Queen Medusa, and that's how I learned of your whereabouts."

Many generals gave the Little Demon Queen a thumbs-up: "At the time, Your Majesty went against strong opposition and paid a great price to send Queen Medusa away. Many still had reservations then, but it turns out we were short-sighted."

The Rat Clan leader patted his chair: "Hey, hey, I'm still here!"

Everyone burst into laughter, clearly in high spirits after the great victory.

Zu An suddenly thought of something: "By the way, why are there so many demons here? If they possessed such immense power, shouldn't they have already breached Iron Plains City long ago?"

Upon hearing this, the Little Demon Queen's expression turned serious: "We've also uncovered some information during this time. It seems the Second Prince damaged some seals here, causing an unprecedented number of demons to emerge. If the seals aren't repaired in time, it likely won't be long before even more demons appear, and by then, the situation will completely collapse."

Zu An: "..."

"Second Prince, you son of a bitch!"