Chapter 247: Therefore, I Cannot Plead Guilty 【 Instance Theme 】
“Therefore, I cannot plead guilty.”
Xie Yanning, having held back for so long, was finally able to say everything she wanted to.
“Just now, you said that in your Demon Realm, it’s survival of the fittest, and that’s fine. Then if I am stronger than your Fifth Prince, what’s wrong with me killing him? You say this is just a family matter within the Fifth Prince’s Manor. Before I killed him, I was also married into the Fifth Prince’s Manor as his concubine, so if I killed him, it’s also a family matter, what’s wrong with that?”
“Why can he do it, but I cannot? Doesn’t your Demon Realm advocate for gender equality and governance by law!”
Xie Yanning’s chest heaved, clearly angered:
“Why do you think I am wrong, why do you shout about killing me, why can you righteously push all the blame onto me.”
“If you dare to make the entire course of events known to the world, then I am willing to accept the criticism of everyone under heaven. See how many will think it’s my fault for killing him, my so-called husband, for killing this injustice and bloodshed hidden beneath the institution of marriage, and how many will think he deserved to die!”
“But you dare not.”
Xuan Gui was furious: “That is our Demon Realm’s business, what business is it of yours, a human? Can’t you just be the Chief of the Sword Sect! Why must you meddle in our Demon Realm’s affairs? You’re meddling too much!”
If Xie Yanning hadn’t stirred up so much trouble, he wouldn’t have fallen into this predicament.
His physical body was destroyed, his divine soul was injured.
Even if his physical body were reforged, his cultivation would likely drop to the Tribulation Crossing Early Stage.
Most importantly, from the intentions of those two elders, his position as Demon Emperor was definitely not secure.
A cold, bloody taste rose in Xie Yanning’s throat. She advanced on Xuan Gui step by step, her words dripping with blood: “You are right. I was originally the Senior Sister of the Sword Sect, reaching the Early Integration Stage in two hundred years. My talent was terrifying. If I hadn’t interfered, I would have at least secured a seat on the Elder Council of the Sword Sect in the future.”
“I shouldn’t have interfered in this matter.”
Rongrong sighed: “But since you did interfere, bearing the blame is also unavoidable……”
Before she could finish speaking, Xie Yanning interrupted her.
“But it just so happens that my Dao Companion died at Chu Sheng’s hands, so I couldn’t *not* interfere; but it just so happens that this matter is wrong, this great mountain should be overthrown, and Chu Sheng should die by my sword; but it just so happens that I have the ability to interfere, and I cannot bear to see so many women struggling in pain and even losing their lives under the guise of ‘domestic violence’.”
“If there can be one like me today, there can be thousands upon thousands like me in the future.”
“As for bearing the blame, I believe that as long as this memory is revealed to the world, then justice will prevail in people’s hearts. Whether I am guilty or wrong, someone will judge me and defend me.”
Xie Yanning admitted that she entered the Demon Realm for Jiu Zhou alone, to kill an enemy.
But the most fundamental reason was that Jiu Zhou shouldn’t have died, Si Fang shouldn’t have died, and those countless women confined to the inner courtyards shouldn’t have met such tragic ends.
She would only truly attack if killing Chu Sheng aligned with her righteousness.
If Jiu Zhou deserved to die, Si Fang deserved to die, and those women deserved to endure endless domestic violence day and night, Xie Yanning would not have provoked conflict between the two realms for her own selfish desires, disregarding the interests of the Sword Sect, and slain Chu Sheng.
Rongrong and Huihui remained silent for a long time.
They felt these words were deafening, as if they had heard them from someone tens of thousands of years ago.
However, that person’s fate was not good.
Her achievements were covered up, her existence erased.
No one spoke for her, no one defended her. Even now, their closest friends had to implicitly allow others to make baseless speculations and slander against her for the sake of the Demon Realm’s royal family’s interests, and even personally execute her.
Finally, Rongrong spoke: “I’m sorry, This Seat still cannot…”
As soon as she uttered the word “cannot,” Du Ming thrust a sword towards Xuan Gui, overwhelming and unstoppable!
Huihui, in her panic, wanted to block for Xuan Gui, but before the long sword could reach him, Du Ming directly pierced Xuan Gui’s soul body, completely executing him!
“I let you bounce around for one moment, did you really think anyone would survive under Du Ming’s sword.”
Xuan Gui, a mere Tribulation Crossing cultivator, a Demon Emperor, thus perished completely, his soul scattered and gone forever.
“Feng Budu!”
Huihui, enraged, directly shouted Feng Budu’s full name, disregarding all decorum.
Rongrong also hadn’t expected Feng Budu to be so resolute.
Feng Budu’s eyes were sharp: “Have you forgotten? This Seat decides this matter.”
“You have no choice.”
Her words meant she disagreed with Rongrong’s proposed solution and would represent the Devil Realm in a complete break with the Demon Realm.
Feng Budu not only wanted to protect Ming Zhaoshuang, but she also wanted to protect Xie Yanning.
She even intended to protect this incident, ensuring that everyone in the Thirty-Six Heavens would know.
Their Demon Realm’s royal Fifth Prince was brutal and treacherous, cruel and savage, wantonly harming and even killing innocent women, treating them as toys that could be discarded at will.
The sword strike left Ming Zhaoshuang completely stunned.
“Mountains outside mountains, towers beyond towers, Senior Sister is handsome and dashing! Ten thousand rivers and thousand mountains are all love, Senior Sister’s sword is too cool! Spring wind blows, war drums beat, who is my Senior Sister afraid of!”
She currently had no spiritual power or strength, so she could only use her mouth to cheer Feng Budu on.
One had to admit, Feng Budu was truly strong, truly handsome.
To stand alone here and directly engage four Tribulation Crossing cultivators and over a dozen Mahayana cultivators on their territory, who could do that? Who could be so arrogant?
Feng Budu, hearing her three flattering sentences, simply said: “Speak less.”
Ming Zhaoshuang immediately nodded: “Okay!”
Feng Budu raised her hand and cast a protective shield around Ming Zhaoshuang and the others. She turned again, and the bloody light of Du Ming surged forth, carrying endless killing intent.
“Earlier, Honored Master taught you the sword techniques of the Path of All Living Beings. Now, Senior Sister will teach you the sword techniques of the Path of Slaughter.”
As she spoke, Feng Budu’s figure completely disappeared.
Not even a shadow could be seen. The only thing visible was the intense killing intent swirling through heaven and earth.
It was the wind, the wind was moving.
The wind was ubiquitous, extremely swift, caught people off guard, and killed without a trace.
The Tribulation Crossing cultivators and Mahayana cultivators, for the first time, reacted not by fighting Feng Budu, but by spontaneously arranging themselves, their long swords channeling surging demonic power, forming a protective formation before them.
Only Rongrong and Huihui directly transformed into their True Bodies and engaged Feng Budu in combat.
The True Body was the time when a demon race’s strength was at its most formidable.
However, not many demonic beasts chose to reveal their True Bodies, as within the demon race there was a deeply ingrained image: beasts are inferior to humans. If they transformed into their beast forms, they would truly become beasts that could be hunted at will.
If they could undergo Form Transformation, they would absolutely not revert to their True Bodies.
But in this situation, they had no way of maintaining their True Bodies and fighting Feng Budu on equal footing.
After all, Feng Budu was simply too terrifying.
Once Du Ming appeared, blood would be shed, lives would be taken. No one could survive under this sword edge.
They couldn’t even block one of her sword strikes!
It should be known that humans and demons have similar forms, and their talent is determined by their Spirit Root. They were all High-Grade Heaven Grade demonic beasts, their bloodline’s strength second only to Divine Beasts. Ordinary demons could not contend with them!
By the way, Feng Budu was not an ordinary demon.
She possessed an Innate Water Spirit Root, and in the past ten thousand years, besides Feng He, she was the demon with the highest talent.
