Chapter 458: Doomsday

The Seventh Princess’s Manor in the Imperial Capital of the Ten Thousand Demon Country.

Looking at the intelligence reports sent all the way from the Bo Kingdom to the Imperial Capital of the Ten Thousand Demon Country, Qiqi’s eyes filled with doubt.

The intelligence clearly stated that several other princes had joined forces to eliminate Que Yu.

The Crown Prince, on the other hand, had deployed most of his forces to secretly resolve the situation.

But how could the strength of a single Crown Prince possibly stand against the combined forces of the other princes?

No matter what, even if Que Yu didn’t die, her journey should definitely not have been this easy.

But now, she truly arrived with incredible ease.

Que Yu had even dismissed her guards and Iron Cavalry, leaving only one person to protect her.

Que Yu’s traveling speed had increased significantly; she would be able to reach the Demon Capital in two more days.

By then, no force would be able to make a move against Que Yu.

And the reason for all of this was because of a personal guard of Que Yu’s, who was also a coachman!

Furthermore, this coachman was a member of the Human Race!

This was extremely surprising to Qiqi.

In the Demon Race World, the number of Human Race experts in the Immortal Realm could be counted on one hand.

Every single one of them was recorded in the registers.

Where did this Immortal Realm expert spring from?

And why would he be related to the Bo Kingdom?

“Interesting.”

Qiqi placed the intelligence report over the candle flame, and soon, the letter turned to ash.

“Guards,” Qiqi called out softly.

“Master.” From the shadows, a woman in black knelt on one knee before Qiqi.

“Have Yu Qiong prepare to go and meet Que Yu’s coachman. Remember to tell Yu Qiong not to touch Que Yu; she cannot die yet. Just test the coachman’s strength; there’s no need to fight to the death.”

“Yes!”

The woman in black disappeared from Qiqi’s sight in the blink of an eye.

“A Human Race expert in the Immortal Realm? Who could it be?”

Qiqi lightly tapped on the table; the “da-da-da” sound echoed through the room.

The Desolate Region.

In a city deep within the Desolate Region.

A woman had already taken off her simple hemp clothes and changed into silk that was incredibly smooth, though its origin was unknown.

This woman was Honeysuckle.

Thinking back on everything that happened that day, Honeysuckle still felt a lingering fear.

That day, the pendant on her chest glowed, attracting a pillar of light. After Lin Xun pushed her away and disappeared, Honeysuckle was captured by the people of the Desolate Region.

Honeysuckle had originally prepared herself for death.

But these people didn’t do anything to her; instead, they brought her to a city in the Desolate Region and then into the imperial palace.

Finally, there were maidservants to attend to her as she bathed and changed.

After cleaning up, Honeysuckle was brought before a young girl.

This girl was the same person Honeysuckle and Lin Xun had seen bathing by the stream.

But it was night then, and Honeysuckle hadn’t seen clearly.

Now, when Honeysuckle saw the girl clearly, her eyes froze.

She had never seen such a strange girl.

She had a pair of crystal-like dragon horns and a mane of silver-white hair that fell over her shoulders, just reaching her slender, snake-like waist.

Her golden eyes were full of majesty, yet they were also extremely beautiful.

Behind her was a long tail.

The tail looked like a snake’s, but if the Snake Clan transformed their tails, they wouldn’t have legs, so she couldn’t be a snake.

Furthermore, her body was covered in translucent, snow-white scales.

Not only that, Honeysuckle found that when she met the girl’s gaze, or when the girl drew closer to her, she would always feel an inexplicable fear.

It was as if her Bloodline was telling her to quickly kneel, to kneel before her and submit!

This was suppression coming from the Bloodline!

And someone with these characteristics and this level of suppression…

Could only be…

A Dragon!

Realizing this, beads of cold sweat broke out on Honeysuckle’s forehead!

Shouldn’t the Dragon Clan be extinct?

Why does the Dragon Clan still exist?

While Honeysuckle was still in disbelief, the girl stepped down from her throne, walked up to Honeysuckle, and reached out to infuse a wisp of spiritual power into her Sea of Consciousness.

“Can you understand me now?”

Honeysuckle thought she was going to be killed, but to her surprise, that wisp of spiritual power actually integrated the language of the Desolate Region into her mind.

“Who are you?”

Honeysuckle spoke slowly in the language of the Desolate Region.

“I am the master of the five nearby cities,” the woman said slowly. “Who are you? Where do you come from? Why did you intrude into my territory?”

“I…”

Honeysuckle answered the girl’s questions truthfully.

“You’re from the outside world? You were actually able to make it here?” The silver-haired girl took another step forward, pinched Honeysuckle’s face, and looked straight into her eyes. “Are you lying to me?”

Forced to look into the girl’s eyes, Honeysuckle felt an unprecedented fear, as if everything about her was being seen through by the girl.

“Hmm, you’re not lying.”

The Dragon Clan girl let go of her chin.

Then, the Dragon Clan girl took away Honeysuckle’s jade pendant.

Honeysuckle thought she was about to be dealt with.

Instead, Honeysuckle was taken to a room and provided with good food and drink, even with maidservants to serve her.

What Honeysuckle had to do every day was go to the Dragon Clan girl’s bedchamber at a fixed time to chat with her.

However, rather than chatting, it was more like telling her stories—stories about the world outside the Desolate Region… This kind of life continued for many days, until now.

“Guest, the master requests your presence.”

It was time for storytelling again, and a maidservant came to fetch Honeysuckle.

“I understand.”

Honeysuckle nodded and followed the maidservant to the Dragon Clan girl’s bedchamber.

“City Lord.”

Arriving at the girl’s room, Honeysuckle curtsied.

To this day, Honeysuckle still didn’t know the girl’s name.

“Sit.” The girl nodded, gesturing to the seat in front of her.

As usual, Honeysuckle sat down before the girl.

“Are you still refusing to talk about that man today?”

The Dragon Clan girl glanced at Honeysuckle and asked calmly.

Over the past few days, the Dragon Clan girl had asked Honeysuckle several times about the man who had been with her.

But Honeysuckle hadn’t revealed a thing, not even his name.

Honeysuckle shook her head. “I will not tell you his name, City Lord.”

“Why? Your life is in my hands now; are you really not afraid of death?”

“Even if I die, I cannot reveal his private information.”

The girl’s slit pupils blinked as she looked at Honeysuckle. “Do you like him?”

“No!”

“Then what is it?”

“He is my guest.”

“…”

The Dragon Clan girl was quite puzzled, but it didn’t matter.

“City Lord… can you not leave?”

Seeing the girl’s silence, Honeysuckle spoke slowly.

“Not right now…”

The Dragon Clan girl shook her head.

“However… the High Priest said that one day, we will leave.

And the day we leave will be the doomsday of this world.”