âDannyâŠâ Warren sat down, his gaze like a blade. Although facts were already enough to make him lower his head, he still didnât intend to relinquish his dignity as a descendant of a great family.
âDonât let me see you again,â he said with nearly gnashing teeth.
But most importantly, he hadnât expected that Xu Yangyi would be a Marquis. America had pitifully few Marquises. All the true elites were in Lesser Thousand Realms. It could be said that a major city had thirty Marquises, but this number wasnât evenly split throughout the entire United States! As a matter of fact, a majority of states only had less than ten!
Even if Xu Yangyi was stronger, a Marquis still wouldnât come to such a meeting place. And his grandfather was a real deal Marquis!
âI need you to do something for me,â Xu Yangyi got straight to the point. âGet your family elder to come see me. I have business I want to discuss with him.â
Danny silently gasped. He realized somethingâŠ
Presently, the Tullius Family was wildly celebrating because Laurent Tullius had broke through to Marquis a week ago. This allowed them to become a famous American family. The fact that this Chinese cultivator dared to speak with such a impudently calm tone only meant one thingâŠ
His realm⊠was greater than Laurentâs!
Mid Marquis?!
He felt the view in front of him swoon a bit. A mid Marquis⊠These were all awesomely renown feudal lords that could all be considered to rule over a state capital. It wasnât a question that one could take charge over a first-rate state capital! And one was sitting in front of him right now?
âYou?!â Danny snapped his head up. His recent humiliation, still fresh on his mind, was interrupted by anger in a flash. He raised his head at Warren and gritted out, âWhat are you doing?! What qualifications do you have to use such a tone with a Marquis! Who do you think you are?!â
However, Warren erupted, âEven the House of Draculâs direct descendants rely on our Tullius Family a lot. Right now, right here, in this meeting place! You say you want to see my grandfather, so you will?! Itâs like youâre giving our Tullius Family charity! Remember clearly⊠weâre a Marquis-rank family now!â
âOn top of that, you actually dare to injure my leg! Good⊠very good! I swear that I, Warren Tullius, will clearly remember this matter, and I will return it tenfold! Unless, you risk killing me here!â Warren glared at Xu Yangyi provokingly, laughing coldly as he braced himself. âDo you dare? Chinese man?â
âMr. Warren! Danny immediately said and his heart chilled.
Nonetheless, Warren shouted over him, âShut up! Danny you actually dare to play me? I swear, thereâs no chance youâre hanging out in this meeting place anymore! Pack up your cheap psychedelic drugs and fuck off to another meeting place!â
Dannyâs mouth opened and shut. Afterwards, he respectfully glanced at Xu Yangyi. He didnât dare to speak.
Out of the goodness of his heart, he wanted to advise Warren to control his bossy mouth, but the Sir Marquis hadnât spoken up. It wasnât his turn to speak.
âI do.â Xu Yangyi indifferently poured a cup of alcohol. âI think I would kill your recently advanced Marquis in probably less than ten moves.â
Danny was stunned. Warren was stunned as well.
Soon, Warren burst into laughter, âA psycho⊠Youâre a psycho! Who do you think you are? My grandfatherâs a Marquis! Do you think youâre one as well! Just look at your pitiful qi! I canât even sense it!â
Warren looked around. No one was paying attention to him. This point was strange, but he didnât care. âYou think you can rely on these kinds of petty methods to scare me? Iâll tell you, friend, you think of much. True power doesnât require such a clumsy displayâŠâ
âWarren, heâs a Marquis.â At this time, a womanâs voice rang out at the door.
âHahaha! This really is a massive joke⊠You! Youâre!!!â As usual, Warren began to wildly laugh, yet he was suddenly startled.
A woman wearing a long cloak slowly walked in from the door. She was like a spectre. Her cloak completely hid her face.
In a twinkling, the entire meeting place went quiet.
Everyone looked at this woman with terrified eyes. On her cloak, the design of a fine crimson bat was as striking to the eyes as fire. And everyone present understood what this fine design represented!
The high echelon of the Dracul!
âS-She isâŠâ The middle-aged DJ spinning vinyl looked at the woman in a daze. Without missing a beat, he cried out and crouched on the ground, his voice shaky, âThe borough⊠borough overseer!â
âSheâs the district overseer, Her Highness Tamamo!!!â
In an instant, an ear-piercing rattle rang out. In less than ten seconds, everyone in the bar had a knee on the ground. In their respect, each person held fanaticism, and shouted excitedly, âHer Highness Tamamo! Welcome, your grace!â
Xu Yangyi didnât speak. Just now, heâd felt a trace of strangeness.
Middle Foundation Establishment.
This womanâs voice⊠was very familiar.
As if heâd once heard it many years ago, and it left him with deep memories.
In this moment, the music seemed to stop. And at the same time the music stopped, so did Warrenâs heart.
Marquis!
Just now⊠Her Highness Tamamo had said with her own mouth⊠that this Chinese man was a Marquis!
âYou⊠sirâŠâ In shock, Warren turned his head and looked at the only person in the bar who wasnât on a knee, grasping at straws to find words.
A half-second later, he almost dropped to a knee out of instinct. From head to toe, he shivered. He finally realized what the meaning was of Xu Yangyi saying that he could kill his grandfather Laurent in ten moves.
âLong time no seeâŠâ The woman towed her long cloak, and took step after step to arrive in front of Xu Yangyi. Her voice carried a kind of strange excitement. âItâs been over twenty years⊠no, thirty⊠I didnât expect⊠that I would still be able to see youâŠâ
No one present dared to speak. Only quite a few peopleâs gazes linked together. Why⊠did it appear that Her Highness Tamamo recognized this other fellow?
âYou certainly donât remember who This Throne is.â The womanâs voice was instilled with killing intent, not masked in the slightest. âJust like I didnât expect that I would be able to meet you here as well⊠Heavenâs Will, all is of Heavenâs WillâŠâ
âThis Throne?â Xu Yangyi also stood up and looked straight at the woman. âYouâre a Chinese cultivator? But youâre name belongs to a Japanese demon? I donât remember where I met you either.â
âHeh heh hehâŠâ The womanâs jade arm extended out from a changpao. She seemed to daintily cover her vermilion lips, her laughter gleefully joyous. âOf course you donât remember⊠but I, over these past decades, have remembered you for every single day⊠Not a moment, not an instant, that I dare to forgetâŠâ
âIf not for you⊠how could I be so miserable?!â She suddenly stepped forward, gnashing her teeth as she spoke, âHalf-step Core Formation demoted to middle Foundation Establishment⊠A hundred-year foundation destroyed in one day, my demon core utterly ruined⊠Xu Yangyi, oh, Xu Yangyi⊠In these past decades the misery I have suffered cannot be repaid even if you died ten thousand times!!!â
Each person listened, shock in their hearts. Finally, someone whispered to the person beside them, âI heard⊠Her Highness Tamamo is Chinese. Because she committed a huge crime, she relied on the Dracul for protection⊠She was a quasi Grand Duke?â
However, as soon as he turned his head back, he was so frightened that he was terrified out of his mind!
At his side⊠almost everyoneâs heads had already fallen to the ground! Headless bodies covered the floor with blood!
âToday, everyone must die.â She giggled delicately, and her long cloak flew upwards. Finally, her cloak was blown away, revealing her beautiful-looking face. âAny who have seen him must die here⊠Fellow Daoist Xu⊠I truly didnât expect that you would actually cultivate to middle Foundation Establishment in these past decades. This Palace looked down on you too much⊠but only I can obtain the object you harbor!â
In that fleeting moment her cloak flew away, Xu Yangyi stared blankly. Yet in the next second, frenzied killing intent surged from his chest!
âVermilion SnowâŠâ He gritted his teeth, and his majestic spiritual pressure loudly erupted. He stared the fox-demon down, face to face, without falling back whatsoever. âSo it was you!â
Yes⊠the Draculâs overseer was Vermilion Snow, who had completely vanished after slaughtering an entire Heavens Law branch that day!
No wonder China couldnât find her tracks. It turned out that she had illegally crossed into America at the time!
âIt is I!!!â Vermilion Snow laughed heartily, and she slowly floated into the air. Underneath her cloak, nine fox tails coiled around her, and streaks of black qi emanated from her. âI snuck into Japan and changed my name to Tamamo, and then I snuck into America⊠Fellow Daoist Xu⊠you truly did injure me so wretchedly!â
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âI was grand half-step Core Formation, below ten and above the myriad masses! I was actually forced by you, an insignificant Qi Condensation insect, to flee China⊠Xu Yangyi, oh, Xu Yangyi⊠If I didnât just happen to be this boroughâs overseer, if I didnât rely on the Dracul for protection, if that lowly slave-girl Vanessa hadnât sought me out⊠how could I meet you again today?!â
âIf I donât tear you to shreds, if I donât take your skull as my wine goblet⊠How can I free myself from my disgrace that day?! How could I free myself from my heartâs great hatred!!!â
Xu Yangyi said coldly, âHow did you recognize me?â
âHehe⊠we have such deep destiny, and I have been in
intimate
contact with you. How could I not recognize you? This is the Thousand Illusions, right⊠If I wasnât close, I still wouldnât have recognized you. But that day, my blood and yours touched. Direct contact. The Thousand Illusions is useless.â
Without further wasted words, needless of anything else to say, they stared at each for a brief moment. Time seemed to pause, but instantly shatter. Prompt in action, Vermilion Snow flipped her jade-white hand, and an enormous black palm appeared in the air. Bringing with it a sky of ghostly wails, it rushed Xu Yangyi!
CrashâŠ
She hadnât held back at all! Everything was annihilated into cinders wherever the giant palm passed! In nearly a blink, countless cultivators in the bar evaporated away!
On that day, she, who possessed a bit of Core Formation might, had killed thousands. So today, how could she care for the lives of a few insignificant foreign cultivators!
âThat yearâŠâ Xu Yangyi didnât move. Instead, he looked this palm, sighing with terrible sorrow in his heart. âI had to think about how I would survive your palm⊠but todayâŠâ His gaze suddenly flashed, and he also waved his palm and roared angrily, âI can put you to death here!!!â
BOOM!!!
The spiritual pressure of two middle Foundation Establishment cultivators fiercely collided! In that moment of collision, black and azure qi ripples wildly exploded at the nexus! It was like a blade had cut apart the entire meeting place! Even those who luckily hadnât died to Vermilion Snowâs palm still died under these qi waves.
Only the dumbstruck Warren and Danny hadnât died.
Xu Yangyi still needed them, so he protected them.
SwishâŠ
Qi ripples spread. Vermilion Snowâs somewhat reddened eyes had already became slits, and she looked at Xu Yangyi with violently surging killing intent. As for Xu Yangyi, his killing intent hadnât lowered by the slightest as well. He stared right at Vermilion Snow.
âThat year, I swore an oath that some day in the future I would surely behead you under my sword.â Behind Xu Yangyi, the phantasm of a white tiger now appeared. âHave you picked out a grave?â
âHehehe⊠brat, you have just recently advanced into Foundation Establishment. How dare you be rude to me!â Vermilion Snow coldly laughed as she gnashed her teeth, âThe heavens above⊠Iâll see you off to a perfect sky burial. Iâll have you know the fundamental difference between a genius such as myself and a dreg like you!â
âDonât think that an insect can transform into a dragon. Even if you evolved countless more times, youâd still be a vulgar maggot.â
As soon as her voice fell, the two of them turned into streaking lights and soared straight to the horizon!
And in downtown New York, at the very top of the 381-meter-tall Empire State Building, Vanessa and a bald man raised their hands at the same time the streaking lights rushed into the sky!
At the buildingâs summit, no less than ten man-sized bats were hanging there!
âYou have profaned the Holy Object⊠Seeing it is your wrongdoingâŠâ Vanessa murmured.
âIf you were part of the Dracul, perhaps your life could be spared, but you arenât⊠So take your grievances and confess in hell!â
âThe Primogenitorâs Holy Coffin must not be divulged in the slightest! Night Bats, rise!!!â
1. Perhaps you picked it up earlier, but the name Tamamo is based off the Japanese demon Tamamo-no-Mae, as Xu Yangyi points out. In legend, Tamamo-no-Mae is an infamous Nine-Tailed Fox. In some versions of the legend, it is the same fox that caused trouble in both China and India before going to Japan.
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