Rise of The Demon General

Chapter 762: Chapter 762. Third Option

”Ahh...!! So delicious! He has such high-quality meat!” Yuka exclaimed. Her woman’s face showed ecstasy, while the tentacles of her lower body grabbed the other half of Li Zhong’s body and greedily shoved it into the giant mouth in her abdomen. That mouth munched on the remains with relish.

Both Zee Whang and Dao Su were stunned by the turns of events. They didn’t understand what was going on. A loud booming sound was heard. The building they were in shook, and a loud alarm sounded.

They understood that this was the alarm signaling that someone was attempting to forcibly breach the building. Li Zhong had briefed them, but this was the first time it ever happened. In the brief, Li Zhong instructed them to gather whatever was important and approach him. They would flee together using the Shift Stone.

The problem was that Li Zhong had the shift stone. Such a tool to escape this place wasn’t entrusted to captives. With Li Zhong gone, they were trapped inside here.

”A Zuanze butterfly... What an incredible specimen. I thought its kind had long gone extinct. I would love to experiment with it,” Dao Su said. He had recovered from his surprise.

Zee Whang turned to him. ”You know this thing...? Hold on, it’s not the time to discuss that. We must find a way to flee from here!”

”There is no way to flee, you fool. This place is designed as our prison. The only one with the key is in that thing’s belly already.”

”Then how? We must do something!”

Dao Su threw Zee Whang a condescending glance and said, ”How unsightly. If it is your time to go, then it is your time to go. Stop being such a loser.”

”Bastard!” Zee Whang cursed. He was not going to give up just like that. He had his worker puppets gathered around him, acting as his shields.

Another unexpected thing happened. Just as the butterfly beast appeared out of nowhere. This time, a beautiful woman with eight fluffy tails appeared.

”Hey! Help brother break the seal so he can enter,” Lin Li told Yuka.

Yuka glanced at Lin Li. She licked her lips. ”I can’t do anything to you inside the ring’s space, but out here, I’m not restrained by his will. Your meat will be a great sustenance to me, even more than this man I have just eaten.”

”Do not think that I am still that weak fox you first met,” Lin Li hissed.

With eight full tails, Lin Li was already a Higher Mythical Beast, the same classification as Yuka. Even so, Lin Li knew she was not Yuka’s opponent. Zuanze Butterfly was upper-class even among Higher Mythical Beasts. Yuka’s combat power was way above hers. However, if she focused on survival, she should be able to dodge her for a while. If things became dangerous, she could return inside the black space ring she was currently holding.

”Also, Brother can see what happens through my eyes. If you make a move, expect yourself to lose that head of yours,” Lin Li added. She was referring to the control collar below Yuka’s head.

”So uptight,” Yuka ridiculed. ”I will never understand how you can bond to that degree with a human. That’s why I despise beasts tamed by cultivators. They have lost their sense of selves.”

She turned to face Zee Whang and Dao Su. ”Hm... That despicable man said not to harm the captive. He mentioned only one. There are two here. So, can I consume the others? I thought he mentioned a name, but I don’t remember. Hey, fox. Which one is our target captive?”

”Break the seal!” Lin Li repeated without answering Yuka’s question.

”Tch! What a disgraceful beast you are,” Yuka cursed. She turned to the workshop’s only entrance. Her eyes became pitch black, and two dark rays shot out. The dark rays crashed into an invisible layer at the entrance. The words of power around the workshop brightened, and the building shook even more.

”Haaa...!!” Yuka bellowed as she exerted more force. The dark rays shooting out of her eyes thickened and darkened further. Finally, with a boom, the invisible layer broke. The words of power flared brightly before vanishing altogether.

At almost the same time, a second boom sounded. They heard the front doors break and fall to the floor. Not long after, a masked and hooded person walked into the room. The person removed his mask.

Zee Whang’s eyes turned wide. ”Yo–You...?! How are you in this realm?”

”A friend of yours?” Dao Su asked him. Zee Whang didn’t answer.

Lin Li gave the necklace with the black space ring to Amon, who then wore it around his neck.

”You can return now,” Amon said.

Lin Li vanished. Amon turned to Yuka. ”I meant you as well.”

”Heh... What’s the difference between being trapped inside my usual prison and being inside that ring? If anything, I can’t even move if you will it. My old prison is better in that regard.”

”I will only restrain you if you seek to harm my tamed beast or go for the Primordial Blue Lotus. If you behave, you won’t find me restraining you. Also, you can choose to come out whenever you want.”

”Hehe, you are right. Be careful, so you don’t end up like that man I just ate.”

”Heh! Like you haven’t tried that before. Go ahead, but if you piss me off too many times. I might consider keeping you around is more hazardous than useful. At that time, you can say goodbye to your head.”

Yuka had used the same trick on Amon as she did to Li Zhong. She appeared abruptly when Amon least expected it and aimed to kill him in one fell swoop. So long as the target wasn’t far stronger, she could kill anyone that way, as she had proven with Li Zhong. However, on the three occasions she tried that on Amon, never once was she successful. She assumed it was the ring that notified Amon beforehand that she was about to come out.

”Hmph! Don’t think you can keep threatening me with this collar,” Yuka uttered defiantly.

”I know that for a Zuanze butterfly, losing your head doesn’t mean you will die immediately. However, it will greatly weaken you. I can easily kill you with my power when you are weakened. Do you not believe me?”

Yuka had fought Amon before Amon gave him the collar. She knew that Amon’s claim was true.

”Go back into the ring,” Amon repeated. It was not mistaken from his tone that it was a command.

”Tch, bastard!” Yuka cursed, but she did as Amon commanded. She vanished as Lin Li did.

Amon finally turned his attention to the other two people in the room.

Dao Su spoke first. ”This is hard to believe. I don’t sense any mental link between you and that Zuanze Butterfly. I can’t believe that spirit beast listens to you when it is not your tamed beast.”

”Who are you?” Amon asked.

”My name is Dao Su, the greatest Flesh Alterer that ever lived!” Dao Su declared. Anyone could hear the obvious pride in his voice.

”Greatest, my ass,” Zee Whang responded. He then said to Amon, ”What do you want? Did you chase me all the way into this realm to finish what you attempted all those years ago?”

Amon shook his head. ”Don’t flatter yourself. You don’t mean that much to me. I suffer the same fate as you. I am no longer welcome in Aetheria. I am an exile from that world.”

”Really? Why?” Zee Whang asked, but then he remembered. ”Right... People found out you are a demon.”

”Never mind that. We are not here to talk about me. I am here to give you an offer, and I need an answer quickly. I can’t be sure if the alarm in this place is linked to the authority in this city. Nevertheless, let’s say we have five minutes to clear this place.”

”Offer?” Zee Whang was intrigued.

”You are a prisoner here, forced to do work for Hai Di, the lord of this domain. I currently serve under the lord of the Mercy Domain. She asked me to either procure you for her or kill you so Hai Di doesn’t get the benefit. If you follow me back to her, you will end up in the same condition as you are. I’m offering you a third option.”

”Which is?”

”Work with me.”

Zee Whang spat. ”How is that any different? I’m better off working for a domain lord than a nobody like you!”

”I said work with me, not for me. Can you please pay attention?”

”What’s the difference?”

”I will give you a place to work. You can do whatever you want there. I won’t supervise you aside from providing security. All I ask in return is that you provide me with a steady supply of battle puppets, without the control inputs installed, of course. I will install the control inputs myself.”