Chapter 30

As the starlight sprinkled from the night sky, when it passed through that invisible barrier, it refracted strangely, falling on the face of the middle-aged demon, making his complexion appear even paler, as if he were the undissolved snow and ice of the north.

Luo Luo raised her arm, wiping away the blood at the corner of her mouth, and asked, "Do you want to kidnap me or kill me?"

The demon man calmly replied, "To kidnap you, I cannot leave the capital, so I apologize, but I can only kill you on the spot."

Luo Luo stared at the faintly visible devil horns in his hair and asked, "It seems you have been waiting for me for a long time."

The demon man bowed slightly and said, "Since the day Your Highness left the homeland, more precisely, since the day you crossed that river full of the smell of blood, I have been waiting, waiting for this day to come."

Luo Luo said, "That has been a very long time."

"I have been away from my hometown for several years, and I have been accompanying you on this journey for more than a year. I have been hiding like a rat in the capital for more than half a year. Life for me has been silently watching you in the night, very dull and very dangerous."

The demon man calmly recounted his life over the past few years, very calmly, but in reality, it was very cruel, even tragic—hiding in the core city of the human world for so long, he must have paid a great price, especially mentally.

After a moment of silence, he turned to look at the distant north beyond the lake and sighed, "I miss the snow and wind of my hometown, and I miss my wife and children. Thank you, Your Highness, for giving me the opportunity to complete this great mission tonight."

After hearing these two sentences, Luo Luo felt some regret.

She did not expect that the demons had been watching her, following her all the way from her hometown to the capital, with such deep and meticulous planning. Once the demons seized the opportunity, there would be no room for any unexpected situations.

What she regretted was that she had provided this opportunity to the demons. If it were not to find that person, she would have used all her cunning to escape the protection of her clan. The demon man in front of her would probably still be hiding, wasting his life in the human world until he grew old.

She looked up at the night sky, seeing the clearly refracted starlight, knowing that the magical artifact had successfully isolated the two worlds. Although her clan was on the other side of the National College wall, they would definitely not hear her cries for help.

At this moment and place, no one could come to save her, except herself.

Luo Luo confirmed her situation and became calm, looking at the demon man, the innocence in her eyes replaced by the will to fight: "The Upper Realm of the Mystic Path is strong, but not strong enough. I don't think you have the qualifications to kill me."

"Living in the capital is not easy. There are too many human experts here. If I were too strong, I might easily alarm people like Mo Yu. A few palace attendants from the Great Zhou Palace could easily kill me, so I can't be too strong."

The demon man looked at her and said, "My cultivation method is good at concealment. Although I am not particularly strong, I am not particularly weak either. It is just enough to kill Your Highness, so I am the most suitable. That's why I am the one standing in front of you today, not someone else."

Luo Luo said, "I want to know your name."

She said this very calmly, with a sense of superiority.

"My name is Maha," the demon man obediently answered.

Luo Luo said, "Maha is a surname, not a name."

The demon man smiled slightly, his pale face wrinkling like white paper, looking somewhat terrifying: "Your Highness, delaying time is meaningless."

Luo Luo laughed, her laughter clear and crisp, spreading far with the night wind. If there were no barrier, at least the people on the other side of the wall could hear it clearly, but the demon man had no intention of stopping her.

"I thought you didn't care if I delayed time," she said, no longer trying, but speaking seriously.

The demon man said, "Killing Your Highness, I will definitely find it hard to escape the capital. So this time will probably be the last of my over a hundred years of life. Being able to talk to a noble bloodline like Your Highness, I believe my soul can rest more easily."

Luo Luo opened her big eyes, her eyelashes fluttering, and asked curiously, "Aren't you worried about being discovered by humans?"

The demon man pointed to the iron rods on the grass in front of him.

"It's very close to the palace," she kindly reminded him.

The demon man said expressionlessly, "I believe that even if the Holy Empress is watching here, she will not discover what we are doing."

"Alright, I really confirm that no one will come to save me."

Luo Luo sighed, her frown making her look somewhat cute.

"Then, do you really think you can kill me?"

After saying this, her eyes suddenly became extremely bright, like two pearls. She untied a leather whip from her waist with her right hand. The whip was very long, so long that it eventually piled up at her feet, and it was unclear how she had previously stored it at her waist.

"Is this the legendary Rainfall Whip?"

The demon man seemed very moved, perhaps because he saw the legendary divine weapon, or for some other reason.

Then he looked at Luo Luo and said very seriously, "No matter how many rare magical artifacts you carry, Your Highness must die tonight, because this is the plan of the military strategist. There will be no unexpected situations."

Hearing this, Luo Luo's small hand holding the whip handle tightened slightly, turning pale.

The demon military strategist is one of the most terrifying names on the continent.

Even her parents take this person very seriously.

After the great war ended, the demons were defeated by the human and demon alliances, but they did not fall. They could still struggle in the cold north, and even showed signs of revival in recent years. Apart from the cold and strong demon king stabilizing the situation in Snow Elder City, the most important reason was that a military strategist was planning for the demons. Whether it was those inconceivable plots or the open and aboveboard civil policies, there was always the shadow of that person behind them.

Yes, the shadow of that person.

The demon military strategist is a human.

No one knows why a human would betray their own race and serve the demons, but the whole continent knows that this human is highly respected in the demon world. Just from this, one can see how remarkable this person is.

The plots laid by the demon military strategist have never failed. His thinking has no flaws, and his grasp and utilization of human hearts have long surpassed the level of perfection, becoming an indescribable ability.

For countless years, the human northern expeditions have failed due to this person's plots and schemes, even before the armies set out. The losses this person has caused to humans are even greater than the combined terror of the demons' eight great mountains.

Countless human experts and demon warriors have tried to find this demon military strategist and assassinate him, but no one has ever succeeded. Apart from a sword expert from the Longevity Sect, no one has even found him.

To this day, no one knows the surname, appearance, or background of this demon military strategist, or why he chose to betray humans and join the demons. There are even legends that after the demons' defeat, this strategist did not return to Snow Elder City with the demon king but chose to hide his identity and live in the human world. He could be your neighbor, your teacher, or even a priest.

This is the most terrifying aspect of the demon military strategist.

People only know that he often wears a black robe.

Many demon experts, when mentioning him, respectfully call him: Lord Black Robe.

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Luo Luo looked at the demon man in the black robe beside the tree, her heart gradually sinking.

If this is the plan of the demon military strategist, then she might really find it hard to escape. Everyone knows that the demon military strategist's plans seem simple and even casual, but they have never had any flaws or unexpected situations.

The demon man in the black robe beside the tree is likely a direct subordinate of the strategist.

The iron magical artifact in front of him directly rejects all changes from the outside world.

She came to the National College alone.

No one else could see her.

She would naturally die.

This setup is very simple but logically flawless.

She knew she could only rely on her own strength to survive.

But she also knew that the demon military strategist must have made the most precise calculations of both sides' strengths. As the demon man said earlier, he is not too strong, but not too weak, just enough to kill her.

He will definitely kill her.

She could see his strength level because of her talent, but that doesn't mean she could defeat him.

According to the human strength classification, she should be at the initial stage of the Enlightenment Realm. For her age, this realm is already astonishing, but in a life-or-death battle with an adult expert, this realm is not enough to save her.

"Being able to talk to a noble bloodline like Your Highness in the last moments of my life, I am very satisfied."

The demon man slowly walked towards her, slowly raising his right hand, with a faint white light visible between his fingers.

That was a light ball formed by true essence.

Luo Luo felt the terrifying aura from the light ball and squinted her eyes slightly.

The demon man was wearing a pair of old boots.

The soles of the boots left no marks on the lawn.

During the day, the grass was cut short, and the cut ends exuded a pleasant smell.

The grass seemed to become stronger because it was cut short, supporting the soles of the demon man's boots.

No, that was just a momentary scene.

In fact, when the demon man took his first step, his figure began to blur and then disappeared!

Luo Luo's eyes became even brighter, as if trying to illuminate the night.

She knew that the demon man could hide in the human world for so long, as he said, because his cultivation method was heavily focused on concealment, but she did not expect that he could disappear so easily in battle.

In the next moment, the demon man appeared behind her!

That terrifying fist directly struck her back!

The demon man's strength far exceeded hers, but even so, his first move was the strongest method.

He gathered all his true essence in his fist and struck with all his might. Even if he hit, his right hand would be crippled, but he did not care. As long as he could kill this little girl, he would be willing to sacrifice his life and soul, let alone a hand?

Luo Luo could not block that fist, and in fact, she could not even track his movements.

But her whip could.

The long whip in her right hand, like a snake, sprang up, and the tip of the whip, like a snake's tongue, hissed through the night air, directly piercing the throat of the demon man behind her.

At the same time, she released her hand, and the third button fell to the ground.

The demon man's pale face remained expressionless, ignoring it, and still struck with his fist.

A light hiss.

A blood hole appeared on his throat.

But at the same time, his fist landed on Luo Luo's back.

The demons were born amidst the mountains and snow, and their strength is named after mountains.

His fist was a mountain.

This mountain directly struck the little girl's body.

The scene looked very cruel.

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The button fell to the ground.

A slight mist rose, and before it dissipated, Luo Luo had already turned around to face that terrifying fist.

According to the demon man's strange movement, she should not have had time to turn around, but she did.

Because she used another Thousand Mile Button in advance.

The Thousand Mile Button could not help her cross the invisible barrier, but it could at least help her turn around.

But what could she do after turning around?

The terrifying fist was getting closer, and the true essence light between his fingers was becoming brighter.

Was it just for dignity, to face death in the last moment of life?

No.

Luo Luo's childish eyes showed a determined expression.

She shouted clearly, clenching her small fist and striking the approaching fist without fear.

A loud boom!

The floor was torn up, dust flew everywhere, and the lawn was covered with deep, web-like marks. The recently trimmed forest swayed in the wind!

A gentle night breeze blew.

The dust gradually settled, revealing the figures of two people.

The demon man stood in place, his pale face showing a complex expression, with several streams of blood slowly flowing down.

His black robe was torn into countless pieces, revealing his pale and strong body.

His right fist was already a bloody mess, with white bones visible.

The most terrifying injury was on his head.

His left demon horn had broken off at the base, and blood was gushing out.

A slightly yellow fang was deeply embedded in his forehead, trembling slightly.

If this sharp fang had penetrated a few more inches, it might have already killed him!

The demon man reached out to pull out the fang, but for some reason, he did not dare to touch it.

He knew that if it were not for the magical artifact given to him by the strategist to control the battlefield, he would have already been killed by this little girl.

Thinking of this, his face became even paler, and he felt some fear.

"Is... this the fang of the Great Emperor?"

He stared into Luo Luo's eyes, his voice trembling, feeling pain and anger: "Indeed, as the legend goes, Your Highness possesses countless treasures. To have a protective magical artifact of this level, I underestimated you."

Three Thousand Mile Buttons, a Rainfall Whip, and a fang of the Great Emperor.

Any one of these, in the world, could make people bankrupt... no, it would be something that powerful people would be willing to sacrifice everything to obtain.

And these were all on her, used without hesitation.

If the powerful people in the world saw the scene tonight, they would certainly beat their chests in regret and sorrow.

But she would not, because she is Luo Luo, and

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she is very generous, so she is first generous to herself, and these things are originally hers.

"I must admit, Your Highness, your response was excellent. The power of your innate bloodline is indeed strong, but unfortunately... this is the plan of the strategist. He must have calculated the things you carry and confirmed that they are not enough to kill me."

The demon man smeared blood across his pale face, looking terrifying in the slightly curved starlight.

He finally said, "Since I am still alive, you must die."

Luo Luo's condition was not good. Blood was seeping from the corner of her mouth, which she had previously wiped clean.

She looked at the demon man, lightly flicking her whip. The long whip reflected the starlight, coming alive in the night, no longer a snake but a dragon.

A dragon in the rain and wind.

The Rainfall Whip, ranked 17th on the list of a hundred weapons.

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The demon man disappeared, and the library was surrounded by howling sounds. The light leaking from inside was like a small boat in a giant wave, flickering and disappearing.

Luo Luo lowered her head and stood still, the Rainfall Whip in her hand dancing wildly in the night wind.

Faint raindrops began to fall.

Occasionally, a cold aura broke through the night, but was blocked by the raindrops.

Occasionally, a fierce light broke through the wind, but the wind suddenly intensified, forming a barrier.

The Rainfall Whip can summon rain and wind from all directions, making it the best weapon for defense.

This is also why she chose the Rainfall Whip as her weapon when she left her hometown.

But she is just a little girl, at the initial stage of the Enlightenment Realm, with a huge gap compared to the demon man.

If she had not successfully ambushed him with the fang of the Great Emperor, the demon man could have relied on his powerful true essence to directly resist the power of the Rainfall Whip and kill her, but the situation was not much better now.

The demon man's movement was too strange, following an incomprehensible trajectory, moving freely in the night.

Her whip could summon rain and wind from all directions, protecting her