Right. Did she have the capability to defeat this nine-tailed fox demon? Yan Lin was forced to think.

Even though Shen Minyao's current rank was still in mid-rank, she should not underestimate this demoness. Her twin sister used to be the strongest in their brood. However, even she turned out to be no match against this sinister fox demoness when Su Daji entered the imperial harem centuries ago.

For a mid-rank demon, it was already surprising that Shen Minyao was able to put Yan Lin under a powerful spell. It was even one that not only consumed a lot of demonic power but also required a strong will to keep up with it.

There weren't many demons that could do such a thing, for it was hard to sustain such a powerful spell and keep one's sanity at the same time. The danger of falling into the same spell as your prey wasn't something any demon would be able to tolerate.

Baiyu changed into his real demon form as a huge white snake and killed the rest of the minions of the blood-sucking demoness. While the boy was at it, Mu Qing looked around to find Zhao Yichen. He didn't need to get involved in this one-sided fight against Yan Lin. Baiyu alone could easily deal with her.

No wonder the fox demoness wasn't bothered nor worried at all, knowing that victory would be hers.

He found the human still asleep in one of the bedrooms of the presidential suite they were in. It seemed that Zhao Yichen wasn't even aware that he'd been kidnapped while being in his peaceful slumber.

Mu Qing stood next to the glass window that spanned from the ceiling down to the floor, giving him the perfect cityscape view of Jiang City at night. From where he stood, he could sense that the number of demons that invaded the city had dramatically lessened thanks to the combined efforts of Lord Qin and Li Fei'er.

If this was in the past, many would frown upon the tandem of those two. Who would have thought that a demon lord like Qin Zhi would get along really well with their arch nemesis, a shaman like Li Fei'er?

Perhaps, even if immortals like him tried not to admit it, change was inevitable. Witnessing such an odd pair working together would become normal in the future.

Zhao Yichen stirred in his sleep, but he didn't wake up.. even at the horrified shriek Yan Lin made in the main room of the suite.

'She must be facing the snake demon by now,' Mu Qing thought.

His mind then drifted to the order he recently received from his superiors. While he was given the order to keep an eye on the infamous nine-tailed fox and help her eradicate Xuan Yanrui, the other part of the order made him feel conflicted about it.

'Kill the nine-tailed fox woman if you have a chance, and we will clear the remaining number of the souls you still need to collect.. for you to be able to reincarnate.'

That didn't sit well for someone as prideful as Mu Qing. He wasn't sure about the kind of atrocities and crimes he had done in his past life as a human, but killing Shen Minyao or Su Daji.. whatever name she had—felt like a dick move to someone like him. Still, he should not openly defy his superior's orders.

Everyone perceived the nine-tailed fox woman as a dangerous demon, but wasn't it easy to say that the crimes she committed in the past were because someone dared to touch her bottom line?

Mu Qing had heard about the human ward that Su Daji kept by her side and protected with her life. It was the same human that the emperor of the imperial dynasty killed to provoke and spite the nine-tailed fox woman.

However, what the stupid human didn't expect was that it would unleash the beast within the demon. Thousands of humans were killed in the process, regardless of whether they were innocent or not of killing her human ward.

No matter whether she was a demon or not, Mu Qing thought that everyone had a bottom line that no one should dare to touch. In his opinion, he would rather spend a few more centuries collecting human souls than betray Shen Minyao's mutual trust and respect that she had for him.

By now, she probably knew the reason why he was by her side, but the fox woman didn't make any indication that she was bothered by it. Shen Minyao probably trusted him to the extent that she was willing to let him stay next to her, even after knowing that there's a possibility that he would kill her himself.

Back to the three demons in the lounge of the presidential suite..

Yan Lin found herself speechless as a huge white snake demon appeared in place of the young boy and killed the remaining men that fell under her curse.

Aside from putting her in a spell to relive the last moments of her twin sister, Shen Minyao had yet to make another move against her. Was the fox woman confident that the young snake demon was more than enough to kill her?

'Shit,' Yan Lin cursed inwardly. Did she underestimate Shen Minyao for being a mid-rank level demon like her?

If she defeated this fox demoness, surely, she would be promoted to a high-ranking demon. However, such a dream seemed impossible at the moment.. as she now faced the powerful Gu demon she helped cultivate with a human. historical

This young demon shouldn't be older than three months, but he was able to reach the middle rank in such a short amount of time. As to why he ended up being in the service of the fox demoness, Yan Lin had no idea.

Anyone who dared to tamper with the Gu curse should have paid with their own life for breaking the rules, but how did Shen Minyao manage to do it?

"If I were you, I would rather think of a way to save myself than waste my time wondering what led me into this mess," Shen Minyao suddenly said, as if she knew what turned the gears in Yan Lin's mind.

Yan Lin sneered at the nine-tailed fox woman and used her telepathy to summon the remaining members of her brood, but no one came to answer her.

'What's going on?' She thought confusedly.

She arrived here in Jiang City with hundreds of her sisters in tow, intending to hunt this very same nine-tailed fox woman in front of her. Where were they now?

Shen Minyao suddenly burst into a fit of laughter as she remained seated on the single couch like a queen.

Yan Lin was startled upon seeing the arrogant and mocking look that Shen Minyao had, but she refused to show that she was intimidated.

"You are probably wondering why no one's answering your call, right? Too bad, Miss Yan. Lord Qin despised demons who caused unnecessary trouble in his territory. All of them should be dead by now." The fox demoness smirked.

'No! Impossible!' Yan Lin thought. All of her sisters were just like her. They were all mid-rank demons. Even if Qin Zhi—Lord of the South—was a high-ranking demon, he shouldn't be able to so easily defeat her sisters like this.

Yan Lin had no idea that Li Fei'er had contributed greatly to the fall of her sisters. Indeed, Qin Zhi would have a hard time defeating all those hundreds of blood-sucking demons on his own, considering that they used their charms to put men like him under their spell. However, they had no idea that he suddenly became immune to it.

How could Qin Zhi fall under such a scheme when the young woman next to him looked exactly like his deceased wife?

"Do you see now, Miss Yan? You came here thinking that you would be able to kill me using the Gu demon you procured for Zhao Yichen's uncle. Too bad that he gave his loyalty to me. I suppose I need to thank you for giving me such a wonderful shikigami I could use." Shen Minyao chuckled as Baiyu's body curled around her seat. He then rested his massive head on the fox woman's shoulder, nudging her to pet his head as she did.

Yan Lin stared at them in disbelief. Indeed, she had given the Gu pot filled with venomous demons to Zhao Fang for him to cultivate. Actually, she was just using the old man to feed the pot, but she was planning to kill him to snatch the ownership of the Gu demon that would come out victorious in the end.

It was just.. she didn't expect Shen Minyao to meddle and snatch her thunder!

Yan Lin wanted to use the Gu demon to torture the nine-tailed fox woman, knowing that Shen Minyao wasn't immune to toxin, unlike Lord Qin.. In the end, she had given the fox woman her own blade to kill her.