Fantasy: Ten Dragons Compete for the Throne, I, the Villain, Choose to Play it Off

Her gaze kept shifting between the Vermilion Bird Saintess and Li Qiye.

Finally, Hu Yueyue's gaze settled on Li Qiye, while Li Qiye's gaze had also seen through the scene, his eyes extremely clear, like a transparent mirror, without any impurities.

Through the other person's gaze, a bizarre thought arose in Hu Yueyue's mind: the other person recognized him.

Moreover, they were trying to curry favor with him, but he had never appeared in the world, and almost none of the major powers in the Nine Netherworld knew of his existence.

This is why the Vermilion Bird Saintess, who was unwilling to profit from the flock, hadn't recognized him yet. If she had, most of these things wouldn't have happened. Hu Yueyue was here, and out of respect for the morale of the Nine-Tailed Fox clan, she still had to give him some face.

"This is utter nonsense. The Nine-Tailed Fox Clan is one of the ancient royal families of all races in the next life. How could they possibly join your Great Zhou Dynasty?"

"The Vermilion Bird Saintess said coldly."

It was as if he was trying to save face, forcibly retracting what he had just said.

"So what if you are the ancient royal families of all races? When the Great Emperor of Eternity ruled over all races and destroyed the Heavenly Demon Realm, did you ancient royal families ever consider the differences between races? I do remember that the Great Emperor of Eternity only wanted to protect Renzu, while your ancestors knelt down and begged the human race to take them in in order to save themselves. You must not have forgotten that, right? Now, although millions of years have passed, you ancient royal families have become arrogant and have forgotten who saved you back then? Who secured your survival?"

"Do you want to forget these things for the sake of so-called dignity? Whether it is the human race or any other race, they are all just forests of the Nine Netherworld. Now that the seal of the Heavenly Demon Realm is about to loosen and the Heavenly Demon Realm is making a comeback, we should join forces. But you are doing this for your own benefit and to protect yourselves. You treat all the major forces as enemies. If they don't join, you will suppress or wipe them out."

"Now you even regard the human race that saved you as your greatest enemy. Your actions are simply ungrateful and no different from those of ingrates. You will be punished for what you have done."

A cold voice rang out, silencing the surrounding argument and freezing time. The Vermilion Bird Saintess was speechless, for Li Qiye's words were all undeniable truth. The ancient royal families had indeed survived to this day because of the protection of the Eternal Emperor, who was a human and had once ruled over humanity, representing the entire human race. Without the Eternal Emperor's approval, how could the ancient royal families of all races have joined in to protect themselves?

Of course, the ancient royal family of the Myriad Lords also contributed greatly to the great war, which is undeniable. However, they ultimately won because of the existence of the Eternal Emperor. Without the Eternal Emperor, the so-called Myriad Lords would be nothing more than a rabble.

"Well said. All races are a bunch of ingrates. Let's not even talk about the other ancient emperors, just take the recent Demon Fox Emperor."

"She guarded the outside of the forbidden zone. The Southern Divine Continent would probably have been swept away by the forbidden zone long ago. This happened only 100,000 years ago."

"The ancient royal family actually shows no mercy and is suppressing the Nine-Tailed Fox clan like this."

"I remember that the forbidden zone was once the closest to the Vermilion Bird Clan. If it weren't for the Fox Demon Emperor's intervention, the Vermilion Bird God Lord would have been destroyed long ago. This Vermilion Bird Saintess is truly an ingrate, actually forgetting the kindness of the Nine-Tailed Fox Clan."

Li Qiye's words immediately drew cheers from countless people.

This also reminded some people of past events. Every era has its great emperors, and the forbidden zones are never peaceful. Especially the forbidden zone during the era of the Fox Demon Emperor, who wanted to annex the entire Southern Divine Continent. If it weren't for the Fox Demon Empress's intervention, the entire Southern Divine Continent would probably be like the Western Desert Divine Continent. Hearing the curses around her, the Vermilion Bird Saintess's expression changed, and she left with a belly full of anger.

There's no point in her staying here any longer; she can't do anything. Instead, she'll only add more color to Li Qiye's image and bring more pressure to the Vermilion Bird Clan.

As the Vermilion Bird Saintess left, Li Qiye's gaze was deep, and it was unclear what he was thinking.

He pondered for a moment, then squatted down and stroked the girl's head.

Perhaps because she saw Li Qiye flee for her sake, the Fox Demon Empress did not resist.

"How about coming with me?"

"That Vermilion Bird Saintess can't do anything to me, but dealing with you is a piece of cake."

"If you leave now, she might come and kill you at any time."

I must say, it actually feels really nice to stroke the fox demon empress's head.

Moreover, being able to touch the Empress's head is an extremely rare occurrence, almost impossible in any era; it's absolutely mind-blowing.

That's the Empress's head!
It's like touching a tiger's whiskers—extremely exciting. "Little girl, how about coming with me?"

Li Yueyao squatted down and began to look at the girl.

The two men's postures made them look like they were involved in child abduction.

"How dare they call the Empress 'little girl'? But if the Empress recovers, Yueyao will be in big trouble."

"However, Yueyao is an empress after all. We'll see who reaches the Emperor Realm first and who suppresses whom. It's still uncertain."

Li Qiye read Li Yueyao's words and thought to himself.

She thought she had already blown away enough, but Li Yueyao called the Fox Demon Empress "little girl," which made her even bolder.

"Ah."

The Fox Demon Empress was also very clever. Although it hadn't been long since the incident, she knew her situation and knew she couldn't go out on her own like before. Moreover, she felt the goodwill of Li Qiye and Li Yueyao, so she naturally agreed. Li Qiye, along with the Fox Demon Empress Hu Yueyue, watched the group leave with a calm and composed expression. He had previously considered taking the girl away, since she was, after all, a member of their Nine-Tailed Fox clan.

However, when she thought about how the Vermilion Bird Saintess had set her sights on this girl from the Nine-Tailed Fox Clan, she realized that staying with her would not be safe.

She didn't want to reveal her identity, so she simply gave up.

The main reason is that it's much safer for the other person to be by Li Qiye's side than by her side.

"Perhaps it's time for Father to make a choice. Joining the Great Zhou Dynasty might not be a bad thing."

Fox Moon thought to herself.

Through these events, coupled with Li Qiye's hobbies, she came to realize that there wasn't actually such a big divide between races.

Moreover, compared to the ancient royal families of all races, the Great Zhou Dynasty seemed to be more friendly.

The Zhou Dynasty was far superior to the ancient royal families in every aspect.

Just then, the system's voice rang in Li Qiye's mind.

[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have successfully completed your "playing it cool" mission and obtained the Emperor-grade divine weapon, the Limitless Gauntlets!]

Li Qiye's gaze sharpened, and then a smile appeared on his face.

As expected, this plot was quite extraordinary, rewarding him with an Emperor-level divine weapon, and it was even a gauntlet, which was truly perfect for him.

Especially the Ancient Sacred Body at the Great Perfection stage, whose physical body is incredibly powerful, can shatter the void with its fists.

Now that they have the Emperor-level divine weapon, the Limitless Gauntlets, it's even more terrifying.

"With these Wuji Gauntlets, as long as those Great Emperors don't reach the ultimate level of sublimation, they can hardly do anything to me."

Li Qiye thought for a moment and realized that those Emperor-level experts who cut themselves off would definitely not be as powerful as true Great Emperors.

However, the Great Dao Laws within his body were ultimately at the Emperor level. (End of Chapter)