I became the demon of the female devil

Chapter 299 The Day of the Great Sacrifice! The Demon Race Appears! A Special Event Triggered!

When Chen Mo obtained the first wisp of dragon energy from the transformed blood dragon, he received the title of "Heavenly Decree Enters His Fate".

This title has no additional benefits, only a poem with an ambiguous meaning:

[On a long night, I lean on the railing, gazing at the vast sky; the imperial star hangs high in the cold heavens. Who can I ask about the rise and fall of dynasties? Only the moon, like a bow, shines in the high sky.]

He never understood the purpose of this title.

Until last time in Hanxiao Palace, he accidentally entered the "Chaotic Dao Domain" and obtained a wisp of the "Return to the Void" origin aura, which merged with the Azure Dragon Seven Constellations in his spiritual platform, and his title changed accordingly.

The name has been changed to [Mysterious Mandate], and the description has also been changed to:

The Purple Star shines down upon the nine heavens, the flames of calamity have consumed the old palace. The annals of history lie buried in withered bones, the lonely moon hangs high in the eternal void.

"The mandate from the heavens... the sun bestowed by heaven..."

"The Purple Star shines down from the Star Gazing Platform, and now the Palace of Calamity is engulfed in flames... So the true purpose of this title is actually prophecy?!"

"The first two lines have already come true, so what do the last two lines mean?"

Chen Mo flew towards the palace, his emotions in turmoil.

It wasn't until the deafening roar brought him back to his senses—

Boom boom boom——

The entire square looked like a torn sheet of rice paper, with raging flames bursting out from the cracks in the ground.

The officials' crowns were scattered, and they fled in panic, some with their heads bleeding from being hit by falling rocks, and others with half their bodies stuck in the cracks, only able to watch helplessly as the flames licked at them.

Screams and cries of terror mingled with the deafening wail of the earth's veins...

The scene became extremely chaotic!

"Array up!"

A commander of the Imperial Guards shouted, "Hold the line!"

"Yes!"

The soldiers responded with a roar, striding forward, raising their shields, which shone brightly, forming a spherical shield that blocked the flying stones and flames.

"Quick, quick, let's go inside and hide!"

"Don't squeeze!"

Upon discovering this, the civil and military officials rushed to squeeze into the light barrier.

However, the earthquakes were far too violent, one after another, like a continuous, raging storm.

Soldiers were occasionally thrown into the air by the blast waves, and the protective shield flickered. The others could only continue to fill the gaps and grit their teeth to hold on.

Swah——

Several figures soared into the air, flying towards the Nine Dragon Platform, shouting:
"Protect the Emperor! Save His Highness the Crown Prince first!"

Chen Mo's gaze swept through the crowd and found Chen Zhuo and Shen Xiong standing together, their clothes adorned with talismans and protected by a radiant light. It seemed that the protective talisman his mother had given him had taken effect.

Seeing that the old man was safe and sound, he felt a little more at ease and sped up even more.

boom--

The massive and luxurious palace collapsed from within, and flames spread upwards along the eaves pillars.

In an instant, flames shot into the sky!
"Your Highness the Queen!"

Chen Mo was extremely anxious and was about to rush in when he saw a golden light flash through the thick smoke.

Immediately afterwards, the empress, dressed in a bright yellow palace dress, rose into the air from the ruins, with the phantom image of an inkstone appearing behind her. Eunuch Jin stood to the side, waving his sleeves, which transformed into an invisible hand that pulled the palace servants out one after another.

"Your Highness, are you okay?"

Chen Mo approached and examined it carefully.

Only after confirming that the other party was unharmed did they breathe a sigh of relief.

"I'm fine." The Empress looked at the chaotic scene before her, her expression grave. "What exactly happened?"

Eunuch Jin spoke up, "This is clearly not an earth dragon turning over, but a premeditated attack. What's strange is that such enormous destruction was caused without any prior detection of any fluctuations in primordial energy..."

As he said this, his nostrils twitched, "There's also a pungent smell, it's like..."

“Red sand.” Chen Mo took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, “Someone prepared the burning powder in advance and placed it in this temple. The fuse should be under the bronze furnace. When the firewood is lit, the explosives will also detonate.”

“But before the grand ceremony, we personally came to check and found nothing unusual.”

Jin Gonggong asked, puzzled, "To achieve this effect, the amount of Blazing Powder needed is not small. This place is heavily guarded. How did the other side manage to transport it in?"

"Because the explosives had already been buried underground."

All the fragmented clues in Chen Mo's mind were pieced together.

Zhou Jing'an, under Chu Heng's instructions, secretly started mining and signed a contract with the demon race, claiming it was to destroy the great formation and let the demon race into the city.

But is this really the case?

The Zhou family and the Prince Yu's mansion were turned upside down, but the red sand that had been excavated was never found.

There are two blocked tunnels under the Prince Yu's Mansion. Under the hypnotic effect of "Floating Life Dream", he once asked Chu Heng where the tunnels led.

Chu Heng only mentioned the word "nine" before abruptly ending his sentence.

In retrospect, this "nine" should refer to Kowloon Terrace!
"You mean, Chu Heng dug a tunnel from under the Prince's mansion all the way to the southern suburbs, and planted explosives beforehand?"

After listening to Chen Mo's concise explanation, the Empress frowned. "Then what is his purpose? And what benefit would it bring him?"

"I have some guesses, but I'm not entirely sure yet."

"After all, this kind of thing happened on the Crown Prince's first time attending the ceremony; it can't be a coincidence..."

"Could it be that……"

Chen Mo turned his head to look at Kowloon Terrace.

The tremors had not yet subsided, and amidst the thick smoke and raging flames, the three-tiered jade platform teetered on the verge of collapse.

The nine pitch-black stone pillars stood firm like pillars stabilizing the sea, while the golden dragon reliefs coiled around them glowed red in their eyes, opened their blood-red mouths, and roared to the sky as if they were alive.

"Roar--"

The roar was terrifying, echoing through the air.

The Imperial Guards were terrified, blood spilled from their mouths and noses, and the protective shields above their heads gradually crumbled.

Then one after another, they fell into the sea of ​​fire like kites with broken strings!
They didn't even have time to scream before they were blown to pieces, their limbs and charred flesh flying everywhere!
Meanwhile, the bronze furnace placed atop the altar continued to burn fiercely, its surface runes writhing like earthworms. As more and more Imperial Guards died, the blue smoke billowing from the furnace gradually turned blood red.

Crimson smoke shot straight into the sky, obscuring the heavens, creating an intense sense of oppression that made it hard to breathe.

Someone sprinted toward the gate, only to crash into an invisible wall, fall to the ground, and be smashed into a bloody pulp by falling boulders.

At some point, the entire temple was sealed off by an array.

Boom——

Before anyone could react, another muffled thud came from afar.

"Look!"

"It is...it is the Heavenly Capital City!"

Chen Mo looked north, his pupils suddenly shrinking to pinpoints.

Flames soared into the sky, and thick smoke billowed from the distant city, a scene exactly like this place!
"There are explosives not only in Kowloon Terrace, but also in Tiandu City!"

"What exactly is he trying to do?!"

It wasn't until the smoke from the bronze furnace dyed the entire sky a dark red that Chen Mo realized with shock, "So the offerings for this grand ceremony weren't cattle or sheep, but the imperial guards and the people of the city who accompanied the procession?!"

……

……

On Kowloon Terrace.

The prince clung to the railing, barely managing to keep his balance.

Looking at the bloody and gruesome scene before him, his face turned deathly pale, his expression filled with terror. He couldn't understand why his prayers, which he had recited to pray for favorable weather and the well-being of the people, had suddenly turned into this.
"Be careful, Your Highness!"

"Protect the emperor quickly!"

Several military officers flew towards the high platform.

The closer you get to the bronze furnace, the thicker the red smoke becomes.

Unbeknownst to them, they inhaled more and more smoke, and the flow of their internal energy gradually became sluggish.

As soon as they entered the area of ​​Kowloon Terrace, an immense pressure suddenly pressed down on them, slamming them onto the steps and rendering them completely immobile.

"What the hell is going on?!"

Zeng Ge, the commander of the Imperial Guards, had veins bulging on his neck.

As a Martial Guard General and a Second-Rank Martial Arts Master, he was unable to move even a finger under the suppression of this strange power!
At that moment, a strange change occurred to the Crown Prince as well. Red runes spread out from under his robes, quite similar to the patterns on the bronze furnace.

He trembled all over, his eyes rolled back, and his body slowly rose into the air, as endless blood mist engulfed him like a tidal wave.

"Your Highness!"

Zeng Ge and the others were furious, but there was nothing they could do.

Chen Mo noticed this scene and knew that the key to solving this matter lay with the Crown Prince. After a moment of contemplation, he said, "Eunuch Jin, please stay by Her Majesty the Empress's side and do not leave her side no matter what happens."

Eunuch Jin nodded and said, "I know what I'm doing, Lord Chen, don't worry."

The Empress noticed something amiss and, disregarding propriety, grabbed Chen Mo's arm, saying anxiously, "You little thief, what are you doing? You stay right here with me and aren't allowed to go anywhere!"

"Your Highness, rest assured, I know what I'm doing."

"This blood mist is strange. The more we inhale, the greater the impact on our strength. It seems someone is trying to trap us here... If we drag this out any longer, we might get into even bigger trouble!"

Chen Mo took out a human-shaped talisman from his pocket and placed it in the Empress's hand, saying, "This is the Heavenly Profound Substitute Talisman. Your Highness can carry it with you to withstand one fatal injury."

The Empress knew the situation was urgent and that further words would be useless, so she shoved the talisman back into his hand. "You need this more than I do, you little thief. You must act within your means and not take any risks..."

?

Chen Mo's expression suddenly froze.

A line of tiny characters suddenly appeared before my eyes:
[Special event triggered: Demon Extermination and Evil Slaying.]

灭妖？

Where did the monster come from?

call--

Just then, the blood mist surged in the sky, and a clear female voice could be faintly heard:
"Tsk tsk, His Majesty is indeed farsighted and wise; he's arrived at the perfect time... So many court officials are here. Oh, are those the Crown Prince and the Empress? We've really struck gold this time, haha!"

Chen Mo looked up and saw two figures suspended in the air.

The woman had a curvaceous figure and a lovely face, with seven white fox tails swaying gently behind her.

The other person was much shorter, draped in a large black robe, and his face was obscured by shadows.

A slightly hoarse voice came from under the hood:
“Jue Lian, don’t forget the Lord’s instructions. Take care of the important matters first.”

"understood."

The woman seemed very afraid of him and obediently nodded in response.

The short man took out a black cone from his sleeve and pierced the translucent barrier, creating a crack about half a person's height.

The two squeezed through the opening.

It seemed completely unaffected by the blood mist.

Jue Lian's gaze moved, searching through the crowd, and soon locked onto a handsome face.

She flashed and appeared in front of him, her watery eyes scanning him up and down, her rosy lips slightly upturned.

"You're Chen Mo? I'm so glad I found you!"

Chen Mo's eyes darkened, and he said coldly, "What a coincidence, I was just looking for you!"

……

……

the other side.

Juehai slowly descended onto the high platform, gazing at the Crown Prince floating in the blood mist.

"The Yuan Dynasty's festival is truly unique, using the lives of their own kind as sacrifices. It's not much better than our demon race."

"How did our lord know that trouble would break out today? He even prepared the magical artifacts to break the formation in advance. Such foresight is truly terrifying..."

Juehai muttered to himself.

The Lord sent them here on three missions, two of which were to capture Chen Mo and the Crown Prince of the Great Yuan Dynasty alive.

As for the other matter, someone has already taken care of it.

Swah——

Just as Juehai was about to reach out and grab someone, he suddenly felt a warning and instinctively dodged. A blazing golden light grazed past him, and his two fingers vanished into thin air!
"Ok?"

Juehai turned around to look.

A tall woman had somehow climbed onto the platform.

Her black hair was tied up, her legs were long and slender, and the gold-embroidered skirt with phoenixes fluttered in the wind. Her eyes were filled with a chilling killing intent.

"Wu Lie... actually colluded with the demon race?"

"I can not understand what you say."

Flesh sprouted from the severed finger and healed at a visible speed, saying calmly, "Being able to ignore the effects of this blood demon, it seems you are not weak either. It should still be in time to escape."

"Run for your life?"

Chu Yanli was taken aback upon hearing this.

Then her body trembled, her pretty face contorted slightly, and an uncontrollable, arrogant laugh curled at the corners of her mouth. "Sorry, this is the first time I've heard something like this, I just couldn't control myself, hahaha..."

Juehai's expression darkened slightly, a sense of crisis inexplicably rising within him.

Without further ado, he raised his right hand, palm facing her, and an invisible ripple spread out.

hum-

The void tore open, and a hole several feet wide appeared out of thin air where Chu Yanli stood, with an incredibly smooth surface.

However, she had vanished without a trace.

"Where did you go?"

Juehai seemed to sense something and suddenly looked up.

Against a backdrop of dense, blood-red clouds, a blazing sun hung high in the sky.

Chu Yanli was engulfed in intense golden light, her long dress burned away, and scales that resembled flowing flames covered her entire body. Beneath the mask, her two eyes shone like stars.

"You don't seem to understand who should be running for their life."

Chu Yanli clasped her hands together, and countless golden threads shot out from her fingertips, intertwining in the air to form a giant golden sword that pierced through heaven and earth, exuding a terrifying pressure that chilled people to the bone!
She not only wanted to kill the demon in front of her, but also to cut the Nine Dragon Platform in two!
……

……

Amid the chaotic crowd, Lü Huaiyu stood rooted to the spot with his hands behind his back, like a steel nail.

They remained motionless, neither dodging nor avoiding.

The flying pebbles and fireballs seemed to be deliberately avoiding him, not even touching the hem of his clothes.

Looking at the two figures facing off on the high platform, one human and one demon, and the prince with a pained expression, Lü Huaiyu's eyelids twitched slightly, and he clenched his hands tightly behind his back.

"Wu Lie..."

(End of this chapter)