World-Ending Demon Emperor
Chapter 544 - 278: Ashi Luo Shocking Death! Astonishing Truth!_2

Chapter 544: 278: Ashi Luo Shocking Death! Astonishing Truth!_2

If he heard this, he would have sighed, knowing the world was filthy, but it was far dirtier than he had imagined.

Zuo Qiu did not offer any persuasion or argument, took a look at the three great leaders of the Dragon Temple present, and then continued, "Lord Ashi Luo, you are merely a Hell Knight in the making, but at least you are not a Hell Knight yet, everything can still be salvaged, you can atone for your sins."

Ashi Luo said, "Then please, do tell?"

Zuo Qiu said, "I know there is a ritual; after ingesting the Demon’s Tear, one undergoes a complete transformation, losing all human characteristics and becoming a Hell Knight in demon form. At that time, you will be able to energetically connect with the master of Yao Xing, the World-Ending Demon Emperor, and you will be able to find him."

Ashi Luo said, "You want me to betray my master and help you find the World-Ending Demon Emperor, then let you kill him?"

"Correct," Zuo Qiu said.

Ashi Luo laughed loudly, "My master is my faith, my fate, my everything, and you actually want me to betray him, don’t you find that laughable?"

Zuo Qiu said, "But, you have never truly been loyal to him for even a day, you are not yet a Hell Knight, and he is not yet your master. You simply chose it as your faith because of your hatred for the world."

"You are very smart, you are right," Ashi Luo said. "However, my faith in my master is what supported me to live on all these years."

Zuo Qiu said, "Then what about your sister, Ashi Liren? Is she not another goal that supports you to live on?"

"What do you mean?" Ashi Luo said sharply.

Zuo Qiu said, "Your faith and loyalty to the World-Ending Demon Emperor are void, but your sister Ashi Liren’s deep love is real. If you agree to help us find the World-Ending Demon Emperor, we will revive your sister."

Ashi Luo said, "What if I refuse?"

Zuo Qiu remained silent, but a Grand Priest beside him said, "Then she knows too much about everything that has happened tonight."

At these words, Ashi Luo’s body shivered.

The meaning was clear, if Ashi Luo did not agree to help find the master of Yao Xing, the World-Ending Demon Emperor, then the Dragon Temple would kill Ashi Liren to silence her.

However, the Dragon Temple is a holy place, so the Grand Priest could not state this so blatantly.

Zuo Qiu said, "I know that as a reincarnation of a Hell Knight, you have received the Demon’s Tear. As soon as you consume it, you will immediately transform into a Hell Knight and make contact with your master, the World-Ending Demon Emperor. So all you need to do is hand over the Demon’s Tear, and we will have someone else who has ingested demon blood consume it, and then use that person to find the World-Ending Demon Emperor, so you wouldn’t be directly betraying the Demon Emperor."

Zuo Qiu was right.

The Demon’s Tear is the product of a death contract signed between the Demon Emperor and his Hell Knights.

The imprint of that death contract is still on the Demon’s Tear, no matter how many years have passed. This death contract connects the World-Ending Demon Emperor with the Hell Knights.

With the power of the Dragon Temple, as long as they get the Demon’s Tear, they can almost find the master of Yao Xing, the World-Ending Demon Emperor.

So, once Ashi Luo hands over the Demon’s Tear, Yao Xing’s lord Suo Lun will be exposed, and his death will be certain.

Zuo Qiu said, "Ashi Luo, think carefully, do you want to save your sister’s life, or a stranger and void master of Yao Xing whom you’ve never met?"

Ashi Luo looked at his sister, Ashi Liren, who was still unconscious.

She was his lifelong love, yet now he was not even clear whether he saw her as his lover or his kin.

If as kin, why did he harbor such possessiveness towards her, even going so far as to annihilate her husband’s entire family?

If as a lover, then why, when truly facing her, could he not even muster his manhood?

But Zuo Qiu was right about one thing; he had never met the Demon Emperor. His faith and loyalty to the World-Ending Demon Emperor came solely from his hatred of the world, along with his desire to utterly cleanse it.

At least he was not yet a Hell Knight, right?

Thus, the Demon Emperor was a void and intangible entity to him.

But his sister Ashi Liren was a real presence.

To maintain loyalty to the Demon Emperor, his sister Ashi Liren had to die, silenced by the Dragon Temple.

To save his sister Ashi Liren, he would have to betray his master, the World-Ending Demon Emperor.

Of course, some might say, just use the Mental Skill to search Ashi Luo’s brain domain and find the Demon’s Tear.

Indeed, the Dragon Temple could do so, but for Ashi Luo, the harem master of the Demon Continent, the Demon’s Tear, an item of the utmost importance, would be extremely well hidden, even in the memories inside his brain. It would require a unique Mental Skill to unlock countless layers of brain domain passwords to find it.

This skill to protect one’s brain domain secrets was absolutely confidential for ordinary people. However, either the Dragon Temple or the high ranks of the Demon Continent knew how to do it.

Including Suo Lun; if he were to hide some secret within his mind, it would be very difficult for anyone to unravel it.

Naturally, if given enough time, the Spirit Ritualists of the Dragon Temple could still unlock what was inside Ashi Luo’s mind, but it would take a very long time.

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Ashi Luo seemed to have fallen into a life-death decision.

Was it to save his sister, or to continue his loyalty to the Demon Emperor?

A true life-death decision.

Zuo Qiu continued to tempt him, "As for the pain you’ve suffered all these years, why not wash it all away afterward and revert to a carefree Princely Heir?"