World-Ending Demon Emperor
Chapter 794 - 384: Yan Mo, you’re finished!

Chapter 794: 384: Yan Mo, you’re finished!

Hearing the righteous response from Lord Haigang, Zhen Yan Princess nodded and said, "Good, after you have eliminated Suo Lun, how will you contend with the Yan Mo?"

Lord Haigang sneered and said, "Princess, please rest assured, I share a profound father-in-law-and-son-in-law relationship with the Yan Mo. There aren’t any conflicts, so where is the need for confrontation?"

Zhen Yan Princess said, "Lord Haigang, I’ve heard that after your Hai Family broke away from the Yan Tribe, it took you a full hundred years to establish the foundation you have today?"

Lord Haigang said, "Yes, but the tear-stained history of my family is not something I wish to burden Her Highness with. There’s no need for you to waste your breath. The outcome Suo Lun faces today is entirely the result of his own perverse and contrary actions."

Then, unable to contain himself, Lord Haigang said, "Your Highness, do you remember what I once told Suo Lun?"

Zhi Yan said, "You said that someday Suo Lun would die because of his character."

"Correct," Lord Haigang said, "I didn’t expect that statement to come true so soon. People grow through constant compromise, often taking two steps back in order to move three steps forward. Someone like Suo Lun, who rushes headlong into things without a care for anyone else in the world, is bound to be torn to pieces sooner or later. And now that day has come so abruptly."

Zhen Yan Princess said, "So Lord Haigang is here to ’kick a man while he’s down’?"

"No," Lord Haigang said, "I am here in response to His Highness Zhi Li’s call to arms, to take down Suo Lun and do heaven’s bidding."

Zhen Yan Princess said, "The power structure of this world has been stable and solidified for many years now, hence there hasn’t been the rise of a truly heroic figure for a long time. Lord Haigang, are you aware that in the minds of Suo Lun and myself, we’ve thought that in the last few decades, there have been two heroes who have risen? One is the Rouran City Lord Ashimo, and the other is you, Lord Haigang."

Lord Haigang’s eyes gleamed as he said, "Let bygones be bygones; there’s no need to discuss the past. And truly, Princess Zhen Yan, you do not need to waste your energy flattering me. Even if you shed your royal dignity to butter me up, or even do something more explicit to gain my favor, it’s futile. Don’t dream that I will change my position to support Suo Lun. I am here to destroy him, and that will not change. To you and Suo Lun I say, why did you not think of this day sooner? It’s too late to turn to Buddha in a crisis."

Zhen Yan Princess shook her head and said, "No, I haven’t finished what I have to say. When Suo Lun finally met Ashimo and you, Lord Haigang, he was profoundly disappointed. Ashimo defected from the Night Orchid Duchy because he was forced to, and with the help of the Rage Wave Kingdom, he seized the entire Rou Ran Province. But then his ambition to expand came to a complete halt. Unsatisfied and lacking the patience to wait for an opportunity, he immersed himself in the illusory pursuit of immortality. Thus, a man with vision, wisdom, and strategy, lacked only patience. A hero for most of his life, but in the end, he was fooled by a magician."

Lord Haigang’s face twitched as he said, "Then, I would like to hear Suo Lun’s opinion of me."

Zhen Yan Princess said, "Before meeting Lord Haigang, Suo Lun admired you. But after meeting you, he came to a conclusion. Despite the fact that Yingzhou Island was completely conquered under your command, essentially all the major battles, all the struggles, were resolved by your father. He paved all the ways for you, and then suddenly died tragically on the battlefield. The peach that was Yingzhou Island was tirelessly cultivated by your father and grandfather, and you merely reached out and picked it."

This statement struck at the heart of Lord Haigang, hitting a sore spot.

The outside world did not know, they all thought Yingzhou Island Province was conquered by Lord Haigang himself. Only he knew well in his heart that all the groundwork had been laid by his grandfather and father, leading to him reaping the fruits of victory in the end.

Zhen Yan Princess said, "Suo Lun called you a home-guarding dog, saying you’ve become so fixated on scheming, on insisting on the smallest details. Whatever the issue, your first thought is to take advantage. He acknowledged your vision, tactics, and intelligence, but criticized your narrow-mindedness."

Lord Haigang scoffed and said, "Lord Suo Lun is on his deathbed, and yet he still has the leisure to comment on me?"

Zhen Yan Princess said, "His words were not insults, and ’home-guarding dog’ is not a derogatory term. After all, it was three generations of your family that expanded your domain, so there’s nothing bad about being cautious and stabilizing your holdings."

Enraged by Suo Lun’s scathing yet utterly accurate assessment, Lord Haigang said coldly, "Let Lord Suo Lun mind his own affairs before meddling in others’."

"I have not yet finished," Zhi Yan said. "A little more than an hour ago, Suo Lun asked me to ride the Griffin Beast to you as fast as I could. He said if Lord Haigang is here to take advantage of a crisis, to kick someone when they’re down, and to curry favor with Zhi Li, then you lack even basic vision. You are nothing but a rank opportunist, not worth a rush in the heat of the moment. So it seems you can no longer even be that ’home-guarding dog’, for the Hai Family’s century-old legacy is almost certain to be destroyed by your own hands."

Upon hearing this, Lord Haigang was incensed, his body alternating between cold and hot, his face a mixture of red and white, unable to utter a word.

"That is all I have to say, take care. I will take my leave!" Zhen Yan Princess said.

Then, Zhen Yan mounted the Griffin and turned south, riding away.

At that moment, Lord Haigang, with a furious rage that could not be quenched, shouted at Zhi Yan in the sky, "You go back and tell Suo Lun to wait for death! I will join forces with Yan Mo to have him diced to pieces! And Princess Zhen Yan, you had better pray you don’t fall into the hands of Yan Mo, otherwise you will not be able to live or die as you wish."