World-Ending Demon Emperor
Chapter 948 - 441: Steadfast Zhi Yan! Slap in the face of Dragon Shrine!

Chapter 948: 441: Steadfast Zhi Yan! Slap in the face of Dragon Shrine!

"Your Highness Princess, Suo Lun is indeed not suitable to be a ruler of a kingdom, is he?" Priest Yan Ping remarked indifferently: "He acts too impulsively, and is swayed by his emotions. Just ascending to the throne, he could hardly wait to move against Marquis FuE, giving off the impression of the nouveau-rich."

Yan Ping was mocking Suo Lun for being a political upstart.

Zhi Yan Princess cast her eyes down and said, "You say to abandon Suo Lun, but how exactly?"

Yan Ping replied, "That would depend on Your Highness’s will; history is replete with such instances."

"You mean to say that my Zhi Family would truly become the kind that once outlived their usefulness, would be discarded?" Zhi Yan inquired.

Yan Ping said, "Without the casting aside, how can one be a true sovereign?"

Zhi Yan Princess replied, "Must I really choose between the Dragon Temple and Suo Lun?"

"Yes, you can only choose one." Yan Ping said, "This is also the will of Holy Priest Ge Li and Chief Judge Luo Ge."

Zhi Yan Princess stood up and said, "Alright, I understand. You may leave now, Priest Yan Ping."

Yan Ping was taken aback and said, "Your Highness, have you already made your choice? That would be for the best, I shall immediately report back to Lord Ge Li."

Zhi Yan Princess looked at Yan Ping and said word by word, "It is certainly a great honor to be crowned by a priest of the skies. But all honors are superficial; losing face only makes one look bad but at least it does not kill! Suo Lun, my husband, is my greatest support. Without him, what do I have to govern the kingdom? Do you think that for the honor of a coronation by a sky priest, I would tear down my own defenses? Do you see me, Zhi Yan, as such an imbecilic woman in your eyes?"

Yan Ping’s face changed color as he said, "Your Highness, are you truly intending to be enemies with our Dragon Temple?"

Princess Zhi Yan replied with an even tone, "Of course not, I have no such intentions, nor does my husband. Naturally, I would hope for the Dragon Temple’s support. However, to ask me to abandon my husband Suo Lun as the price, that’s absolutely impossible."

Yan Ping said coldly, "Without the support of our Dragon Temple, does Princess Zhi Yan think you can maintain your position on the throne? Especially as a woman."

Princess Zhi Yan replied indifferently, "None of the sovereigns of East Li Kingdom were ever crowned by the Dragon Temple, and they are still doing quite well today."

At those words, Yan Ping’s face had drastically changed, he stood up abruptly, his face ashen as he said, "I will convey your words in full to the Holy Priest!"

Then, Priest Yan Ping turned and left directly.

His every action expressed the Dragon Temple’s anger.

But just as he stepped out of the room, he immediately felt a pair of eyes on him, a pair of breathtakingly beautiful and frosty eyes.

Lifting his gaze...

Sure enough, those eyes were like deep pools of ocean water, beautiful beyond compare.

The incomparably beautiful visage of Ashi Liren was just about ten meters away.

She was as beautiful as ever, perhaps even more so than before. However, the world’s most beautiful woman no longer belonged to him.

Or, to be exact, she had never truly belonged to him.

More than a decade ago, even though Ashi Liren was his wife in name, he had barely even touched her hand.

Now, this woman was incredibly close to Suo Lun, and every time Yan Ping thought about this, he felt heartbroken to the point of hatred, wishing he could shred Suo Lun into pieces.

If it weren’t for an ugly incident he had once caused, at this moment, he could have approached her with elegance, offering his greetings.

But now, all he could do was nod his head as he walked away from the woman he loved most.

"Ashi Liren!" Suddenly, she called out to him!

Yan Ping, as if struck by a Binding Skill, trembled and stood rooted to the spot, still under the spell of this woman’s magnetic allure.

Ashi Liren said, "Remember this; I will definitely kill you."

A chill spread throughout Yan Ping’s body as he replied, "Then I shall wait."

With that, he left directly.

...

Zhi Li was now in a state where he was indifferent to life and death!

Let him live, and he would just muddle through existence, for he had no aims left anyway.

Let him die, especially if his death could bring safety to his wife and daughter.

Thus, with all his might, he aimed the chopstick to pierce directly through his entire skull.

Though demon blood could heal any wound and neutralize any poison, its miraculous nature was not inherent; it all came at the cost of depleting one’s life force.

Therefore, if you severed the head, directly stabbed the brain,

You would still die, no doubt.

"Puchi..." Just as the sharp chopstick penetrated half an inch, Zhi Li’s entire body was abruptly immobilized, completely unable to move.

"Bang..." Then, a burst of immense spiritual power exploded inside his brain.

In an instant, Zhi Li fainted.

Immediately after, a figure plummeted from the sky, landing at the entrance of the high tower.

The door opened, and a breathtakingly beautiful figure in white slowly entered.

Holy Maiden Ji Xiuning’s face was filled with boundless rage and disappointment!

She had just entered Zhi Du Sanctuary riding a Griffin Beast and had locked onto Zhi Li’s location using her spiritual power.

Then, she easily sensed the strong fluctuations in Zhi Li’s field of spiritual power, that desperate resolve before death.

She knew instantly that Zhi Li was attempting suicide!

So she leaped down from the Griffin Beast and quickly approached Zhi Li then, across the distance of several hundred meters, through several layers of walls, she used her Spirit Solidifying Skill to immobilize Zhi Li’s body!

Nobody witnessed this scene; otherwise, they would have been completely shocked!