Chapter 68: One Big Family, Li Yan's Evil Side
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"Selective completionist, my ass! I have to leave a few of them alive for now! Why don't you wipe my ass and clean your eyeballs out with the paper?? Maybe then you will be able to see that this deserves the full marks of a completionist!"
BLING!
[Ding! The system has contacted the host about his extended idiot warranty, and the system is pleased to announce that the host is still a certified idiot! But fret not; maybe if you increase your cultivation some more, your intelligence will increase as well!]
"Hey, system?"
[Ding! Yes, my dear host?]
"Fuck you."
[Ding! The system loves you too! This feedback is very much appreciated!]
As Lucifer shot up his middle finger to flip off the system over and over again, Li Yan looked up at him talking to himself. She was a little curious about what he was doing, but more than that, she didn't care.
Li Yan was a very uncaring person, and that personality quirk would likely never change.
But regardless of the weirdness of all parties involved in this little debacle, the small group had already made their way to a mountain. Below this mountain, there was an injured woman and two even more severely injured old men fighting off a monocle-wearing man with a goatee. Standing behind this man was a large, muscular bodybuilder man.
Of course, both of them were clones that underwent a couple rounds of Heavenly Transfiguration. But in spite of that fact, they immediately looked in the same direction upon feeling a familiar presence.
When they saw their main body, they calculated accordingly and threw a smoke bomb down. Then, under the astonished eyes of Lady Mu and her guards, their opponents vanished.
However, they weren't allowed to be shocked for long because an all-too-familiar man materialized from thin air.
"!!!" Lady Mu's eyes widened in surprise as she felt the immense aura leaking from her son.
With her far above average intelligence, she reached the only natural conclusion for this inexplicable phenomenon.
"The devil… You have been possessed by a demon… Or maybe even a wandering soul…"
Lady Mu recounted all the slight peculiarities of her son over the last few months and seemingly understood everything.
"Y-You… Who are you…?" She mumbled.
She lost her composure for the first time in a long while as she tripped a little on her heels.
Looking at the state of his mother, an evil grin emerged on Lucifer's overly handsome face. Then, with a playful tone, he said, "You don't even recognize your own son~? Isn't that just so cruel~?"
As his smile reached an all-time high, he briefly shot his predatory gaze toward the two shocked Grand Elders.
"!!!" "!!!"
The both of them had an extremely bad feeling about that look in his eyes. And as if on instinct, they tried to appease whatever was growing inside the 18-year-old boy.
"Martial Nephew, Lucifer! You know us, so why are you giving us those looks-!?"
"We are all one big family, so why don't we take a step back-?"
SHING! SHING!
Without even giving them a chance to finish their pleas, two absurdly thin, crimson-colored strings of Sword Qi shot out from Lucifer's left side. Then, with utter ruthlessness, those strings of Qi wrapped around the bodies of the Grand Elders.
"!!!" "!!!"
The elders tried to escape the sword strings. However, the moment they moved, the strings tightened to a level beyond belief. Then, like a watermelon surrounded by rubber bands, their bodies exploded!
BLING!
[Ding! You have killed two Grand Elders of the Devilduke Household. The reward is 20 Undecillion Clone Essence!]
Following the ringing of this system notification, Lucifer focused his attention back on his dear mummy.
"!?!?"
Lady Mu didn't need to be a genius to understand that she was absolutely f*cked!
Without hesitation, she fumbled away from the scene, trying to call out to one of the Supreme Elders.
"Are any of you still alive!? My son has been possessed by a devil!! Since the beginning, he has been-"
"Mummy, what might you be doing with that super expensive one-time use communication talisman~?"
Lucifer appeared above the fleeing Lady Mu. While floating upside down like a vampire, he quickly snatched up the medallion she had in her hands. After which, an amused glint emerged in his gaze as he smashed the talisman within his palms.
Crumble—
"!!!"
Lady Mu lost all the color in her face.
Piang!
Watching her useless son do a somersault from his floating position, she immediately understood that he didn't even consider her a threat...
"I put you in this world, Lucifer! Even if you were possessed by a devil, do you doubt whether I'm able to take you out of it!?"
Lady Mu gave up on any hope of escaping. Instead, she took a route that could take advantage of Lucifer's previous inferiority complex.
'Even at this point in time, she is a calculative and slippery woman.'
If this woman were actually his mother, then Lucifer might actually believe they were related. But, unfortunately for her, they were the furthest thing from being family.
In spite of that information, he beckoned to a nearby tree. After which, a young 6-year-old girl walked out from behind the tree. Approaching the two of them, her face never exhibited anything other than apathy.
Lady Mu's eyes widened in astonishment when she saw who it was. Then, without thinking, she said, "Damn Li Yan! Didn't I tell you to not leave your cage!? Have I not hit you enough for you to learn yet-!? Hupp!" She hastily covered her mouth and looked toward the devilish man.
Upon observing the evil expression he was making, she knew that there truly was no way out of this disaster…
Regardless of Lady Mu's despair, Li Yan walked up to Lucifer and lightly grabbed onto the hem of his robes. After which, she stared at her mother.
"M-My dear, you must know that everything I said just now was a joke. I would never hit you, and you know that very well."
Changing her tune in an instant, Lady Mu attempted to appease the emotionless girl.
She even put on a fake smile and spoke in a friendly tone!
However, from the very first moment Lady Mu opened her mouth, it didn't seem like Li Yan cared a single bit about anything she said...
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