I'm bound to the World-Destroying Witch

Chapter 118. Believers and Liking

The space was as usual.

The World Tree, towering into the clouds, obscures the sky, while the woman on the throne remains seated with her eyes closed.

Xia Feng looked around in confusion, then looked up. The branches were empty; the black crows were gone.

"This silly bird, it's not really gone, is it?" Xia Feng was startled, remembering Black Crow's previous instructions.

"First, if Your Majesty asks you where I have been after you wake up, you should say that I feel deeply guilty and have gone to the mortal realm to undergo tribulation."

"Secondly, if you don't remember me after you wake up, then don't say what I said above. Just pretend you don't know me."

It sounds like Black Crow and the Dragon God don't get along? Xia Feng wondered. Black Crow had always wanted to awaken the Dragon God, but when the Dragon God woke up, she ran away in fear.

It's just weird.

Xia Feng frowned as he stared at the throne. Miss Evil Dragon quietly closed her eyes, as if the previous awakening ceremony had never happened.

He took a deep breath and tentatively took a step forward.

But as soon as he took a step, he suddenly realized that the distance between him and the throne began to grow infinitely longer. The throne, and even everything in his field of vision, began to move forward rapidly until it shrank into a star and disappeared.

He was momentarily distracted and realized he had found himself in a dimly lit palace.

Xia Feng looked around for a while, unable to tell whether this place was an illusion or reality.

But one thing is certain: it was definitely Miss Evil Dragon who used her power.

He swallowed hard and walked forward, slowly passing through the dark and deep palace walls and the stone pillars with jagged runes. The dim candlelight on the ceiling flickered and went out one by one as he went.

He looked back and saw that the corridor behind him was pitch black, filled with a despairing and terrifying atmosphere.

The air was icy cold and biting. After staying here for a while, Xia Feng even felt dizzy and panicked, as if he couldn't stand up straight.

He forced himself to calm down and continued walking forward.

Soon, he arrived at a magnificent hall.

Ancient dragon language inscriptions are carved on eighteen magnificent pillars. As you climb up the pillars, you can see an epic and fantastical mural of dragons stretching across the dome.

However, a thin layer of gray mist floats on the surface of these murals; it is vaporized elixir that envelops the dome murals.

Moreover, the walls of the entire palace seemed to be made of gray elixir, which flowed slowly, giving people a sense of oppression as if the palace was built on the bottom of an endless sea.

In the distance, in the dark palace, a throne, as serene as the underworld, was positioned to the east.

A pale dragon with its eyes closed hovered behind the throne. Xia Feng's expression tightened slightly. Only after approaching it did he realize that it was a lifelike three-dimensional white dragon mural, thirty meters high, standing behind the throne.

On the spacious throne, a woman reclined languidly, her curves accentuated beneath a sheer, star-studded dress adorned with shimmering mist. The only visible feature was her slender instep, the soles of her feet the color of powdered jade.

The pale dragon tail, hanging down from the star-patterned skirt, cascaded down the thighs, its hard yet supple snow-white tip coiling around the fair ankles.

Just as Xia Feng entered the main hall, the snow-white tail tip suddenly retracted into the skirt, and the woman in the star-patterned dress lazily opened her divine eyes.

His pale, vertical pupils were indifferent: "Human, what brings you here again?"

Xia Feng bowed respectfully: "Your Excellency Dragon God, I have come here with a small request."

Upon hearing this, the woman in the star-patterned dress closed her eyes again, and her cold voice echoed from all directions of the palace:
"Human, if you have come here to demand payment for awakening me, then unfortunately, awakening the god of evil is not something I would reward you with."

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The God of Sin? Xia Feng was suspicious. This dragon god called himself the God of Sin? According to his words, he seemed to believe that he was sinful, should be sealed away, and should not even be awakened.

Thinking of this, Xia Feng suddenly understood why Black Crow had run away.

Black Crow might be a subordinate of the Dragon God, wanting the Dragon God to awaken, but the Dragon God himself was unwilling to awaken, so after waking the Dragon God, she immediately ran away.

In a flash, Xia Feng looked up and said sincerely, "Lord Dragon God, I am not here to ask for a reward, but I have a small request."

"Ok?"

"Lord Dragon God, may I absorb some of the Calamity Elixir from your body?"

"The evil power of the Calamity Liquid does have a miraculous effect on living beings by temporarily increasing their spiritual pressure, but for a weak human like you who has not even stepped into the Venerable Realm, absorbing the Calamity Liquid will only make you suffer endless despair and pain, and will not bring you any benefit."

"So, what is your purpose?"

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The Dragon God's question left Xia Feng feeling helpless. He couldn't directly reveal his true purpose, as the Demon Heart was his core secret, and he didn't want to expose its abilities.

At least for now, the dragon god doesn't seem to have noticed anything unusual about him.

"Lord Dragon God, cough, can I not reveal my purpose?" Xia Feng said helplessly, "The Calamity Elixir isn't a good thing for you, but giving me a little wouldn't be a problem, would it?"

"Leave without stating your purpose."

"!!!"

The awakened evil dragon lady is troublesome; Xia Feng felt a bit of a headache.

He had realized that if he approached the Evil Dragon with a strong sense of self-interest in demanding the Elixir, Miss Evil Dragon would not listen to him.

After all, Miss Evil Dragon had no obligation to help him.

Moreover, as Miss Evil Dragon just said, awakening Him is a mistake and He will not be rewarded.

In that case, it seems we'll have to resort to some extraordinary measures to get the Evil Spirit Liquid from her!

Perhaps we could try a different approach, finding a roundabout reason.
Xia Feng's mind raced. From the information he had just received, he knew that the Dragon God seemed unaware of how he had awakened Him.

Black Crow once said that there are many ways to awaken the Dragon God, and reducing the Evil Spirit Liquid in the Dragon God's body is one of them, but also the most difficult.

"If your purpose is difficult to say, there's no need to say it." Di Si saw Xia Feng's hesitation and said calmly, "Leave. I'm going to continue my slumber. If there's nothing else, don't come in to disturb me."

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Don't come in? You wish! Xia Feng thought to himself, "Damn evil dragon, I knew I shouldn't have woken you up."
Thinking it over, he sighed and said helplessly in a low voice, "Alright, I won't pretend anymore, Your Excellency Dragon God."

He looked up and said solemnly, his expression unusually serious: "I am actually your follower!"

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The woman in the star-patterned dress slowly opened her eyes, revealing snow-white dragon scales extending from her cloud-gray hair to the corners of her upturned eyes. Her bewitching yet sacred vertical pupils looked down at the humans below the throne.

"believer?"

She hadn't heard that word in a long time.

Would a deity like her still have followers?

"Yes, believer!" Xia Feng's eyes grew increasingly fervent and fanatical! Staring intently at the supreme being on the throne, he exclaimed excitedly, "So what if the Calamity Elixir brings me boundless, desperate suffering? What an honor it would be if I could use my lowly and filthy life to alleviate even the slightest bit of suffering for the great Dragon God! What an honor!!"

"Dragon God, please grant me the Elixir of Calamity!" Xia Feng bowed deeply, his hand on his chest. "Let your faithful follower bear the despair and suffering brought by this evil power in your place!"

Di Si: "."

Not just a believer, but a fanatical believer?

The woman in the star-patterned dress slightly raised her pale, vertical pupils and quietly looked at the male human: "The smell of lies, human, you are lying."

She narrowed her vertical pupils slightly: "Interesting, half-true, half-false. You actually want to bear this pain for me?"

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Good heavens, it can actually detect lies! Xia Feng wasn't surprised, after all, it's normal for the Dragon God to be able to see through lies.

He looked up at the Dragon God, but the woman in the star-patterned dress did not change her expression and did not become angry because of his deception.

Her gaze was calm, and she glanced at him with a hint of disdain: "You have one more chance to explain."

"Alright, I'm very sorry, Lord Dragon God, I did indeed deceive you about this."

Xia Feng said in a deep voice, "I am indeed not your follower."

Upon hearing this, the woman in the star-patterned dress turned pale and her vertical pupils turned cold. The dimly lit palace fell into a deathly silence, and the atmosphere became chilling.

Her icy gaze was devoid of any emotion, chilling to the bone: "If you have no faith, why did you awaken me and try to alleviate my suffering?"

Having been sealed here for tens of thousands of years, it's hard for her not to suspect that there might be some conspiracy involved when she is suddenly awakened by an ordinary human who is like an ant.

After waking her up, the human did not ask for any reward or make any unreasonable demands.

Instead, he wanted to absorb the evil power within her and bear the despairing torment for her.

Although it was incredibly presumptuous of her, it still felt very strange to her.

Perhaps, this is yet another conspiracy by the gods?
But what conspiracy would require an ordinary human to suffer the punishment of the evil spirits in her place?

The male human below suddenly looked up as if he wanted to say something, but then remained silent, looking conflicted.

The woman in the star-patterned dress narrowed her vertical pupils. Could this really be a trick by the gods? Was this human sent by the gods to harm her, but out of her kind heart, she didn't want to do it?

"Alright, Your Majesty, I'm coming clean, I'm not pretending anymore!" Xia Feng took a deep breath, his eyes suddenly sharpening as he stared intently at the woman on the throne.

"Your Majesty, I actually... I actually..."

"You were actually sent by the gods, weren't you?"

"I actually fell in love with you the moment I saw you!" Xia Feng said with an unusually serious expression and a certain tone.

Woman in star-patterned dress: "?"

Xia Feng wasn't lying. Two months ago, when he first saw Miss Evil Dragon, he was indeed captivated by her appearance!
She's a dragon girl after all~ Who wouldn't like a dragon girl?
First of all, let me clarify that Xia Feng is not a fan of human beings, really not! He is just curious about the role of dragon tails in dragon-like creatures. He noticed that Miss Evil Dragon's tail always likes to tightly wrap around her ankles or thighs, and even when she is asleep, her tail will wriggle on its own, which is very peculiar.

"What did you say?"

Di Si was truly baffled by this male human. She never expected that after sleeping for ten thousand years, the world would have become like this.

It's important to understand that 10,000 years ago, while humans revered and even feared dragons, they didn't consider the appearance of dragons with their tails and scales to be anything special.

Especially the tail. Ten thousand years ago, humans hated all creatures with tails, except for dragons, of course.

"I said, Lady Di Si, I like you! I fell in love with you the moment I saw you!" Xia Feng suddenly realized that he could also feel embarrassed and ashamed. He absolutely couldn't let a third person know about this ridiculous statement!
After shouting his declaration, he continued excitedly and enthusiastically:
"Therefore, Your Majesty, please grant me the Elixir of Calamity!"

Xia Feng proudly proclaimed his sycophantic declaration: "Let your loyal suitor bear the despair and suffering brought by this evil power for you!"

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Di Si listened silently to the male human's fervent words and fell into silence.

Because this time, this human was telling the whole truth!
He did like her, though it was mostly physical attraction, which Di Si didn't quite understand. Had human aesthetics already transcended species?
Never mind, let's leave that point aside for now.

The last two sentences, like the previous ones, are still entirely heartfelt truths.

This human wanted her to bestow upon him the Elixir of Evil, and wanted to bear her despair and suffering in her place!
Could absorbing the Evil Spirit Liquid possibly have any benefits for humans? She was suspicious, but after carefully searching her vast knowledge base, she found no benefits whatsoever from the Evil Spirit Liquid.

"Aren't you sent by other gods?" she asked doubtfully.

Xia Feng was taken aback: "Of course not."

After a long silence, the woman on the throne nodded and said calmly, "So, you wanted to bear my suffering because of your physical desires, didn't you?"

Physical desires? Xia Feng thought for a moment. After absorbing the Calamity Liquid, his body and mind would experience extremely pleasurable sensations. Well, to round it off, that's not wrong.

"Yes." Xia Feng nodded.

"If that's the case, then you should leave." After understanding Xia Feng's purpose, Di Si immediately lost interest and waved her hand.

"If you actually absorb the Calamity Liquid, even just a trace, you will die, and die in extreme pain and despair. Then you will understand how ridiculous your behavior, which stemmed from impulse and desire, was."

"Go on, human. I don't need your insignificant contribution."

A golden portal opened behind Xia Feng.

"???" Xia Feng's eyes widened, barely able to contain himself. "I've licked you like this and you still want me to leave?!"
Looking back at the teleportation portal, Xia Feng's eye twitched slightly. He knew that entering the Evil Dragon Space once required consuming one teleportation material.

Faded ink, elephant-spotted fish blood, and boundless stones are all very valuable, and each time you enter the Evil Dragon Space, it's equivalent to burning through 500,000 Imperial Coins.

You want him to leave when he hasn't gotten anything yet?

Dream on! You little devil! Xia Feng thought to himself, then turned his head, his dark eyes resolute:

"Your Majesty, I understand that this reason, driven by primal impulses, may not be honorable, but I want to say that I can prove to you with my actions my sincere devotion to you!"

The woman in the star-patterned dress had now turned her back to Xia Feng and lay lazily on her side, the sheer star-patterned dress adorned with misty light perfectly outlining her curvaceous figure.

She ignored Xia Feng, and her long dragon tail, hanging beside her snowy feet, subconsciously wanted to hook onto her fair ankles, but she resisted the urge and curled up and coiled beside the king's throne.

Xia Feng shifted his gaze to the flowing liquid that formed the walls of the palace; it was all Evil Spirit Liquid.

Seeing that Di Si ignored him, Xia Feng took it as a yes and quickly walked towards the wall on the right.

As he approached, he could sense the concentration of evil energy around him rising sharply, estimating it to be a forbidden zone similar to that around the God's Throne.

Xia Feng took a deep breath and placed his hand on the wall. Instantly, the scene before him changed.

He reappeared beneath the World Tree, near the throne, and terrifying gray mist billowed from the lips and nose of the woman on the throne.

He quickly bent down.

(End of this chapter)