Having the genes of a demon king, I never intended to be a kept man.

"???" Ye Shengxiong exclaimed incredulously, his eyes contorted with rage: "What? I think you don't want your life anymore?!"

As he spoke, he moved his lips slightly and silently recited an incantation.

They wanted to activate the Dark Curse Seal to punish Lin Jianxiu and the others' souls.

Suddenly, a curse mark appeared on the lower part of Lin Jianxiu's face.

The mark flickered a few times with a "buzzing" sound.

However, it only flickered a few times before the faint light of the cursed seal quickly disappeared.

Then the curse mark began to change, transforming from one demonic script into another.

Ye Shengxiong's pupils contracted: "Wha...what's going on? How could the cursed seal...?"

Lin Jianxiu calmly said, "The curse you placed on me was already removed by Lord Yege long ago."

"Release?!?!" Yoru Katsuhiro stared wide-eyed.

This was the first time he had ever heard of a cursed seal being able to be broken!

Muraki's eyes flickered slightly.

He thought he had misheard.

What he just said was...

Release the curse seal...?

Can Night Song break the curse on the dark races?

"Heh." Ye Ge smiled but didn't say anything.

Who told you to be greedy and not buy the Soul Contract Scroll, but instead used the Demon Clan's curse mark?

The Dark Races are the most rigidly hierarchical races, including the Demon Race. All Dark Races have curses, and higher-ranking Dark Races can remove or change the curses of lower-ranking Dark Races at any time.

Of course, this also requires the cooperation of the person whose seal is cast.

From the moment Ye Ge's genes were bound to the Demon Tree, making him the Demon Lord of the new demon race, he was already able to break the curses on all the dark races in the world.

However, it makes sense. If Ye Shengxiong's father used a soul contract with assassins during his lifetime, then the contract would end the moment they died. Because when they died, all the assassins who had signed the contract with them would also die instantly.

In that case, none of what happened later would have occurred.

Ye Shengxiong's face turned pale, and his cheeks twitched violently a few times: "So you were... from the very beginning..."

“Yes,” Ye Ge said slowly, “I knew about your situation from the moment you tried to use the curse seal to summon and control Lin Jianxiu and the others.”

"I know you gained power from the demons, and I know you first sided with Yan Ji."

"I know you've sided with the Underworld, and I also know you've partnered with these two treacherous fools who believed your evil deeds..."

Muraki and Verona: "..."

Ye Shengxiong's face was pale.

He wore an expression of utter disbelief.

He was trembling all over!

He devised such a long plan, laid out such a long scheme, and even directed Lin Jianxiu to get closer to Ye Ge in the Ye family to gain his trust...

So, the whole thing happened right under Ye Ge's nose?!

Who could accept this outcome?

"Damn it!!!" Ye Shengxiong said ferociously, "Ye Ge! You fucking tricked me!?? I'll fight you to the death!!!" After saying that, he pounced on him with a ferocious expression.

However, having been riddled with holes by the genetic weapon, more than 80% of his soul energy had leaked out, and his movements were now as sluggish as those of an ordinary person.

"Boom-"

Another arcane gunshot rang out as the trigger was pulled.

A crimson energy blast struck Ye Shengxiong's brow bone with perfect accuracy.

The beam of light pierced through the back of his head, creating a small hole in it!

Ye Shengxiong's pupils widened, his gaze gradually lost focus, and a large amount of blood gushed from the blood hole between his eyebrows within seconds.

He then leaned forward and fell straight to the ground, landing right at Ye Ge's feet.

Ye Ge looked down with his hands behind his back and, with the help of the Eye of Extreme Yin, saw the dissipating soul on Ye Shengxiong's body.

“Now, your story is truly over,” Ye Ge said. “You don’t even have the chance to be reborn as the male lead in a villainous novel.”

Verona cursed under her breath: "I never expected that Ye Shengxiong would be so unreliable!"

Muraki stood to the side without saying a word, lost in thought.

Ye Ge looked up at the two of them and said calmly, "Alright, now there are only two of us left."

"A fourth-level Sun Wheel Warrior, a Flame Dragon Mage, and even a tenth-level Divine Sorcerer have been dispatched... With such a grand display, let's settle things today."

Lin Jianxiu and more than a hundred other Ye family warriors had already aimed their magic guns at Muraki, Verona, and the others, and adjusted their weapons to be optimal for targeting them.

"..."

Muraki slowly opened his mouth beneath his mask and ordered the surrounding Sun Wheel warriors, "Sun Wheel Formation, capture this Night Song alive."

The samurai were all stunned for a moment.

Didn't they initially say there would be no mercy? How come it's changed to capturing them alive now?

However, the Nichirin Samurai were all machines that carried out orders.

They responded in unison, then quickly dispersed and arranged themselves in the Sun Wheel Formation with practiced ease.

The image of over thirty samurai, holding swords in both hands, with their legs slightly bent, crouching in a kendo stance characteristic of the Nichirin tribe, is quite imposing.

Verona glanced at the surrounding woods and sneered, "Although you saw through my plan, your Night Clan's genetic weapons can only overcome one major level of enemy strength. How dare you talk such big?"

That seems to be true.

Two Soul Emperors, several Saints, dozens of Awakening Realm cultivators, and one Divine Sorcerer—more than a hundred magic guns equipped with gene-enhancing bullets were completely ineffective.

Ye Ge gave her a deep look, as if she were looking at an idiot: "They say that women who cheat aren't very smart, and it's true."

"???" Verona was furious: "What did you say?!"

"Why don't you think about this carefully? Since I knew this was an ambush and still dared to come, how could I only have this much preparation?" Ye Ge said, "You don't really think that it's me who's trapped in this 'Mist Cage' barrier, do you?"

"......What do you mean?"

"Literally of course."

A flash of light appeared in the Night Singer's voice, and the Demon Slayer Blade appeared in his hand: "Actually, it is you who are imprisoned."

"idiot!"

As he spoke, he raised the Demon Slayer Blade in his hand and slashed horizontally! Then he slashed vertically!

A cross-shaped dimensional rift suddenly opened.

A terrifying, dark red demonic aura surged forth from it!

A dark, cross-shaped door slowly opened!

"!"

Muraki's pupils suddenly contracted.

what is that? ?

He instinctively took half a step back.

As a member of a dark race, he is extremely sensitive to demonic energy.

Such pure demonic energy could only have been found in the Demon Realm he had visited... No! Even in the realm of the demon race, he had never seen such dark, pure, and terrifying demonic energy!