The woman’s expression turned very ugly. Her nostrils flared with indignation. “Then don’t blame this aunt of yours for being rude!” She flung her sleeves angrily and glanced at the man beside her, “Huo Jiu, finish that eyesore here and take the throne!”

The aforementioned Huo Jiu assessed the man next to Yu Liang, neither of them spoke. Two half-brothers locked in a mental battle of will as similar pairs of obstinate dark eyes clashed with each other. The aura around them was terrifying; they both released their inner demonic pressure to suppress on one another, fighting for dominance.

In the next instant, concubine Huli staggered in midair before dropping down unceremoniously onto the floor. Blood trickled down the corner of her lips. When Huo Wei Hu’s immense pressure descended upon her, she felt her core snapping under his mental force.

Her son, Huo Jiu was also sweating profusely with his fists clenched stubbornly in pride to remain standing upright. It took a great deal of energy to not have his knees buckled under him like his mother. When did this guy’s strength increase by leaps and bounds?

But Yu Liang wasn’t faring too well herself either to rejoice in schadenfreude over those two’s misfortune. Although, Huo Wei Hu had controlled his pressure and spared her from it, she was still hit head on with Huo Jiu’s demonic pressure. Her muscles contracted as she doubled over in pain; her small body curled on the floor into a fetish position as blood gushed from her mouth.

A warm, comfortable hand touched her forehead. She felt a smoothing stream of energy inserted into her arteries. The spiritual essence circulated through her body, calming down the chaotic turmoil within her internal organs. His touch was gentle like the water, flowing through her heart as his inner energy healed her. The tensed muscles under his aid relaxed.

When her eyes fluttered open, she was greeted with his dignified side profile, strong and imposing. The tremendous pressure on her was gone. She saw his strong jaw and chiseled chin, but what she didn’t see was how his pupils were dyed in crimson red. A stark contrast between his usual obsidian dark orbs. The palpable anger in his eyes was so intense, it was obvious some unfortunate fellow had committed a serious blunder.

Fear invaded their hearts for a brief second as the mother and son pair stared at him in disbelief. Did the guy’s eyes change color? He got that angry over a stupid human?

Quickly, they regained their senses, annoyed at themselves for being unsettled by a mere brat. After all, they had stolen the legendary secret manual to the demonic path left behind by the deceased demon lord. They have nothing to fear! Humph! What is Huo Wei Hu compare to that power?

Concubine Huli huffed, “Little brat, today this great-aunt will dismantle your demonic soul!”

He met the woman’s threat with a crooked grin, but there was no mirth in his eyes. “Huo Jiu, this king will give you the throne if you kill your mother, unless, you really want to risk your life and go all out with me?”

Concubine Huli snorted, “You bastard! My son will never harm me! I’m his mother! This great-aunt ought to teach a brat like you some etiquette!” Stalking over with long strides, she raised one of her hand, preparing to strike.

Before her raised palm could connect with Huo Wei Hu’s face, fiery red beams of spiritual chains extended forward and wove around her, shackling her arms tightly together with her body in an awkward position. Her ankles encapsulated to the ground by the smoldering chains of ember as she yelped in pain. Sizzling sounds of burnt flesh could be heard; her beauty ruined by angry red horizontal marks across her face and her skin was a bloody messed of scarlet blotches.

“This king has even restrained her for you, still not going?” The meaning behind his succinct words were very clear.

A pensive expression skittered across Concubine Huli’s face when she saw the calculative look in her son’s eyes. “Y-You…w-what do you want to do to your own mother?” Her flustered speech gave away her nervousness; she couldn’t help but cursed the sly fox in her heart, actually using such cheap trick to sow discord between the motherly affections she had nurtured with her son.

Huo Jiu creased his brows as he watched his mother. The offer was tempting since demons don’t have a second incarnation, but… he lifted his eyes to meet his half-brother with a snobbish smirk. “Brother, thank you for your concern, but you’ve overestimated your abilities. Even though you have great aptitude, your prowess is no match for the current me!” he boasted. With the help of his mother, he had attained the legendary demonic manual.

A chilling frost iced over Huo Wei Hu’s eyes. “You’re not as brainless as you used to be, able to see through my lies, but then again, if you agreed so easily just like that, it’ll be too boring.”

By now, Huo Jiu’s face had changed many shades of color. From red to black, then from black to blue and back to red. He was so riled up to the point he almost vomited a mouthful of blood in anger. This brat was taking him for a fool? He never planned on honoring his deal! Hateful! Simply too hateful!

Yu Liang watched the drama unfold before her, amused by how many different facial expressions the two had shown in a short span of time. She was entertained watching the live opera, but it was short-lived.

Eerie black mists ejected from the mother and son’s body, gradually expanded from beneath their feet. The aura surrounding them also appeared to have changed. She felt the foreboding of evil, like a bad omen was knocking on their front door. This isn’t good! Even Wei Hu’s expression had changed!

The black aura vaporized the fire chains locked around concubine Huli’s body, merging together with her skin. Creepy arcane symbols appeared on the mother and son’s face, trailing all the way down to the neck and possibly extending to the rest of their body. The dark symbols seemed to be sentient, with a mind of its own.

Before Yu Liang could examine it further, a strong force propelled her backward and rolled her far away from the mother and son pair, but she was unharmed. Beyond a shadow of doubt, the one responsible for knocking her out of the way was Huo Wei Hu; otherwise, there was no way she’d be uninjured after being catapulted such a distance. She understood he was worried for her safety, but… did he took her as a decoration?

In terms of raw power and strength, she couldn’t compare to him or his people. When it comes to spiritual force or energy, there was even less to say since she had no cultivation. But, she had her own method of fighting, her own way of contributing!

Nobody paid attention to her as she glided along the walls, masking her presence as much as possible. She was a veteran hunter in the forest with years of experience under her belt and today those skills came in handy.