"Empress, why don’t you marry me? Let me be king, I’ll make you queen, and we’ll rule the world together, how about that?"

Hume Rose spoke as his quick knife continuously slashed down!

Dragon Dance dodged non-stop, wielding her longsword to fend off without engaging.

"Are you insulting me?" Facing Hume Rose’s provocation, Dragon Dance sneered, "With just you? You’re truly not worthy."

"Haha! I think I might be falling for you." Hume Rose said sweet words, yet his strike was more ruthless than anyone!

He was very clear that his most precious asset was time.

"I don’t quite want to kill you now. Why don’t I take you away and experience the Empress’ reign?" He continued to provoke Dragon Dance, always watching for an opening.

Dragon Dance was defending the whole time, clearly trying to buy time.

This kind of strong opponent choosing to evade battle, Hume Rose indeed had no better solution.

Sure enough, Dragon Dance started to get angry.

She gripped her sword with both hands and pushed forward fiercely!

Clang!

Hume Rose was struck back.

"Your mental state is already ruined." Although Hume Rose was pushed back, he was quite pleased inside.

Mental state is the hardest part for a master to handle.

A person filled with anger, with fire in their heart, finds it very hard to calm down.

Once a master loses composure, they become full of flaws.

"Look behind you." Dragon Dance spoke calmly.

"Trying to trick me into turning around?" Hume Rose laughed, "Don’t rush, once I catch you, I will naturally go..."

"Ah!"

A scream was heard.

Hume Rose swept his knife forward!

Clang!

Utilizing the power from the clash with Dragon Dance’s longsword, he looked back!

Those villagers had killed the Hume family members!

What was that?

That was a Great Grandmaster!

The Hume family brought elite masters this time.

But facing those villagers, they seemingly had no ability to resist.

"What’s happening?"

Hume Rose blocked as he turned, but was scratched across the face by Dragon Dance’s sword.

Leaving a blood mark.

"I said, I am the Empress. My people, can’t be defeated by a commoner like you!" Dragon Dance laughed loudly, "Still dare to insult me? Hume family in the southeast, isn’t it? Very well, now I’ll kill you! Exterminate your Hume family!"

As soon as Dragon Dance’s words finished, her longsword flashed like lightning, extremely powerful.

Attack and defense positions instantly reversed.

"I don’t believe it!"

Hume Rose had no desire to fight, he flipped back, swinging his right hand holding the knife horizontally!

The villager was immediately killed.

Yet the Hume family members couldn’t harm those villagers at all.

"What’s going on!"

Facing Dragon Dance’s pressing advance, Hume Rose could only keep defending.

He couldn’t even think with his mind.

If he started thinking, it meant getting distracted.

Being distracted would expose flaws!

Boom!

Dragon Dance kicked Hume Rose in the chest, sending him flying.

Most of the Hume family members were dead.

"You’ve forced me." Hume Rose took a deep breath, his body suddenly changed.

The muscles on his body started to tremble continuously.

The blood in his body boiled like a cauldron.

This is from the Zodiac Lotus Shadow’s scriptures.

An internal cultivation scripture!

Hume Rose was unwilling to do this, because once this internal cultivation was activated, it meant his Heart Demon would rapidly grow.

There was no white lotus here, no means to suppress the Heart Demon.

Yet it seemed he had no choice at that moment.

"Empress, I won’t let you go!"

Hume Rose shouted fiercely, gripping the knife with both hands, slashing down toward Dragon Dance!

Bang!

A deep thud!

The knife unexpectedly emitted a faint yellow glow.

Dragon Dance felt her wrist numb, she found it hard to steady her sword.

"What is this..." She was surprised because just now, that slash gave Dragon Dance a sense of déjà vu.

"The Power of the Gods! Have you heard of the Gods?" Hume Rose’s eyes began to turn dark red, and on his body, there was even a layer of faint mist.

He walked as if he were followed by another person.

"You call this God’s Power?" Dragon Dance suddenly remembered, back when she was in the Ten Thousand Mountain Alliance, she indeed perceived such power.

But that was so many years ago.

"Zodiac Lotus Shadow?" She blurted out.

Hume family couldn’t possibly have such capable people, nor such powerful scriptures and cultivation technique.

Considering the recent rumors, the only reasonable explanation might be Zodiac Lotus Shadow.

"That’s right! This is the most mysterious and forbidden method in the Zodiac Lotus Shadow! I don’t use it lightly!" Hume Rose hefted his knife, feeling as if he were someone else as he walked.

"I will pay the price, but you will pay an even more terrible price!"

He raised the knife and coldly said, "Die!"

Thunk!

However, just then.

A shadow darted out!

Directly knocking Hume Rose flying!

"Werewolf?" Looking at the werewolf before him, Hume Rose laughed loudly, "Interesting, wyvern and werewolf. Oh dragon, you’re a Dragon Clan, how could dragons not have werewolves?"

This werewolf was sent by Dragoon.

He controlled dragons, so he naturally commanded a few werewolves.

The relationship between werewolves and wyverns was extremely special.

Sometimes they fought for wyverns, but when wyverns were absent, nobody knew where they were.

Evidently, the werewolf’s attack didn’t severely injure Hume Rose.

The reason for this was the mist surrounding Hume Rose.

With this mist, it was as though he were encased in armor, thoroughly protected.

"Fix!"

Hume Rose pointed at the divine tribe members.

Those divine tribe members were enveloped in an even thinner mist, keeping them stationary, unable to move.

"Werewolf?"

He swung the knife, slashing toward the werewolf!

Clang!

The werewolf’s sturdy body let out a wail when struck by the knife!

"Before God, all is void!"

Hume Rose slashed again!

Bang!

The werewolf vanished.

Torn apart by force.

Dragoon probably didn’t foresee, the werewolf he’d believed could assist Dragon Dance was killed just like that.

"Die for me!"

Hume Rose raised his knife, slashing down once more!

Dragon Dance’s eyes were filled with contemplation, she was trapped.

That faint mist appeared around her before she realized it.

Dragon Dance took a deep breath, focused all her energy to counter that slash!

She was the Empress, not about to die so easily!

"Die!" Hume Rose slashed down!

Yet it was blocked.

Julius Reed somehow appeared before Dragon Dance, catching the blade with one hand.

"Is it you?" Hume Rose was very surprised.

His knife was caught barehanded by someone?

This person Hume Rose knew, he had seen car footage, knowing Apollo Rose and others had fallen into this guy’s hands.

Dragon Dance was stunned too.

Isn’t this Piran Wilson?

Why is he here?

And he intercepted a slash meant for her?

"There’s something you said that I really dislike." Julius Reed walked forward step by step.

"She could never be your woman."

After speaking, Julius Reed kicked out!

Bam!

Hume Rose retreated a few steps, showing no sign of being affected.

"How about that? With divine power to aid me, I am undefeated!" Hume Rose found it laughable that someone dared to rush to their death.

But he didn’t know that Dragon Dance was Julius Reed’s woman.

A woman belonging to the Saint Lord cannot be insulted by others.

"Divine power?" Julius Reed drew Knife Abernathy, slicing his palm!

God’s blood stained the blade, shining brightly!

Swoosh!

He darted forward, Knife Abernathy instantly fell with a bloodied edge!

Plop.

One of Hume Rose’s arms dropped to the ground.