Demon Lord and His Unknown Child With the Empress-Chapter 371 : It’s Probably This Lord’s Intuition

Chapter 371 - It's Probably This Lord's Intuition

"Who is it!"

Shu Yi's expression was one of shock as he looked warily at the person at the cave entrance. With a raise of his hand, countless rats had already surrounded the newcomer.

"It's me!" Xiyao slowly walked forward, revealing her ice-cold face.

Shu Yi frowned, staring intently at Xiyao, his face full of confusion. With Xiyao not revealing her beast form, he couldn't recognize who she was at all… But her tone and voice felt very familiar…

"I'm asking you, who gave you permission to act on your own!"

Xiyao raised her arm and clenched her fist. Her arm instantly transformed into a giant, five-clawed, scale-covered dragon palm and slammed Shu Yi against the wall!

Seeing this dragon claw, Shu Yi instantly realized who the woman before him was, his expression filled with utter terror.

"L-Lord Dragon Emperor!"

"Y-You, what are you doing here…?"

"I have a more important matter to attend to here, and you! You have disturbed my plan!"

"I already said, without my permission, no one is to act in Tongjun City, right!"

Long Yao's eyes turned cold. She applied a little more force with her claws, instantly crushing some of the bones in Shu Yi's body!

"L-Lord Dragon Emperor, spare me!"

"Th-This lowly one just wanted to share your burdens."

"If we continue to let the Southern Clan Alliance stay in Tongjun City, the more clans that join them, the more disadvantageous it will be for you, Lord Dragon Emperor!"

Feeling many of his bones breaking, Shu Yi hurriedly begged Long Yao for mercy in his pain.

His unauthorized leading of the great rat demon army to raid Tongjun City was indeed, on one hand, to try and wipe out the entire Southern Clan Alliance and claim the credit for himself.

On the other hand, he also truly felt that if they continued to let the Southern Clan Alliance grow, the situation would become even more unfavorable for them.

However, Long Yao didn't care about any of this; she never did. She only cared about the task her mother had given her! And now, Shu Yi had dared to disturb her plan and disobey her command!

"The thing I hate most is people who don't listen!"

Squelch!

Long Yao stared at Shu Yi with her cold dragon eyes and, without hesitation, forcefully crushed his entire body!

"L-Lord Dragon Emperor…"

With less than half his body left, Shu Yi lay on the ground, pleading with his last weak voice.

Long Yao just gave him a calm glance. Hearing the sound of the Spirit-Devouring Bugs from outside the cave behind her, she paid him no more mind and turned to leave.

Shu Yi, lying on the ground, saw a faint abnormality in the shadow at Long Yao's feet and wanted to speak up and warn her, but he could no longer form any words…

Countless Spirit-Devouring Bugs had already swarmed into the cave, swiftly devouring and submerging him…

……

On the other side, in the courtyard.

Sensing that the chaos in the city had gradually subsided, Luo Ruying also walked out of her room and came to Xiyao's door.

"Xiyao?" Luo Ruying knocked gently on the door and asked.

"Is something wrong?" Xiyao opened the door, a puzzled look on her face.

"There was a rat infestation in the city just now. Are you alright?"

Luo Ruying's beautiful eyes carefully looked Xiyao up and down before she asked with concern.

"Oh, is that so? No wonder I kept faintly hearing the sound of rats."

"It really gave me a scare."

"A few rats also got into my room just now, but after they saw the wounds on my body, they all ran away again."

Xiyao patted her chest with lingering fear, then shook her head to indicate that she was fine.

"It's good that Miss Xiyao is alright."

Ning Yechen walked forward with a faint smile, his eyes gazing at Xiyao.

He was all too clear about when she had left the room just now, where she had gone, and what she had done…

"Mmm… Thank you for your concern."

A trace of fear flashed in Xiyao's eyes as she bowed slightly in gratitude.

Every time the Demon Lord stood before her, she would inexplicably feel an indescribable sense of pressure…!

Her every instinct told her that this man was very dangerous! Mother was right, she was probably no match for the Demon Lord…

Just those strange insects at his feet were enough to be extremely daunting and tricky to deal with.

Just then, the Spirit-Devouring Bugs, having gnawed all the rat demons to nothing, all swarmed out from the crevices and holes in the ground and, like a returning flock, burrowed back to Ning Yechen's feet.

Hu Shan's group, who had followed the Spirit-Devouring Bugs all the way, saw this scene and also revealed an "as expected" expression.

He had guessed that to be able to command such a massive and terrifying number of Spirit-Devouring Bugs, it could only be this lord…

"Thank you, Demon Lord, for your help!"

Hu Shan led the crowd in bowing to Ning Yechen to express their solemn gratitude. If not for these Spirit-Devouring Bugs acting in time, who knows how many more people would have been killed or injured in the city and the camp.

"This Lord acted only because these rats disturbed this Lord's rest." Ning Yechen said with a casual wave of his hand.

Hu Shan's group, hearing this, couldn't help but look astonished.

So it was only for that reason...? And here they thought he had specially acted to save them.

"Demon Lord, tonight's raid by the Rat Demon Clan was very likely the Dragon Emperor's doing!"

"That Dragon Emperor has probably already decided to make her move!"

"You must be careful."

Hu Shan reminded him after a moment's thought.

Originally, he thought that because Tongjun City had offered no resistance, the act of deliberately leaving behind the infected Xiyao was a plot to infect their army with the Woe Demon Poison.

But tonight's surprise attack by the Rat Demon Clan made him think that leaving Xiyao behind might have just been a diversion.

The real purpose was to have the Rat Demon Clan launch a surprise attack while they were completely unprepared!

Xiyao, hearing these words from Hu Shan, couldn't help but secretly furrow her brows.

The surprise attack by the Rat Demon Clan had nothing to do with her at all; it was completely a decision made by Shu Yi on his own initiative.

Ning Yechen, upon hearing this, was also amused.

"This Lord feels that the Dragon Emperor has probably already made her move and is watching from somewhere."

"However, this rat demon raid probably has nothing to do with that Dragon Emperor."

"Oh…? Why is that?" Hu Shan asked curiously.

Under the curious gazes of the crowd, Ning Yechen just smiled faintly and said confidently,

"It's probably this Lord's intuition~"

The crowd: "..."

Hearing Ning Yechen's answer, the crowd was silent and speechless, yet they didn't dare to disagree.

If the Demon Lord says it's intuition, then it's intuition…

Only Luo Ruying, at his side, gave Ning Yechen a charmingly coquettish eye-roll.

Xiyao, standing behind Ning Yechen, however, narrowed her eyes slightly, staring deeply at his back.

Could the Demon Lord have discovered something…? It shouldn't be possible.

She had taken medicine that could suppress all the spiritual and beastly aura in her body.

As long as she didn't proactively circulate it, she was no different from an ordinary person.

Even Luo Ruying, who had healed her and transferred spiritual energy to her, hadn't discovered anything.

The Demon Lord shouldn't be able to see through her either…

She was probably just overthinking it…