Cang Yan sneered at Mu Yexuan's arrogant words, "Kill me? Do you have the ability?"

"Cang Yan, half of your demon army has submitted to me. You have no chance of winning." Mu Yexuan was very confident.

When Ning Xue betrayed him and came to him, he had already made thorough preparations. All the demon soldiers who had submitted to him had been controlled and used by him.

Even if Ning Xue had other schemes, she couldn't do anything to him.

He didn't see Yuan Qi from the Demon Palace when he arrived, so he must have escaped.

With half of Mu Tiantian's demon core in his hands, her strength has been halved.

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that Cang Yan is now fighting alone.

Therefore, his chances of winning are very high.

"Is that so?" Cang Yan's lips curled slightly.

Not long after, Mu Yexuan's demon soldiers suddenly collapsed.

Within fifteen minutes, countless demons appeared and surrounded his demon army.

The situation has reversed.

This was something Mu Yexuan hadn't anticipated.

"I didn't expect you to have a hidden demon army. Even so, you still can't defeat me!" Mu Yexuan's aura was no less than Cang Yan's.

However, he had already begun to calculate in his mind that if other problems arose, he would have no choice but to retreat and not launch a full-scale attack.

Anyway, he has Mu Tiantian's demon core, so he can find her no matter where she is.

"Practice Shadow." As Cang Yan finished speaking, a dark figure appeared beside him.

"Demon Lord." The shadow transformed into human form.

Mu Yexuan's eyes widened in surprise upon seeing the newcomer. "Lian Ying?"

Lian Ying glanced at him coldly after hearing the voice, but said nothing.

"I'll take the people you don't want, and I'll also take all the demons you executed who had gone mad." Ever since Cang Yan entered the Underworld, he discovered that the demon race was almost everywhere in the Underworld.

The demon race is extremely small, and Mu Yexuan has been relentlessly hunting them down, hoping to eradicate them completely.

In this way, the underworld came under his control.

Once a demon is tainted by demonic energy, it will inevitably become a demon and fall into the demon race, which would be a considerable threat to the demon race.

Therefore, Mu Yexuan exterminated all the demons who had fallen into demonic possession.

When Cang Yan learned of this, he took them under his command and put them to use, but he kept it a secret from everyone.

Ning Xue was a demon. Out of gratitude, she risked her life for him. Seeing that she was quite powerful, he gave her the position of palace master to make it easier for her to manage other demons.

Not long after Yuan Qi arrived at the Demon Palace, Cang Yan already knew his identity.

They just haven't exposed it yet.

Cang Yan has never fully trusted anyone, or rather, he dares not trust anyone anymore.

Moreover, this is in the ever-changing underworld.

Therefore, Ning Xue's betrayal did not surprise him too much.

Lian Ying was a demon who had fallen into demonic possession, and he saved her.

Mu Yexuan thought Lian Ying was dead, but in reality, she was rescued by Cang Yan and secretly raised as a precaution.

"I didn't expect you to have such a trick up your sleeve." Mu Yexuan became serious. "I underestimated you, but..."

Mu Yexuan changed the subject, raising the demon core in his hand, "If I were to crush this half of a demon core, what do you think would happen?"

Cang Yan frowned deeply.

The demon core is an extremely important thing for a demon, even more important than the heart.

Generally speaking, if a demon becomes possessed by a demon, its demon core will eventually transform into a demon core.

Even if only one-tenth of the Demon Core remains, it can be re-cultivated.

Unlike demon cores, if one half of a demon core is destroyed, the other half will also be affected.

Mu Tiantian is a demon, but she is also extremely demonic, and even after a thousand years, she has not completely become a demon.

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that she was a demon incarnate; he had never seen any other demon with such a constitution besides her.

If the demon core shatters, the owner of the demon core will be forced back to their original form, and may even face mortal danger.

Cang Yan didn't know the specifics of Mu Tiantian's situation, so he dared not act rashly.

Seeing that his threat was effective, Mu Yexuan's momentum grew stronger. "Cang Yan, tell your demon army to stop."

The demon core was in his hand; he only needed to squeeze it gently to completely pulverize it.

Cang Yan agreed to his request.

Mu Tiantian saw that Cang Yan had actually bowed his head to Mu Yexuan for her sake.

Her brain was spinning rapidly.

She absolutely had to break free from Mu Yexuan's control.

As long as her demon core remains in Mu Yexuan's hands, she will be threatened by him.

No matter what they do, Mu Yexuan will never hand over her demon core.

He would never let go of something that could be used to restrain Cang Yan.

Mu Tiantian: [Seventh Universe, is it true that in this world, the soul doesn't perish after death?]

System: [Yes... you want to purchase a clone?]

Mu Tiantian: [If your system is willing to directly transform my body into a human or a deity, that would be great.]

System: [That's time-consuming, laborious, and expensive. I'd rather give you a clone. A human clone costs 20,000 points, a divine clone 50,000 points, and an immortal clone 40,000 points. Which do you want?]

Mu Tiantian: [Why did the price go up? I remember the human body was only 10,000 points, wasn't it?]

Her body was destroyed while she was on a mission in another world, but because her soul was immortal, she still had the opportunity to buy a clone to continue the mission.

I remember when my body died in that world, it almost caused the mission to fail.

However, clones can only be used in a world where the body dies but the soul does not, and the soul can reincarnate and self-circulate.

If it were a world where the body dies and the soul perishes, then her mission would have failed.

System: [This is a Class A world where the human body can cultivate immortality, hence the high price.]

Mu Tiantian gritted her teeth: [Buy!]

System: [Hey, by the way, just a reminder: to prevent a recurrence of this corruption, remember to tell Cang Yan before you die not to reveal your identity.]

Mu Tiantian: 【...Then how should I say it?】

System: [This is just to give you a heads-up; just let him know you're not really dead.]

Mu Tiantian: [Okay.]

System: [Where in the human world are you planning to deploy your clone?]

Mu Tiantian: [It has to be a place where I can at least be safe.]

System: [Important Notes on Using Clones: Cultivating a clone takes at least ten days. The host soul can only survive in the world for a maximum of one month. If a new body cannot be established within one month, the clone will be forcibly expelled from the world.]

Mu Tiantian: [Okay, okay, I'll buy the clone after I die.]

System: [No problem.]

Mu Tiantian leaned close to Cang Yan's ear and whispered, "Ayan, I'm going to run away in a bit. Remember to come find me in the human realm."

Cang Yan agreed without hesitation; he would definitely help her escape.

Mu Tiantian repeated, "You must come to the human realm to find me."

Hopefully, her emphasis on this point will be helpful.

Mu Tiantian looked at Mu Yexuan and said loudly, "The dignified Demon Lord is acting in such a despicable way, using threats and inducements without fear of becoming a laughing stock."

Mu Yexuan chuckled lightly, "I am by no means a gentleman. To achieve my goals, I will stop at nothing."

"So, even if I go with you, you might not return the demon core to me?"

"Since I have agreed to your request, I will not go back on my word."

"I suspect that you took me away just to use my life to blackmail Cang Yan. I am nothing more than a pawn in your game, both in the past and now."

Mu Tiantian's words shocked Mu Yexuan. In the past, he had indeed regarded her as a pawn, someone he could discard at any time.

Now, everything is different.

He would indeed use her to blackmail Cang Yan, but he would never harm her.

He had already planned this out: he could both eliminate Cang Yan and make her his demon queen.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have rashly sent troops to attack the Demon Palace.

Taking advantage of Mu Yexuan's distraction, Cang Yan swiftly attacked him to snatch the demon core.

However, Mu Yexuan reacted very quickly and put it away, leaving Cang Yan empty-handed.

He would not be distracted by something so important and let it be stolen.

"One of you distracted me by talking to me, while the other came to snatch the demon core. What a clever scheme! Unfortunately, you failed," Mu Yexuan said sarcastically.

Before this, Cang Yan had already given more than half of his divine power to Mu Tiantian, so his movements were a little slow.

At this moment, Mu Tiantian took out the other half of the demon core from her body.

She was all smiles, like a gentle spring breeze.

She smiled and said, "Mu Yexuan, I won't let you have any leverage over Ayan."

After saying that, she crushed the half of the demon core without hesitation in front of everyone.

At the same time, the half demon core in Mu Yexuan's hand shattered into dust and scattered in the air.

Like countless stars falling upon each person.