"Shi'er mentioned before that extraterrestrial demons also possess similar abilities. Previously, the Second Prince and the Little Golden Roc King were also bewitched by demons, and their strength suddenly increased dramatically. However, the price they paid was that they ultimately died and their cultivation was extinguished," the Rong family head said coldly.
"Stop spreading rumors!" The Yun family patriarch was somewhat annoyed. "That's just a winner-takes-all argument. If it weren't for the Regent's interference, the Second Prince and the Little Golden Roc King would still be alive and well, even as powerful as the old Demon Emperor back then. Don't you want to have that kind of power?"
"I may want to become stronger, but I don't want to become a slave to demons," the head of the Soren family said coldly.
“You are beyond saving. You will become a blasphemer,” the Yun family patriarch shook his head and said to Soren Shi beside him, “Niece, quickly persuade your father not to let him lead the entire Soren family to destruction.”
"Father!" Sorenshi took a deep breath, a hint of tears welling up in his eyes.
Sorenxing was also in tears: "Father is useless, I can't save you, Shi'er, are you afraid?"
“I’m afraid,” Soren Shi’s voice was low, but she quickly raised her head. “But I’m more afraid that the Soren family will be destroyed. Father, you don’t need to worry about me. As a woman of the Soren family, I can only die standing up. I will not grovel for mercy!”
"You're courting death!" The Yun family patriarch roared in fury, grabbing at the firewood pile below the platform. The flames from the torches held by the soldiers were sucked into the pile of firewood below, quickly igniting into a raging fire.
Scalding hot air rose up as the Yun family patriarch coldly gazed towards the city wall: "Sorenxing, this is your last chance. If you surrender now, you can still save your daughter and preserve the lives of your clan. Otherwise, if your beautiful daughter is burned alive, your Soren City will suffer the same fate."
Soren gripped the battlements tightly with both hands, tearing a hole through the solid wall.
His lips trembled incessantly, as if he wanted to say something, but found that he couldn't utter a single word.
At this moment, Sorenshi suddenly shouted from the high platform: "Father, hold on! The Regent will eventually notice the strange thing here, and he will come to save the entire Soren family."
"The Regent?" The Yun family patriarch sneered. "That pretty boy is probably living a life of debauchery in the human imperial city right now. By the time he finds out what's going on here, the entire Soren family will probably be reduced to ashes."
Soren Shi fell silent upon hearing this. She knew all too well that this was true. The Regent would indeed come to the rescue once he found out, but by then, the other families, the so-called True Demon Envoy, and even the Demon God would be nowhere to be found. Moreover, it was unknown what they would do with the Four Symbols Stones. Perhaps their strength would suddenly increase so much that even the Regent would be unable to deal with them.
The key question is whether the Soren family can hold out until then.
She certainly can't support it anymore.
Thinking back to the first time she met the Regent, and how he saved her in the sealed land, and his handsome face when he smiled, Soren Shi felt a pang of reluctance. She really wanted to see him again.
At this moment, the head of the Wu family also joined in the mockery: "That guy is really too much. He even dared to openly lay hands on the Little Demon Queen. He simply doesn't take us old demons seriously. When the Demon God descends, he will know what it means to be outmatched!"
The Wu family has always tried to ride on the coattails of the Golden Crow royal family's reputation, but now Zu'an's actions have made them lose face as well.
The Rong family patriarch chimed in, "That's right. Hoping the regent will come to your rescue is less desirable than hoping for a demon god to descend."
Suddenly, a voice came from the sky: "Oh, really?"
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