CHAPTER 1610: CHAPTER 712: TERRIBLE NEWS! SOULS SCATTERED!

A moment later, more than a dozen ghost rays flew out of Demon City, heading towards directions such as the Yun E Clan, the Rakshasa Borderline, and Rakshasa City.

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Rakshasa City!

Meng Tuoluo once again engaged in a deep conversation with the Little Rakshasa King.

"My lord, can you be honest with me just once?" Meng Tuoluo asked.

"Of course!" The Little Rakshasa King replied gently.

Meng Tuoluo said, "Why do you protect Lanling like this? I can’t fathom it no matter how hard I try."

The Little Rakshasa King replied, "Like-mindedness."

Meng Tuoluo said, "You still don’t trust me, not speaking truthfully. Is it just like-mindedness? You’ve offended the Demon Sky Clan, angered Elder Mokan, and indirectly lost your place as the Crown Prince. It’s hard to believe it’s just like-mindedness."

The Little Rakshasa King said, "Darling, there truly is only like-mindedness between Lanling and me."

Meng Tuoluo said, "Even now, if I advise you to sever ties with Lanling completely, wouldn’t you still agree?"

The Little Rakshasa King said, "Darling, you’ve always got the priorities wrong. Be it Mokan, the Demon Lord, or Prince You Ming, they’re not targeting me because of Lanling; they target Lanling because of me. So the question isn’t whether I should abandon Lanling, but whether Lanling should abandon me. Their real target has always been me, not Lanling."

Meng Tuoluo was stunned.

Then, she inexplicably felt a slight trembling in her heart.

Yes, it’s the simplest logic.

The targets of Mokan, You Ming, and the Demon Sky Clan have always been the Rakshasa Crown Prince and not Lanling. Lanling is just collateral damage; if he had not stood by the Little Rakshasa King, he wouldn’t be in trouble.

Why couldn’t she grasp such a simple principle?

No, she certainly understood, but why did she still insist that the Little Rakshasa King abandon Lanling?

It’s not entirely for revenge against Lanling but for another reason.

The Little Rakshasa King said, "Darling, there are three types of people in this world. The first type, short-sighted, only sees immediate interests, we call them narrow-minded. The second type sees somewhat further, perhaps hundreds or thousands of meters—his sight determines how far he can see. The third type has foresight, able to see far beyond their eyesight limit. Which type meets the most tragic end?"

Meng Tuoluo said, "Of course, the first type, the narrow-minded."

The Little Rakshasa King said, "No, the first type, although narrow-minded, focuses on immediate petty gains. They’re meticulous, and despite their narrow mind, they can feed themselves and recognize the trap at their feet, avoiding great calamities. The third type with foresight sees beyond their eyesight limit, exploring with heart and spirit. The most tragic are the second type, their sight fixated at their vision’s limit, thus they cannot see through the uncertainties of the future nor care about the path beneath their feet, often taking the wrong path, a fate impossible to recover from!"

The Little Rakshasa King’s words far surpassed Lanling’s sharpness, deeply piercing the root of Meng Tuoluo’s tragedy.

The first tragedy, she abandoned her fiancé and chose Ji Mengbai.

Unable to see the future, and ignoring the present, she attempted to grasp the limits of her vision, which at the time was Ji Mengbai.

The second choice was the same.

Her promise to Lanling was immediate, Lanling’s Demon Emperor status was the future, the powerful Princess Na Xue, and the strong Motuo Empire were the limits of her sight.

So once again she abandoned the present, reaching for the limits of her sight.

The Little Rakshasa King’s words nearly made Meng Tuoluo’s soul tremble. She desperately denied it, furious, brimming with hatred and enmity.

She laughed suddenly, "Then the Crown Prince and Lanling gathering for warmth, would they be the first type, narrow-minded, or the third type, foresight?"

The Little Rakshasa King replied, "Of course, they are the third type, foresight."

Meng Tuoluo laughed, "One can’t even protect his wife, and destruction is imminent. One can’t even secure the spot as successor, unable to protect the present, how can he safeguard the future? Such foresight is probably too ambitious."

Then she looked at the Little Rakshasa King with a defiant gaze, utterly fearless of death.

Indeed, at this moment, Meng Tuoluo feared no death, even if the Little Rakshasa King killed her with a strike, she would not plead.

Those short-sighted find themselves on their knees begging, foresighted remain unaffected, only the second type wishes for both profit and dignity.

"Ha ha..." The Little Rakshasa King smiled slightly, then closed his eyes, entering into meditation.

At this moment, a Shadow Warrior reported from outside.

"Young Master Gutu requests an audience!"

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"Greetings, Crown Prince, greetings Princess!" Young Master Gutu saluted meticulously.

Meanwhile, Elder Mokan stood silently behind him, having completely fallen out with the Little Rakshasa King, no longer feigning civility.

The Little Rakshasa King said, "You’ve surrounded my crown prince’s residence for more than ten days, today’s your first entrance, what’s the reason?"

Young Master Gutu took out a scroll of crystal stone paper and said, "The Rakshasa King has decreed."

The Little Rakshasa King rose to receive the decree, showing no intent of kneeling.

"Princess Sha Yan must immediately follow Gutu to Demon City and marry, ensuring timely completion, none may obstruct, thus commanded!"

Young Master Gutu recited the decree coldly, "Crown Prince, the decree clearly commands none to obstruct, including you. So, I will be taking Princess Sha Yan away, ensure no delay."

The Little Rakshasa King said, "This so-called auspicious time should be before the battle erupts, right?"

Currently, tension at the Rakshasa and Tiancha tribes’ borderline has reached a peak, war clouds already dreadfully condensed.

Everyone predicts, within half a month, war surely will erupt.

The Demon Lord is leading the front, for his ease of mind, the Rakshasa King decreed for Young Master Gutu to take Princess Sha Yan to marry, settling this matter lest delayed by the war outbreak, rendering all plans futile.

Young Master Gutu said, "For my lifelong happiness, Your Majesty has dispatched his personal Rakshasa guards, a full thirty-nine, whom I’ve brought into the crown prince’s residence, my wife Princess Sha Yan has disturbed you long enough, I’ll be taking her now."

Young Master Gutu and Elder Mokan, upon seeing the prince detained, seemingly defeated, made no semblance of resistance, thus escalating attempts to forcefully enter the crown prince’s residence, attempting to snatch Princess Sha Yan right under the Little Rakshasa King’s nose.

Such bullishness upon seizing the upper hand, relentlessly aggressive!

Meng Tuoluo coldly laughed at this moment, thinking if only the Little Rakshasa King listened to her earlier, abandoning Lanling and handing over Princess Sha Yan, then today’s humiliation could have been avoided.

The Little Rakshasa King said, "Gutu, are you suggesting you’ll take Sha Yan right in front of me, stepping over my dignity in doing so, is that so?"

"I’m commanded by His Majesty’s decree, if that’s your interpretation, so be it..." Young Master Gutu said coldly, "If you think that’s it, then yes..."

"It’s said when the lion falls from grace, it gets bullied by dogs; I haven’t yet fallen, you’re this impatient?" The Little Rakshasa King said.

Elder Mokan said coldly, "You’ve brought this upon yourself."

The Little Rakshasa King said, "There’s something I don’t understand, you so brazenly attempt to snatch Princess Sha Yan away, she’s still Lanling’s wife, aren’t you afraid of Lanling’s retaliation?"

"Lanling? That pretentious Near-Human hybrid?" Young Master Gutu said, "That coward who nearly got castrated alive, fleeing like a stray dog? He retaliate against me? Hahaha... Crown Prince, you overestimate your dog; he’s shivering in his kennel now, in my eyes, he’s just a pig or dog waiting for slaughter, he retaliate against me? Hahaha... what nonsense!"

Right at this moment!

Elder of the Flame Demon Banner rushed in, kneeling before Young Master Gutu, his voice trembling and shrill, "Young Master, something terrible has happened, a catastrophe! Lanling of the Flame Demon Banner has invaded our Heaven Demon Banner Territory with his army, annihilating forty-nine of our tribes, massacring thirty thousand square kilometers of land, severing over a hundred thousand heads, stacking them as Capital Sight!"

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