"Brother System, when will Master come?" After Yaohua returned to her room and locked the door from the inside, she flopped onto the bed.
"I don't know. Reminder to the host: Don't go out before dinner."
Yaohua bounced up from the bed. "Why?"
Could it be that the demons were going to attack her?
"That'll cost you extra."
After saying that, the system fell silent.
Yaohua suddenly felt like grinding her teeth, but the system's agreement to her deal reassured her a great deal.
She lay back down on the bed and gradually fell asleep.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
There came a sudden, violent pounding on the door.
Yaohua slowly opened her eyes. Just as she was about to get up to open the door, she suddenly remembered the system's reminder.
The system surely wouldn't remind her without reason. Oh well, let them pound. Could a few knocks on the door really take a piece of her flesh?
Yaohua burrowed back under the covers and tugged at the gold chain on her wrist.
The pounding lasted for quite a while and then suddenly stopped. Instead, there came a wailing cry, and it was a child crying.
Yaohua remembered what the system had said and pretended not to hear, but the sound grew louder and louder. Eventually, it was like a demonic sound piercing her ears, causing her great suffering.
Just go out and take a look. It shouldn't matter, right?
The system let out a soft scoff in her mind but didn't say anything.
Yaohua summoned up her courage and opened the door.
The moment she opened the door, a female demon suddenly reached out her hand.
Yaohua took a step back. Logically, at this distance, the other party shouldn't be able to reach her, but the female demon's arm seemed to extend infinitely, shattering Yaohua's perception and pulling her out of the door.
Several burly demons who had appeared in the arena immediately surrounded her.
Yaohua's heart skipped a beat.
She had made a mistake.
"This phoenix has bewitched His Highness with her face. Why don't we disfigure her? After His Highness discards her like a worn - out shoe, we can torture her slowly, pull out her intestines and dig out her internal organs!"
A demon laughed sinisterly. He reached out his hand, trying to grab Yaohua's face.
Yaohua smelled a strong fishy odor wafting from him. She quickly held her breath and dodged to the side.
"How dare you lay a hand on me? Aren't you afraid that His Highness will punish you?"
Yaohua composed herself. These demons were so vicious; she mustn't show any fear.
"His Highness is handsome and can have any female demon he wants. Do you think His Highness will really punish us for a stinky phoenix like you?"
It was true. These people addressed Zhao Wu as His Highness. It seemed that Zhao Wu had an extraordinary status. Just because of a mask, he had left a contract mark on her head and acted as if he couldn't do without her. It was really too fake.
Yaohua never thought that Zhao Wu was sincere. He must have seen some profit in her.
Thinking of this, Yaohua composed herself, slightly narrowing her eyes. "His Highness doesn't even mind that I'm a phoenix. Do you really think he only wants me for my face?"
These demons seemed to be really intimidated by her words. They looked at each other.
"Could it be for that?"
What? Yaohua's curiosity was piqued again.
She had said that just to intimidate these demons. How could she have known that there was really something behind it?
A demon hesitated and spoke. Another demon immediately stared at Yaohua. "If so, we can't scratch her face."
Could it still be related to her face?
"Are you scared?" Another demon sneered. "Since we can't scratch her face, we can at least deprive her of her cultivation."
"Yes. His Highness just wants a canary. Only when she loses her cultivation can she be at His Highness's mercy."
"That's true." The others echoed. "His Highness has even put a gold chain on her. He must not want her to have cultivation but is reluctant to be too harsh. Depriving her of her cultivation will surely please His Highness."
Yaohua suddenly felt a bit panicked.
The gold chain could be taken off, but it would be extremely difficult to regain lost cultivation.
However, the demons had already reached a consensus. The female demon came up and tried to tie up her hands and feet.
"I have to say, this phoenix has a beautiful appearance."
"The Phoenix Clan has only produced one like this in ten thousand years. Of course, she's beautiful." The female demon licked her lower lip, her eyes seductive. "I heard that the men of the Phoenix Clan are also good - looking. When we unify the Three Realms, let His Highness make the Phoenix Clan our playthings..."
Yaohua clenched her fists. Her anger almost clouded her mind.
"Wishful thinking!"
It was really disgusting!
The Phoenix Clan had a noble bloodline and a lofty status. How could these ugly and inferior demons even dream of it?
Unify the Three Realms?
Humph, in their dreams!
"Stop talking nonsense and get on with it!"
The surging demonic qi completely enveloped Yaohua. Her heart was pounding wildly. A feeling of nausea welled up in her throat. Her body instinctively hunched forward, and she almost vomited.
However, the female demon's hands and feet were tightly wrapped around her. Her back trembled slightly, but she couldn't bend down.
The demonic qi was forced into her Purple Mansion. Yaohua instinctively tried to summon the Phoenix True Fire, but due to the suppression of the gold chain, she couldn't summon it at all. Even the red light in her body showed no reaction.
She was trembling all over in pain and didn't even notice that the female demon had let go of her hands and feet.
The female demon leaned over, pinched her wrist, and a glint of desire flashed in her eyes. "Such fair and tender skin."
"Alright. When His Highness gets tired of playing with her, you can skin her then."
The female demon snorted and let go of Yaohua's wrist. "Are you sure you can do it? Why is there still spiritual power in her body?"
"The bloodline of the Phoenix Clan is incompatible with ours. It naturally takes some time to destroy her Purple Mansion."
Was that so?
Yaohua covered her abdomen and retched continuously.
It felt like a hand had reached into her abdomen, firmly grabbing her Purple Mansion and ravaging the inner core inside through the Purple Mansion.
Her face was deathly pale, and cold sweat was streaming down.
This kind of pain was even more unbearable than the pain of the contract mark she had suffered before.
The sweat blurred her vision. Her eyes went black, and she almost fainted.
"What are you doing!"
Zhao Wu's voice was like a thunderbolt, splitting open Yaohua's eardrums and making her consciousness clear for a moment.
She saw Zhao Wu quickly walking towards her and for a moment, she felt relieved.
It was really strange. Clearly, all these things were his doing.
"Yaoyao, what's wrong with you?"
Help. She was in no condition to speak now.
Seeing Yaohua slumped against him like a wilted flower, Zhao Wu's heart started beating uncontrollably. His eyes blazed with anger as he glared at the demons.
"What have you done?"
The demons stammered as they told him what they had done to Yaohua.
Zhao Wu's eyes were blood - shot. He quickly placed his hand on Yaohua's abdomen.
This was really...
Yaohua's stomach contracted, and she glared at him fiercely.
But at this moment, she was so weak that even her glare lacked any force.
"Don't be afraid."
Zhao Wu thought she was scared and gently stroked her head to comfort her.