BOOM!!!
The impact from Yunlan's attack sends the surrounding puppets within 10 meter radius flying and crashing. Since the attack is directly on Guo, it causes the puppets to seize movement that's why they could be easily sent flying. Even Shen Wei has to exert strength in order to hold his ground.
The whole hall is covered by thick dust making Shen Wei unable to see anything before him which escalates his worries for Yunlan. After a while, the dust has lessen allowing him to see the outline of those at the scene. However, Shen Wei is seeing 3 shadows in which he dashes towards them at once because the additional is definitely a demon and Yunlan might be in danger. Soon he's right behind Yunlan and looking at the uninvited guest.
"King Chu, shouldn't you be somewhere else? I thought I've to finish off this level before." Yunlan asks using his mocking tone.
"My damsel is in distress, how could I not come?"
Normally Guo doesn't appreciate having the perverted Demon King coming for him all the time, but today is an exception. If he hadn't come like usual, Guo would've been dead. The attack from Yunlan is indeed a deadly one. It's powerful enough to break King Chu's sword into pieces since it was used to block the attack.
"Since you're here already, let's just fight it out right now." Yunlan just wants to end this as soon as he can.
"What's the hurry?"
"Hello? I need your blood for the antidote in case you may have forgotten. And I don't even know how long I've been here. So the faster I get what I need, the sooner that I can leave this place."
"Oh, that's right. Sorry I totally forgot since it's something quite frivolous. But you see, my little Guo is shocked from your violent attack and I need to comfort him. So you just wait here until I'm done." King Chu is deliberately delaying the time.
"Comfort? Are you sure what you're going to do is comforting and not something like kissing or making love?"
"Well, making love is one of the effective way to comfort someone."
"Ha ha ha, right. But your damsel seems to have went without you." Yunlan points out that Guo has already disappeared when King Chu was blabbering nonsense.
The Demon King instantly disappear after looking around and notice that Guo is really gone. Yunlan couldn't help but to feel tired; not from the fight it's rather from this b******t. Yet the world brightens up when Shen Wei stands in front of him.
"Are you okay?"
"Of course ... not."
"Are you hurt somewhere?"
"Yes .... my heart hurts."
"........."
"We've been separate for too long. I miss you so much that my heart hurts."
Shen Wei ignores the fake whining Yunlan. "But I didn't expect the Demon King to be here."
"Aiya, Xiao Wei don't tell me you didn't notice their relationship, although it's mostly one sided? Anyway, I was about to hurt his sweetheart, so how can he not be here?"
"Right."
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Yunlan looks around the hall to find a suitable place to rest and set up the barrier while Shen Wei neatly lays the sleeping mat just like that time in the Nightmare Forest. Yunlan sits on the mat and lean his back against the wall to watch Shen Wei line up various medicine bottle after bottle.
"Xiao Wei, are you opening a drugstore?"
"These are the medicine and enhancement pills for you."
"And I have to take all of these?"
"I've chosen the best ones for you."
"Ha ha ha, right but I'll take them later. Now I need you here." Yunlan says while opening his arms like the way parents do when their baby starts walking.
Although, Shen Wei softly chuckles at the scene he's seeing but he still obediently walks towards his Yunlan. Yet when he gets close, Yunlan turns him around then pulls him down to sit between his legs and hugs him from behind. If only they weren't in an open area expose to danger, Yunlan would've done more than just hugging Shen Wei, who automatically leans back to snuggle into his chest.
For Yunlan, the most important thing right now is to spend every second together. The closer he gets towards the destination, the stronger the bad intuitions become. And unfortunately, Yunlan's intuitions are never wrong. Though, he secretly hopes in his heart that this time, it could be wrong, just this time. He only wish that he could go back with Shen Wei.
"Xiao Wei .... thank you for waiting for me all these time." Although, Yunlan memories haven't return but he believe that this person here has certainly been waiting for a very long time. He couldn't even imagine what Shen Wei must've been through.
"It was very hard, especially in the beginning." Shen Wei thinks back to the first day that Yunlan couldn't remember him. "But at the same time, it also made me happy because it shows that I'm someone very special to you. And I'm pretty sure that I'm still special."
"How can you be so sure?" Yunlan starts his teasing once again.
"I'm not?" Shen Wei tilts his face up to show Yunlan his most innocent expression that has never fail to make Yunlan admits defeat.
And this time, it still works like always because Yunlan couldn't resist and bows his head down to give Shen Wei a loving kiss.
"See? Doesn't this prove that I'm special?
"Really? I don't think so .... "
This time Shen Wei is giving Yunlan a suspecting look and tries to struggle out of his hold.
"Aiya, Xiao Wei I'm not done talking yet. You should listen until the end."
"What more do you need to say? I'm not special, aren't I?" Shen Wei pouts.
"You're not special because ..... because ..... because you're mine now. So you're not just special. You belong to me and you won't be able to escape from me." Then Yunlan dives down to mark on the same spot again so that it wouldn't fade away. "Now this is more like it."
The sweet talks and teasings between them continue on until Yunlan falls asleep. Although he intends to stay awake but he's been inhaling Shen Wei's scent for quite too long. Since the Spider incident, Yunlan has found himself addicted to Shen Wei's scent as it helps him relax and also an indication that Shen Wei is safe and sound in his arms.
So please don't misunderstand that Yunlan is just a shameless pervert taking advantage of innocent Shen Wei.
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Good times always pass at a faster rate than usual, soon the fateful time has arrived. King Chu is back and accompany by Guo. The 2 sides confront one another despite the far distance between them.
"So ... could you just give me your blood without going through this troublesome fight?" Yunlan still tries his luck although he's fully aware of the reply that he'll get. Won't it be better to end this peacefully where everyone could return to their love ones unharmed?
"Why are you asking for the impossible? Only winning would grant you the blood and exit out of here."
"I'd hope that you might've change your mind the last second."
"Too bad that's not happening. However, I'll spare the beautiful dragon with no conditions if you just fight me one on one."
"Deal." Yunlan immediately accepts the offer before Shen Wei could even open his mouth.
"Yunlan!" Shen Wei is against this deal.
"Xiao Wei, I'll be okay. Don't forget that I'm the invincible Zhao Yunlan of the Tiger Clan. So don't worry, it'll take only a minute. Now, help me take off my jacket." Yunlan keeps the flow of his talking and diverts Shen Wei's focus to somewhere else.
Without further ado, Yunlan turns around for Shen Wei to remove the jacket as he has requested. During this time, he secretly takes out the protection barrier and ready in his hand. When Shen Wei completely removes the jacket off of him, Yunlan instantly activates the barrier locking Shen Wei inside.
"Yunlan ... what's the meaning of this?"
"Xiao Wei, you'll be safe in there. I really can't let anything happen to you otherwise I wouldn't be able to live with myself."
"And you think that I could if it's the other way around? You can't do this to me. You can't push me away again!"
Then suddenly something inside of Yunlan's chest thump harshly causing him to crush at it. Yet surprisingly, King Chu could also feel the effect which causes him to look at Yunlan with great suspicion.
"Yunlan I'm sorry. Are you okay?" Shen Wei realizes what he just did.
"Y-yeah, I'm fine. Let's get this over with so that we can go back together." Yunlan returns to his normal self while wondering in his mind of what happened just now.
"You'd better keep your words." Shen Wei warns as his heart is filled with worries and concerns.
Yunlan responds back with a mischievous wink before he disappear along with King Chu. Actually, it's not that they disappear, they're just fighting at abnormally fast pace. On the other hand, Guo and Shen Wei watch this fight in astonishment since both of them hadn't seem such intense fighting before. In the last war, Guo didn't participate while Shen Wei was too far to see anything.
Moreover, it's quite a rare chance to see both of them so absorb in a fight especially Yunlan. He's certainly not kidding when he said that he wanted to leave this place. With unwavering concentration, his every attack is more aggressive than usual. Soon Yunlan's able to land a big wound on King Chu's abdomen making his blood splatters onto the ground. However, King Chu calmly observe the wound as if it's just a scratch.
"Zhao Yunlan, it seems that your skills have improved from the last time." King Chu is actually praising his opponent.
"Is that so? I thought I'm still the same but you're the one getting weaker. Well, now that I manage to get what I needed, I'll be taking my leave."
"Indeed, but did you think that I would let you leave just like that? Not to mentioned, you dare say the Demon King is weak. So I need to show you that I don't get weak."
It's not unexpected that Yunlan would have to continue the fight in order to successfully leave the demon realm.
"I might've said it wrong. Last time, your anger exuded through your attacks but this time it's different. There's no anger." Yunlan shares his perception from the fight.
"Oh really? Then tell me, what exactly are you sensing through my attacks today?"
"Frustration ...." Yunlan looks into King Chu's eyes before averting to the demon standing further away. " .... and longing."
The nearly impossible flinch from King Chu doesn't go unnoticed by Yunlan. "Longing? What would I long for?"
"It isn't what. It's WHO do you long for?"
It isn't hard to tell. Yunlan can see and feel the desperate wants King Chu possess while looking at Guo. Although, they're together but at the same time, there's a big space between them. Something must be wrong.
"Zhao Yunlan, why were you not born a demon? You would've made a good heir to the throne. The truth is something very important was taken away from me. I've search for it everywhere. But just now, I've been able to sense it. So I'm going to retrieve it no matter what and I do sincerely hope that you would be able to retrieve your important thing as well."
When King Chu finishes his ambiguous speech, he attacks Yunlan right away. This time the attacks are more aggressive than before. Yunlan is still able to avoid and counterattack from time to time. During this time, he also notice that King Chu has been aiming at his chest. As a result, Yunlan lets one of the attacks to reach him, giving a thin long cut on his right chest. The ripped shirt reveals some sort of markings.
"Zhao Yunlan, how long has that mark been on your body? Was it before the war?"
"Mark?" Yunlan glances down at his right chest. Indeed, there's a some sort of mark. But as far as he can remember, this mark has been on him for a while before it disappear. He thought that it was gone for good. "Yeah, it was before the war."
Before this Yunlan didn't pay much attention to it but even if he did; there won't be any difference because he has no memories related to it at all. And when it just disappear, it has also left his mind until now that King Chu mentioned it.
Yunlan guess that King Chu must know something about it since his temperament seems to have changed from before despite his silence. And soon enough, Yunlan sees the rage that exudes from King Chu. The next second, he attacks Yunlan ruthlessly and non-stop. The killing intent emitting from him is all time high.
Although being fully aware of his inferiority, Yunlan doesn't back down and fight back with all his might. Wounds after wounds are inflicted on both of them.
At a distant away, Shen Wei knuckles are tighten to the point that it's turning white. Every wound on Yunlan's body causes his heart to feel the pain. Shen Wei wants the barrier to be broken so he could go to Yunlan. Yet he pray that the barrier will hold until the end because the barrier could either be removed by Yunlan himself or automatically removed if Yunlan died.
The fight last for a short time because both sides are fighting as if there's no tomorrow. Yunlan is out of breath and his blood dripping forming a small puddle on the ground. Even King Chu has gone all out and now reaching his limit. The final clash would determine the outcome of this whole thing once and for all.
As the 2 side clashes, a blinding beam has penetrate down directly into the Demon realm where the fight takes place.
It's Emperor Sang ..... But his arrival is too late.
Yunlan's white blade has pierced through King Chu's heart.
King Chu's sabre has also pierced through Yunlan's heart which causes the barrier around Shen Wei to break apart.
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A/N
What have I done!?!?!?!?!?
So many mysteries but Yunlan is dying 😢