Venerable Demon King & The Doting Immortal (QT) novel Chapter 15

Chapter 15: An eye for an eye 2

The forest trembled the female demon's rage igniting the air. Flames spiralled, devouring everything in their path, leaving only a searing mist in their wake. She wanted to burn him to a crisp. How could she, a demon who had lived for hundreds of years, lose to a half-blood, a weakling's cub with the strong stench of humans? Her flames grew stronger swirling around her like a hurricane.

Xiang Yu managed to escape in time but not unscathed. His arm and neck were blistered his clothes sticking to his wounds.

The firestorm soon waned, and the forest settled into an eerie calm. A thick mist from the snow evaporating obscured her vision. With no strength left her knees softened and she staggered forward. She believed she had defeated him. Her lips quirked with laughter in her eyes. Who would have thought one day she would be forced to use all her strength for a half-blood?

Suddenly the smile on her face froze when she met a pair of red eyes glowing in the mist. Terror flickered across her features as he emerged from the mist with an oppressive aura. He exuded a sense of malevolence and power his glowing red eyes piercing through the darkness. As he moved closer, the air grew heavy and suffocating, and a feeling of dread washed over her. She felt the urge to kneel and submit to the strong.

Xiang Yu's arm and neck were scorched the material of his robe etched into his skin. But he was indifferent to it all. He lunged forward his blade slicing through the haze.

The demon retreated but she didn't make it far. She staggered, her back slashed open by his blade. She fell forward her hair dishevelled and her breath heavy with exhaustion. Her fingers dug into the damp ground crawling desperate to get away from him.

Xiang Yu stepped on her back not caring for the wound on her back. She grimaced in pain her eyes teary. She appeared pitiful and weak, a deceitful act to invoke sympathy but Xiang Yu was unmoved.

He took back his foot and stood over her, his red eyes coldly staring. With the tip of his blade on her chin he forced her up to her knees and asked, "Seeing that you use flames you must be from the southern realm. You are a long way from home," he said the sound of his voice making her tremble in fear.

"I... I was cast out. I wanted to seek refuge in the northern realm but I was injured. My lord... please spare me," she stammered her body almost prostrating to him.

Xiang Yu didn't care for her pleading. He was more interested in why she sought refuge in the northern realm. "Why the northern realm?" he asked his head tilted to the side slightly.

She accidentally met those eyes and found herself captured by their mesmerizing crimson glow. For a moment, the fear that had gripped her heart was overshadowed by a strange sense of fascination. She found herself drawn to those alluring eyes, unable to look away as though bewitched. But the spell was quickly broken when the blade sank into her skin.

"Speak," he commanded exuding an aura of dominance and authority that made her cower instinctively.