"The Divine Paragon’s techniques? Oh, right. I never thanked you for retrieving them," Qian Chu spoke with a cold smile. "Thanks to you, I will be able to enjoy them after this."
"Speaking as if you’ve already won, huh?" Yan Hara shook her head.
After a brief moment of silence, a mysterious smile tugged at Yan Hara’s lips before she spoke, "Oh, right... I heard that you’re neither human nor a demon."
The smile on Qian Chu’s face instantly faded at her words, replaced by a deep frown.
"Where... and whom did you hear that from?" he muttered in an enraged voice.
Even though she’d deliberately provoked him, Yan Hara was taken aback by Qian Chu’s reaction.
She had never seen him so furious before.
His face twisted so violently with rage it looked as though he were watching his entire family being slaughtered before his eyes—as if Yan Hara had just touched his reverse scale.
But rather than answering Qian Chu’s question, Yan Hara pressed further, "Seeing your reaction, I guess that information was genuine. If you’re neither human nor demon, just exactly what are you? An artificial demon? A doll? A golem? A zombie? A—"
"SHUT THE HELL UP!" Qian Chu roared, his voice rippling through the entire arena.
His outburst was so sudden and loud that it instantly silenced the crowd, and everyone turned to stare at him with dumbfounded faces.
"..."
For a brief moment, the entire arena fell so silent that even a whisper could have been heard from miles away.
Many moments passed, but Qian Chu didn’t say another word, much less explain his outburst. Once it became clear he had no intention of doing so, the crowd pretended it had never happened and resumed talking—only in noticeably quieter tones. In fact, everyone was essentially whispering now, mistakenly assuming Qian Chu had been irritated by their earlier noise.
As for Yan Hara, she let the matter drop and stayed quiet until the Demon Slaying Parade began a few minutes later. Though an amused smile lingered on her face the entire time.
Eventually, the announcer declared, "Thank you all for your patience! The Demon Slaying Parade will now officially begin! The one-week will start once the participants enter the battlefield!"
Without another word, Qian Chu moved first, stepping into the portal.
Yan Hara took a deep breath and followed.
When she emerged on the other side, she found herself in a familiar place—the Demons’ Valley, also known as the Valley of Demons, a site the Demon Sealing Clan often used for examinations and training.
Yan Hara looked around, but Qian Chu, who had entered just seconds earlier, was nowhere to be seen.
But she wasn’t surprised, as she knew in advance that they would be separated from the start.



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