For the final time, she was teleported into a small, sealed space with no way out.
And the walls around her were covered in rune stones!
"Wow! Heaven really is helping me!" Lily Bai quickly painted spell runes with her own blood, and soon, a concealment spell array shimmered with blue light, hiding her within.
"Hahaha! Damian Black isn't all that great after all! Escaping was way too easy!" Lily Bai was delighted. "Even if you smash Thousand-Caverns Mountain to bits, you'd still need the patience to dig this princess out rock by rock! I really am a genius!"
"Is that so?"
"Absolutely! I don't even know where I am now—" Lily Bai was mid-sentence when she gasped, whipping around.
Damian Black!
He was standing right behind her.
Even his hands-behind-back posture hadn't changed.
An illusion!
It has to be an illusion!
There's no way he could've found me!
Even I don't know where I am...
Lily Bai rubbed her eyes, but before she finished, Damian Black grabbed her wrist and dragged her out of Thousand-Caverns Mountain.
"How...how did you even find me?" Outside, the sunlight was dazzling, and the handsome demon emperor stood there—she couldn't fool herself into thinking he was a hallucination anymore.
Damian Black suddenly smiled at her, his voice both cold and dangerously seductive: "Aren't I your spirit pet?"
That smile—wicked, but breathtaking—made everything else in the world pale by comparison...
Something inside Lily Bai's heart gave a little tremble.
"Didn't your mother tell you to treat me better? Why is it, the moment we step outside, you want to ditch me?" Damian Black slowly raised his hand and gripped her throat.
"Don't be rash, don't be rash!" Lily Bai clung to his hand. "There are only three Supreme Rune Masters in the world—the other two would never help remove Azure Flame's curse! If you kill me, she'll really be doomed!"
"Is that so?" Damian Black tightened his grip.
"Cough, cough! I swear, I won't run again! Let... let go."
For Azure Flame's sake, Damian Black didn't kill her in the end. He tossed her back onto Azure Flame's back and continued on their way.
...
Lily Bai truly couldn't understand.
She was a Supreme Rune Master.
A genius Supreme Rune Master, at that.
Her sensitivity to the world's energies was far stronger than most immortals!
She'd really hidden herself flawlessly.
How did Damian Black manage to find her?
She wracked her brain but just couldn't figure it out...
But there was one thing she understood perfectly.
She couldn't escape.
There was no way to escape...
This time, probably afraid she'd try to run again, Damian Black didn't stand with his back to her at Azure Flame's head. Instead, he sat right across from her, watching her.
Lily Bai blinked and decided to have a proper talk with him.
"Your Majesty, Damian Black, I really am grateful you saved my brother!"
Damian Black showed no expression.
"Honestly, I never expected that Your Majesty, Damian Black... would be so dazzling. You're every bit as impressive as the upper gods—no, you're even more handsome and charming than any god I've ever met!"
"Someone like you, so extraordinary, fighting against the Three Divine Realms and all the immortals of the Ten Wilds... you must have your reasons." Lily Bai spoke gently. "I think maybe we should try to understand each other more, be a little more tolerant, and not just keep fighting all the time. What do you think?"
Damian Black watched Lily Bai's lips move, his eyes glinting with a strange hint of amusement.
A mocking smile.
Lily Bai was almost forced to stop talking by that smile.