The surrounding lights and shadows suddenly merged, transforming into a wash of white light.
This was the sight you’d only see when someone used Swiftstride.
If they could keep this up, they’d arrive in less than fifteen minutes.
But honestly, there were few people in the world who could keep up Swiftstride for a whole fifteen minutes straight.
Because it burns through spiritual power like crazy.
Take Lily Bai, for example—she’s got the cultivation of a High Immortal, so she can probably last... ten seconds, maybe, teleporting ten miles in an instant.
But this kind of long-distance, high-speed flight? Yeah, not happening.
Time ticked by, and Damian Black kept using Swiftstride nonstop.
Lily Bai looked up at him.
He looked totally unbothered, calm and collected.
Yep, he was definitely the Demon Emperor.
Who else could pull this off?
Lily Bai had seen at least ten versions of the Demon Emperor in art books.
Some were nine-headed beasts, some were ghostly figures in red, some had faces covered in eyes, and some looked like ancient, crusty tree monsters...
She never expected the real Demon Emperor to look like this.
From this angle, she could see his fair neck, sexy Adam’s apple, and flawless jawline...
His Adam’s apple bobbed, and the hand around her waist tightened... Wait, what was going on?
She glanced down at that hand.
Long fingers, gripping her waist, squeezing like he was trying to snap her in half...
Lily Bai grabbed his hand. "Ow, ow, ow—you're hurting me!"
The Demon Emperor suddenly let her go, and the lights and shadows returned to normal speed.
The Eastern Luo Imperial Palace appeared beneath their feet.
Lily Bai was born into an ancient noble family of the Ten Wilds Continent: the White Clan.
The White Clan is the imperial family of the Eastern Luo Empire.
Her father, Marcus White, is the Emperor of Eastern Luo.
Her little brother, Bobby Bai, is the Crown Prince of Eastern Luo.
Right now, eight-year-old Bobby Bai lay motionless on the bed.
His face was dark with a bluish tint, his whole body shrouded in deathly energy, his breath barely a thread—he was on the verge of dying.
The spiritual alchemist was sweating buckets, frantically working around Bobby Bai.
One moment channeling spiritual power into him, the next stuffing him with ginseng slices, then poking him with needles...
Emperor Marcus White watched his son, eyes full of sorrow.
Empress Clarissa Summers was screaming herself hoarse beside him: "Alchemist Zhong! Lily already got the Violet Spirit Shark Fiend Inner Core! You must save Bobby’s life until she returns..."
"Mother, I’m back!" Lily Bai appeared.
With her appeared an unbelievably handsome man in black.
"Lily!" Empress Clarissa cried in delight. "You’re back so fast!"
Lily Bai nodded, took out the Violet Spirit Shark Fiend Inner Core from her storage pouch, and handed it to the spiritual alchemist.
The alchemist nodded and took the Inner Core, beginning to refine it for Bobby Bai.
The black energy on Bobby Bai’s face gradually faded away.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
But his breathing was still unstable.
It grew heavier and faster.
Soon, he was thrashing and kicking all over the place.
"Oh no! He’s having qi deviation!" The alchemist quickly pressed several acupoints on Bobby Bai, but it barely helped.
Lily Bai’s face changed. She pulled out a talisman paper, drew a symbol, and stuck it to the headboard.
That talisman was for calming and focusing the mind.
But Bobby Bai’s face kept turning red right before their eyes, his tiny forehead veins bulging—he looked terrifying.
If this kept up, he’d definitely die from his body exploding!
Just then, a burst of red light enveloped him.
Bobby Bai shuddered all over, then slowly calmed down, his face returning to normal.
Lily Bai turned in surprise—it was Damian Black.
He placed one hand above Bobby Bai’s head, releasing a strange energy that suppressed the qi deviation...