Shadow Mask Group
66 - Emperor of the Devil

Liu Chen and the guards finally arrived outside the headquarters door. There, Liu Chen could see Zong Xian standing in wait. "What are you here for, chief Haocun?", Liu Chen approached Zong Xian.

"Chairman Xun, come with me out now. There's someone who wants to see you. I don't know who he is. But he seems to be looking for you. You'd better get to that person immediately, before he does anything undesirable" Zong Xian said in a serious manner.

Liu Chen raised next to his brows. He nodded, "Alright"

Liu Chen glanced at the two guards, "You guys stay here and guard this entrance"

"Good chairman Xun!" say both.

Liu Chen looked back at Zong Xian, nodding. "Come"

Zong Xian nodded. He and Liu Chen went straight up.

Outside the cave, the man who had come with Zong Xian was still waiting. "He was a long time ago. If he lies to me, I'll finish him off after torturing him later" the man murmured.

A few minutes later, two young men came out of the cave. The man looked towards Zong Xian. His gaze was also directed at a young man who had come with Zong Xian. He narrowed his eyes. He also smiled.

"I've brought the man you ca.."

Zong Xian did not continue his words. He was surprised when a strong gust of wind hit his body and immediately sounded the sound of a punch. It happened close to him.

Just as Zong Xian was about to look back to see what had happened, a gust of wind strong enough came back to make his clothes flutter. Zong Xian also directly closed his eyes.

When Zong Xian opened his eyes and looked back, he was surprised that Liu Chen was nowhere to be. "The chen! You're dima.."

Again Zong Xian stopped his words when he felt a slight gust of wind that was happening in the sky. He looked up at the sky and it was like something was speeding up. Like two lightning bolts that collide continuously and move places.

"Whatis that? Did Chen fight that guy I brought? Why can't I see their movements? They are too fast" muttered Zong Xian.

Liu Chen and the man continued to fight using punches and kicks. They also continued to move places at a speed that was difficult for ordinary eyes to see. Each time they clashed with each other, there would be a shock wind around. They were currently fighting in the air so as not to inflict damage in the forest.

Liu Chen clenched a hand that was flowed by Qi and directly hit towards the stomach of the man he was fighting. His hands were immediately removed. Then the opponent's right leg immediately lifted, giving Liu Chen a side kick.

Seeing that, Liu Chen immediately restrained the man's right leg using both of his hands. He was somewhat pushed back because he resisted the opponent's attack. When the opponent was about to deliver a punch towards Liu Chen, the young man directly bowed his body forward. So the blow only hit empty air.

They exchanged attacks, stalking, dodging, and their attacks continued in the air. Their expressions looked serious when fighting.

Until finally after tens of minutes of fighting, Liu Chen was hit by a sidebar that made him plunge to the ground.

Boomm

The ground where Liu Chen had fallen into was a huge basin. The ground around the basin became cracked. The debuan covered the view around.

Zong Xian looked up at the sky. There was only a man she was carrying. He said that the one who fell was his friend. Knowing that, Zong Xian immediately went towards the fallen Liu Chen. "Chen!"

The man disappeared in the sky. He also appeared near where Liu Chen had fallen.

"Uhukis.. Chen!", Zong Xian coughed because of the thick thud. He narrowed his eyes so that dedebuan did not enter his eyes.

After a while, the dedebuan finally disappeared. Showing a young man kneeling while holding his stomach. It was Liu Chen.

"Chen!", Zong Xian immediately approached Liu Chen after seeing the young man. Zong Xian immediately helped Liu Chen up, "Are you okay?"

"Yes" Liu Chen replied briefly.

Before long, a man approached them.

Looking at that person, Zong Xian looked at the man angrily. "What did you do to my friend?! Why did you attack him?!"

The man did not care about Zong Xian's words. He walked closer to the two young men in front of him.

"Don't approach my friend", Zong Xian immediately stood in front of Liu Chen and spread out his hands.

Seeing that, the man before Zong Xian laughed, "Hahaha what are you doing? You better get out of the way right now"

"No! I'm not going away, you're definitely going to hurt my friend again. I shouldn't have brought you here, if I had known you would hurt my friend!", Zong Xian stared intently at the man.

Liu Chen smiled seeing Zong Xian's actions. "There's no need to stop him, Xian"

Zong Xian glanced back, "But he will hurt you again, Chen"

"Gang'er you have a good friend" said the man.

Zong Xian looked at the man while frowning, "Who is meant by him? " inner Zong Xian.

"Heh, old man you are still great despite your age" Liu Chen said with a smile.

"Ehh?! Chen! Know her? Who was he?", surprised Zong Xian. What surprised him even more was when he heard Liu Chen say 'old man'.

"Huh, you're not being polite at all. It hasn't changed, always calling me that. I am your father" the man said with a smile looking at Liu Chen.

Zong Xian looked at Liu Chen and the man before him in turn. On their faces were smiles, making them confused. "What's really going on?!" said annoyed. Because they don't know what's going on.

Liu Chen touched one of Zong Xian's arms which were stretched out. "Xian, step away for a second"

"But.."

"It's okay", Liu Chen shook his head and smiled.

Finally Zong Xian walked away. But he still stared intently at the man he had been carrying. "Don't you kind of. Even if you have more power than me, I won't let you hurt my friend"

The man did not care about Zong Xian's words. His gaze was still on Liu Chen who was standing in front of him while holding his stomach. The closer Liu Chen was, the more convinced he was that the young man in front of him was his son. He hugged Liu Chen tightly. "You're finally back"

Liu Chen's stomach was still hurting. Plus the man in front of her hugged her so tightly. However Liu Chen endured his pain and returned the embrace. "How are you old man?"

"You're still being disrespectful to your father" the man smacked Liu Chen's back and coughed.

"Uhukis.. You want to kill me, right? Your punch is painful" Liu Chen said.

Zong Xian fell silent in confusion. "Isn't his father the young Emperor of the Snow White empire I've met back then? "

"Heh, it turns out you can cry too huh? Old man", Liu Chen smiled mockingly.

"I told you to call me dad" said the man.

"A-Chen, what exactly is your relationship with that person?" zong Xian. He was astonished by his friend's relationship with a man he had brought earlier. Also, he felt strange by Liu Chen's remark saying 'old man'. Moreover, the man he was carrying did not look as old. The man looked young with a handsome face. Then why did Liu Chen call him 'old man'?

Liu Chen stared at Zong Xian, "Don't I already say that I am the demon prince?"

Zong Xian blinked a few times. Before long, he was shocked to hear Liu Chen say. If it is like that, it means that the man he brought is...

Demon emperor!

Liu Chen just smiled looking at Zong Xian. He looked at the Demon Emperor seriously. "I want to tell you the truth. I don't care whether you believe it or not and whether you accept it or not. It's about me"

Seeing Liu Chen's seriousness, the demon emperor took a serious look at Liu Chen. "What truth? Aren't you my son? I can figure it out. I can feel that you are my son"

Liu Chen exhaled, "I am indeed a demon prince. But I am also Liu Chen. Your son's soul is united with mine. His dantian, his memories, nature, energy, blood and a few other things. I am not a prince. Because I am also Liu Chen. Are you still going to accept me? I am indeed a prince. But I am also Liu Chen, son of man", Liu Chen looked at the Emperor seriously.

He went back to his words, "...Whatever your answer is. However, please do not fight any more with the human race. If you are still going to fight against humans, then I will be on the side of humans and will fight against the demon race"

Although Liu Chen admitted that he was still weaker than the demon emperor, he would not be silent if humans were attacked by demons and slaughtered by them.

"Do you remember anything about your previous life?" the Emperor said seriously.

Liu Chen nodded, "Two weeks ago I just got the prince's memory"

The demon emperor immediately hugged Liu Chen, making the young man gasp in shock. "You remember your past, within you is also the soul of my son. So you're still Gang'er, my son"

"Are you not mad at me?"

"Why am I mad at you, Gang'er? I'll still accept you"

Liu Chen smiled and returned the Emperor's embrace. After obtaining the prince's memories, his nature and behavior had indeed somewhat changed. But that doesn't change all of his nature. His strength also increased after obtaining the prince's memories. He could also now control his ice element.

The prince's affection for the Emperor clung to him. So Liu Chen felt the Emperor was like his father. After all he was two souls united in one body. So all the feelings of those two different souls can be felt by him.

Zong Xian was still pecking at his place. He still could not believe what he heard and the reality before him. "So.. The person I brought was.. Emperors... Demon "

Liu Chen and the Emperor finally let go of their embrace.

"How are you doing, Gang'er?" said Emperor. The name of the demon prince was Xiao Gang.

"I'm fine. Father, do not fight with humans and do not be hostile to them, I beg you. For my sake, would you do it?" liu Chen said with a clear look.

"D-dad?" mummified Emperor. Rarely did the prince say it as father. Usually the prince always called him 'old brother' or other. The Emperor seemed silent, yet somehow in his heart he was so happy to be called like that again after a long time of not hearing the word.

"Dad, what's wrong?" said Liu Chen.

The Emperor finally woke up from his daydream. "A-ah, huh?"

"Please stop fighting with humans and don't fight with them, for my sake. Are you gonna do it?" said Liu Chen.

The demon emperor frowned, "They've made me part with you, Gang'er. How could I just let them go? Because of the humans, you were killed back then"

"But it wasn't the humans who killed me back then father" Liu Chen said in seriousness.

"Then who else if not mere".", the Emperor stopped his words. "Ice element:ice needle"

Instantly, it created about 5 ice needles around the Emperor. An ice needle shot straight towards where the Emperor was staring somewhere, at a large tree.

When the ice needle hit the tree, the tree froze and soon fell backwards. Someone came out from behind a tree.

Liu Chen and Zong Xian were surprised by what the Emperor did. They stared at the tree that was attacked. There they could see a young man they knew.

"H-hai" he said as he waved awkwardly.

The Emperor stared coldly at the man, "Who are you? Why did you stay there?"

Liu Chen and Zong Xian were again surprised to hear the Emperor's words. From earlier? But they had not felt the young man's presence since. That young man was Han Liangyi.

Initially Han Liangyi saw Liu Chen go towards the exit with a doorman. It was still training time. Han Liangyi became curious.

When he felt that Liu Chen was climbing the stairs to get out of the headquarters, Han Liangyi stopped his time and walked out of the headquarters. Before the cave door closed, he immediately walked out from there. He hid in the corner of the cave and lost his presence.

Han Liangyi instantly caught up when some time Liu Chen and Zong Xian started to go out of the cave. When he got outside the cave, it coincided when the Emperor and Liu Chen were fighting. Then Han Liangyi hid so that the others would not be aware of his presence.he also hid the air of his existence.

Actually the Emperor already knew of Han Liangyi's arrival when he was fighting Liu Chen. But he let it go first. But since Han Liangyi did not leave, the Emperor finally began to make Han Liangyi come out of hiding.

"Liangy! Why are you here?!", surprised Liu Chen and Zong Xian.

"Hehehe", Han Liangyi replied with an awkward laugh.

"You know him, Gang'er?" the Emperor said as he looked at Liu Chen.

"Pulse.. Less is more. He's my friend" Liu Chen said.

"What do you want? Why have you been watching us since?" the Emperor looked back at Han Liangyi coldly.

Han Liangyi looked at the demon emperor, "A-ano, I was just wondering where Chen was going. So I followed him. But unexpectedly, it turns out that he met you, Emperor Xiao"

The name of the Demon Emperor was Xiao Gui. Commonly called Emperor Xiao.

"You should leave right now" Emperor Xiao said.

"E-eh, Emperor Xiao, I want to say something very important to you", Han Liangyi said with a heart. Anyhow, the demon in front of him was an Emperor. Moreover, Emperor Xiao's cultivation level was higher than his.

Emperor Xiao frowned, "What is it that you think is so important?"