"If you dare to harm Her Ladyship, beware that the Great King will exterminate your nine generations!"
"Heh, you still dare to threaten me?" Alex turned his head, glanced at the crowd, and sneered coldly.
"Your Great King has his mind bewitched by a demon fox, and you idiots are just as blind."
"Treating a filthy fox as a favored concubine. Do you think your Mourning Candle Dynasty is perishing too slowly?"
The guards looked at each other in dismay, not understanding what Alex meant.
While he was speaking, the woman had already been suffocated by the imposing aura radiating from Alex. Her limbs flailed desperately, but she was completely unable to break free from his iron-pincer grip.
"Demon fox, I could tell at a glance that you are not human!" Alex narrowed his eyes and shouted sternly.
"Show your true form!"
He struck a palm containing majestic spiritual energy ruthlessly onto the woman’s chest.
"Ah!" The woman let out a miserable scream and fell to the ground with a thud, and her body spasmed for a moment before she breathed her last.
The moment she died, the transformation technique she had maintained was broken, revealing her true body.
She was shockingly a fox covered entirely in pink fluff.
"This, this... what is going on?!" The guards were instantly dumbfounded, looking at each other at a total loss.
"How could Her Ladyship... be a fox?"
"Could it be that this fox bewitched the Great King’s mind?"
"No." Alex shook his head flatly.
"The fox that bewitched your Great King has much stronger power."
"This one is merely a lover kept by that demon fox."
Alex looked at the strongest guard leading them. "What is your name?"
"Kai," the man answered cautiously.
"This filthy fox was killed by me. If you go back to report this, you will inevitably suffer at the hands of that demon fox." Alex smiled faintly.
"How about this. Tonight, you all go to the Eldest Princess’s place first, she will settle you in safely."
"...Yes." Kai nodded and asked timidly.
"May I ask, who exactly are you?"
"I am the Saint Lord of the Hale family, Alex." Alex said flatly.
"Invited by Eldest Princess Lilith Candle, I have specially come to help your Mourning Candle Dynasty eradicate the evil demons, and save the monarch."
"What?!" The guards were instantly shocked, revealing expressions of excitement.
"You... you are that legendary, invincible Hale family Saint Lord?!"
"My heavens, I did not expect that today we would have the honor of meeting Saint Lord Alex!"
"Saint Lord Alex, could you give me an autograph?"
Meanwhile, deep within the imperial palace.
The Green-Whiskered Red Fox abruptly opened his eyes, a flash of astonishment and sorrow flowing within them.
"My dear sister... was killed?!"
After a brief moment of sorrow, the Green-Whiskered Red Fox narrowed his eyes, revealing intense ruthlessness and killing intent.
"Damned human, actually daring to kill my sister..."
"Hale family Saint Lord, Alex, I will absolutely not let you off!"
"Men!" The Green-Whiskered Red Fox let out an explosive shout, and two guards hurriedly ran in.
"Great King, what are your orders?"
"Pass down this King’s verbal edict. Tomorrow evening, I will host a banquet in the Mourning Candle Hall for the Hale family Saint Lord, Alex." The Green-Whiskered Red Fox said coldly.
"Do not forget to invite Princess Lilith along as well."
"It is rare for Saint Lord Alex to visit my Mourning Candle Dynasty. I must host him well for a meal!"
Leaving Quill’s tomb chamber with the Profound Ice Spirit Core, Alex returned to the guest hall, his mood was incredibly joyful, and he could not stop humming a little tune the entire way back.
However, upon returning, he saw the servants and guards Lilith had arranged standing respectfully outside.
Alex froze slightly and focused his gaze inside, Lilith was sitting by the table waiting for him, her face full of worry.
Alex walked in and asked with a smile. "Princess Lilith, coming to my place so late, is something the matter?"
"Saint Lord Alex, where did you just go?" Lilith asked with concern.
"Did you perhaps kill the newly favored concubine my imperial father recently took in?"
"That is right." Alex confessed without hiding anything, nodding generously.
"Accurately speaking, that was not your imperial father’s favored concubine, but the fox demon’s lover."
"She was also a filthy fox. After I killed her, she revealed her true form."
"Oh right, as for her guards, I arranged for them to hide at your place, to prevent them from being harmed by the demon fox."
Lilith could not help but sigh. "Saint Lord Alex, you have really poked a massive hornet’s nest this time."
"Oh? Now I do not quite understand." Alex asked with interest.
"You specifically had Noah invite me from the Heavenly Flame Dynasty. Was it not to kill the demon fox?"
"Since the goal is to kill the demon fox, naturally both male and female must be killed. Is there a problem?"
"I naturally hope Saint Lord Alex can help our Mourning Candle Dynasty eradicate the evil demon and save my imperial father." Lilith said bitterly.
"But by killing the demon fox’s lover, how could the demon fox not be enraged?"
"An edict from my imperial father just arrived. The demon fox is setting up a banquet at the Mourning Candle Hall tomorrow to host Saint Lord Alex, and specifically named me to attend."
"The demon fox has flown into a rage and plans to end Saint Lord Alex’s life at tomorrow’s banquet."
"Oh?" Alex raised an eyebrow, a smile of interest on his face.
"I did not expect this fox demon to be so cunning, actually knowing how to throw a banquet."
"Good. Princess Lilith, rest assured. I will definitely attend tomorrow."
"I will use the opportunity to end that demon fox’s life!"
"Saint Lord Alex, are you certain you can do it?" Lilith said anxiously.
"That demon fox currently controls my father’s mind, and all the soldiers and cultivators of the Mourning Candle Dynasty obey his commands."