Alex smiled faintly. "Princess Lilith, rest assured. Your imperial father is fine."
"It is that demon fox who is heavily injured and hanging by a thread. It is merely manifesting through your imperial father’s body."
Seeing this, the Green-Whiskered Red Fox’s subordinates instantly revealed vicious expressions.
One by one, they revealed their true forms, bared their sharp fangs, and lunged at Alex in unison with strange shrieks.
Lilith finally realized that the unfamiliar officials present were all transformed from demon foxes. Her face instantly filled with panic, and she involuntarily hid behind Alex’s back.
Alex’s expression remained unchanged. A blue light drifted from his palm, and he unhurriedly wiped it forward with a wave of his hand.
"Freeze!"
A layer of ice manifested out of thin air, instantly freezing the dozens of demon foxes in mid-air, leaving them completely unable to move.
Alex unhurriedly leaned forward and blasted out a punch.
The demon foxes were instantly shattered into fine powder along with the cold ice, dissipating into ash.
This terrifying and domineering method left Lilith completely dumbfounded.
The guards who rushed in from outside upon hearing the commotion looked at the scene before them, glancing at each other in dismay, at a complete loss.
Alex turned his head to look at Ebon on the ground, still twitching and vomiting blood, he raised his index and middle fingers, gathering spiritual energy, and said flatly.
Six Paths Wheel of Destruction Technique, Animal Path, manifest!"
"Nine-Tailed White Fox King!"
A wheel manifested out of thin air, floating behind him, accompanied by formidable spiritual energy, a white fox about ten feet tall slowly walked out from the compass.
Compared to those foul-faced, sharp-fanged red foxes from just now, this white fox appeared proud, clean, gorgeous, and elegantly noble. Every step it took exuded a refined aura, and shockingly, behind it were nine fluffy tails, as spotless and immaculate as snow.
"There is another fox?" Watching the white fox walk toward her imperial father, Lilith’s face was full of tension.
"Saint Lord Alex, what are you doing?"
"Princess Lilith, do not be alarmed. This white fox is not a subordinate of that demon fox, but this seat’s spirit pet." Alex smiled faintly.
"Right now, that demon fox is still occupying your father’s body, relying on absorbing his lifespan to barely maintain its life."
"Therefore, I need the power of the Nine-Tailed White Fox King to drag it out."
Alex narrowed his eyes, raised his index and middle fingers, and shouted flatly. "Spirit Fox Mind Transfer Technique, execute!"
The Nine-Tailed White Fox King instantly understood. It transformed into an ethereal wisp of white smoke and entered Ebon’s body through his mouth and nose.
A moment later, a plume of smoke, half-green and half-red, drifted out from Ebon’s mouth.
It landed on the ground and materialized into its physical form. It was precisely the heavily injured, blood-drenched red fox, curled up on the ground twitching continuously.
Alex unhurriedly waved his hand and threw a punch through the air, instantly smashing the Green-Whiskered Red Fox into fine powder.
"It is done." Alex turned to Lilith and smiled faintly.
"Once your imperial father wakes up, he will be safe and sound."
"Many thanks, Saint Lord Alex!" Lilith nodded excitedly, but a trace of doubt arose in her heart.
This red fox being forced out of her imperial father’s body was naturally for the best.
But why had the white fox that entered her imperial father’s body not come out? Could it be that it had stayed inside?
But no matter what, Alex killing the Green-Whiskered Red Fox and shattering that group of fox demons in public could be considered a heaven-shocking performance, although Lilith harbored some suspicions, she did not dare question Alex.
She simply let him return to the guest hall to rest first, waiting until tomorrow when her imperial father woke up to properly thank Saint Lord Alex for his grace.
Returning to the guest hall, Noah immediately asked. "Saint Lord, how is the situation?"
"What do you mean, how is the situation?" Alex asked back with deep interest.
"Oh my, Saint Lord, do you still need to hide it from me?" Noah waved his hand and smiled mysteriously.
"I saw through it long ago. Saint Lord, you clearly could have just casually dragged out that Green-Whiskered Red Fox today. Why did you need to summon the Nine-Tailed White Fox King?"
"The reason you summoned it was purely to control Ebon’s mind, was it not!"
"Heh, your kid’s eyesight is not bad." Alex narrowed his eyes slightly, a knowing smile at the corners of his mouth.
"The power of the Nine-Tailed White Fox King’s White Fox Mind Transfer Technique is far beyond what that mere Mahayana Realm little fox demon could compare to."
"Right now, Ebon’s consciousness and actions are entirely under the control of my divine sense."
"Whatever I tell him to say, he must say. Whatever I tell him to do, he must do."
Hearing this, Noah could not help but be secretly shocked. "Then... does this not mean Ebon Candle has become the Saint Lord’s puppet?"
"What are you saying? That sounds too unpleasant." Alex smiled faintly.
"I heard that even before being controlled by that Green-Whiskered Red Fox, Ebon was already old and frail, growing increasingly muddle-headed day by day. He made many foolish decisions and was called a foolish ruler by the commoners."
"From now on, influenced by the power of the Nine-Tailed White Fox King, Ebon will definitely become a wise, divine, and peerless enlightened ruler."
"With the help of our Hale family, he will manage his Mourning Candle Dynasty in an orderly manner, growing stronger day by day, and return it to its former overlord status!"
Hearing these words, Noah could not help but secretly click his tongue.
To actually find such an awe-inspiringly righteous excuse for controlling another dynasty’s monarch’s mind, his admiration for the Saint Lord was simply flowing endlessly like a river.
The next day, at dusk.
Ebon woke up from his coma and ordered a banquet to host Alex, thanking the Hale family for their righteous assistance.
Alex naturally did not say a second word, bringing Noah along to happily attend.
After all, this banquet was an invitation proposed by Ebon under Alex’s control.
At the banquet, he could safely drink a few cups without worrying about a fox setting up a trap disguised as a feast.