LGHTNOVELBOOK Chapter 464: I have become
The look of surprise on the Glass Immortal Maiden's face was captured in the scene.
Li Muyang blinked, astonished at the CG image that had suddenly popped up before him.
"...This thing even has CG images?"
At that moment, he was still in the Crown Prince's Eastern Palace, waiting for daybreak with a little girl.
But instead of daylight, he was greeted with this sudden CG image.
In the CG image, he saw the long-unseen Glass Immortal Maiden receiving the sword sheath he had sent her.
Although he was concerned whether the Glass Immortal Maiden had received the sword sheath, he had not anticipated the system suddenly showing him a CG...
"...Could it be that the Glazed Fairy Sword and Qing Xue are significant in this game?"
Li Muyang furrowed his brows, pondering in astonishment.
According to his past gaming experience, characters unrelated to the plot normally wouldn't have their own cutscene CGs.
Although he was worried about Chu Qingxue's safety, the system wasn't thoughtful enough to specifically show him a cutscene CG of Chu Qingxue's situation.
Thus, the appearance of this CG image was clearly significant.
In the upcoming progress of the game, the Glass Immortal Maiden and the Glazed Fairy Sword in her hands would play a crucial role...
"It looks like I will be fighting alongside Qing Xue in this game again," Li Muyang softly remarked.
Realizing this, his mood was rather joyful.
After all, having teamed up several times, they were very familiar companions, and having the Glass Immortal Maiden's assistance in battle was definitely stronger than him fighting alone.
Shortly after the cutscene CG of Chu Qingxue receiving the Glazed Fairy Sword sheath ended, the game's time began to fast forward.
For Li Muyang, it was only a matter of seconds, as everything around him rapidly progressed. The moon swiftly disappeared, and the sun rose quickly in the east.
And the little girl, Nie Yubing, had already returned to the demon's skin, continuing to masquerade as the Crown Prince.
Soon after daylight, the Crown Prince's residence became bustling.
One after another, some of the Crown Prince's trusted followers came to see him, expressing their concern and conveying some important intelligence.
The Crown Prince, now in the Eastern Palace, obviously had a strained relationship with his Emperor father.
The news the Crown Prince's trusted followers reported was all about the demons in the city.
The Crown Prince and the officials of the Prince's residence were actually pursuing the source of the city's monsters, attempting to exterminate these demons.
They even tried to contact the cultivators from the Mysterious Sword Sect outside Heiyuan Pass, but unfortunately, they couldn't find the whereabouts of the sect's cultivators.
Standing on the sidelines, Li Muyang understood everything as he watched the Crown Prince's followers report this information.
No wonder the Emperor wanted to kill the Crown Prince. It turns out the Crown Prince was really crossing swords with his own father...
The Emperor wanted to use these monsters for a significant purpose, but the Crown Prince intended to kill them.
Under such circumstances, it would be strange if the Emperor could tolerate it.
However, the Crown Prince's confidants were still unaware that their Prince had already been devoured by the demon.
Nie Yubing, disguised as the Crown Prince by the demon, calmly dealt with these high-ranking court officials, showing no signs of weakness.
After sending these confidants away, the sun was already high in the sky.
The little girl began to feel anxious, wondering why her second mother had not yet come to find her.
She had clearly agreed last night that her second mother would come today to rescue someone with her.
The little girl went to the courtyard of last night, standing alone in the middle, feeling increasingly anxious.
"Immortal, do you think my second mother... could she have deceived me?"
"She said she would come find me today, but what if she has left me behind and gone to rescue someone herself?"
The little girl hesitated, her thoughts in disarray, tormented by doubts and fears.
Li Muyang suddenly looked north, furrowing his brows.
Just at that moment, he sensationally detected a sinister presence rising from the north.
That direction seemed to be where the royal palace was located.
Li Muyang immediately floated up into the sky, overlooking the entire Capital City.
He saw an invisible, evil aura emanating from the palace and spreading outward in all directions.
Once enveloped by this malevolent aura, Li Muyang's heart inexplicably raced, and he instinctively felt uneasy.
"Something's wrong, something has happened inside the palace, the Emperor has used some dark magic!"
Li Muyang landed on the ground, his expression grave as he spoke to the little girl.
The little girl, looking surprised, was about to speak.
But just then, a series of piercing, agonizing screams suddenly erupted from within the Crown Prince's residence.
Shocked, Li Muyang immediately floated out.
He saw that all the living beings inside the Crown Prince's palace were desperately struggling, clutching their necks in agony, as if they were suffocating.
The cold, evil aura spreading through the air continuously invaded their bodies.
Their faces were distorted, and they screamed in pain, struggling desperately, but to no avail.
Soon, all the living beings inside the Crown Prince's residence twisted and deformed, turning into grotesque monsters.
And after these living beings turned into monsters, their eyes became sinister, and their vital auras completely vanished, as if they had become beings of air. Find adventures at My Virtual Library Empire
— All the people of the Crown Prince's residence had turned into ghastly creatures like those of Heiyuan Pass!
Seeing this, Li Muyang, greatly alarmed, immediately floated out of the Crown Prince's residence and surveyed Capital City from above.
He saw that the fog of demons within the city grew denser, and wherever the cold, sinister aura spread from the palace, one by one, living people screamed and struggled in the streets, courtyards, and houses.
At that moment, all the living beings in Capital City had transformed into twisted, evil monsters.
The originally demon-heavy Capital City, with all its living residents turned into monsters, had its thick, green fog of demons shooting straight into the sky.
Over a million beings had turned into demons!
From within the palace, the Emperor's proud and happy laughter could be heard.
"Hahaha... I've done it! I've finally done it!"
The little girl, who had floated up into the air with Li Muyang, also saw the scene of a city full of demons and was so frightened that her complexion turned pale.
At this moment, inside Capital City, it seemed that the only one not contaminated by the evil aura and transformed into a monster was the little girl.
System notifications popped up in Li Muyang's view.
[The Nie family bloodline has turned into demons, mission failed]
[Please evacuate Capital City immediately]
The system task had changed to rescuing the imprisoned Nie family bloodline after the audience with the Emperor ended.
But now it indicated that the Nie family's bloodline had already turned into demons... Had Nie Yubing's two older brothers turned into monsters?
Li Muyang turned to the little girl next to him, about to remind her to leave.
But just then, from below within Capital City, suddenly the fierce howls of monsters erupted.
"... She is not a skin-changing demon! She's disguised as a human!"
"Kill her!"
A figure with a conical hat and dressed in a black cloak rocketed into the sky, leading a group of newly transformed monsters toward Nie Yubing in the air.
Although these monsters couldn't be recognized from their original appearance, and their aura had greatly changed.
Yet her dress and her health bar ID all revealed one fact.
— This monster leading the attack on Nie Yubing was none other than her stepmother, Tang Mengchen!