One hour later … ¢
In the parliament building of the Federation, almost a hundred light beams were floating above the hall that could accommodate five thousand people.
All the files that Li Yao had brought back from the Blood Demon Sector, as well as Elder Nether Spring's memory pieces, were displayed.
Thousands of representatives and leaders of Cultivators read the files while holding their breath. Complicated expressions appeared on their faces. They were suddenly enlightened, ashamed, deep in thought, and enlightened.
They were both amazed by the meticulousness and viciousness of the Patriots Partnership's scheme and amazed by how Li Yao had resolved the dilemma like a scalpel. Many representatives were ashamed and regretting the wrong decisions that they had made a few days ago.
Of course, the members of the Patriots Partnership lurking among the representatives were not willing to be captured, either. They reached out to each other through secret channels and prepared for a new round of counterattack.
Li Yao, Ding Ling Dong, Wu Mayan, Professor Mo Xuan, and other friends were standing in a corner of the rostrum.
The evidence had basically been displayed. Next, it was Li Yao's turn to answer everybody's questions.
"Go now. Tell them everything that you've done over the past few days. Let the big shots who have been blowing freezing rune arrays in parliament all day feel ashamed!"
Ding Ling Dong punched Li Yao's chest heavily.
Li Yao smiled and grabbed Ding Ling Dong's hand. Looking at her in the eyes, he said solemnly, "Of course, I will explain everything. But a minor 'accident' may happen later. I assure you that I will be fine. Don't panic. The only thing you need to do is to trust me, okay?"
Ding Ling Dong was dazed, not understanding what Li Yao meant. Lu Zui had been captured, and the evidence had been presented. What accident could possibly happen?
However, out of her trust for Li Yao, she nodded her head instinctively.
"Ah Yan, take good care of Masteress!"
Li Yao turned around and said to Wu Mayan.
This was the first time he had addressed his disciple as "Master's wife". Even though Ding Ling Dong was a carefree human-shaped tyrannosaurus, she couldn't help but blush in embarrassment.
"Master, what are you doing?"
Wu Mayan frowned and mumbled, "It feels weird, like there's a conspiracy."
"What conspiracy?"
Li Yao scratched his nose and chuckled. "I am an out-and-out hero of the Federation. I have always been the most honorable person. I never play any tricks!"
Ding Ling Dong: "…"
Wu Mayan: "…"
"If I want to play, I'll play an open game. Even if you know that I'm playing tricks, you can't do anything to me!"
Li Yao roared and flew into the sky. He stood proudly in front of the thousands of representatives, experts, and leaders of the Cultivators!
The Yuanying experts and the experts of Jin Dan all had complicated expressions on their faces. The members of the Patriots Partnership among the representatives could not wait to jump out and attack.
Li Yao, however, spoke before they did. "There's something I want to say. Please listen to me!
"All the evidence I've shown just now, even if it cannot prove the sincerity of the demon race's surrender, can at least prove that Lu Zui, as the director of the Secret Sword Bureau, and Shou Yuxuan, the deputy director of the Capital Medical College, have long known the existence of Elder Nether Spring and the Children of the Nether World. However, they kept it a secret and even planned the assassination of the Speaker, resulting in the miserable deaths of tens of thousands of innocent people!
"Also, behind Lu Zui, there is an enormous Patriots Partnership, which does not want to see peace between the Heaven's Origin Sector and the Blood Demon Sector. They are trying to raise a war by any means possible!
"Right now, the 'expedition motion' has been passed. The Union Army is also conducting live-fire drills on the Grand Desolate Plateau. The arrow is already on the bow and can be triggered at any moment!
"Therefore, I beg you to cancel the 'expedition motion' right now, suspend the war plan, and investigate the Patriots Partnership thoroughly. Also, send a delegation to the Blood Demon Sector to check the situation in person and establish a channel of communication with the Pantheon of Demons!"
Li Yao paused for a moment. Sensing that the aura of the representatives was getting sharper, he opened his own mouth before they questioned him. "I know that, even with the evidence, there is still a critical question that remains unanswered, which is that I was possessed by the Blood Stripe Virus!
"Many representatives and fellow Cultivators must be thinking that, even if everything I said is true, it cannot prove that I was not possessed by the Blood Stripe Virus, can it? Perhaps, the so-called 'Blood Devil' is trying to win everyone's trust in such a way so that he can come up with an even greater scheme!
"I know that it is hard to explain, and we are running out of time!
"Therefore —"
Li Yao smiled and opened his hands. Glittering pearls popped up from his Cosmos Rings one after another and danced around him merrily.
Very soon, almost a hundred colorful pearls with overwhelming spiritual energy were spinning faster and faster around him, vaguely forming a barrier.
The three Yuanying experts and the hundred experts in the Core Formation Stage were greatly surprised. Not knowing what Li Yao was up to, they could only release their spiritual shields and be on high alert.
Li Yao grinned, baring his white, shining teeth. "In order to prove my innocence, I went through all the trouble in the past year to collect the rarest Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures of the Blood Demon Sector and produced a hundred and eight 'Mental Devil Annihilation Pills'!
"According to my design, the hundred and eight 'Mental Devil Annihilation Thunderous Pills', which are produced with the most marvelous, mysterious, and incisive secret techniques in the primeval era, can unleash the most mysterious and unbelievable thunderous spiritual energy, which will directly affect the deepest part of the brain and annihilate everything that does not belong to the body!
"If the Blood Stripe Virus is still not annihilated after all that, I will sacrifice all my Cultivation, my belief, and my soul and die together with it!
"Vulture Li Yao, I will prove my innocence with my death right in front of everyone. You should believe everything I say now, shouldn't you?"
"What!"
All the Jin Dan and the Yuanying jumped to their feet. They did not expect Li Yao to be so resolute!
Ding Ling Dong shrieked and was about to lunge forward when Wu Mayan grabbed her thigh and pulled her back.
Wu Mayan rolled his eyes again and again. With a weird expression, he said, "Well, Masteress, please think about what Master said just now!"
Ding Ling Dong was dazed for a moment. She looked at Professor Mo Xuan next to her.
As a spectral Cultivator, the professor was expressionless, but his crystal cameras were glittering. There was no telling what was on his mind, but he was not panicked at all. Instead, he seemed to be amused.
"Don't come any closer, everybody!"
The 'Mental Devil Annihilation Thunder Pills' around Li Yao were spinning faster and faster. Electric arcs were vaguely released, forming a gold, glittering electric net. The electric net tore apart the air and raised a deep blue mist. Everything inside the mist was vague and imperceptible. The only thing that could be heard was Li Yao's desperate roars. "The Blood Stripe Virus is sordid. It might jump out of my body and enter your body!
"Fellow Cultivators, be careful of infection. Don't come any closer! Sacrifice me for the happiness of millions! "
Several Yuanying and Jin Dan were planning to go forward and rescue Li Yao. But after hearing what he said, they did not dare to move at all.
They did not even know what the 'Blood Stripe Virus' was, much less how to take precautions against it. What if they were infected after one moment of carelessness?
The Heart Devil Annihilation Thunder Ball was rotating at the highest speed. The enormous hall was filled with the sound of wind and thunder. Covered by the electric arcs and the deep blue mist, everything inside the array of calamity thunder could not be seen clearly at all.
Two voices could be heard alternately. One belonged to Li Yao, while the other was incomparably sharp, savage, and sinister!
Li Yao shouted, "Don't even think about escaping from my body. I'm going to die with you!"
Another voice: "Hiss, hiss, let me go, let me go!"
Li Yao: "Haha, hahahaha, let's die together and end this once and for all!"
Another voice said, "You're crazy! Don't, don't! Ah! Ahhhhhh! "
As the two voices echoed, bright, overwhelming spiritual waves suddenly spread out from the array of calamity thunder. Then, mysterious, unconventional, gloomy wind spurted out, as if two forces, one righteous and the other evil, were fighting each other!
Gradually, the wind was even showing signs of suppressing the immense spiritual energy!
Everybody was greatly shocked. While they were wondering what to do, Li Yao's overwhelming voice echoed from the array of calamity thunder. "Friends, compatriots, fellow Cultivators, goodbye!"
BOOM!
The most dazzling electric arcs were triggered by the hundred and eight Heart Devil Annihilation Thunder Balls at the same time, bursting out into the most dazzling light ball at the center brutally.
A bloody fiend seemed to be raging deep inside the light ball. After a long time, it completely exploded into nothingness after a scream.
The ball of light was extinguished, the electric arcs dissipated, and the venue returned to peace. However, there was a charred statue floating quietly in the air. It stretched out its arms toward them, as if it was extremely reluctant to part with this world. After struggling for half a second, it fell heavily.
"Li Yao!"
Ding Ling Dong pinched her thigh hard and lunged at him in tears.
The Yuanying, Jin Dan, the representatives, and the experts looked at each other in bewilderment, not knowing what to say.
Several members of the Patriots Partnership who were hiding among the representatives were even more dumbfounded and infuriated.
Before, they had drafted dozens of meticulous plans to deal with Li Yao's identity as the Blood Devil, which would have lasted at least half a month. There would have been no way for him to defend himself.
But as it turned out, Li Yao had played such a trick!
What was the meaning of this? His acting skills were too exaggerated! Did he think that everybody was stupid?
In the dead silence, Professor Mo Xuan slowly walked to the rostrum. He did not look at Li Yao, who was lying on the ground and half dead. Instead, he glanced at all the representatives, experts, and leaders on the spot worriedly.
"Fellow Cultivators."
Professor Mo Xuan was a well-respected man. He had also traveled in the Flying Star Sector for ten years. Everybody in the Tian Yuan Realm knew him. There was no need for him to introduce himself.
He sighed, pretending to be serious. "Fellow Cultivator Li Yao did not hesitate to die together with the Blood Stripe Virus in order to annihilate it. It is truly admirable.
"However, we still don't know whether or not the Blood Stripe Virus has been completely annihilated by him.
"Right now, there are two possibilities.
"Firstly, the Blood Stripe Virus has indeed been annihilated by Fellow Cultivator Li Yao. There is not the slightest trace of it left.
"Secondly, the Blood Stripe Virus has not been annihilated but is still lurking inside Fellow Cultivator Li Yao's body. After all, with our current methods, it is hard for us to confirm anything!
"Right. There's one more thing. The Blood Stripe Virus is capable of fleeing. Or maybe, during the fierce battle just now, the Blood Stripe Virus saw that things were not going well and escaped out of Fellow Cultivator Li Yao's body through a tiny cluster of blood mist, before it dashed into the body of someone here without alarming anyone.
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