“Demon Lord? Heh, let him recover from his injuries first before we talk about that!” Henry Grant smiled faintly. From the memories of his predecessor, he knew that although his predecessor had been forced to take the Seven-Day Death Pill, fought his way out in a bloody battle, and ultimately perished—

But the Demon Lord didn’t fare much better. After taking a desperate blow from his predecessor, he was gravely wounded as well. Otherwise, how could the Demon Lord have just watched as his predecessor escaped with the Nine-Lives Cat Demon King?

Although, all things considered, his predecessor had it worse, sacrificing himself completely. But the Demon Lord was also seriously injured—six of one, half a dozen of the other. In the end, Henry Grant just picked up the pieces… What a joke, really he was just left with a mess, forced to watch his own life tick down every day.

At the side, Downwind brought over a chair for Henry Grant. Henry Grant sat down and looked at the Nine-Lives Cat Demon King, who was as massive as a small mountain, and said, “I’ll give you a chance. Tell me how you got the information, and I might spare your life—give you a chance to pledge loyalty to me!”

After all, this was a being at the peak of the Transcendence Realm. Although he seemed powerless before a Dao Realm expert, that was just on the surface.

After all, counting him, there were only four Dao Realm experts on the entire continent. The next strongest were all peak Transcendence Realm, and any one of them could be said to stand at the pinnacle of billions of living beings.

As for the Nine-Lives Cat Demon King faking surrender?

That was impossible. On the Xuan Yuan Continent, there was no shortage of secret arts that could control a person’s life and death.

“Human, you won’t get any information from me, heh!” The Nine-Lives Cat Demon King mocked weakly.

“Master, this Nine-Lives Cat Demon King is a tough one. Over the past few days, I’ve tried all sorts of methods, but nothing could get him to talk!” Ryan Clark explained from the side.

Henry Grant frowned slightly. Ryan Clark was an old warden, skilled in countless interrogation techniques—a true expert.

But even so, they couldn’t get any useful information from the Nine-Lives Cat Demon King. Clearly, his mental fortitude far exceeded that of ordinary people.

But thinking about it, any being who could cultivate to this level, whether human or demon, was no simple character.

“Well, there’s no other way. We’ll just have to kill him!” Henry Grant said calmly. “His pelt should make a good soft armor, impervious to blades and spears. Even his flesh and bones can be used as medicine—not bad at all!”

The previously weak Nine-Lives Cat Demon King was stunned. This wasn’t how things were supposed to go. Wasn’t he going to try persuading him further?

People talk about visiting a wise man three times, or spending a fortune to buy a good horse’s bones, but with Henry Grant, none of that applied.

“Master… this…” Ryan Clark was also shocked by Henry Grant’s decisiveness. Such an important prisoner, and he was just going to kill him, as if the Nine-Lives Cat Demon King was just some ordinary little demon.

“Otherwise, what’s the point of keeping him? For the New Year? If he won’t talk, then he’s worthless!” Henry Grant said. He knew Ryan Clark was an old warden, and even he couldn’t get anything out of the Nine-Lives Cat Demon King—Henry Grant certainly couldn’t either.

Besides, there was no way he could let the Nine-Lives Cat Demon King go. The Cat Demon King had killed the old sect master, and his predecessor had sworn in front of everyone that if he couldn’t offer the Cat Demon King’s head as a sacrifice to the old master, he wouldn’t ascend to the throne.

So, legally speaking, he was still just an acting sect master.

As the number one leader of the righteous path, he had to keep his word. Without a solid reputation, how could he survive in this circle?

He’d only come today to try a last-ditch effort!

“Besides, the longer we wait, the more likely something will go wrong. If the demon kings of the Demon Domain, or some other schemers, come to rescue him, could you stop them?” Henry Grant looked at Ryan Clark as he spoke.

He’d read plenty of novels where the villains captured the protagonist’s people but didn’t kill them, just locked them up, as if saying, “Dear protagonist, the door’s open—come save them!”

Chapter 12: Killing the Nine-Lives Cat Demon King, Gaining Fate Points

These villains never understood the importance of eliminating threats in time, and in the end, they all met their downfall.

Since the Nine-Lives Cat Demon King refused to reveal the traitor, he was worthless—better to kill him now and use his head to honor the old sect master.

That way, he could become the rightful, legitimate sect master.

Although this meant missing a chance to root out the traitor, in Henry Grant’s view, the Cat Demon King might not know much anyway.

If Henry Grant were the traitor, he could easily pass messages through a third party and hide in the shadows. Even the Cat Demon King wouldn’t know who he was.

He could use the Cat Demon King as a tool and avoid exposing himself!

When Ryan Clark heard Henry Grant say this, his hair stood on end. Though he prided himself on his cultivation, able to hold his own even against peak Transcendence Realm experts—

But if there were several of them, he might be killed instantly. The top ten demon kings of the Demon Domain were all at the peak of the Transcendence Realm.