Chapter 701: I Don't Want to Die, So I Seek Cooperation with You

The Demon Emperor saw a pair of eyes flashing with brilliance, staring directly at her.

She knew that Jiang Chen could not see her, but sensed her presence.

"It was that eye above that discovered me."

The Demon Emperor felt an attack on her soul, coming from the undead eye above.

Previously, her clashes with Jiang Chen were fought at a distance; this was the first time she felt his Skill up close, which was very strange.

The Demon Emperor openly removed her concealment, revealing a graceful figure.

"It's you!" Jiang Chen's gaze instantly turned fierce.

At the moment she dropped her concealment, a Barrier aura appeared.

Barrier… Abyss… Demon.

Jiang Chen instantly guessed the opponent's identity.

In the entire Abyss, only one being could approach him unnoticed.

The Demon Emperor sensed Jiang Chen's hostility, slightly surprised, "Do you recognize me?"

Jiang Chen, hyper‑vigilant and already in combat mode, said, "Demon Emperor." "How did you guess?" The Demon Emperor grew even more surprised—how could Jiang Chen be so certain?

She knew they had never met before.

Moreover, her aura had completely changed, and Jiang Chen could not discern her from it.

She was curious how Jiang Chen could be so sure of her identity—was it just a guess?

Impossible; Jiang Chen's attitude was too definite.

Jiang Chen did not answer, and said, "You infiltrated Divine Dragon City and tracked me here—what do you want?"

As he spoke, the outer Tower of Ancient Lei came into Jiang Chen's hand, ready for battle at any moment.

The Demon Emperor stepped back a distance, "I, the Demon Emperor, bear no ill will." "Do you believe that?" Jiang Chen sneered, noting that the Human Race and Abyss Demon had harbored a hatred for over a thousand years; a meeting meant life and death.

The Demon Emperor, several times,

She had tried to kill him, and not long ago had just teamed up with the Dragon Emperor to try to kill him.

Now saying she has no ill will is downright comical.

The Demon Emperor chuckled lightly, "I'm serious; this time I truly have no ill intent."

"With my status as the Demon Emperor, there's no need to deceive you."

Jiang Chen naturally wouldn't believe her, but he didn't act immediately; after all, against the Demon Emperor he only had self‑preservation at his disposal.

Jiang Chen asked in a deep voice, "Then what are you here for?"

Facing the highly vigilant Jiang Chen, the Demon Emperor tried to show as much goodwill as possible, "I came to seek cooperation with you."

"Cooperation?" Jiang Chen's thoughts shifted, instantly recalling a millennium ago. The Human Race and Abyss Demon had indeed cooperated, jointly driving the Dragon Race out of the primordial battlefield and cutting off all Spatial Tunnels.

As a result, the Dragon Race could not return for a thousand years.

Jiang Chen's eyes glittered as he guessed the Demon Emperor's intent—did she want to repeat the millennium‑old cooperation?

Now that the Human Race no longer has a Half-step Super God, the strongest should be himself. Seeking cooperation with himself isn't wrong,

The Demon Emperor nodded, "Exactly, I came to you to cooperate." Jiang Chen remained vigilant, not relaxing despite her words, and asked, "Tell me, what do you want to cooperate on."

The Demon Emperor said, "Before we cooperate, let's discuss conditions. I, the Demon Emperor, hope you will agree to one thing."

"What is it?"

"No matter what level you reach in the future, you may not strike at me. Likewise, I will not be the first to act against you or the Human Race."

The Demon Emperor presented a condition that left Jiang Chen somewhat puzzled.

The condition sounded rather odd.

Even Jiang Chen, for a moment, could not grasp the Demon Emperor's true intent. "Explain it clearly."

The Demon Emperor

With a smile on her face, "It means exactly what it says." Jiang Chen thought briefly and somewhat understood her meaning. "Are you afraid I might kill you in the future?"

The Demon Emperor didn't hide it, openly admitting, "You could say that you have Antares behind you; I cannot act against you."

"Your talent is outstanding; in the future you could very well reach Divine Level and possess the ability to kill the Demon Emperor."

"I don't want to die, so I am coming early to turn our enmity into friendship." Jiang Chen smiled at the Demon Emperor's naive intention.

"Human Race and Abyss Demon turning enemies into friends? A millennial hatred—do you think that's possible?"

The Demon Emperor said, "I only refer to myself. It has nothing to do with the demons in the Abyss."

Jiang Chen was shocked; from her words he realized she intended to sell out the entire Abyss Demon.

She is the Demon Emperor, the emperor of the Abyss Demon.

Now she actually wants to sell her own world—how laughable. Jiang Chen felt he was hearing a far‑fetched tale; even myths aren't this absurd.

The Demon Emperor, seeing Jiang Chen's shocked gaze, chuckled, "Don't think it's impossible; in this cruel world, nothing is impossible."

"To show goodwill, I can first give you some token of allegiance."

Jiang Chen frowned, "What kind of goodwill?"

The Demon Emperor produced a memory crystal. "Here is a list; it contains members of the Demon Worship Society."

Jiang Chen took the crystal, glanced at it, and again showed a shocked expression… it listed nearly ten thousand individuals, spanning all fields of the Human Race.

Although none could reach the Core Area, many were in the middle tiers, some truly alarming.

The last great purge by Lao Hong hadn't even cleaned the Demon Worship Society thoroughly.

Jiang Chen asked in a low voice, "How can I know if this is true or false?" If the list were fake, he couldn't rely solely on the Demon Emperor's side. The Demon Emperor had already anticipated his reaction, "You don't need to act; you can contact the Human Race's higher‑ups to see whether these people are all dead—and all by suicide."

As she spoke, the Demon Emperor pointed at a spot in the air; a law slashed the sky, piercing the spatial barrier and heading toward an unknown location.

Jiang Chen, seeing the Demon Emperor suddenly employ a law, tightened his heart and said, "Wait for me outside Divine Dragon City."

At this point, he no longer cared about leveling up; he flapped his undead wings, his soul power fully erupting as he flew toward Divine Dragon City.

In just a few seconds, he returned to the Divine Dragon Ancient City, then used the city's Teleportation Array to go back to the Human World.

He is a Five-Star Divine General, holding the highest authority among the Human Race; using legendary arrays is at his discretion.

His speed was so great that even the soldiers guarding the Teleportation Array couldn't stop him in time.

It only seemed like a flash before the Teleportation Array had already activated.

The soldiers initially tried to intervene, but upon seeing the purple Divine General Badge on Jiang Chen's shoulder, they fell silent at once.

Jiang Chen returned to the Human World and immediately contacted Li Xueru, recounting the matter of the Demon-Worship Society member list.

Li Xueru rushed over at top speed and took the list.

Just half an hour later, Li Xueru sent a message.

The content of the message shocked Jiang Chen.

Nearly ten thousand people on the list had all committed suicide.

Some of them were Divine Dragon People, others were personnel from various other factions and nations; half an hour ago they all killed themselves en masse.

The method of suicide was uniform: each grabbed a Weapon and slit their own heads.

Amid his shock, Jiang Chen realized something.

Could the Demon-Worship Society consist of only those people on the list?

Might the Demon Emperor Society be hiding something else?

Li Xueru appeared before Jiang Chen again, "Xiao Mo, what happened? Where did this list come from?"

Jiang Chen hadn't explained the situation clearly earlier, and now Li Xueru was even more shocked than Jiang Chen.

Reports arriving from all over made Li Xueru realize the matter was serious. Jiang Chen, with something on his mind, said, "I'll tell the teacher the details later; I need to go back first."