Charm Demon!
Yun Xuan's label for the woman left Yang Kai stunned. He suddenly realized—this woman was no ordinary person.
"What's a Charm Demon?" Yang Kai lowered his voice and asked suspiciously.
Though he'd spoken quietly, it hadn't escaped the delicate woman's ears. She glanced at Yang Kai, her beautiful eyes pure and flawless, without the slightest impurity. She smiled faintly and said softly, "You've never heard of the Charm Demon lineage?"
Yang Kai grinned. "Nope. I come from a pretty remote corner of the world. Don't know much about what's out there."
"Hee hee…" The Charm Demon giggled. "How interesting—someone who's never even heard of us. Hmm, let me think…" As she spoke, she tapped her delicate finger against her red lips, looking utterly innocent and endearing. After a long pause, she said, "You've got guts, young man. Since you'd like to die understanding what's happening, I'll grant you that. That sister over there seems to know quite a bit about our Charm Demon lineage—why don't you ask her?"
"Young man?" Yang Kai raised an eyebrow. "How old are you, miss?"
"A woman's age is a secret, you know." The Charm Demon laughed sweetly, her seductiveness and innocence blending together in perfect harmony, making Yang Kai's mind waver for just a moment.
A woman like this was even more devastating to men than Shan Qingluo.
Zhou Luo had already lost his composure entirely, gazing at the Charm Demon with a face full of lovesick adoration.
The Charm Demon glanced at him and gave a soft hmph, clearly unimpressed.
"Yun Xuan, what exactly is a Charm Demon?" Yang Kai turned to look at Yun Xuan.
"Now's not the time!" Yun Xuan's brows furrowed in irritation. At a moment of life and death, this man was actually curious about the mysteries of Charm Demons—he was absolutely hopeless, completely bewitched.
"We're all going to die anyway. Tell me. I'd rather not go to my grave ignorant." Yang Kai shrugged.
Yun Xuan stared at the Charm Demon floating in the sky and let out a bitter laugh. Then she parted her lips and said, "Fine. We're dying anyway. Charm Demons… are a branch of the Demon Race, and a high-ranking one at that. Every single one is born with breathtaking beauty, each with a different temperament—cold and aloof, sultry and alluring, innocent and naive, or fiery and bold. In short, Charm Demons are the bane of all men. Whether you're human, demon, or demon-kind, no man can resist a Charm Demon's charm. They are born to beguile the hearts of men."
"The Charm Demon's body is different from other demon races. Their physiques are rather frail, so their numbers have always been very scarce and they have difficulty surviving to maturity. But once they do grow up, they become extremely troublesome opponents. That's because their power doesn't lie in their bodies—it lies in their Divine Sense! Among warriors of the same rank, a Charm Demon's Divine Sense is stronger than anyone else's. Uncle Sun and the others were most likely killed by her Divine Sense!"
As she spoke, Yun Xuan glared up at the fragile-looking girl in the sky, hatred burning in her beautiful eyes.
The Charm Demon wore a smiling expression and made no effort to stop Yun Xuan from revealing her secrets, looking for all the world like someone who had already won.
Yang Kai's mind stirred, and he suddenly glimpsed a sliver of opportunity.
The Charm Demon's Divine Sense was powerful enough to completely overshadow his own. If he couldn't lure her spiritual body into his own sea of consciousness, then his only option was to rely on physical strength.
Yun Xuan had just said that the Charm Demon's body was extremely frail—and from the way she looked, that was clearly true.
He buried the restless urge stirring within him and continued listening to Yun Xuan's explanation.
"I've heard that Charm Demons like to feed on a person's vital essence," Yun Xuan said, a faint blush suddenly rising to her cheeks.
Even Ruan Xinyu's expression turned somewhat unnatural, a trace of pink creeping up her slender neck as her eyes shimmered with moisture.
"Quite the appetite," Yang Kai remarked with a dry smile. Then he looked puzzled again. "But then why did she kill everyone in the Diao Ao Alliance?"
If she wanted to feed on vital essence, she'd need to capture them alive, yet she'd ruthlessly cut them down one by one—that was what Yang Kai couldn't understand.
"Oh, I don't feed on just anyone's vital essence," the Charm Demon said with a coy smile, her words dripping with hidden meaning.
Yun Xuan's blush deepened. She was already a mature, alluring woman, and this shy, flustered expression only drew the eye more.
"She wants… the vital essence of lovers caught up in passion," Yun Xuan whispered, her voice barely audible.
Yang Kai was dumbfounded. After a pause, he asked, "What do you mean?"
Yun Xuan stamped her foot. "How can you not know what that means?"
She shot him a glare.
"You're kidding me?" Yang Kai's expression turned peculiar as he looked up at the Charm Demon in the sky. "That's a seriously twisted hobby."
The Charm Demon giggled, completely unbothered.
Yang Kai's expression turned playful, and he grinned. "Doesn't that mean I can have one last fling before I die?"
"That's right," the Charm Demon nodded gently, studying Yang Kai with great interest. "What, you're not afraid?"
"Terrified," Yang Kai said solemnly, nodding. Then he declared in a deep voice, "But there's a human saying: 'To die beneath the peony, one dies a gallant ghost!'"