Chapter 6404: Back Off Alch-deer felt something shooting up from his stomach to his throat. Eating the living and corpses wasn’t unprecedented. After all, there was no lack of perverted cultivators in each generation. Their thoughts and conduct differed from conventional wisdom. Some stole bodies and innate fortunes through devourment. Others ate the corpses of their enemies or great beasts. However, this emperor took it to the next level - displaying the corpses and waiting for them to rot before eating. Alch-deer had heard of stories about him before but seeing it in person struck a different chord. Goldblade, another villain, frowned despite having seen it before. Few in the region could tolerate this grotesque scene. However, Nine-cries was just too strong. “Haha, I’m sure corpses from Desolate Frontier will taste even better.” The bird’s black eyes fixated on Li Qiye and Alch-deer. Power disparity aside, Alch-deer found these eyes to be creepy. Just the gaze alone made him feel as if he was covered in rotting meat. “You are an emperor, why subject yourself to this?” Alch-deer asked. “You do not eat?” Nine-cries asked. “Not rotting corpses.” Alch-deer said. “It is fundamentally the same. All living beings can be eaten, and you do eat meat prepared in various ways, boiled, steamed, and dried. It’s just that my taste is a little different.” Nine-cries said. “...” Alch-deer couldn’t come up with a response. “You, a deer demon, became an emperor but still prefer to eat wild fruits and grass. I was a bird born to eat rotten meat, so why can’t I continue? We are doing the same thing.” Nine-cries said. “The dao is an evolution.” Li Qiye said calmly: “The higher, the more discipline to overcome animalistic instincts.” “Hehe, humans are animals as well, no superior to birds or beasts.” Nine-cries said. “Yes, not superior, but they will kill birds deserving of death.” Li Qiye said. “Haha!” Nine-cries stood up and became gigantic, breaking through the wooden house. His wings nearly blotted out the sky. Worst of all, the stench of death erupted like waterfalls. “Let’s see if you can back up your words.” He looked down at Li Qiye and Alch-deer like insects. Goldblade became alarmed and also grew larger. He clenched his saber, ready to cut through the death aura. “Nine-cries, do not be rude to my guests.” He said. “Haha, Goldblade, your balls grew large enough to challenge me?!” Nine-cries spewed out more death energy: “But you are no match for me. Leave before I have no mercy left to spare.” The gap between a half-step and an apex emperor was considerable. His death energy alone could decapitate Goldblade. “Try then, let’s see if your death aura is as sharp as my blade.” Goldblade smiled. “Haha, then don’t blame me for this, you are courting death.” Nine-cries prepared to rot Goldblade with his aura. These villains had no love for each other. A minor quarrel could result in a fight to the death. “Back off!” A clear voice brimming with life interrupted them. This came from a heaven-slayer so it forced them back. Nine-cries’ death aura was torn apart. “Devil Emperor.” He staggered three steps backward. “Luosha Devil Emperor.” Alch-deer became alarmed as well. A girl dressed in a purple dragon robe descended, looking like a true dragon. An overwhelming divinity manifested and suppressed everything nearby. The loose robe couldn’t hide her enchanting curves. She wore a crown and the tasseled pearls hid her face. However, one could still catch glimpses of her dazzling beauty through the gaps. She ranked second in the isles, only behind Heavenly Crane. Alas, the latter lived in isolation so to a certain extent, she was the strongest active villain. Moreover, she had a nobler background compared to anyone else.