24: Life is like a play, this is what it means to live well!

"Your Majesty! Azure Winged Mosquito Demon has arrived!"

Outside the cave, the guard demon reported to him.

Upon hearing this, the Silver Scale Rhino King's eyes flashed with a fierce light. He instantly left his cave and appeared before the Azure Winged Mosquito Demon.

At this moment, the Azure Winged Mosquito Demon looked bewildered, still feeling somewhat fortunate that he had found a way to survive.

However, when he saw the Silver Scale Rhino King suddenly appear before him, he was also startled.

He thought to himself, 'I don't have that much influence!'

To actually have the Silver Scale Rhino King personally come out to greet him.

Could it be that my status in the Silver Scale Rhino King's heart has always been this high?

I thought I became the guardian demon of Vortex Forest West based on my strength.

Is this favoritism?

Thinking of this, the Azure Winged Mosquito Demon's gaze involuntarily shifted upwards.

When he saw the Silver Scale Rhino King's eyes looking at him.

That sharp gaze made the Azure Winged Mosquito Demon realize he had thought wrong.

The Silver Scale Rhino King suddenly struck, his palm pressing the Azure Winged Mosquito Demon firmly to the ground.

The Azure Winged Mosquito Demon had not expected the Silver Scale Rhino King to attack so suddenly. He couldn't dodge in time, and with the Silver Scale Rhino King's speed, he couldn't have dodged anyway.

At this moment, he only felt wronged. What exactly had he done?

Seeing the Azure Winged Mosquito Demon not daring to struggle under his palm, the Silver Scale Rhino King asked in a chilling tone,

"With your meager abilities, you must know that this matter is beyond you. It seems you colluded with outsiders. Speak! Who is it?"

Who, who, who?

I don't know!

Where am I? What did I do?

The Azure Winged Mosquito Demon truly felt wronged, so he asked tremblingly, "Y-Your Majesty, what did I do? I don't know anything! Your Majesty!"

"Still daring to play dumb!"

"Do you take me for a fool?!"

"If I really let you fool me, how could I, the Silver Scale Rhino King, continue to rule here?"

"Ah!"

Saying that, the Silver Scale Rhino King increased the strength in his hand, causing the Azure Winged Mosquito Demon to let out a series of miserable screams.

Seeing that the Silver Scale Rhino King was truly going to kill him.

The Azure Winged Mosquito Demon could only beg bitterly, "Your Majesty, spare my life! Your Majesty, spare my life!"

The Silver Scale Rhino King remained silent, only steadily increasing the strength in his hand.

The Azure Winged Mosquito Demon also remained silent, only letting out miserable screams.

Finally, the Azure Winged Mosquito Demon could no longer bear it and could only shout helplessly.

"Speak!"

"Your Majesty, I'll tell you anything you ask!"

Upon hearing this, the Silver Scale Rhino King eased his grip a bit, finally giving the Azure Winged Mosquito Demon a chance to breathe.

The Azure Winged Mosquito Demon hadn't expected the Silver Scale Rhino King to truly intend to kill him. If he hadn't spoken up at the last moment, he would have truly died there.

The Silver Scale Rhino King also hadn't expected the Azure Winged Mosquito Demon to have such backbone, only confessing after being tortured to such an extent.

He truly hadn't noticed before; he was a tough nut to crack. He had misjudged the Azure Winged Mosquito Demon.

"Your Majesty, what do you want me to say?"

At this moment, the Azure Winged Mosquito Demon asked weakly.

Damn it!

Still not backing down!

His bones are truly hard!

He had tricked him again.

The Silver Scale Rhino King laughed in extreme anger, about to continue his assault, but the Azure Winged Mosquito Demon didn't want to go through that again.

He quickly shouted, "Mercy! Your Majesty! Could you please ask me what you want me to say first?"

Saying that, he added weakly, "At least give me a hint, Your Majesty!"

The Silver Scale Rhino King looked at the Azure Winged Mosquito Demon under his palm and felt that he wasn't trying to deceive him.

So he asked, "The Eastern Vortex Forest suffered a great calamity, and a large number of demons in the north were assassinated. Only your western region is unharmed. Tell me, is this good deed something you colluded with outsiders to do?"

I colluded with outsiders?

I did this?

The north also suffered heavy losses?

How could he carry such a huge burden?

The Azure Winged Mosquito Demon didn't want to die in vain, so he immediately pushed everything onto the Shadow Wolf King, regardless of the consequences.

"Your Majesty, this matter of colluding with outsiders to harm our own people has nothing to do with me! It must be that bastard, the Shadow Wolf King, who did it."

Anyway, he and the Windtail Boa King had always been at odds with the Shadow Wolf King, so it was only right to throw any dirt on the Shadow Wolf King.

If it could kill the Shadow Wolf King, even better. As long as he was fine!

The Silver Scale Rhino King had, of course, considered that the Shadow Wolf King might have done this.

But how could he bring it up? That would just give the Azure Winged Mosquito Demon an opening.

So he questioned instead, "Is that so? But I heard that the Shadow Wolf King's territory was also attacked, and he suffered no small losses!

Moreover, among you few, the Shadow Wolf King is the most timid, practically the most honest one. It's hard for me to believe you!"

Upon hearing this, the Azure Winged Mosquito Demon immediately became anxious. The Silver Scale Rhino King didn't believe him, so how could he throw dirt on others?

If he couldn't throw dirt on others, how could he survive?

Anyway, it's better for a friend to die than for me to die. He just had to go all out against the Shadow Wolf King.

So he immediately said indignantly, even vividly describing it, "Your Majesty, you may not know this! That Shadow Wolf King is very cunning, and very insidious.

You can tell just by his name; it has 'shadow' in it. Can you imagine how insidious he is?

He's practically overflowing with insidiousness. This matter must have been done by him."

"As for the matter of his territory being attacked and suffering heavy losses.

If you ask me, it's 100% something he did himself.

He attacked others, then made it look like he was also attacked to clear his suspicions."

"Finally, he tried to frame me. Don't you think that's insidious?"

The Silver Scale Rhino King, however, questioned, "This? That's not very likely, is it?

Besides, I heard that the Shadow Wolf King's territory was the first to be attacked."

Upon hearing this, the Azure Winged Mosquito Demon immediately thought of how to reply.

Who was he? He was a master of twisting black and white and stirring up trouble, and he hadn't done this in the first place.

To actually blame him for it, the person who did this was truly too evil and immoral!

So he immediately analyzed for the Silver Scale Rhino King, "Your Majesty, that's exactly it."

"Think about it, Your Majesty! Among the three of us, the Windtail Boa King is the strongest, and the Shadow Wolf King is the weakest.

Since both the Windtail Boa King and the Shadow Wolf King were attacked.

Then why is it that the strongest Windtail Boa King was torn to pieces, while the Shadow Wolf King only lost a few Demon Qi Realm demons? How is that possible?"

Saying that, the Azure Winged Mosquito Demon stated with great certainty,

"Unless, either the Shadow Wolf King colluded with outsiders to do these things, and then deliberately harmed himself to get rid of suspicion and frame me.

Or, the demon that attacked them was not even in the Demon Origin Realm when it attacked the Shadow Wolf King.

But by the time it reached the Windtail Boa King's territory, it had become a Demon Origin Realm demon stronger than the Windtail Boa King. But how is that possible?

Or, the Shadow Wolf King's strength is stronger than the Windtail Boa King's, and not just by a little bit.

Making it impossible for the opponent to defeat him, so they went to the Windtail Boa King's territory instead.

However, that's also not very likely!"

After speaking, he saw the Silver Scale Rhino King looking thoughtful.

The Azure Winged Mosquito Demon's heart filled with joy, knowing that he had probably been fooled.

He just had to wait for the Shadow Wolf King to arrive. As for what to do when the Shadow Wolf King arrived?

What did that have to do with him?!

Hahahaha!

He had broken such a deadlock; he was truly a talent among demons!

Thinking of this, the Azure Winged Mosquito Demon almost wanted to laugh out loud with pride.

However, the Azure Winged Mosquito Demon also knew what kind of occasion this was. If he really laughed, wouldn't he be mocking the Silver Scale Rhino King?

That would truly be the end of him.

However, speaking of this, logically, the Silver Scale Rhino King should have believed him by now and should have released him.

Why did it feel like he was being pressed down even tighter? Could it be that his reasoning was so brilliant that it had even made the Silver Scale Rhino King lose his composure?

Unexpectedly, the Silver Scale Rhino King, upon hearing this, showed no intention of releasing him. Instead, he smiled strangely,

"What you said is very good, but what you said also applies to you."

Then, the Silver Scale Rhino King pressed the Azure Winged Mosquito Demon fiercely to the ground. The Azure Winged Mosquito Demon instantly let out an extremely shrill scream, waking him from his illusion.

Afterward, he left the Azure Winged Mosquito Demon with a breath of life and smacked him aside.

This made the Azure Winged Mosquito Demon think to himself, 'I'm getting beaten so frequently. I should have known not to come so quickly.'

Soon after, a demon came to announce that the Shadow Wolf King had also arrived and was waiting outside.

Although the Silver Scale Rhino King had already ordered that when the Shadow Wolf King and Azure Winged Mosquito Demon arrived, they didn't need to be announced and could just come in directly.

However, the Shadow Wolf King still respectfully stood outside, waiting for the Silver Scale Rhino King to tell him to enter.

This formed a stark contrast with the Azure Winged Mosquito Demon's behavior.

When the Shadow Wolf King ran in, he saw the Silver Scale Rhino King from a great distance.

Then he sped up a bit, clearly looking eager to see the Silver Scale Rhino King.

When he ran to a spot not far from the Silver Scale Rhino King, he 'accidentally' tripped over a pebble in front of him.

So the Shadow Wolf King's body involuntarily rolled forward, only stopping just in front of the Silver Scale Rhino King.

He fell face first, then immediately got up and knelt before the Silver Scale Rhino King, shouting, "Greetings, Silverscale Rhinoceros King!"

The Shadow Wolf King's respectful attitude softened the Silver Scale Rhino King's expression a bit.

The Azure Winged Mosquito Demon, seeing this from the side, secretly cursed him as an old bootlicker, truly good at pretending!

Fortunately, the Shadow Wolf King didn't hear this, otherwise, he would definitely have retorted that he wasn't old!

Soon, the Shadow Wolf King from outside was brought in.

Although his attitude was respectful, he still received the same treatment.

Like the Azure Winged Mosquito Demon, he was pressed under a palm and interrogated.

However, what the Azure Winged Mosquito Demon found most unbearable during this process was that even at such a time, the Shadow Wolf King could seize the opportunity to flatter.

While being pressed under the palm, he shouted things like, 'Your Majesty is indeed still so wise and mighty, and your strength is still so powerful. Just a little bit of force makes this humble one unable to bear it,' and so on...

But what truly made the Azure Winged Mosquito Demon unbearable was when the Shadow Wolf King, after the Silver Scale Rhino King eased his grip when he was almost crushed to death, said, 'I knew Your Majesty still believed in me, and in the end, you still saved some strength for this humble one.'

This almost drove the Azure Winged Mosquito Demon crazy.

Then came the interrogation stage, and like the Azure Winged Mosquito Demon, the Shadow Wolf King also frantically threw dirt on the Azure Winged Mosquito Demon, pushing everything onto him.

During this time, he constantly seized every opportunity to flatter the Silver Scale Rhino King, like inserting a needle into a crack.

He even said things like, 'To others, these words would be flattery, but to you, they are merely stating facts.'

'If I'm going to flatter anyone, I'll only flatter you!'

Then he also 'won' the big prize package, being slapped aside, but his condition was much better than the Azure Winged Mosquito Demon's.

Clearly, flattery still had some use.

However, even with a broken body and an unyielding spirit, it couldn't stop the Shadow Wolf King's performance.

He even shamelessly asked the Silver Scale Rhino King if he wanted to adopt a godson.

And other things like, 'If you don't abandon me...' and so on.

All the demons had a misconception that the Shadow Wolf King seemed to have changed a lot this time, with a feeling of being reborn.

He had become better at flattery, and his flattery was smoother.