The Hero Who Became a Monster Girl Will Never Fall to Evil

‘Nonsense. I don’t have a sister like you!’

Hearing Zhuyou still daring to put on airs and call her “sister,” Isabelle immediately flew into a rage. She hadn’t forgotten how that little bitch had poisoned her, stabbed her in the back, stolen her kin, coveted her position, and ruined most of her cultivation with that act of betrayal!

With that thought, she stared straight at the distant dark clouds.

Rolling black clouds took shape as a lifelike dragon fish. Zhuyou stood atop the clouds, her figure slender and graceful, her gaze arrogant and disdainful.

When enemies meet, their eyes turn red with hatred.

If her master hadn’t still been riding on her back, Isabelle would have already charged over to fight her to the death!

Vieya gently patted the back of the deep-blue fish beneath her, signaling her to stay calm, then lifted her eyes toward Zhuyou, who was leading a force of a hundred thousand shrimp soldiers and crab generals to blockade the entrances and exits of the Elven Forest.

At the same time, upon seeing Vieya, Zhuyou immediately let out a sneer.

“The Holy Sword’s master?”

“......”

Vieya couldn’t be bothered to respond. She summoned the Holy Sword and casually swung out a world-splitting, heaven-cleaving sword light.

At the instant the sword was drawn, it was as if the entire world froze.

Originally, the masked figures lurking around the outskirts of the Elven Forest had seen Zhuyou step forward to confront the Elven Forest and the Holy Sword’s master head-on, and each of them had been itching to jump in and lend a hand. But when they saw that Vieya could unleash such terrifying power with a mere casual strike, the masked figures all retreated one after another, even withdrawing the auras they had revealed to support Zhuyou.

Zhuyou naturally noticed the little movements of those “temporary allies.”

Humans often say that the enemy of your enemy is your friend—but now it seemed that wasn’t quite right. The enemy of your enemy isn’t a friend. That was more accurate.

Still, as the Lord of the Eastern Realm’s Dragon Gauze Palace, she had naturally heard of the new Holy Sword master. Some of her achievements were indeed worth mentioning, but in the end, she was just a monster-girl brat—some snot-nosed kid who’d gotten hold of a dangerous weapon and started showing off.

What was there to fear?

At this moment, even setting aside those shadowy human forces lurking and spying, there were still tens of thousands of monsters behind her. Even if she couldn’t succeed in capturing Isabelle this time, dealing with a monster-girl brat should be simple—easy as taking candy from a baby.

“Chiwen, command!”

With that thought, Zhuyou snapped her fingers, driving the fish-dragon beneath her—formed from the combined demonic power of countless sea monsters—to charge fiercely toward the radiant sword light that could cleave heaven and earth!

At the same time, a hundred thousand sea monsters formed ranks and stood upon the clouds behind Zhuyou, striking together. In an instant, the winds and clouds churned violently, lightning flashed, thunder roared, and a torrential downpour poured from the sky!

【Chiwen, command!】

Chiwen was the celestial god of ancient legend who governed the seas. Merely chanting His true name was enough to summon wind and rain.

Now, countless sea monsters cried out in unison.

The curtain of rain in the sky suddenly intensified. Billions upon billions of tons of rainwater were lifted and kneaded by an invisible force, forming a wall that blocked the brilliant sword light head-on.

Such immense power—even if only a fraction leaked out—would be enough to drown and pulverize every human city along the western coast.

Despite her contempt for that monster-girl brat, Zhuyou had not underestimated her. From the very first move, she went all out.

She’d let Isabelle escape last time. This time, she would not let her get away again. She had to devour her “good sister” completely—only then could she fully inherit the crown rank of 【Demon King】.

A glint of determination flashed through Zhuyou’s eyes.

‘Why should that lazy fish Isabelle be favored by the Demon King’s crown while I’m not? Why should even the Holy Sword’s master protect that useless fish? Why? Why!’

‘Power and authority shouldn’t be in the hands of such a lazy, salted, never-flipping stupid fish!’

Unwilling to accept this, Zhuyou desperately squeezed out every last bit of demonic power within her, pushing her control over the rain to its absolute limit. Billions of tons of rainwater were condensed and compressed, crashing down like mountains toppling jade!

However—

Beneath that radiant sword light.

At the instant the two forces collided, the world fell silent. The rain vaporized, heaven and earth cleared, clouds split apart.

Boom—!

A cataclysmic roar, hundreds of times more terrifying than thunder, shook the skies. The rain-laden black clouds blanketing the heavens were blasted apart by the shockwave. Countless sea monsters were flung backward, falling from the sky like dumplings, whistling as they smashed into the Elven Forest below.

Under the sword light, wind stilled and skies cleared.

Of the hundred thousand sea monsters, more than half were instantly shattered into dust. Of the remainder, half were shredded into pieces by the spreading sword aura. Only a tiny fraction were merely knocked unconscious, tumbling from the sky.

Zhuyou stared blankly at the scene, her mind utterly empty. She looked down at her hands, now covered in wounds carved by sword energy, blood streaming freely.

“Run! Palace Lord, run—”

Beside her, a yellow starfish monster that had barely survived didn’t even finish speaking before its body finally gave out, splitting apart and scattering into a pile of mangled seafood.

Impossible!

Only now did Zhuyou fully comprehend what had just happened. The accumulation and reliance of most of her life had been completely reduced to ashes by that single sword strike.

Realizing this, a bone-chilling cold swept over her entire body.

She had never imagined that bringing a hundred thousand monsters with her would end like this.

‘Isn’t she just a monster-girl brat? How is this possible...’

Looking around, the sky was clear and cloudless for miles. Zhuyou alone remained suspended there. Those masked onlookers who had been secretly watching had long since fled without a trace.

“Do you have any other tricks?” Vieya’s voice came from ahead.

Zhuyou shuddered violently and turned her head.

She saw Vieya calmly lowering her gaze as she wiped the Holy Sword in her hand. Standing atop the blue fish, she hadn’t moved a single step from beginning to end.

But the blue fish—Isabelle—was slowly carrying the slime toward Zhuyou.

In Isabelle’s deep-blue eyes flickered a smugness born of borrowed authority.

“Y-you... don’t come any closer!”

Zhuyou trembled all over, her face a mix of terror and fury. Recalling the fate of her monster army, her body shook again as she turned to flee.

At that moment, Vieya also put away the Holy Sword. Instead, she pulled a scroll from her bosom.

It was the 【Moke Riverside Scroll】!

A perfect chance!

Zhuyou clenched her teeth and transformed back into her true form—a golden carp possessing true dragon blood. She turned and tried to flee back to the sea, never to set foot on land again. But her body was far too massive; before she could take more than a couple of steps, she was enveloped by the radiance of the 【Moke Riverside Scroll】!

She tried to spit out her dragon pearl to counterattack, but under the suppression of the 【Moke Riverside Scroll】, she couldn’t even open her mouth. Her body was slowly dragged toward the scroll!

Despair surged through Zhuyou’s heart.

Suddenly—

A massive golden hand, hundreds of meters long, reached down from the sky, aiming to snatch the 【Moke Riverside Scroll】 before Vieya!

Vieya frowned, preparing—somewhat helplessly—to pause the fishing operation and retract the scroll to prevent it from being seized.

At that very moment, a burst of flame descended upon the colossal golden hand, burning wildly and forcing it to recoil in pain.

In the next instant, a massive crimson bird descended from the heavens, extending its talons to seize the giant hand.

“Kehehe—why should you old relics from thousands of years ago stoop to arguing with my family’s junior?” Phoenix let out a villainous laugh, then clenched her talons, crushing the giant hand to pieces!

At the same time, a muffled grunt echoed from the void.

“What a formidable divine bird of the Eastern Realm. There truly are countless heroes in this world. I underestimated you!”

Before the words had even faded, Vieya forcefully thrust out the 【Moke Riverside Scroll】. With a single opening and closing motion, Zhuyou was drawn inside, transformed into a painted ink carp.

Dragon Gauze Palace Lord—sealed successfully!