As the night ended in the seal. Rex still could not help but shudder at the thought of the kiss on the cheek from the Queen. He had to figure out why the kiss had happened.
Everyone at breakfast and the Queen smiled the same as if nothing had happened yesterday. Rex could not help but feel a little guilty about that kiss.
Once it was just the King and him. Rex wanted to ask about that kiss and explain that he had nothing to do with it.
"Ready?" The King asked.
"I need a little talk first before we begin. Your wife, the Queen, kissed me on the cheek last night after a small talk. I did nothing back but I feel guilty about that." Rex told him.
The King smiled as he knew the meaning behind that kiss.
"She kissed you because she already knows what will happen either way. Even if you win the War, you will have already lost countless cultivators. She knows that our daughter will be protected no matter the cost of life.
She is glad that you are her protector. She kissed you to strengthen your resolve to protect us. When you think of us, that kiss will always bring your resolve to the maximum." The King explained.
Rex felt better now that the kiss was just for his resolve. He still felt that something was missing.
The duo began their spar. This spar felt different now. The King was truly trying to bring the best out of Rex and Rex knew this but the kiss was still bothering him.
Suddenly, he felt as if something was breaking his heart. He looked around and saw his wives all being beaten. The cities around him burning the Shadow People killing thousands of people at once.
He tried to muster strength but nothing he did could truly work. Until he saw the current Lilith being choked. He felt that no matter what the cost he had to fight.
In the spar, the King realized that the kiss was a bewitching poison. A poison that allowed the receiver to bear witness to their most horrid memories or most horrid future outcomes.
The Queen came out and knew her husband now knew. The King was now upset that she had used so much ingredients on him that he would probably lose his mind.
The King could not even get a breath before Rex unleased his Demon King of Annihilation form. He roared so great that the ground surrounding the seal began to wither away. Trees fully healthy died instantly, the lake dried up as if it never existed, the withering continued until it almost destroyed the entire forest.
Throughout the Eighth Realm, despair began to spread as the news of the ground withering became more apparent. Even the Oracle knew nothing of this and could not get an answer.
The Demon King of Will had to make an appearance and stop the corrosion. Even with his Will Power, it was extremely hard to stop the Demon King of Annihilation's Withering Roar.
The Demon God had to grant the Demon King of Will extra Qi to stop the withering. The two Goddesses both granted the Oracle his sight completely to give him the power to help resist the withering.
As the duo tried to push the withering back. The goddesses and god both pushed their Qi to the extreme to help the duo to push back the withering.
The Shadow King fought as hard as possible to ensure that he was keeping Rex in check. Nothing he did could stop rage of the Demon King. In a rush to stop the madness, the Queen whispered about love to Rex.
She kissed him once more hoping that would calm him down. That only enraged him further.
The Shadow King pushed with all of his might. The clash of the wooden blades creating sparks with the coated Qi. The duo were fighting with everything they truly had.
The seal was weakening because of the clash of the Shadow King and Demon King. The surrounding shadows danced like serpents striking to strengthen the seal back.
In the distance, the two men were finally get a breath and push the withering back. The damage to the Eighth Realm was done. Thousands of beasts already died, their bones useless, their fur all but melted, the meat rotten and even insects would die just touching it, the cores poisoned and useless unless making poison.
The Queen was trying her best to help calm down the Demon King. She had no idea that this rage was almost uncontrollable. She almost got struck because of the spar continuing.
The Shadow King called the guards in to help stop the spar so that the Queen would not get into trouble.