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Zu An was worried that the longer they took, the more unpredictable things could happen. Thus, he worked on building the transport formation day and night.
After what had happened between him and Jiang Luofu, it would normally be extremely awkward between the two of them. However, considering how much danger Ji Xiaoxi and the others were in, she was so worried that she didn’t have the room to think about that incident. Thus, she stayed at Zu An's side and helped him with all kinds of things. She had been a part of the academy for many years and knew many things, so she knew a bit about formations.
With the two working together, it wasn’t too tiring. Just like that, the transport formation was completely repaired at dawn the next day. It was even completed half a day earlier than anticipated.
Salamay had already received news beforehand, and brought Mojard and ten individuals with her. Zu An carefully examined those subordinates of hers. Their cultivations were comparable to that of the Firedevil Sea Beast.
This woman does have quite the ability. Her father hasn't held the throne for so many years, yet she still has so many powerful cultivators around her.
When Salamay’s group saw that there were also some True Demon elders present, their expressions changed. They quickly surrounded Zu An’s group.
Salamay’s expression turned cold. “Donaire, did you sell me out?”
The True Demon race’s great elder and others were even more shocked. After all, Salamay was now the leader of the rebels. Why would Donaire be together with her?
Zu An held Jiang Luofu’s soft waist and continued to pretend to be that good-for-nothing young master of the True Demon race. “The first miss misunderstands. If I had sold you out, it wouldn’t only be these people here, but rather the Monster Lord himself.”
Big sis principal’s body smells so good.
Jiang Luofu was really nervous and secretly pinched Zu An’s waist. She wondered inwardly if Zu An was taking advantage of this situation. But in front of all these monsters, she could only continue acting the part of a female slave.
Salamay and Mojard exchanged a look. They all knew that what he said made some sense. “Then what is the meaning of this?”
Zu An said with a smile, “Our True Demon race’s elders want to take a look around that beautiful new world. I couldn't refuse to give them any face, right?”
At first, he hadn’t planned to bring the True Demons along, but he'd spent some time thinking yesterday, and felt that the True Demon race was hiding some great secret. That was why he'd decided to bring the great elder and the others with him on a whim.
The great elder had gone wild with joy when he heard that he could go to a new world. He was already tired of living in this impoverished underground city that was running out of resources. Thus, he'd immediately summoned the other elders.
In the end, he'd carefully selected five of them to investigate this new world. When they thought about just how much fresh meat there would be in the Cultivation World, they couldn't help but swallow their saliva out of excitement. He hadn’t expected Donaire to suddenly bring them such a pleasant surprise out of the blue. He was behaving more and more like a proper clan leader!
“This is different from what we discussed originally.” Salamay’s face darkened.
Zu An didn’t seem bothered at all, remarking, “It always feels a bit better to have some of my own people at my side.”
Mojard secretly said, “First miss, this brat seems to be worried that we might destroy the bridge after crossing the river. That must be why he called over some of his clansmen to feign strength.”
Salamay sneered and said, “Judging from how this brat acted before, I would be more surprised if he didn’t have some reservations against us. But he is still too naive. If we really wanted to attack, what could these people do?”
They didn’t even need her father, the Lord of Slaughter. Just their group alone was much more powerful than the True Demon side in both numbers and cultivation.
“It’s fine, I’ll let you bring them. We’ll work as one and save my father. When the time comes, the True Demon race will enjoy endless glory…” Salamay said to the True Demon elders in an impassioned voice.
But the True Demon great elder was already long past the age where he could be easily swayed. He responded with a big smile on the surface while secretly asking Zu An nervously, “We’re going to save the Lord of Slaughter? Young master, why are you participating in something that might spell the end of our entire race?!”
“Great elder, please don't worry. Considering how the world has already reached this state, the Monster Lord clearly can't be relied on. We need to look for a path of life.” When he saw how the great elder seemed to act as if the world was collapsing, Zu An found it a bit laughable. Perhaps he'd also be horrified if he was the great elder.
“But that path of life cannot be found at Salamay’s side!” the great elder protested. Even so, on the outside, he still seemed as if he was already enthusiastically expressing his loyalty to Salamay.
“Didn’t the great elder say that our True Demon race’s secrets rest in the ancient Celestial Court? That Celestial Court is in the Cultivation World. Salamay’s group just happens to be trying to save the Lord of Slaughter in that world. We can borrow their strength to lead the way,” Zu An suggested.
The True Demon race great elder was moved. After all, even though the Cultivation World was weak, it had that incredibly powerful regent. Over the past two years, the Monster Lord had sent so many powerful individuals, yet none of them had returned. Using Salamay’s group as a shield wasn’t a bad idea at all.
When he thought about the allure of the first ancestor’s glory, the great elder finally tacitly permitted the plan.
Meanwhile, Salamay had already commanded her soldiers to transport a large amount of high-grade ki stones over to the formation. She walked up to Zu An. “Everything has already been prepared. You can activate the transport formation.”
This formation was something he'd made, after all, so the crucial formation disc was in his hands.
“Please wait a moment; there is one other matter.” Zu An gave Jiang Luofu a look.
Jiang Luofu understood his intentions. She suddenly raised her hand, and a cloud-piercing arrow fired into the horizon.
…
Over by the palace, Pei Mianman and the others had been waiting for this signal. When they saw that, they all took out formation disc. With a light tap, formation patterns appeared around them.
The Monster Lord, who had been cultivating in the palace, suddenly opened his eyes. He asked, “What is going on outside?”
A palace emissary quickly reported, “My lord, someone suddenly fired an alarm arrow. It seems to be some kind of secret signal. We are currently assigning men to investigate.”
The Monster Lord’s brows furrowed tightly. “I seem to sense formation energy surging inside the palace.”
He was about to move personally and investigate when his expression changed. He stared in a certain direction, at the dome of the underground city.
The ground shook intensely and the entire underground city’s dome began to crack loudly, as if it could collapse at any time. Traces of destructive aura descended, causing everyone in the underground city to panic.
This aura was too familiar! It was the power of destruction that had made this entire world decay, causing their previously powerful civilization to retreat in defeat again and again before ultimately hiding deep in the underground city.
It was the energy of the Annihilation Beast’s terrifying storm! It had located the underground city!
The Monster Lord couldn't be bothered with the formation activity in the palace and immediately roared, “Something has happened to the underground city’s defensive formation! Everyone, follow me!”
He immediately rode the three-headed bird into the air toward the dome of the underground city.
The palace emissaries and formation masters hurried along. They knew that if the defensive formation was destroyed, the entire underground city would be exposed to that destructive power. Shortly after that, the Annihilation Beast would sense this place. Then, not a single one of them would survive.
Meanwhile, within a distinguished courtyard inside the palace stood a figure wrapped in a giant cloak, his face hidden in the shadow of a mask. An amused grin appeared on the corners of his mouth as he remarked, “Things are getting more and more interesting.”
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Meanwhile, in the True Demon territory, Jiang Luofu had just fired the alarm arrow. Salamay’s subordinates immediately drew their weapons. “What are you doing?”
They all erupted with powerful auras and surrounded Jiang Luofu. As long as the order was given, they would instantly tear her to shreds.
Jiang Luofu’s face was a bit pale, but she wasn’t worried because Zu An was still standing in front of her.
Salamay had a confused look at first, but her expression quickly turned ice-cold. “Did you just contact the Monster Lord to capture us?”
That was what she had always been on guard against. She'd set up many of her own people to scout the surroundings, and only when they didn’t detect anything had they appeared. But she realized that she had still been too careless. If Donaire’s group held them up, the Monster Lord could quickly hurry over. Everything would be over then.
She finally understood why this guy had called over the True Demon elders. Even though these people wouldn’t be much of a threat, they could still stall for time. When she realized that, her eyes filled with killing intent.