Chapter 253: The Real Demon Clan
Everything was going smoothly for Qin Bei, but over on Qin Zhengji’s side, things were not as fortunate.
After scouring the entire Demon Realm, he had yet to catch a glimpse of Shouming.
A vague sense of unease washed over Qin Zhengji, hinting that something terrible was afoot.
All his worries crystallized into clarity the moment he stepped into the Underground Demon Realm.
Gazing at the drastically altered landscape of the Underground Demon Realm, and then at the Blood Demon City which had turned to ashes…
As he surveyed his surroundings, it dawned on him that all four former leaders were now absent.
Roughly piecing everything together, Qin Zhengji suspected that something monumental had transpired.
However, he was still unclear about the specifics.
Fortunately, there was someone he knew in this Underground Demon Realm.
“Yan Mu! I know you’re still here, come out!”
Qin Zhengji stood in front of the remnants of Blood City and shouted at the top of his lungs.
But his call went unanswered.
Not taken aback, Qin Zhengji continued to talk to himself, “I know you’re good at hiding. If you can keep dodging, then by all means, hide. Just don’t let me find you, or else you know my temper. I haven’t dealt with you for thousands of years, and I wonder if you even remember it.”
Qin Zhengji spoke with calm assurance, but the one he was calling out to was far from calm.
In a corner of the ruins of Blood City…
A dark soul body was about to swipe something from the wreckage.
The fierce battle from two days prior had reverberated throughout the Underground Demon Realm.
Even now that the fighting had ceased, not a single soul body dared to set foot here.
He was the only one bold enough to enter.
This individual was naturally the Yan Mu that Qin Zhengji had mentioned.
Before Qin Zhengji arrived, he was blissfully picking up scraps.
He had absorbed quite a bit of residual soul power.
But once Qin Zhengji made his entrance, he fell utterly silent.
“This troublesome star shows up so fast!”
Yan Mu thought to himself.
All the newly confined soul bodies believed that they would fall under the control of the four leaders in this Underground Demon Realm.
In reality, however, the four leaders weren’t the strongest.
They were merely demon cultivators, and they used to be human.
There existed someone with power beyond the four leaders, who had always lived within this Underground Demon Realm.
That person was Yan Mu.
He was truly of the Demon Clan.
With formidable strength.
However, upon entering this royal mausoleum’s Underground Demon Realm, he quickly understood: don’t stir up trouble.
Causing trouble was definitely the most unwise decision.
So while the four leaders schemed, he kept to himself.
This was greatly influenced by his timid and cautious nature.
A pure-blooded demon wasn’t as barbaric as the four demon cultivators.
“I’ll only give you one chance. If you don’t show up in ten seconds, I’m leaving.”
Just as Yan Mu was cursing Qin Zhengji in his heart, the threatening voice of Qin Zhengji echoed again.
Yan Mu was hesitant.
With his hidden strength, even Qin Zhengji couldn’t possibly detect him in this situation.
He had the ability to disintegrate into countless weaker versions of himself.
So subtly, not even Qin Zhengji’s capabilities could track him down.
But Yan Mu also understood that this was merely a temporary measure.
Escaping this time didn’t guarantee he could dodge the next.
He couldn’t just live in a disintegrated state forever, could he?
That way, he wouldn’t withstand the damage from the formation either.
Moreover, and most importantly, Yan Mu knew what Shouming meant to Qin Zhengji.
The latter wanted to know the answer now. If he chose to evade,
by the time Qin Zhengji learned the truth, it might very well be the day he disappeared for good.
“Ten!”
“Nine!”
…
“Two!”
“One!”
“Alright, alright, I yield. I’ll come out right away, right away.”
In the end, Yan Mu couldn’t resist Qin Zhengji’s threat any longer and emerged from the darkness.
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