Such a discreet act—could it be that someone from the Hidden Sect has come out to make their move?

A deep sense of apprehension flickered in the handsome young man's eyes.

A long silence followed.

He then spoke slowly, each word seeming to carry the weight of ice: "Everyone, return to your posts for now and continue to lie low; Wu Guang, you left quickly, go tell those who haven't arrived yet to disperse and lie low for now, they don't need to come back."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Wu Guang was also startled when he heard that there was endless void behind the small hill.

His thoughts, like Taotie's, were the same as the handsome young man's:

This must be some reclusive ancestor who has come!

The other party used this tactic to warn them not to cross the line.

Above the distant, deep forest.

Ghost Face lay listlessly on the back of the Qilin Eagle Demon, watching with great interest as wave after wave of demonic cultivators plunged into the hill to their deaths. The Qilin Eagle Demon and the other demonic beasts and great demons below were utterly subservient to Ghost Face.

The divine beast truly lives up to its name. At only the sixth rank, it can single-handedly pierce through the void. If word gets out, it'll terrify everyone.

If he grows up, who would dare to fight him?

With a casual flick of his claw, he could tear apart the void and throw you inside to die. Even a celestial being descending to earth wouldn't dare to fight him!

Seeing the group of demons about to leave, Ghost Face couldn't sit still: I worked my butt off to dig this pit, why don't you jump in?

He climbed off the back of the Qilin Eagle Demon and roared to the sky: "Men, those demons are trying to escape! Get up there and chase them back to jump into the pit one by one!"

"Yes, brother!" all the demons replied in unison.

The once quiet Monster Forest was suddenly filled with the roars of tigers and howls of wolves, the flight of beasts and the thunderous footsteps that shook the earth.

A cloud of dust filled the sky, accompanied by the wings of birds that covered the entire sky, blocking out the sunlight.

The entire Monster Forest darkened as a result, as if night had fallen prematurely.

The handsome young man: "???"

The demonic cultivators: "???"

Have these simple-minded, physically strong monsters suddenly gone mad?

Countless birds and beasts surged towards the hill from all directions like a tide, forcing back the demons that were about to scatter and flee.

What baffled the demonic cultivators even more was that these foolish monsters didn't charge at them alone.

Following the obnoxious voice in mid-air directing "one, two, one, one, two, one, two, three, four," the monsters tightened their encirclement with a rhythmic "boom boom boom boom," their movements perfectly synchronized.

The handsome young man glanced sideways and saw a sixth-tier small demon beast standing proudly on the back of a fourth-rank Qilin eagle demon. He immediately questioned his existence: How did this dog not get smashed into mincemeat by a single wing swipe from the Qilin eagle?!

"The Ninth Prince's war cavalry?" Song Huilan exclaimed in surprise when she saw the ghost face.

However, she is currently in fox form, and the words she speaks are soft fox hums.

The monsters around her couldn't understand, and the beasts in the distance were too focused on listening to Ghost Face's commands. Apart from the handsome young man holding her, no one heard her exclamation.

The handsome young man instantly recalled a scene from Song Huilan's memory:

Wearing a ghost mask, the Ninth Prince rode his renowned black dog and led his army in a glorious triumph, basking in the adoration of the masses.

Furthermore, before Yan Hanxing of Maple Moon Continent died, this black dog stood beside Shang Xiye and Ji Fengyao.

Therefore, this black dog does indeed belong to King Shang Xiye.

But he probably underestimated them!