Catching a turtle in a jar
Before Mo Yue became a demon, she had exchanges with the Phoenix Clan, and the two sides often exchanged elixirs.
After Mo Yue became a demon, she led a group of people to try to get rid of Zi Tui.
The novel mentions that the demon race interfered in the trials of the monster race.
Without the assistance of the demon race, the demons would never have been able to enter the Phoenix Ruins.
These three parties form a connection.
Furthermore, the man's dying words, "Then you and Huang Tianyao must both die! No one should ever let the Phoenix Clan become an appendage again," clearly showed his strong hostility towards the self-proclaimed leader.
In addition, Mo Yuan said that a demon clan had once tried to assassinate him.
By piecing together all the clues, Mo Zuili deduced, through a combination of guesswork and deduction, that the Phoenix Clan did not want to either push for power or allow Huang Tianyao to ascend to the throne and unify the two clans.
Moreover, compared to Huang Tianyao, Zitui, the son of Yingyan who possesses the bloodline of the previous demon king, poses a greater threat than Huang Tianyao.
So he found a self-promoter early on, wanting to get rid of her.
However, fearing that making too much noise would attract the attention of the Phoenix Clan, they resorted to assassination.
He recalled that when Mo Yue killed him, she said he was not worthy to be the young master of the Mo family.
Mo Yue might be trying to help someone she favors rise to power, or she herself might want to become the next head of the Mo family.
Therefore, they cooperated with the Phoenix Clan in an attempt to eliminate themselves.
The Phoenix Clan, wanting to prevent the two clans from uniting but unable to defeat the Phoenix Clan on its own, cooperated with the Demon Clan.
The greater the losses suffered by both the human and demon races, the more power the demon race can gain.
If we can wipe out all the human and demon cultivators in the Phoenix Ruins and absorb their energy...
The Demon Clan's strength has definitely increased significantly, so why did the Demon Clan and the Phoenix Clan hit it off?
Mo Zuili's mind raced as she considered the reasons for the three-way collusion and tried to find a solution.
Unable to come up with a solution yet, Mo Zuili turned her gaze to the stone that held the dragon's spatial barrier.
Stepping forward, Mo Zuili reached out and touched the stone.
Injecting spiritual power or probing with divine sense into it is like throwing a stone into the sea, without any reaction.
Mo Zuili turned her gaze to the bracelet on her wrist. Since transmigrating into the book, Mo Zuili had tried various methods on this bracelet.
Aside from concealing one's presence, it serves no other purpose.
Mo Zuili guessed that the bracelet was a token of the Dragon Clan.
This thing is very likely needed to open the spatial barrier.
Therefore, Mo Zuili didn't dare to drop the bracelet to test its hardness and see if breaking it into pieces would break any seals.
Seeing that the demonic energy in the small world was getting denser and denser, Huang Yu said anxiously from the side, "Princess, the demonic energy is getting worse."
Mo Zuili pressed the bracelet against the stone, but there was still no reaction.
Finally, Mo Zuili reached out and used all her strength to try to take the stone away.
The stone remained completely still.
Mo Zuili took a deep breath. Well, it seems she can't take it with her.
After taking one last look at the stone, Mo Zuili left a location talisman there, then turned around with Huang Yu and said, "Let's go, out of the small world."
When she first came in, Mo Zuili tried to get out but couldn't.
When that mysterious feeling disappeared, Mo Zuili's sixth sense told her that the restrictions on the small world had also disappeared.
Let's see if the restrictions on the Phoenix Ruins outside have disappeared.
If they all disappeared, at most it would mean that the demon race's trial was disrupted by the demon race, and no one gained any power.
If the Phoenix Ruins remain closed, then it's all over.
High-level cultivators from outside cannot enter. After the demons covered the Phoenix Ruins with demonic energy, the Phoenix Ruins became entirely their territory.
Moreover, his biggest backing was the Mo family, and the Phoenix Clan could offer very little help in the small world.
As soon as she returned to the archway, Mo Zuili saw Huang Tianyao and the others rushing towards her from afar.
With the demons in sight, Mo Zuili ignored Huang Tianyao and turned to rush through the archway with Huang Yu.
A flash of bright light, and the two landed on the gravel road outside the small world.
Not far away, Huang Geng and a group of Phoenix Clan cultivators were engaged in a fierce battle with another group of Demon Clan cultivators.
Upon seeing Mo Zuili and Huang Yu emerge, both sides stared at them in disbelief.
Huang Geng was the first to react. Sensing the Golden Core cultivation level on Mo Zuili's body, he exclaimed with ecstasy, "Princess! You succeeded? You..."
Before Mo Zuili could explain, the demons behind Huang Geng cheered joyfully.
Outside the water mirror.
The Phoenix Clan elders who supported Huang Tianyao turned ashen-faced when they saw Mo Zuili emerge.
Others murmured, "How could it be so fast? It used to take at least ten days to complete the small world trial..."
The human elders watching the water mirror couldn't help but turn their gazes toward Elder Tan.
Mo Zuili was the first to emerge, which meant that she had received the Demon King's inheritance and would become the new Demon King.
If we round it up, wouldn't the Mohists be deeply bound to the demon race and receive their assistance? Wouldn't the Mohists be able to take another step forward in the future?
No, Mo Zuili is still the young master of the Mo family.
The Mohists could go far beyond just one step; they could take ten or even a hundred steps.
At this moment, a thought even crossed everyone's mind: How could the head of the Mo family be so cunning?
Did he start planning this a long time ago?
Otherwise, if Mo Zuili's cultivation level had mysteriously regressed, why would he still protect her so much?
Some people were sour, some were jealous, and some were genuinely happy.
Only Old Tan, observing Mo Zuili's solemn expression in the water mirror, felt a sense of foreboding rising in his heart.
The next moment, Huang Tianyao, carrying Shangguan Fu'er, stumbled out with the man in black, landing ten steps away from Mo Zuili, his face equally grim.
Huang Geng's cheers came to an abrupt halt, as if an invisible giant hand had grabbed his neck.
He looked at Mo Zuili with a puzzled expression, his eyes full of confusion, not understanding why Mo Zuili didn't get rid of Huang Tianyao.
Mo Zuili understood his gaze. There were many cultivators here, so Mo Zuili didn't explain in detail. She simply said, "Be on guard. There are demons."
As if to confirm Mo Zuili's words, a wisp of demonic energy spread out from nowhere.
The expressions of the people on the outside changed drastically.
Pulling Huang Yu along, they quickly moved away from the archway, distancing themselves from Huang Tianyao.
The moment Mo Yongning sensed the demonic energy, he rushed forward to protect Mo Zuili.
Mo Zuili glanced at the archway, then looked at Mo Yongning and said, "Try to see if you can get in."
Mo Yongning tried as instructed, but was blocked by an invisible barrier.
Mo Zuili understood.
Only the demon race can still enter and exit the small world; the demon race remains restricted.
Mo Zuili activated her spiritual power to dispel the faint demonic energy around her, and looked up at the sky.
Once the Phoenix Ruins are opened, they will remain open until a new Demon King is chosen in the smaller world.
The surviving cultivators will be automatically teleported away.
Mo Zuili sighed, and just as she was about to explain the situation to the demon beside her, she sensed a fluctuation of spiritual energy coming from the archway.
Mo Zuili suddenly turned her head and saw two Phoenix Clan cultivators with smug expressions emerging from the small world.
"Catch them!"
Mo Zuili and Huang Tianyao's voices rang out simultaneously.
The two exchanged a glance, their eyes both filled with unwavering sharpness.
Mo Yongning stood beside Mo Zuili, and before she could finish speaking, he led another member of the Mo family to swiftly make a move.
The cultivators on Huang Tianyao's side reacted just as swiftly. Of the two Phoenix Clan cultivators, one had a weak aura, and the other was subdued by Mo Yongning and his men before he could even react.
Mo Yongning dragged the person in front of Mo Zuili.
The other person was tightly bound by Huang Tianyao's men.
Having learned from her previous experience, Mo Zuili struck the captured cultivator on the back of the neck with a powerful palm strike before the cultivator could unleash his secret technique, knocking him unconscious.
Scanning the gathered cultivators, Mo Zuili said in a deep voice, "Some members of the Phoenix Clan are colluding with the Demon Clan, and we don't know what methods they are using to lure demonic energy into the Phoenix Ruins."
Mo Zuili deliberately simplified his words, only mentioning the dissipation of demonic energy, without saying that demonic cultivators might infiltrate later.
Looking at the Phoenix Clan cultivator who had fainted on the ground, Mo Zuili thought of how even Mo Yuan couldn't find him using his soul-searching technique.
After asking the Phoenix Clan cultivators, they had no other good ideas, so they had no choice but to raise their voices and say, "Then let's cripple his cultivation, make sure he can't use his spiritual power, and preferably even his divine sense."
After saying that, Mo Zuili felt that she was still not cautious enough.
"Tie up all four limbs, just leave a mouth open so you can speak."
After Mo Zuili finished speaking, Huang Geng volunteered to step forward.
Watching Huang Geng's actions, Mo Zuili recalled the common scene in novels where characters bite their tongues to commit suicide, and added, "Don't leave your mouth behind, as long as you can nod."
Huang Geng nodded and dragged the cultivator aside to deal with him.
Mo Zuili looked around at the crowd. Some people had fine beads of sweat on their foreheads, while others had pale faces and expressions of fear.
"How could demonic energy have gotten into the ruins..."
When did the Phoenix Clan make contact with the Demon Clan?
"Have the demons already entered?"
Mo Zuili coughed, silencing the clamor and speculation of the crowd.
"Huang Geng, you take a team and stay here. If any more Phoenix Clan cultivators appear, capture them all alive, cripple their cultivation, and then interrogate them carefully. The rest of you, in groups of four, investigate the direction from which the demonic energy originates."
After Mo Zuili finished making her arrangements in an orderly manner, she turned to look in Huang Tianyao's direction. Huang Tianyao's arrangements were roughly the same as her own.
Mo Zuili led Mo Yongning and Mo Shihuangyu to search the side.
The four walked briskly through the forest, and the demonic energy around them showed signs of gradually intensifying.
Seeing that the three of them had tense faces and were serious and silent, Mo Shi spoke up to ease the atmosphere, saying, "The elders outside saw the abnormal situation inside through the water mirror and will try to save us."
Mo Zuili nodded, agreeing with his statement.
The elders outside will naturally do their best to find a way to rescue the prodigies of various races and sects inside the ruins.
But no matter how anxious the people outside are, they won't die if they can't find a solution.
If they can't find a solution, they will truly be wiped out.
Mo Zuili's mind raced, trying to find a way out of the predicament from various details.
Huang Yu, standing beside Mo Zuili, suddenly stomped her foot, her fingertips gripping the hilt of her sword tightly, and frowned, saying, "The demonic energy in the northwest is abnormal!"
Mo Zuili looked to the northwest: "Let's go and take a look. If there are demons, kill them on the spot without exception."
The four of them sped northwest, approaching the oak grove, where Mo Zuili spread out her divine sense.
He noticed the unusual thing that Huang Yu had mentioned.
This place has fluctuations in spatial power, as if it has been divided into countless grids. Some grids are filled with very dense demonic energy, while others are completely devoid of demonic energy.
Just as they were pondering this, two chilling auras approached from the depths of the forest.
The four instantly concealed their auras, gripped their magical artifacts tightly, and hid behind the nearest cover.
Mo Zuili gripped the Phoenix Flame Spear tightly, its tip pointing directly at the ancient tree with its gnarled roots in front of her.
The woods were completely silent, save for the rustling of leaves falling in the wind.
The two demons stopped at the same time.
Mo Zuili knew things were going badly. She had originally planned to wait until the two demons got a little closer before calling on the other three to attack together.
The two sides stood in silent confrontation, about fifteen feet apart.
Strike first and you'll have the upper hand; strike later and you'll suffer the consequences!
Before her teammates could react, Mo Zuili swiftly threw out two fire talismans.
"Make your move!" Mo Zuili shouted in a low voice.
A deafening explosion sent up a cloud of white smoke. Taking advantage of the momentum, Mo Zuili gripped the Phoenix Flame Spear tightly, spun around, and plunged into the smoke. The spear's shadow, like a nimble snake, pierced towards the dark figure on the left.
Unexpectedly, the opponent used his palm to transform into a blade to block, his moves carrying the cunning that Mo Zuili was familiar with.
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