Mao He truthfully replied, "It was Huang Teng who asked me to collect a large number of Night Demon Hearts, and I was just following orders."
Ye Yingjun was so angry that he jumped up and down: "That bastard Huang Teng, he still wants to kill me, and he even wants to exterminate the entire Night Demon Clan! I will never let him get away with this."
Maohe hesitated for a moment before saying, "Actually, there is someone else who truly wants the Heart of the Night Demon."
Ye Yingjun gritted his teeth: "Who is it? If I find out which bastard it is, I'll chop him into eighteen pieces!"
Maohe: "It's Shebing. Shebing told Huangteng that the Night Demon's Heart is a pure heart, and the more Night Demon's Hearts you collect, the more unexpected gains you might have."
Meng Qingyin was startled. The Heart of the Night Demon was the Heart of Purity?!
Could the Night Demons have some connection with the ancient behemoths?
"Huang Teng just believed She Bing's one-sided story like that? How could he trust She Bing so much?" Meng Qingyin asked, frowning, feeling that something was not quite right.
Huang Teng is the leader of Pinggu Star, how could he believe She Bing's one-sided story?
Or perhaps he had long wanted to kill all the Night Demons, and Snake C's suggestion just gave him an excuse?
Maohe sighed upon hearing this, "I also warned Huangteng that Shebing is treacherous and cunning, and that we shouldn't trust Shebing's words, but Huangteng didn't listen. So I had no choice but to have the traveling merchants buy up the Heart of the Night Demon."
Meng Qingyin became even more certain of her guess: Huang Teng must have other purposes for wanting the Heart of the Night Demon!
As for his purpose, that remains unknown.
As Meng Qingyin was pondering, she suddenly received a message from Chen Leying.
Chen Leying: "Come quickly!"
Her heart sank suddenly. What had happened over there?
"Ye Yingjun, return to Phoenix Mountain!" Meng Qingyin said hurriedly.
Ye Yingjun immediately took her to a cave on Phoenix Mountain.
The original location of the teleportation array has been replaced by an altar. At the center of the altar is a crimson-gold phoenix feather. Lear sits beside it with his eyes closed, continuously channeling power into the phoenix feather.
Beside her lay a desiccated corpse, which looked as if it had been drained of its life essence, leaving only a skeleton, its features unrecognizable.
The phoenix feather split into five, connected by five thin, dark gold lines. The other end of each line was connected to Zhang Yan, Lin Qian, Zhao Lan, Xiang Qian, and Ye Taohua!
They seemed to be fixed in place by some force, unable to break free, and could only let the thin thread suck their lives away.
Chen Leying and the others tried to stop them, but there seemed to be an invisible barrier on the altar, and their attacks had no effect on the barrier.
Meng Qingyin was horrified. Was she still unable to stop all of this?
He slammed his heavy sword into the barrier, and the sword instantly turned to dust!
Qin Jiu's Phoenix Cry Blade struck the barrier. Although the Phoenix Cry Blade did not turn into dust, the barrier remained as solid as a rock.
Upon seeing this, Ye Yingjun transformed into a night demon and slammed his fist into the barrier. The originally transparent barrier slowly revealed its color, turning into a blood-red barrier.
The barrier only swayed slightly after the attack, distributing the force evenly throughout the barrier without any damage.
Ye Yingjun recognized the crimson barrier: "This is the work of the Red Fox King!"
But where did the Red Fox King get such power?
At this moment, Li Er, inside the barrier, opened his eyes as if sensing something.
She suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, but her expression was full of contempt: "No one can stop Lord Huang Teng from being resurrected. Everything you have done is in vain!"
After saying this, she transferred the last bit of strength in her body to Phoenix Feather, gazed at Phoenix Feather with adoration, and then stopped breathing.
Soon, her body rapidly transformed into another skeleton.
Then, the phoenix tail flashed with golden light and gradually began to transform into human form.
Meng Qingyin anxiously tried to cut the thin thread connecting Zhang Yan and the other four, but the thread had no physical form and she couldn't even touch it, let alone cut it.
Ye Yingjun also punched the crimson barrier repeatedly, but his power was neutralized by the force of the blows, and the crimson barrier remained unbreakable.
The human figures on the altar became clearer and clearer, and Huang Teng's face gradually appeared before everyone.
His face remained calm and expressionless as he quietly watched Meng Qingyin and the others trying their best to sever the thin threads.
"Heh." With a mocking laugh, the thin thread connecting Zhang Yan and the other four suddenly disappeared, and the five men fell to the ground like puppets with broken strings, completely lifeless.
Meng Qingyin activated "Swift as the Wind," and in a flash, she rushed in front of Huang Teng, stabbing the dagger in her hand fiercely into his neck.
The next moment, Huang Teng seemed to simply raise his hand slightly, and Meng Qingyin was sent flying, spitting out a mouthful of blood.
Ye Yingjun stepped forward and engaged Huang Teng in combat. In his Night Demon form, he was several times the size of Huang Teng, but he couldn't gain the slightest advantage against Huang Teng.
Soon, he gradually lost ground.
Ye Yingjun sensed something was wrong; the resurrected Huang Teng had become much stronger, and he seemed to be no match for him.
He turned around and shouted, "Take the master back to Night Orchid Star!"
Ye Zhe Er Gen and Ye Li Ye immediately scooped up Meng Qing Yin and the others, and moved away from the battlefield as quickly as possible.
Ye Yingjun could only parry and had no chance to fight back. He was quickly kicked in the chest by Huang Teng and slammed to the ground.
Huang Teng conjured a phoenix bone in his hand, his eyes fixed on Ye Yingjun's heart, "I'll take your heart."
Ye Yingjun immediately shouted, "Huang Teng, I've always known you coveted my handsome face. Even if you kill me, you'll never have the same unparalleled beauty as me!"
Huang Teng was momentarily lost in thought, his mind subconsciously recalling Ye Yingjun's face in his human form.
Seizing the opportunity, Ye Yingjun stretched out his long arm and pulled Ye Taohua, Zhang Yan, and the others into his arms, then made a quick getaway.
A cold smile appeared on Huang Teng's face. Did they think they could escape his grasp? He would crush Ye Lanxing sooner or later.
He brushed off the dust that had accumulated during the fight and stared thoughtfully at his palms.
He had noticed during his fight with Niu Meng that something was wrong with his strength; it shouldn't be this weak.
Where exactly did things go wrong?
When he turned around and saw the two unrecognizable corpses on the ground, he finally understood the reason for his weakness.
Lear was in such a hurry that he resurrected him ahead of schedule!
What happened that caused Lear to be resurrected prematurely?
Furthermore, since he successfully revived, it means that Snake C is dead.
His plan is missing a crucial element!
...
On the planet Night Orchid, where sunlight never shines, a lantern-shaped plant that emits a faint glow provides a glimmer of light to this dark planet.
After returning, Ye Yingjun collapsed from exhaustion. He brought back Ye Taohua, Zhang Yan, Zhao Lan, Lin Qian, and Xiang Qian.
But their hearts had long since stopped beating.
A gust of wind blew by, and the bodies of Zhang Yan and the other three turned into powder and scattered with the wind, leaving no trace, as if they had never existed.
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