The disappearance of Xiaori City caused a huge wave in the ninth-level demon city, making everyone in the ninth-level demon city close to Xiaori City feel insecure, fearing that the Nascent Soul cultivator who destroyed Xiaori City would also come looking for them.
Li Yixiao and his seven companions were unaware of this. They deliberately avoided Xiaori City and Banyue City and returned to Black Stone City. It was already evening.
The garrison belonging to the Supreme Sect in the city was relieved to see that they had finally returned.
"Yixiao, why did you come back so late?" As the elder approached, he smelled the strong smell of blood on him, and his face changed slightly, "Are you injured? Why are there only six of you? Where are the others?"
Li Yixiao's face was filled with self-blame and guilt. "I'm sorry, Uncle Master. It's my fault. I took my fellow apprentices out but failed to bring them back."
He told the whole story about their accidental discovery of hundreds of wood-heavy flowers and nectar in a small valley, and how they were ambushed by two commander-level demons. If he had been more careful at the time, none of this would have happened.
"When I return, I will apologize to my master."
The master patted his shoulder and sighed, "Don't blame yourself too much. No one could have predicted that something like this would happen. Those two demons must have discovered them before you did. You encountered them before you picked them. This is fate. By the way, since you were ambushed by so many demons, how did you escape safely?"
"To be honest, it was the two brothers from Zixiao Sect who saved us."
The master thought that it was Li Yixiao who exploded and killed the two demons, but he didn't expect it was the Zixiao Sect. He nodded and said, "Are the two Jindan disciples of the Zixiao Sect passing by?"
Li Yixiao said awkwardly: "No, that's not right, they just happened to pass by, but they were not two Jindan disciples, but a Jindan senior brother and a foundation-building junior brother."
"Uncle-master, you don't know how much they went too far this time. We were obviously the first to discover the mu Chong flower and the nectar, yet they still took away four-fifths of them by force." Ning Mengyue had been holding a lot of anger in her heart for a long time, and she immediately jumped out to complain.
The master uncle showed a surprised expression and looked at Li Yixiao, "Is that so?"
Li Yixiao nodded gently and said with shame: "Yes, I was ambushed by two commander-level demons at that time. I was careless and was seriously injured by them."
The master nodded and said, "It's time and fate. You don't have to worry too much."
The Jishang Sect and the Zixiao Sect are the two major sects in the Lingtian Continent. They are not short of these resources. What's more, they are only things taken by Jindan cultivators. There is no need to take them to heart. Cultivation is more important.
"Disciple knows, so I have never worried about it." Li Yixiao's face was indifferent.
The uncle showed a look of relief. His nephew was highly talented and had true spiritual roots. Although he could not compare with those top geniuses with natural spiritual roots, he had a broad mind and attitude and could go very far.
"Uncle Master, are we just going to let this matter go?" Ning Mengyue asked dissatisfiedly.
Junior Sister, this disciple, it’s better not to say anything. The uncle shook his head and said, “The strong prey on the weak. Since you don’t have the ability to get it, there’s no need to be overly obsessed with this issue.”
Ning Mengyue's face turned grim when she heard this, "In the final analysis, it's just that we are not strong enough."
Li Yixiao did not persuade him as he did before. He didn't know how many times he had said it along the way. He responded well one moment and then complained to his uncle the next. He didn't want to say anything more.
"Did you pass by Xiaori City when you came back?" The uncle suddenly remembered something.
"No, what's wrong?" Li Yixiao shook his head and asked again.
"Someone found the body of the mayor of Xiaori City a hundred miles away from Xiaori City. We have sent people to inquire about the situation in Xiaori City."
Li Yixiao opened his mouth in surprise, "Which Yuanying senior took action and killed the mayor of Xiaori City?"
"We don't know who did it yet, but it must have been a Nascent Soul cultivator."
The top powers of the Demon Continent and the Lingtian Continent once had a clear rule that cultivators who are one realm higher than the lord of a demon city will generally not deliberately destroy a demon city, and vice versa. Otherwise, not only will it easily cause a war, but the demon battlefield will also be in complete chaos. Human cultivators and demons will not build cities on the battlefield, so everyone's first reaction is that it was done by a Nascent Soul cultivator.
"The demons will probably investigate this matter, so you shouldn't leave the city recently," the uncle warned.
"Yes, uncle." Li Yixiao's injuries have not healed yet, and he has no plans to return to the battlefield in the near future.
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The uncle master from Jishang Sect was not wrong. The demons have already sent people to investigate because they also suspect that it was a human cultivator above the Nascent Soul stage who took action. This way they have a reason to question humans and even attack human cities.
The level nine and eight demon cities are all subordinate to the level seven. If something happens in the city under their jurisdiction, even if it is a major event like the destruction of the city, they must investigate it.
However, since everyone believed that the person who destroyed the city was at least a Nascent Soul cultivator, and the investigation of the demons was also focused in this direction, no one discovered that the culprit was still doing evil in the next few days.
For two consecutive days, Gao Han has collected the heads of a thousand general-level demons, but he is still three short of the ten commander-level demons.
After the small valley, he and Zhongli Tingzhou moved away from Half Moon City and Little Sun City and ran to the territories of other level nine demon cities.
At the beginning, Gao Han came forward to lure out the commander-level demons in the city, but it turned out that the commander-level demons looked down on a human cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Period, and every time they came out, they were general-level demons. Before the ten commander-level demons were gathered, the general-level demons had already gathered.
In the end, Gao Han had to ask Zhongli Tingzhou to come forward.
As soon as he took action, he immediately attracted an early commander-level demon.
The second time, Zhongli Tingzhou took action again, and this time he actually led two demons over. After a lot of panic, Gao Han finally killed them.
In order to destroy the bodies and prevent others from finding out that someone was specifically killing the commander-level demons, Gao Han also collected their bodies to create the illusion that they might be missing.
Afterwards, they moved again.
In the demon battlefield, the demon city with the largest number is the ninth-level city.
"There are still three to go, and there are only a few days left in a month." Gao Han calculated that they still had eight days, but they had to reserve four days for the return journey, so there were actually only four days left.
The last time the two demons fought, it was Zhongli Tingzhou who deliberately provoked each other.
There are successes and there are failures.
Some demons are more cautious, while others are more disdainful. These demons usually cannot be lured out. Even if they are lured out, they will become suspicious halfway and run back to the city.
For example, when Zhongli Tingzhou lured out the eighth commander-level demon, the demon saw that he did not fight him but instead led him deeper into the water. Suspecting that there was a trap, the demon stopped and prepared to go back.
After defeating this one, they only needed a commander-level demon. Gao Han gritted his teeth and decided to kill this one first.
The aftermath of the battle spread, alarming the Lord of Feixing City, which was more than ten miles away.
"Quick battle and a quick decision, the demon city lord is coming." Zhongli Tingzhou said to Gao Han immediately after noticing it.
Gao Han gave him a look that said it was no problem. During this period of time, he had been using the Eight Divine Swords continuously and had already mastered it by heart and could use it with ease.
After killing the demon, the two men fished out the body and ran away.
When the mayor of Feixing City arrived, only traces of a fierce battle were left at the scene, and no one or any corpse was found.
"Asshole!" The Lord of Feixing City was furious. With one palm strike, he flattened a small mountain that had been cut in half into the ground.
"We are only two commander-level demons away. I have an idea." After Gao Han cut off the demon's head and threw away the useless corpse, an idea suddenly flashed through his mind.
"What's the idea?" Zhongli Tingzhou asked while absorbing the spiritual light from the demon's weapon.
"Just like we did at the beginning, lure out the lord of the ninth-level city. This time we won't fight head-on. You can go in and rob the place. Loot as much as you can. When the lord of the Demon City comes back, run away. What do you think?" Gao Han's eyes flashed with excitement.
"Who will lead the city lord away?"
"Like today, first lure out a commander-level demon, then create energy fluctuations for the battle, lure out the city lord, and then sneak back in. What do you think?" Gao Han said with a smile, "This method may not be useful for other city lords, but it will definitely be useful for the city lord of Feixing City."
Zhongli Tingzhou also smiled, "It sounds like a good idea, we can give it a try."
Gao Han nodded, "It's decided then. We'll take a day off and start again at six in the evening."
It was six o'clock in the afternoon on the Demon Battlefield. The sun had already set and the battlefield was pitch black. The night was dark and windy, perfect for action.
After entering the demon battlefield, the two's wealth increased again and again, but because Zhongli Tingzhou's Yin-Yang Pearl "ate" a lot, it shrunk a lot again. Along the way, the two also used a lot of elixirs and spirit stones to restore their spiritual power.
Gao Han could no longer calculate how many cycles his spiritual power had gone through. He only knew that he should be able to break through to the late stage of foundation building in a few days, or perhaps after tonight.
The time of waiting is long, but the time of cultivation passes in the blink of an eye.
The sun finally set.
Flying Star City.
The low-level demons guarding the gate didn't dare to breathe, and looked at Commander David with some awe.
Commander Kirk has not returned since he went out yesterday to chase a human monk. Commander David has been in a bad mood and is on the verge of violence every minute. If the city lord had not forbade him to leave the city, Commander David would have run out to find the human monk.
But it's no wonder. Commander David and Commander Kirk are good friends who grew up together. Commander Kirk's life or death is still unknown, so it's normal for him to be in a bad mood.
Although other commanders comforted David that Commander Kirk might not be dead, everyone knew, including David himself, that the possibility of Kirk being alive was very low.
If he were still alive, even if he was seriously injured, he would never stay away from coming back for so long.
"David, you've been sitting here for a day. Do you plan to continue waiting?" Commander Mach came over and saw that he was still there.
"I'm going to wait for Kirk to come back," David said expressionlessly.
Bach sighed, "You should know in your heart that Kirk can't come back."
"Impossible, Kirk must still be alive. The city lord doesn't allow me to leave the city, and he won't let me sit here," David said with a ferocious face, "If that human monk comes again, don't stop me."
"The city lord is here, how could he dare to come again?" Bach disagreed.
"Anyway, don't stop me." David insisted.
"Okay, okay, I won't stop you." Bach answered casually and perfunctorily. This time they were prepared, and unless the other party was stupid, they would never come again.
Just as he finished speaking, a streak of sword energy suddenly flew over from the front.
The faces of the two commander-level demons changed. David's face was full of joy. He took out his knife in an instant and slashed at them. The knife light and sword energy canceled each other out.
The smoke cleared, and in the distant sky stood a mysterious figure with fluttering clothes, like a dark lord.