"But what the Demon Realm is facing now is far more than just a war between gods and demons. Could it be... could it be that Wang Xian's military campaign against the Demon Realm is also aimed at completely destroying it? Could it be... could it be that the Heavenly Court intends to leave only five of the six realms and remove the Demon Realm from the list of the six realms?"
Lu Da's series of probing questions really stumped Wang Yao. Yes, if the Lord of Reclaiming the Sea were here, that little girl would honestly and bluntly declare that the army's purpose was to wipe the Demon Realm out of existence.
However, Wang Yao, as an immortal from the celestial realm, and someone who has always taken the stability of the six realms as his responsibility, could not give such a simple answer.
"Lord Lu, the current situation is as follows: the information you received is that all six Demon Lords have disappeared, but what we can confirm is that the Decapitation Demon Lord is still moving freely. Although his motive for assassinating the Commander is questionable, there is no doubt that it was indeed the Decapitation Demon Lord who did it."
"So is it possible that what you think is a major upheaval in the Demon Realm is just your conjecture? In my opinion, the Demon Realm is eyeing the God Realm covetously and shows no signs of being eliminated. On the contrary, the God Realm is facing the danger of being overthrown," Wei Zheng said with a frown.
"This..." Lu Da hesitated upon hearing this. Since escaping from the Parasitic Demon Realm, he had been constantly on the move and had no opportunity to carefully examine the information he had obtained. Now, after listening to Wei Zheng's analysis, he couldn't help but hesitate.
"You now have two good paths. One is what I just said, to send you to the Demon Realm to reunite with Li Kui. The other is for you to continue to return to the Demon Realm to gather information. If the Demon Realm is really in such a serious situation as you described, we will certainly not stand idly by."
After listening to Wei Zheng's words, Wang Yao's thoughts became clear, and he immediately said to Lu Da.
"I... alright... I... I'll go back to the Demon Realm and see if I can find the Demon Lord of the Beheading and ask him directly!" Lu Da muttered to himself, his expression gradually becoming resolute. He nodded heavily one last time, determined to return to the Demon Realm to continue gathering information.
"You just escaped from the Demon Realm, and now you want to go back? Aren't you afraid that the Demon Lord will kill you without asking any questions when you return?" Wang Yao asked, frowning.
"I may be afraid, but I still have to do it. I have hundreds of brothers in the Demon Realm. If a great calamity befalls the Demon Realm, I don't know how many of them can be saved. For their sake, I have to take the risk no matter what it is." Lu Da shook his head helplessly.
“It would be best if you didn’t meet the Decapitation Demon Lord directly. I wonder if you have any brothers in the Decapitation Demon Realm? If you do, you can go to your brothers to find out more information before making any plans,” Zhang Liang suggested from the side.
“That’s what I originally thought too,” Lu Da nodded.
“That’s good, that puts my mind at ease… Hmm, take this, we’ll contact you anytime if there’s any news.” Wang Yao nodded, took out a Six Realms Pass from his pocket and handed it to Lu Da, then stopped Wei Zheng, who was about to interrupt, with a look.
"You're just letting him go like this? Have you thought about how you're going to explain this to the God of Reclamation?" Wei Zheng asked Wang Yao quietly, watching Lu Da's hurried departure.
"I am the commander-in-chief of this army, and I have my own plans for how to act," Wang Yao replied vaguely. "What exactly were you trying to say when you were speaking to Lu Da earlier?"
"What I'm trying to say is that I've been pondering this for a long time, and I feel that the sudden attack on you by the Decapitation Demon Lord might... might it just be to slow down my army's march?" Wei Zheng turned to Wang Yao and asked slowly.
"Slow down the journey? You... how did you come up with that reason?" Wang Yao couldn't help but laugh in astonishment. This reason was truly absurd. The Demon Lord personally went out to slow down the army's journey? Would the Demon Clan really go to such lengths?
"I've heard a principle that says if you eliminate all other possibilities for something that's hard to explain, then the only remaining reason, no matter how illogical, can only be that reason. That's how I've been thinking about it," Wei Zheng said seriously.
"Your method is quite interesting." Wang Yao frowned and smiled. You know what, according to Wei Zheng's words, it seems that the only explanation for the Demon Lord's actions is that he wants to kill Wang Yao. Whether he wants to kill Wang Yao or not, the result seems to be that he can only slow down the army's journey!
The problem is, the army wasn't moving very fast to begin with! Why would the Demon Lord of Decapitation want to interfere? Do they have something they don't want to be disturbed by the army? Why the Demon Lord himself is involved? What could be so important? Does the Demon Lord have no one left to rely on?
After much thought, Wang Yao felt that he had grasped some of the tricks that Hu Mei and those foreign gods were playing behind the scenes, but the clues were so subtle that they were still vague and unclear, and he always felt that something was missing and he could not make them completely clear.
"Wang, where are the demon prisoners sent by Daze?" Wang Yao and his men were rushing back to the central army when they suddenly heard the clear voice of the Sea-Reclaiming God from above.
“I…let him go.” Wang Yao looked up at the flying God of Filling the Sea. Wei Zheng and Zhang Liang hurriedly and quietly hid to the side, while only Hui Shuo obediently stayed by Wang Yao’s side.
"Release him? I expect you to give me a reason." Upon hearing this, the Lord of Reclamation's expression changed, and he folded his wings and descended from the sky. "Otherwise, I wouldn't mind bringing that prisoner back and questioning you about the shady dealings between you and him."
“There’s no real reason. The kid was originally my informant in the Demon Realm. Now that something’s happened to him, he wanted to quit and get away with it, so I stopped him. If you pity him, just go and bring him back. But he has done a good job for the God Realm, so you can’t treat him unfairly. You have to arrange a good place for him to stay.”
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