"Perhaps you can condense a clone yourself?" Zheng Dong looked at the colorful clothes Yin Xue had taken out and hesitated.
"I haven't mastered any clone skills. Besides, even if I could, it would be easy for people to see through me. Unlike you, you're good at disguising yourself. And your skills are all at such a high level of proficiency, have they all reached the 'Divine Transformation' stage? I see you can use various skills as you please," Yin Xue said, full of envy.
This remark did remind Zheng Dong. He didn't want to save Yin Xue for nothing. A Nine-Tailed Fox that mastered time and mental abilities was also very rare. If nurtured properly, it might become a Totem-level creature in no time. However, Yin Xue's current growth level was King-level. He was still a Master-level Beastmaster, and taking on another King-level pet beast beyond his level would be too much for his body to handle.
"Right, you promised me before that you could become my pet beast. What if you go back on your word after I save you?"
"You are the husband I chose, how could I lie to you? If you don't believe me, why don't we contract now? You should be able to contract beyond your level, right?" Yin Xue said.
Zheng Dong shook his head. The mixed-blood he was impersonating was only at the General-level, which corresponded to a Master-level Beastmaster.
"Then what should we do? You're not going to abandon me, are you!" Yin Xue worried. Right now, Zheng Dong was the only lifeline she could grasp. She possessed more auxiliary abilities, and her combat skills were very poor, which was why she had thought of choosing a husband to change her fate.
"I can choose to believe you, but after I take you out later, you have to take me to find resources, as many as possible!"
"Find resources? Aren't you afraid of being discovered by my mother? If you're not afraid, then let's go to the treasure vault of Qingqiu Mountain!" Yin Xue said excitedly. Yin Xue was actually quite rebellious at heart. She hated being constrained by others, otherwise, she wouldn't have compared herself to a canary. Therefore, as long as she wasn't suppressed by the Nine-Tailed Fox Empress, she wanted to do things she normally wouldn't dare to do, the more thrilling the better. It would be best to attract the Nine-Tailed Fox Empress's attention, and yet make her unable to do anything about it. After all, at her age, she was still an underage child among the Nine-Tailed Foxes.
Afterward, Zheng Dong had three clones take numerous clone seeds and leave the room. He was unwilling to go to the other world with his main body until he understood how deep the waters were there. However, that didn't prevent his clones from going. Therefore, he and Ling'er had condensed quite a few clone seeds. He also left the relic space he had obtained from the Relic Bureau to his clones. He himself used the ultimate combination skill, Perfect Possession, to hide in the room. As for Yin Xue, she hid in his Mythical-level relic space along with Jian Zhu.
Of the three clones, one disguised itself as Yin Xue, with a flushed face, and went outside. The clone disguised as Jian Zhu remained as usual, expressionless. Outside the door, maids were guarding Yin Xue. As for others, none had entered the room. Bu You, a Totem-level expert, and Yin Xuan, the City Lord of Fox Moon City, were resting in the banquet hall temporarily prepared by the Nine-Tailed Fox Legion. Seeing Zheng Dong disguised as Yin Xue, Bu You and Yin Xuan, who were chatting enthusiastically, didn't pay much attention. However, Bu Cheng sensed something was amiss. Seeing the blush on Yin Xue's face had not completely subsided, he immediately thought of something. "Damn it, you guys really can't keep your hands off each other, playing around even at this moment!"
Next, after Bu You and Yin Xuan, the two Totem-level experts, had finished their conversation, everyone entered the secret realm. The secret realm was a peculiar space formed by the overlap of the Blue Star world and another world's space. Upon entering the secret realm, Zheng Dong's clone immediately discovered that the sky above was an unknown continent. That was where the Fox Demon tribe lived. Currently, this secret realm was relatively stable, with not much spatial fluctuation, allowing Totem-level experts to travel freely. However, Quasi-God level experts could not yet reach the Blue Star. To travel to the other world, one only needed to keep flying upwards, passing through the region where space was inverted, to reach the world where the Fox Demon tribe lived.
At this moment, Bu You, the Totem-level expert, took out a bat-shaped flying puppet. This puppet was very large, more than twice the size of the Sky Wings, enough to accommodate everyone to travel to the other world. Zheng Dong's clone did not hesitate and led the people from Princess Yin Xue's mansion onto the flying puppet. The Overlord Yu Fu also followed without noticing anything unusual. Afterward, under the command of Bu You, the Totem-level expert, the flying puppet flew towards the continent in the sky. As the flying puppet flew higher and higher, getting closer and closer to the continent above, it seemed as if it was about to crash into it. Suddenly, a strange scene occurred: the sky turned into the ground, and the distance seemed to stretch further. Affected by the secret realm's space, various sensory abilities would experience illusions, or even go out of control. When passing through the space-inverted region, Zheng Dong and the others felt extremely uncomfortable. However, the flying puppet was unaffected. It was like a pre-programmed machine, continuously flying towards its designated destination.
After flying for a while longer, it finally landed on the ground. However, it had not yet left the secret realm. It had only reached the other end of the secret realm. Following Bu You, the Totem-level expert, and others out of the secret realm, they truly arrived in the other world. This place was called the Heavenly Demon Continent, which was more than ten times larger than the Blue Star, with hundreds of large and small Totem kingdoms. The Fox Demon Empire of the Fox Demon tribe was the most powerful Totem kingdom, with six Quasi-God level Fox Demons openly acknowledged. However, they had not controlled the entire Heavenly Demon Continent as they claimed.
Upon exiting the secret realm, Zheng Dong and the others saw a massive defensive fortress. This was built by the Fox Demon tribe, also to prevent Beastmasters from the Blue Star from casually infiltrating. Of course, several secret realm spaces had also appeared on the Heavenly Demon Continent, connecting to other worlds, but compared to the Blue Star, the number of secret realms was smaller. Entering the defensive fortress, Bu You, the Totem-level expert, and the others became excited, finally returning home.
At the same time, a team of soldiers from the Fox Demon tribe surrounded Zheng Dong and the others. Seeing this, Yu Fu's expression turned grim. He hadn't expected the Fox Demon tribe to turn on them so directly. Clinging to a sliver of hope, he hurriedly shouted, "Lord Bu You, what does this mean?" Bu You, the Totem-level expert, glanced back at Yu Fu, completely ignored him, and walked straight away. At this moment, Bu Cheng stepped forward. "Idiot, don't you understand yet? Your small Qingqiu Kingdom actually wants to cooperate with our Fox Demon Empire? It's a pipe dream! From beginning to end, we have been deceiving and using you. If you're smart now, surrender to us obediently, and I guarantee you'll live better than you did in Qingqiu Kingdom. Otherwise, I can only turn you into puppets."
Immediately, Yu Fu's expression changed drastically. He had originally hoped to earn merit and return to receive a promotion and raise from the Nine-Tailed Fox Empress. He never expected this to be a trap. He scanned his surroundings; even as an Overlord, he couldn't escape. Without much hesitation, he directly knelt on the ground. "I am willing to surrender!" Seeing this, the few confidantes around Yu Fu also knelt down. As for the people from the Princess's mansion, they were all looking at "Yin Xue's" attitude. Bu Cheng also looked at Zheng Dong's clone. "My princess, as long as you agree to be my concubine, I guarantee you'll have a better life than being a princess in Qingqiu Kingdom." As he spoke, Bu Cheng also looked at Zheng Dong's clone. "As for your little lover, I'll take care of him myself!" Bu Cheng was an Emperor-level expert, and among the many offspring of the Fox Demon Emperor, his talent was also very high. Unfortunately, he still didn't realize that "Yin Xue" was also a clone of Zheng Dong disguised using the Mimicry skill. He walked step by step towards Zheng Dong's clone, looking as if he had Zheng Dong's clone completely cornered.
Zheng Dong's clone remained unfazed. He handed the relic bead to "Yin Xue" and then walked towards Bu Cheng on his own. This made Bu Cheng even more enraged. He reached out to grab Zheng Dong's clone's head. With his abilities, he could easily crush it. But the next moment, a deafening explosion sounded. His entire arm was blown off. Bu Cheng broke out in a cold sweat from the pain. "Bastard, arrest them all."
In the fortress's prison, "Yin Xue" and Yu Fu were each locked in separate cells. Jian Zhu and the people from the Princess's mansion were confined together, and Yu Fu's confidantes were also locked up together. Thus, Zheng Dong was left with only two clones. However, it didn't matter; he still had plenty of clone seeds. It was just that this prison was difficult to escape from, as it was equipped with a barrier, making even earth-burrowing skills ineffective. But Zheng Dong was not in a hurry. He knew that Bu Cheng would come looking for him sooner or later.
Indeed, a team of Fox Demon jailers brought him before the injured Bu Cheng. Bu Cheng's arm had not yet fully healed. The tearing pain was still ongoing. He looked at Yin Xue, disguised by Zheng Dong's clone, and endured the pain, smiling, "Your Highness Princess, have you considered it?" Zheng Dong's clone did not speak. He was considering how to escape and how to teach Bu Cheng a lesson. Of course, with his abilities, he couldn't kill Bu Cheng yet. After all, he was just a clone.
"Don't be ungrateful. I am, after all, the Third Prince of the Fox Demon Empire. Those who want to be my concubine number in the tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands!" Bu Cheng couldn't help but roar. Zheng Dong's clone still ignored him. Bu Cheng couldn't stand it and raised his hand to slap him. "Bitch, you're asking for death!" Just as the slap was about to land on Zheng Dong's clone, it exploded with a bang, and the ground also experienced a deafening explosion. The power was several times greater than before. Zheng Dong's clone had been silently using the Booby Trap skill to condense bombs. As his strength increased, the power of the Booby Trap skill had also increased significantly. Besides that, Zheng Dong's clone also had the Explosion-Explosion Fruit. The previous clone had used the Explosion-Explosion Fruit to disguise itself as self-destruction, blowing off Bu Cheng's arm. This time, he directly blew Bu Cheng away, and both of his legs were blown off.
Zheng Dong's clone was destroyed. The relic bead rolled onto the ground, and with it, a clone of his emerged, taking the relic bead and burrowing underground. Before using the Explosion-Explosion Fruit, his clone had already activated a clone seed. Afterward, the clone that burrowed underground planted Ling'er's clone seeds in various corners of the defensive fortress. As for Zheng Dong's clone disguised as Jian Zhu, it disappeared from the prison. After "Yin Xue" was taken away, the maids who followed Yin Xue no longer had the mind to look after Jian Zhu. Jian Zhu, as if in a daze, was thrown into a corner of the prison. He disappeared at some unknown time. It was only discovered by the Fox Demon jailers. The Fox Demon jailers opened the prison door, searched around but couldn't find Jian Zhu, and reported it upwards.
In fact, Zheng Dong's clone was still in the prison, but using the Perfect Possession combination skill, it had possessed a maid. After the Fox Demon jailers entered, it possessed a jailer. In this way, it was able to leave the prison openly. After all, this was just the prison of a defensive fortress, not the heavenly prison of the Fox Demon Empire; there were still many loopholes in its management. Soon, Bu Cheng learned that someone was missing and rushed to interrogate the maids to find out what had happened. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zheng Dong's clone possessed Bu Cheng. This was done to obtain more information about the Fox Demon Empire.
On the other side, Zheng Dong's main body was still within the defensive fortress of the Qingqiu Totem Kingdom. He was not in a hurry to leave. He was waiting for Yin Xuan, the Totem-level expert, to leave before making his move. The one stationed in this defensive fortress was an Overlord-level Nine-Tailed Fox named Hong Yi, who was in charge of this Nine-Tailed Fox Legion. Hong Yi was a confidante of Yin Xuan, the Totem-level expert, and naturally knew about the cooperation between the Qingqiu Totem Kingdom and the Fox Demon tribe. Therefore, her Nine-Tailed Fox Legion was also guarding against Beastmasters from Yan Huang. The defenses within the secret realm space were relatively lax. After sending off Yin Xuan and the others, Hong Yi eagerly returned to her room to cultivate. She was a fire-element Nine-Tailed Fox and had just received a reward from Yin Xuan: an exotic fire seed that could rival legendary-level resources. If she could refine it, she would be able to master another exotic fire, greatly increasing her strength.
Zheng Dong, disguised as a guard of the Nine-Tailed Fox Legion, searched the defensive fortress for Hong Yi's residence. Hong Yi was only Overlord-level, but he had two Overlord-level combat forces in his hands: the Light and Dark Element Sprites. As long as Hong Yi was dealt with, he could control this fortress. He could also obtain the resources stored in the fortress. When Jin Heng, the Legendary-level expert, and others dared to come, they could occupy this place and seal the secret realm. In this way, the problem of the Qingqiu Totem Kingdom and the Fox Demon tribe joining forces could be resolved.
Zheng Dong searched for a while and finally found Hong Yi's residence. Outside the door, two Emperor-level guards were standing. From inside the room came sounds that were extremely exciting. These sounds carried a strong charm. If it weren't for the strong willpower of the two Emperor-level guards, they would have probably couldn't resist pushing open the door and joining the fray. "Damn, what is going on in this room?" Inside the room, Hong Yi was enveloped in pink flames, which she called the Fire of Desire. It could stir up desires and cause people to lose their minds. When Hong Yi was refining the exotic fire seed, she had set up a barrier. Unfortunately, the barrier was also destroyed by the Fire of Desire. She was now in an extremely dangerous situation. If she lost her mind, she would surely be burned to ashes by the Fire of Desire.
Just as Zheng Dong was wondering, the door suddenly opened, and a hand reached out, pulling a guard inside. Afterward, the door closed, and exciting screams could be heard from within. This made the remaining guard jealous. However, he didn't know that the guard who was dragged into the room was experiencing both pleasure and pain. While enjoying himself, he was also being burned to ashes by the Fire of Desire, bit by bit. Before long, this guard, who had reached the Emperor-level, died. Immediately after, the other guard at the door did not escape either and was dragged in. Zheng Dong also quietly infiltrated the room. He then witnessed a stimulating scene. At this moment, if he were to make a move on Hong Yi, he wondered how she would feel.