An outburst of panicked confession!
"I'll tell you, I'll tell you! The new Demon God wants to design a war between the Dragon and Human races, absorbing all life..."
"Pfft!"
Before he could finish, the shadowy figure's head exploded, his entire body vanishing into smoke at that moment!
It was as if there was something special within him, designed to self-destruct if triggered!
Jin Bao'er stood aside, her spiritual sense piercing through the wall to look in a certain direction. She narrowed her eyes slightly, wondering if it was an illusion, but she felt a sense of being watched just now...
With the shadowy figure gone, Long Li Xing withdrew his hand, his expression gradually calming down! He then turned to look at Jin Bao'er, his purple eyes deepening, his gaze strange and dark...
"You saw it, didn't you?"
A chilling aura washed over her. Jin Bao'er looked at him, unable to comprehend what was going on in his mind! She could only ask back with a face full of confusion.
"Saw what?"
Her expression showed no fear or resistance, and she hadn't reacted much throughout the entire event! Instead, she was curious why he would ask.
Seeing this, the man paused slightly. He recalled the fear and disgust on others' faces when they saw him and quickly regained a mocking smile.
"Nothing! Little dragoness, are you satisfied with what you've discovered?"
Jin Bao'er frowned, truly unaccustomed to the moniker "little dragoness"! A flicker of hesitation crossed her face.
"Call me... Huahua!"
Who knew why dragons were as bad at naming as she was?! Bai Huahua... listen to that! Is that a name a normal person would have?
Hearing this, Long Li Xing stirred slightly, his gaze strangely scanning Jin Bao'er. Huahua? It was hard to imagine this cold and aloof little dragoness having such a vulgar and amusing name.
Jin Bao'er no longer looked at him. She turned to examine the other items on the shelves. It seemed that to lure the dragons here, each box contained something with a hint of dragon breath. Apart from some sparkling rare crystals, there was nothing particularly special... except for the small box she held in her arms!
Suppressing the urge to collect these rare crystals, she looked at the man beside her.
"Let's go..."
For some reason, she was now extremely eager to know what was in the box, yet she didn't want to open it in front of Long Li Xing!
Just then, her pupils suddenly tightened! She looked through the wall and out into the distance. Several chaotic energies were approaching rapidly...
"We've been discovered!"
The arrivals were not demons, but cultivators brimming with spiritual energy! Judging by their auras, a majority of them were above the Heavenly Dao Saint level!
Thinking this, she looked around and frowned... Damn it! They had been tricked again!
On the battlefield between immortals and demons, most cultivators had seen her. If she went out now, she would undoubtedly be framed. After all, only she and the former Demon God were in this room, and the surroundings were filled with demonic energy.
Under such circumstances, anyone would think that the dragons and demons were colluding!
The mastermind behind this was incredibly quick-witted! In just a short while, they had set up another trap for them.
"What? Scared?"
Long Li Xing naturally noticed the troubled expression on her face. He assumed she wanted to distance herself from him, and a hint of coldness deepened in his eyes, though his face remained impassive. Instead, a slight curve touched his lips.
Did she also want to get rid of him? Afraid of being seen with a Demon God, being a dragon herself? Hah! What was the difference between her and those hypocritical, selfish demons?!
If they were the same, then they all deserved to die!
A chilling murderous intent surged wildly from the depths of his heart. The color of his purple eyes gradually turned a bit scarlet. At this moment, he truly resembled a devil...
Jin Bao'er was frowning, deep in thought, completely unaware of the anomaly beside her. Even if she had noticed, she would have assumed his animosity was directed at the cultivators outside.
Suddenly, she looked up at the other side of the wall. The shadowy demon's words from before echoed in her mind – he had passed through this wall, perhaps there was another exit?!
No sooner said than done!
Just as the man beside her reached out to attack her, the woman beside him moved. Her fair, slender fingers directly grasped the man's broad palm. The warm and firm touch caused the man, shrouded in dark energy, to pause slightly.
Almost instantly! The killing intent dissipated! The scarlet hue in his purple eyes subsided, as if all the strange phenomena of moments ago had never happened.
Jin Bao'er felt the man's stiffness and found it a bit strange, but didn't pay it much mind. She directly pulled him through the other wall.
Perhaps because the shadowy figure himself hadn't expected his trap to be discovered so quickly, he hadn't set any defenses after entering, which is why they saw another space. After all, who would be so foolish as to use the same method to test the wall after discovering the secret!
Outside, indeed, many cultivators stood, just as Jin Bao'er had sensed. All of them were above the Heavenly Dao Saint level, holding offensive immortal artifacts, their faces grave.
Leading them was the patriarch of the Vāyin clan. He was not a demon, and although his strength wasn't top-tier, his senses were extremely acute. He had already detected something amiss when he was inside earlier. However, he hadn't done anything at the time, as he didn't know the other party's intentions.
According to the usual pattern, the shadowy figure should have come out long ago, but now... either he was dead, or captured.
This was a secret that concerned him, and it absolutely could not be discovered! Therefore, after the command from that voice, he decisively gathered all the powerhouses in his clan, determined to nip the people inside in the bud!
"I will open the secret chamber later. Once you see anyone, no matter who it is, capture them directly! This person is definitely connected to the demons! I won't be mistaken!!"
He had known for a long time that the place was filled with demonic energy. Once the switch was opened, no matter who was inside, they would definitely be deemed connected to the demons. He would then shift all suspicion away from himself.
At this moment, in the dark, dim room...
Only a faint pinkish-white light brought any illumination! Jin Bao'er pressed herself against the wall, carefully listening to the movements outside. She didn't notice the man beside her, whose lowered gaze was fixed on their clasped fingers. His aura was extremely calm, but within his heart, a tempest raged.
Perhaps sensing the man's unusual calmness, Jin Bao'er finally turned her head to look at him.
"I know you aren't afraid of these so-called immortals outside, but I cannot let the Dragon race be dragged into this! Nor do I wish for the Demon God's conspiracy to succeed..."
Although she still didn't know the Demon God's true motive, thinking back to what the shadowy figure had said before exploding...
Absorbing all life's what?
That statement clearly targeted all beings in the Upper Realm! Even though she didn't know what the Demon God wanted to absorb, it was certainly nothing good from the looks of it.