Chapter 1303: Moths

"That goes without saying. That traitor was already heavily injured by us, and he was marked with a tracking tag. As long as we guard the human exit tightly, he will never be able to escape. Once reinforcements arrive, he won't be able to fly away even with wings." Huang Shi Gong said.

The woman in the green dress nodded, indicating her agreement with this view.

Afterward, the two members of the Spirit Race discussed in low voices for a while, then immediately flashed with spiritual light and disappeared into the trees again.

At the same time, in a secret room in Sunset City, several people with extraordinary bearing sat around a stone table, discussing something.

"City Lord Lan, you said that the member of the Spirit Race is trapped in the Sunset Tomb, waiting for us to go and rescue him?" A tall, thin monk with a string of pitch-black prayer beads hanging around his neck asked a middle-aged man in a white robe.

"That is correct. This is the news I just received. On the way to escape, the other party was heavily injured by the Spirit Race's pursuers. His injuries flared up in the Sunset Tomb, and coupled with the Spirit Race's tight pursuit, he was unable to reach Sunset City directly. We need to go and provide support." The man in the white robe said slowly, his expression somewhat solemn.

"Brother Lan, what exactly is that member of the Spirit Race carrying? Can you tell us the truth now? It's not just the two of us; you even invited Senior Huang Liang out of his residence. Ordinary things shouldn't make you this cautious, right?" Another burly man with black skin, shaped like an iron tower, also asked.

The last man, wearing a wide yellow robe and having an exceptionally pale face, heard the burly man mention his name and said indifferently:

"Brother Jin is mistaken. I was not invited by City Lord Lan, but rather my heart has been restless recently, so I came out for a walk and just happened to catch up with this matter. However, I am also very interested in what that member of the Spirit Race is carrying. City Lord Lan might as well speak clearly."

This was none other than the famous Spirit Lord Huang Liang! And "City Lord Lan" was naturally the lord of this Sunset City.

"Senior Lu, Brother Jin, if I truly knew what it was, why would I keep it from you all this time? I really don't know what that person from the Spirit Race brought. However, the order I received came from the Holy Emperor Palace." City Lord Lan gave a bitter smile and said this.

"The Holy Emperor Palace's order?" The monk and the burly man were both startled, and the white-robed man, who had previously been calm, also had a flash of brilliance in his eyes.

"So, this matter is being personally monitored by the Holy Emperor himself?" The monk was somewhat skeptical.

"I don't know about that. But even if it wasn't an order from the Holy Emperor himself, it was an order issued by one of those two. What difference does that make from it coming from the Holy Emperor himself? Moreover, at the same time the Holy Emperor Palace issued this order, they also dispatched a special envoy to Sunset City. But the distance between this city and Heaven Origin City is too great, and there are several areas where spatial rifts erupt frequently in between; without a certain amount of time, the envoy cannot arrive here in time. We must ensure that this defecting member of the Spirit Race remains unharmed, so that he can meet with the Holy Emperor Palace's envoy while carrying that object." City Lord Lan said solemnly.

"Since it is an order from the Holy Emperor Palace, we naturally have nothing to say. However, I am even more interested in what that Spirit Race kid brought." Spirit Lord Huang Liang chuckled.

The monk and the burly man surnamed Jin looked at each other and stopped speaking.

"Alright, since Senior Lu and the two brothers have no objections, we will enter the Sunset Tomb in two days to find this member of the Spirit Race. He is currently hiding in the Sunset Tomb at..."

"Who is there!" Just as City Lord Lan was about to reveal the hiding place of the member of the Spirit Race, Spirit Lord Huang Liang suddenly grabbed at a wall of the secret room with one hand and shouted loudly.

With a "boom," a yellow crystal hand appeared in front of the wall and grabbed down.

A flash of gray light occurred, and something was grabbed out from the wall, but immediately with a "puchi" sound, the object exploded in the crystal hand, turning into countless gray threads that shot out in all directions.

"Not good, Ten Thousand Soul Threads!" Spirit Lord Huang Liang exclaimed, and without thinking, he waved his sleeve, and a large expanse of yellow mist rolled out, instantly submerging his figure within it.

The others were all shocked upon hearing this!

The monk hurriedly grabbed the prayer beads from his neck, turning them into a mass of black clouds to protect his entire body. The burly man in the black robe let out a cold snort, and suddenly a pitch-black iron shield appeared in his hand, blocking in front of him.

City Lord Lan opened his mouth and spat out a crystal-clear ice lotus. Amidst the flashing blue light, his figure suddenly disappeared.

Just as everyone was prepared to take this unexpected, powerful killing blow head-on, the gray threads filling the sky flashed with spiritual light in front of everyone's defenses and then disappeared.

At this, everyone couldn't help but be stunned.

"Illusion!"

Spirit Lord Huang Liang was the first to react and beckoned with his hand.

The yellow crystal hand flew over.

He took a careful look and saw that there was some silver powder on the surface of the crystal hand, flashing like phosphorus.

Spirit Lord Huang Liang extended a finger, dipped some of it, and brought it before his eyes to examine it closely.

As a result, this silver powder began to change colors, turning red and yellow, and finally, it disappeared into thin air on his finger.

"It is a clone of a mature Illusion Flame Moth; they were actually willing to self-destruct it. Only this spirit insect can turn its body formless for a short time, allowing it to invade this place. But a wisp of its divine sense must have taken the opportunity to escape. Its true body must be near Sunset City. Our conversation just now was likely overheard quite a bit. By the way, there is other demonic aura on this moth powder; it should be a demonic beast of the Demonic Race that raised this spirit insect." Spirit Lord Huang Liang said with a dark face.

Upon hearing this from the yellow-robed man, City Lord Lan's face became extremely ugly.

"We set off tomorrow; we must not let the Demonic Race get there first." City Lord Lan said without hesitation.

An hour later, on the hillside of a nameless small mountain a hundred miles away from Sunset City, a handsome youth sat cross-legged on a mountain rock, meditating with his eyes closed, not moving at all. Above his head, a colorful moth the size of a fist flapped its wings gently, emitting brilliant points of spiritual light.

Behind the youth stood a tall, slender woman in palace attire, with phoenix eyes and dark brows, a hint of murderous intent between her brows; she was none other than the demonic woman of the Black Phoenix Race whom Han Li had met once before.

It was just that this woman, who had originally been extremely arrogant, was now standing obediently behind the youth, looking respectful and not saying a word.

A slight sound of breaking air rang out, followed by a thin gray thread shooting down from high in the sky. After a flash, it plunged into the moth above the youth's head and disappeared.

At the same time, the handsome youth opened his eyes, which were exceptionally clear.

He beckoned to the top of his head and extended a fair finger.

The moth immediately flew down gracefully and landed on the tip of the youth's finger as if it were weightless.

Afterward, the spiritual light on the moth suddenly flickered, and its colors changed unpredictably.

After a full stick of incense's time, the moth's spiritual light stopped changing and returned to calm.

"I was wondering why old man Huang Liang appeared in the city; it turns out he was involved with the Spirit Race. Even people from the Holy Emperor Palace have been dispatched; the object on that Spirit Race traitor seems to be of great importance. Wasting a clone of the Illusion Flame Moth doesn't count as a total loss." The youth muttered to himself softly, a strange expression appearing on his face.

After remaining silent for a good while, he threw the moth back onto his head and walked down from the mountain rock.

"Niece Xiao, I heard that the little girl your Black Phoenix Race brought back last time has mutated True Phoenix blood in her body, and her talent is astonishing; she has already broken through to the fifth level in a short time. Is this true?" The youth actually asked the woman in palace attire behind him.

"Senior Cai Huan's words are not false; that girl Dai'er does indeed have some talent!" The woman in palace attire did not dare to be negligent and replied respectfully.

"Hehe, it's a coincidence; our Qiong Mouse Race also produced a young person with good talent, and he is not very old. How about our two races form a marriage alliance?" The youth suddenly smiled.

"This... Senior's kindness, the junior should naturally agree. But Dai'er is the young clan leader's own granddaughter, and it is not something I can decide." The woman in palace attire was startled upon hearing this, but replied with a smile on her face.

"I naturally know this. I only want you to pass this message to Brother Gongsun. The young person I speak of also has an extraordinary status. He is enough to be a match for the little girl." The youth said indifferently.

"Yes, the junior will definitely pass this message on." The woman in palace attire felt a sense of relief upon hearing this and immediately agreed.

"Good, as long as Brother Gongsun agrees to this matter. Once this matter is over, I will send someone to propose marriage to your race. You heard some of what I said just now; a member of the Spirit Race has come to defect to the human race, and he seems to be carrying some supreme treasure, shocking even the people of the Holy Emperor Palace. I didn't know about this matter, but now that I do, I must not let the human race get their hands on it. Your Phoenix Race has spatial divine abilities; immediately sneak into the Sunset Tomb, gather our Demonic Race people, and release this news. We must find that member of the Spirit Race before the human race. I will secretly follow old man Huang Liang and the others." The youth ordered, his voice suddenly becoming cold.

"Yes, the junior obeys!" The woman in palace attire said respectfully.

Afterward, she drew a line in front of her with one hand, and immediately a white, misty arc of light appeared.

Her figure flickered, and she plunged into it, disappearing without a trace.

The youth stood in place and pondered for a long time before yellow light rose from his body, and with that moth, his figure slowly sank into the ground, hiding itself as well.

Not long after, the human cultivators and demonic beasts in the Sunset Tomb almost simultaneously received an order from the upper echelons to find a member of the Spirit Race who had snuck into the Sunset Tomb at all costs. Moreover, both sides offered rewards that left people stunned, including spirit pills that could make one's cultivation advance by leaps and bounds, as well as astronomical amounts of spirit stones. And Spirit Lord Huang Liang's bottle of Heaven Heart Pills was actually among the rewards.

The entire Sunset Tomb was in an uproar; under such heavy rewards, naturally everyone was dedicated to finding this member of the Spirit Race.

Originally, when the Human and Demonic races encountered each other, if they felt their strength was similar, they might have gone about their own business in peace out of mutual caution.

Now, under the heavy rewards, they couldn't help but become suspicious and explosive, and the conflicts between the two races became extremely frequent for a time!

Han Li, who was alone, knew nothing of all this.

At this moment, he was facing his first dangerous battle since entering the Sunset Tomb!

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