Chapter 2096: Volume 10: Battle of the Demon Realm, Chapter 2096: Beast Sovereign Hall

"Looking at the traces left here... it seems there were quite a few people. In that case... the news I received when I broke out of the Fang Li Array was true, and the Demon Lizards stolen from the Zhao family are also related to this group of people." Another elder said, suddenly furious.

"I'm afraid that's mostly likely the case! If those people were also companions of those two, I'm afraid their cultivation and divine abilities are indeed not something the disciples we left behind could withstand. It seems the Zhao family had long since fallen into the eyes of others, and our action yesterday was deliberately lured out of Zhao Fort. Those few Demon Lizards were their main target. Otherwise, they wouldn't have fled into the Illusory Howl Desert so quickly." The first elder who spoke sighed helplessly.

"What is the origin of these thieves, to dare to set their sights on our Zhao family? This cannot just be let go; this grudge must be avenged! Otherwise, how will our Zhao family stand in Illusory Night City in the future!" Another elder said, gnashing his teeth.

"Revenge? I'm afraid that won't be an easy matter. Although the two who lured us out only revealed the cultivation of Void Refinement, I'm afraid that is not their true cultivation realm." The first elder who spoke shook his head and replied.

"Does my brother mean that those two are also Demon Venerable-level existences? Could it be that the people who broke into our Zhao family also have similar cultivation? If that's the case, no wonder they regarded our Zhao Fort as nothing and dared to set their sights on the Demon Lizards. But when did such a group of old monsters come to our Illusory Night City, and why haven't we received any news at all?" Another elder gasped after hearing this and thinking for a moment.

"That's hard to say. The companions of those two fellows might just be a group of their subordinates. But even so, the cultivation of these two alone is not below yours or mine, and they have already gone deep into the Illusory Howl Desert. Relying solely on the strength of the Zhao family, I'm afraid it will be very difficult to get justice. As for not hearing any wind of it beforehand... that is not strange at all." The first elder who spoke pondered for a moment and said.

"Are we really just going to let it go like this?" Another elder said, showing anger again.

"According to the news received, the companions of those two did not carry out a massacre in Zhao Fort; only a few insignificant disciples were silenced by them. And although the few Demon Lizards lost this time are very important to our Zhao family... they are not enough to shake the foundation of our Zhao family. As for the issue of reputation, we can just find a few guys we don't like later and kill them. We'll just pretend they were accomplices of that group and show them to the public." The first elder said gloomily, as if he had already thought about this.

"Wouldn't doing this be a bit self-deceiving? I can't swallow this breath." The other elder said after being stunned for a while, then stomped his foot.

"If you can't swallow it, you have to swallow it! You and I are the only two remaining pillars of the Zhao family... if either of us has an accident, the Zhao family may decline from then on. For the prosperity of the Zhao family, we can only swallow this breath. However, if my brother really can't get rid of the hatred in his heart, you don't need us to do it ourselves; you can completely borrow a knife to kill someone." The first elder said with a darkened face.

"Borrow a knife to kill someone?" The elder who spoke later had a change in expression, revealing a thoughtful look.

"That's right. You go back and contact the people from the Beast Sovereign Hall and let them take action for us once. As for the reward for the action, you can use a reserve of magic stones from the clan. But let me say this first: regardless of whether the Beast Sovereign Hall can succeed, this is the only time we will hire them. Even if that group of people is unscathed, I will not allow you to use other means to trouble them again! And when contacting the Beast Sovereign Hall, do not reveal our identities." The first elder said with a serious expression.

"Brother, don't worry, I know how to do it. Hehe, if that group of monsters from the Beast Sovereign Hall takes action, even if this group of people doesn't die... they will definitely lose a layer of skin. It's just that after spending this amount of magic stones, the Zhao family will probably have to tighten their belts for a while." The other elder was overjoyed at first, but then said with some reluctance.

"Hmph, every one of those old monsters has cultivation not below yours or mine... and in terms of fighting experience, they are not comparable to ordinary demons like you and me. The reward for hiring them is not too outrageous. However, it is not realistic to let them enter the Illusory Howl Desert to hunt down that group... we can only let the Beast Sovereign Hall take action after they come out." The first elder snorted and said.

"That's fine too. As long as the Beast Sovereign Hall sends people to monitor the few cities close to the Illusory Howl Desert, they will always be able to find the traces of that group. However, I don't know what that group is going to do in the Illusory Howl Desert, and I don't know how long it will take for them to come out." Another elder said with a ferocious look.

"Since I've already planned to bleed heavily once, it doesn't matter if I spend a little more. Let's set a hundred-year deadline. If this group can stay in the desert for a hundred years without coming out, it wouldn't matter if those magic stones were given to the Beast Sovereign Hall for nothing. There is no time to lose; let's return to the city immediately and act separately." The first elder took a deep look at the desert in the distance and said without hesitation.

The other elder naturally had no objections to this.

So the two immediately let their demonic Qi roll, turned into two black lights again, flew into the sky, and shot straight back to Illusory Night City.

And this part of the Illusory Howl Desert, ever since Han Li and the others entered, it took a full four months before disciples from another major family in Illusory Night City, the Fang family, carefully entered the desert again with a few Demon Lizards.

By this time, the commotion caused in Illusory Night City by the Zhao family's Demon Lizards being stolen had gradually subsided.

After some investigation, the two Demon Venerables of the Zhao family, although they vaguely linked this matter to Han Li's disappearance, had no evidence, so naturally, they wouldn't say anything more to the outside world.

Just like that, time passed quickly. After years went by, Illusory Night City was still standing with the four major families, but no one mentioned the events that happened to the Zhao family that year anymore.

In the blink of an eye, forty years had passed.

On this day, at an exceptionally desolate edge of the Illusory Howl Desert, sandstorms were raging. Bursts of gray, violent winds rushed to the edge of the sky, as if turning this area into a hurricane ocean. Under the gray gloom, it was impossible to see anything in the wind.

Suddenly, a fluctuation occurred in the hurricane, and several giant demonic beasts rushed out from it and landed steadily on the solid ground.

These demonic beasts had eight short and thick limbs under their bellies, looking like giant lizards magnified more than ten times, but each one was covered in dust, and there were nine human figures sitting on them.

It was Han Li and the others who had entered the Illusory Howl Desert from the direction of Illusory Night City decades ago.

However, of the original ten Demon Lizards, after such a long journey, only five remained, and most of the people had to share one.

Judging from their appearances, Han Li, the ancestor of the Long family, and the others were exactly the same as they were decades ago, and at this moment, most of them showed excited expressions on their faces.

"Finally walked out of this damn desert. Seeing the same scene for these decades, it was really unbearable. Previously, I had been in seclusion for a hundred years and never felt it was so hard to endure."

The girl in the feather garment let out a long breath, her eyebrows smiling, feeling like she had finally escaped from the sea of bitterness.

The feathered-garment girl let out a long breath, her face beaming with joy as if she were in love, looking very much like she felt she had finally escaped a sea of bitterness.

The passage of these decades seemed to have no effect on this Spirit Race Saintess.

"However, the most dangerous thing was that Sand Shadow Beast at the late stage of Body Integration, which actually clung to us for several years and kept launching sneak attacks. If it weren't for Fellow Daoist Han finally unleashing his divine abilities and killing it in one blow, I'm afraid we wouldn't have been able to walk out of this desert so easily." The Saintess of the Thousand Autumns suddenly looked at Han Li, with a strange look on her face.

"Fairy Thousand Autumns is being too polite! If it weren't for Fellow Daoist 'Zhi Shui' unleashing his divine abilities to entangle that Sand Shadow Beast, how would I have had the opportunity to take action?" Han Li looked at the Spirit Race youth not far away, his eyes flashing as he replied.

"Hehe, that Sand Shadow Beast was elusive. Being able to deal with it is naturally the joint credit of Brother Han and Fellow Daoist Zhi Shui. Now that we have finally walked out of the Illusory Howl Desert, let's start acting separately according to the plan we agreed upon before." After putting away those few Demon Lizards, the ancestor of the Long family laughed and said.

"Han has no objections!" Han Li looked back at the gray sandstorm behind him before smiling slightly and saying.

A year ago, when they were still in the desert, they had already discussed all the specific plans after walking out of the desert.

Although this Illusory Howl Desert is known as a forbidden area for ordinary demons, for a group of Body Integration cultivators like them, it could at most be called somewhat dangerous. The only thing that made him a bit depressed was that in the latter half of the journey, in order to kill a demonic beast that was very good at hiding, he slightly exposed some of his true divine abilities, which were unfortunately seen by others.

This made the ancestor of the Long family and the others, as well as the Spirit Race led by the Saintess of the Thousand Autumns, even more polite to him, but also had a few points of fear!

Han Li naturally could only turn a blind eye to the slight change in the attitude of others towards him.

At this time, the Spirit Race people like the Saintess of the Thousand Autumns also agreed to the suggestion of the ancestor of the Long family.

So the group of people immediately split into several waves right here, soared into the sky, and drove their escape lights in different directions.

The plan they agreed upon was simple: to prevent interested people from tracking them, the long journey from the Illusory Howl Desert to the Demon Source Sea would be carried out separately by the group again.

Of course, even if the routes were different, the final destination was still the Demon Source Sea.

Although doing this dispersed their strength, it was less likely to attract the attention of the demons, and the risk of being discovered was also reduced to the lowest level. (To be continued)

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