Chapter 226: Trap or Opportunity?

Heh heh heh.

When you start fighting, you start fighting, and the Wild Dragon Snake egg is mine.

Wait a bit longer, wait a bit longer.

Inside the Wild Dragon Snake corpse, somewhere hidden, a mountain spirit greedily watches the Wild Dragon Snake egg, its eyes filled with the egg.

He entered together, was startled by the condition inside the Wild Dragon Snake corpse, gained nothing, yet he didn't anticipate a surprise beneath: the Wild Dragon Snake egg, which is the offspring of the Wild Dragon Snake—its bloodline and its value are beyond doubt.

It's worth far more than the Wild Dragon Snake corpse. If he can obtain that egg and devour its bloodline, his own bloodline will be enhanced, and there's a high chance to acquire the Wild Dragon Snake's bloodline. Then he will soar to the heavens; the path to becoming Demon King will no longer be a dream.

This world will no longer be able to trap him; he will no longer have to watch those people's faces.

The Demon King is the dream of every beast.

A beast that doesn't aspire to be Demon King is not a good beast.

The Wild Dragon Snake egg, that aura, that scent, intoxicates.

While they are engrossed in battle and no one notices me, I can… slip it away; it must never be discovered by them.

To act without anyone noticing, the mountain spirit began to scheme. Those people's strength is not lacking; each is comparable to him. In a one‑on‑one fight he wouldn't claim guaranteed victory. Only by stealing the Wild Dragon Snake egg while they aren't watching is the most cautious and advantageous move for him.

He must not move; now he absolutely cannot move. The battle has started but hasn't reached a climax. When they unleash their fury and decide life or death, that will be his moment to act. At this instant he must endure, no matter what, and must never—absolutely never—expose himself.

The Wild Dragon Snake egg is right there, sensing the battle, flickering continuously as the aura of blood qi converges.

And outside.

Jing Yuheng hides, unable to find any trace of the blood demon.

She walked around the Wild Dragon Snake corpse, arriving at a strange spot—not that the place is inherently strange, but it seems some mark has been brutally erased.

That spot is the concealed entrance that Chen Chuyang covered; Heishanyang erased its marks, and Jing Yuheng discovered it.

As a member of the Black Dragon Guard, she is more sensitive to unusual places or objects. At first glance, Jing Yuheng felt something was wrong—very wrong—and her intuition told her this place must be linked to the Wild Dragon Snake.

She approached, bent down to inspect the ground, and felt the soil.

"The soil is fresh; this place has been disturbed, and not long ago."

"None of us have been here before; could this soil be caused by the Wild Dragon Snake corpse shifting?"

"No, no, inside there seems to be... another aura."

She took a pinch of soil, sniffed it, and her instinct began to act up.

After sniffing the soil, she turned and looked behind her.

That spot is where Chen Chuyang and his group are, concealed by a Formation.

Jing Yuheng met his eyes; the hidden Chen Chuyang was unfazed and stared back directly.

Heishanyang breathed rapidly, yet it was not nervous; instead it squinted its eyes and fixed its gaze on the girl before it.

After a quarter of an hour of staring, Jing Yuheng was completely bewildered.

"Strange, there's nothing, yet that side gives me a sense of familiarity?"

"I always feel... something's off," Jing Yuheng thought, moving closer to inspect personally.

Heishanyang held its breath, fearing they would be exposed.

The woman's intuition is terrifying; fortunately, she did not come forward.

She was blocked by someone.

Ming Jianzi, sword on his back, slowly landed beside her.

He stared coldly at Jing Yuheng, murderous intent gathering.

"Black Dragon Guard, the hound of the Great Qi Dynasty, Jing Yuheng."

Jing Yuheng turned, instinctively stepped back, creating distance; upon seeing Ming Jianzi, she bowed and said, "I have met you, Daoist brother Ming Jianzi."

The two know each other, yet between them there is no... good attitude.

Ming Jianzi coldly asked, "When did you arrive? What are you doing here? Is that so?"

The sword can strike at any moment.

Jing Yuheng hurriedly explained, "Don't draw your sword; we are not enemies. I also followed the blood demon's trace here, and it always feels that this place is problematic, so…"

During the inspection, she failed to conceal herself, thereby exposing herself.

Ming Jianzi stared coldly at Jing Yuheng, his hand slowly releasing.

"Hmph, better this way. Sneaking around, if you run into the two Daoist brothers of the Heavenly Heart Sect, you might die."

They split up, each searching separately for the blood demon's trace.

Ming Jianzi sensed a faint aura revealing this place, came to investigate, and indeed found Jing Yuheng.

Jing Yuheng felt inner regret; she shouldn't have become complacent.

"I understand, Daoist brother Ming Jianzi, don't you find this soil suspicious?"

Ming Jianzi said nothing, lowered his head, glanced at the soil on the ground, and was startled.

Then he reached out, scooped a handful of soil, and examined it.

Looking again at the mountain before him, Ming Jianzi's heart sank.

"This place is indeed very odd."

"What else have you discovered?"

Jing Yuheng exhaled, saying, "I suspect this place wasn't entered only by us."

Ming Jianzi naturally knew that many had entered, and some hid, which was normal.

Those people all wanted to be the yellow bird, just like Jing Yuheng.

Not everyone is stupefied by the Wild Dragon Snake corpse; for example, the blood demon hides, its scheming unknown.

The massive Wild Dragon Snake corpse doesn't come searching; instead…

The two Daoist brothers of the Heavenly Heart Sect also disregard the Wild Dragon Snake corpse; they first trouble the blood demon, kill it, then gradually share the Wild Dragon Snake corpse. Priorities still matter. Within the Wild Dragon Snake's cave heaven, the most dangerous is the blood demon, which hides in the dark to recover; it must never be allowed to recover.

This is also their mission; once they leave this place, they will never be able to find the Blood Demon again.

The Blood Demon's concealment methods are extremely formidable, yet inside the Wild Dragon Snake Cave Heaven, it is still easy to find.

Among those inside, the most dangerous is the Blood Demon; facing others, Ming Jianzi fears nothing and can retreat unharmed.

Only the Blood Demon truly threatens his life.

"This place is very new, as if someone had destroyed it; that person likely wants to conceal something."

"You say, is it possible that there is some secret hidden inside?"

Jing Yuheng voiced her inner inference; her words made Ming Jianzi frown, and inside he believed seventy to eighty percent.

As the saying goes, expertise lies in specialization; Jing Yuheng is born to do this.

Her words, her expertise, are still quite credible.

"You think someone might be one step ahead of us, and then……"

Jing Yuheng nodded: "Ming Jianzi Daoist, don't you feel that the Wild Dragon Snake's corpse has been hollowed out? It doesn't seem like… normal loss of flesh and blood, but rather that some people hollowed it out, right?"

The Wild Dragon Snake's corpse has been hollowed out; they naturally cannot hide it, and walking around the corpse once, they naturally can notice.

They are not clear about the specific situation inside, but they can sense the battle.

"Bang."

Ming Jianzi no longer inquired, but drew his sword and cut the earth.

Soon, an opening appeared.