Chapter 272: Defeat Them One by One

Demon Lord Kui Shi listened to her words; his expression showed no disturbance, but his mood grew increasingly heavy.

"You mean someone from the human race is secretly inciting the Tiger Lord?"

"Yes." Yuan Yao nodded, thinking to herself: With Xie Yan's abilities, he should have already succeeded in gaining the Tiger Lord's trust.

Demon Lord Kui Shi said: "Then can you calculate the identity of that human spy beside the Tiger Lord?"

Yuan Yao showed a troubled look and softly said: "I can only deduce that the human spy is a young man."

Demon Lord Kui Shi recalled the news received yesterday, one of which was: the Tiger Lord's three sons had all been assassinated.

At that time, the Tiger Lord should have been immersed in grief and anger; if someone had then told him that the person who sent assassins to kill his three sons was Demon Lord Kui Shi……

Thinking of this, Demon Lord Kui Shi's face instantly turned gloomy as water, as if it could drip.

These human spies are truly more cunning than one another.

The Fox Lord, who ranks among the Three Great Monster Lords, has remained utterly silent to this day, his life or death unknown; he most likely also fell victim to the schemes and vicious hands of those sinister individuals.

Moreover, there's no need to mention those three human female assassins who dared to openly slaughter the demon army…… Demon Lord Kui Shi grew more vexed and agitated, feeling his temples throb with swelling pain.

He gestured to the guards beside him to rebind Yuan Yao, who had been temporarily loosened, making sure it was secure; only then did he feel at ease mounting the beast cart to rest briefly.

But at this moment, he felt no sleepiness, his mind filled with the various possibilities and potential dangers he had just considered.

Half an hour later.

"My lord, we have arrived at Qingcheng." the Demon Race Second Elder said respectfully.

Demon Lord Kui Shi opened his eyes, a pair of purple pupils flashing with a hint of doubt.

We arrived this quickly?

Demon Lord Kui Shi lifted the bead curtain on the beast cart, looked ahead, and saw not far off a massive city standing; the city gate's signboard was bathed in blazing sunlight, reflecting a dazzling glare that made his eyes flicker, and then he clearly saw the inscription on the gate's signboard: two large characters reading Qingcheng.

It was no different from usual.

However, Demon Lord Kui Shi slightly furrowed his brow, feeling that something was amiss.

At Qingcheng's city gate, the monster race soldiers stood like an iron wall, firmly guarding. Their expressions were solemn, ensuring that anyone entering or leaving had to glance into the mirror that examines one's lineage.

When Demon Lord Kui Shi's beast-cart convoy arrived at Qingcheng's city gate, the monster race soldiers all respectfully saluted.

After passing the inspection, the convoy successfully entered Qingcheng.

Just as Demon Lord Kui Shi's beast-cart convoy drove into Qingcheng, two tiger-monster soldiers, as if sharing a tacit understanding, exchanged a glance.

They covertly sent a message to their own Tiger Lord.

After entering Qingcheng, Demon Lord Kui Shi keenly sensed that the city's atmosphere felt slightly off, as if heralding an impending storm.

The streets were filled with monster race soldiers.

Hardly any demon race soldiers could be seen.

Not only did Demon Lord Kui Shi sense something wrong, but the Demon Race Second Elder also felt a vague premonition of misfortune.

The Demon Race Second Elder's face grew grave as he said to Demon Lord Kui Shi: "My lord."

Demon Lord Kui Shi locked eyes with him.

Everything was understood without words.

Demon Lord Kui Shi quickly ordered his subordinates to bring Yuan Yao over.

"When will the Tiger Lord make a move against me?"

Yuan Yao blinked slightly, gesturing for them to undo the immortal-binding rope that bound her hands.

Demon Lord Kui Shi had his subordinates loosen her bonds.

Seeing Demon Lord Kui Shi look somewhat tense, Yuan Yao immediately began finger-counting, murmuring under her breath.

As she "calculated and calculated," her face grew increasingly grave.

"My lord, it will happen today!" Yuan Yao exclaimed urgently, having long noticed that only monster race soldiers were present in Qingcheng; she faintly sensed that this must be a trap laid by Xie Yan.

"Are you certain?" Demon Lord Kui Shi suddenly reached out, pulling Yuan Yao close, one hand gripping her neck and gradually increasing pressure; his expression turned dark and ruthless, revealing a hint of venom.

"Cough… yes……" Yuan Yao, her face flushed from being choked, struggled to speak.

Demon Lord Kui Shi continued to tighten his grip on her neck until she was on the verge of suffocation, near death, before releasing her.

"Cough……" Yuan Yao collapsed to the ground, coughing violently, her face flushed red from the irritation, showing an abnormal blush.

Her neck bore a distinct red ligature mark, which gradually turned somewhat bruised.

And at this moment——

The monster race soldiers patrolling around the beast-cart convoy and those stationed at the city gate were suddenly entwined by a demonic aura like a hurricane.

Before they could react, these monster race soldiers all dropped dead instantly.

Witnessing this, Demon Lord Kui Shi's face changed in an instant.

He immediately deduced that this was a trap set by the human spy!

"My lord, we've been framed!" the Demon Race Second Elder exclaimed, his face grim.

In the next instant, a monstrous power so strong it was almost terrifying surged forth across heaven and earth, accompanied by a roar of anger.

"Kui Shi!"

These two words were deafening!

Those with low cultivation had their eardrums instantly ruptured, blood seeping out.

Immediately after, a tall figure flashed forward, his solemn visage blazing with furious rage!

Boom!

The Tiger Lord slammed a palm toward Demon Lord Kui Shi, who sat upon the beast cart.

Demon Lord Kui Shi, naturally not one to sit and await death, condensed powerful demonic energy in his hand and retaliated with a palm!

The two palms collided with a thunderous bang in midair; the terrifying shockwave sent the demon race attendants and Yuan Yao flying a distance, while the surrounding buildings and ground cracked open like a spider's web.

The beast cart burst apart in an instant.

Both sides were shaken back several steps.

Demon Lord Kui Shi seized the moment and shouted, "Tiger Lord, halt! Calm down! This is a human trap! These monster soldiers weren't slain by me!"

Tiger Lord's eyes turned red, "Kui Shi, don't think I don't know what you demons are thinking—you dare to deceive us monsters!"

"How have we demons deceived you monsters?" Kui Shi's heart sank.

Tiger Lord, however, didn't want to waste more words on him; he moved his body and attacked Kui Shi.

Kui Shi's face darkened like still water; he secretly mused that he had long seen Tiger Lord as brave but reckless, and now Tiger Lord was actually being toyed with by a human spy in the palm of his hand, completely unaware.

Once again, the image of Yuan Yao's earlier prophecy to him surfaced in his mind.

Although he did not want to believe Yuan Yao's words, deep down he secretly feared her prophecy might come true.

"Tiger Lord, you must calm down!" Kui Shi clenched his teeth and said in a low voice, "There is a human spy hidden beside you, deliberately stirring up relations between our demon and monster clans! Moreover, our demons have never deceived your monsters!"

"What?! Hahaha!" Tiger Lord, hearing this, felt as if he'd heard the biggest joke in the world, "Don't think I'm clueless—your Demon Emperor has already prepared to send troops to invade our monster realm! You monsters constantly claim you want to ally with us and share the cultivation world's resources, but in truth you're luring our elite forces onto the Ten Thousand Li Plain of the cultivation world, then, when we're utterly unprepared, you'll pick us off one by one! What human spy? It's merely a pawn of yours!"

Kui Shi heard this and his heart was greatly shaken.

He knew those human spies were cunning, but he never imagined they could be this cunning!

"Our demons have no intention of invading the monster realm! Where did this news come from?"

Upon hearing those final words, Tiger Lord felt a sudden pang in his chest, tears glimmering in his eyes; this news had come from the mouths of his three deceased sons.

How could his sons deceive him?!

Moreover, he had the incontrovertible recording stone as proof!