Chapter 1173: Knowing full well it's a trap, how could I still

Inside the hall, this place was originally Yi Qi's hall, but now the one sitting in the main seat was Bei Zun.

Originally, both of them had perfected Demon God cultivation, were Demon Kings under the Demon Emperor's command, each ruling a territory.

Usually, matters arising in their territories were decided by them themselves.

But now, on his own turf, Yi Qi unexpectedly could only sit in the lower seat, while the other demon gods in the hall were all Bei Zun's subordinates.

What made him even more furious was that Bei Zun gave him a half-smile, raised his head to look at him, and said.

"Yi Qi, if there's nothing else, just go back early; from now on, you needn't worry about the affairs of Haotu World."

"You.............."

"How come, you want to defy the Demon Emperor's order?"

"Hah, then I'll wish you victory at the outset, and earn another merit for my demon race."

Seeing Bei Zun's attitude of completely not taking him seriously, Yi Qi, though furious, could only suppress his anger.

He snorted coldly, rose, and left the hall.

With Yi Qi's departure, Bei Zun gave a contemptuous smile, then immediately had his subordinate demon gods arrange personnel to take control of the five demon caves.

Without his order, no one may approach.

For Bei Zun's orders, his subordinate demon gods naturally obeyed.

That day, the five demon caves, which originally had no one attending to them, were guarded by the demon race strongmen under Bei Zun's command.

This was only Bei Zun's first step; next he still needed to first scout the situation of Haotu World.

Although he appeared overconfident, completely disregarding the human race, in fact Bei Zun was not an idiot.

Otherwise he couldn't have cultivated to his level; within the demon race, competition is even fiercer.

So, confidence is fine, but one must not be arrogant, and must not make foolish mistakes due to arrogance.

His scouting elites under him were already on their way; once they arrived, they could conduct a simple reconnaissance of Haotu World and the human race.

Bei Zun believed his plan had no loopholes, and moreover, he had not rashly led his army into Haotu World.

But what he never expected was that the guards he had dispatched that very morning had already, unable to resist, entered the demon cave passages.

Originally these guards were all very conscientious; even for simple guard duty, they dared not slack off in the slightest.

After all, it was only the first day, when their energy was at its peak.

But as they kept guarding, the situation began to feel off.

They constantly smelled a fragrance that made their index fingers twitch.

At first they could bear it, but as time passed, the fragrance grew stronger, making them salivate.

Finally they began searching everywhere for the source of the fragrance, wondering what could be so fragrant.

After this search, they discovered that the fragrance was actually coming from inside the demon cave passage.

The leader of the guards of one demon cave and his subordinates gazed wistfully at the cave entrance, everyone unconsciously gulping saliva.

"Could this flavor be the one that Demon God Yi Qi spoke of?"

"Is that the so-called human race's trick?"

They had also heard about the fragrance matter, and immediately thought it might be that so-called human race's trick.

But such a crude scheme—do they really think it could succeed?

"Knowing it's a trap, how could we still jump in? Do you think we're idiots?"

"Just a mere desire of the mouth—could we really not resist?"

At first they were full of confidence, believing they could resist with their own will.

But as time passed, the psychology of these demon race strongmen tasked with guarding gradually changed, causing their words to differ from before.

First came drooling, then they each began to discuss with one another.

"Why don't we move a bit closer? Getting a little closer should be fine, as long as we don't enter the demon cave passage."

"Okay."

"Why don't we get even closer, right up against the demon cave passage, as long as we don't go in."

"Okay."

"Why don't we go inside the demon cave passage; as long as we don't come out, it'll be fine—those humans can't get into the demon cave either."

"Okay."

"Why don't we stick our heads out to see what it is—this thing smells so good, just take a quick look, then leave."

"That works."

"Why don't we rush out, grab it and run—anyway it's so close, there's no one around, those humans could never catch us."

"Huh???"

The demon race guards, from initially standing around the demon cave, then coming to the cave entrance, and later entering the cave.

At each step they seemed able to find reasons to convince themselves.

As for those words they had said earlier, they had long tossed them behind their backs.

"What, knowing it's a trap, how could I possibly jump?" but unbeknownst to them, at this very moment they were step by step walking into the trap.

And each time they broke through their bottom line, it meant they were one step closer to danger.

As for the other side of the demon cave, the exit on the Haotu World side, originally a bunch of bored human race strongmen.

Since the demon caves appeared, around the five demon caves there have always been elders from the Three Holy Lands holding the fort, plus other human race strongmen.

And at this moment, the one responsible for guarding this demon cave happened to be the Fourth Elder He Yun of the Dao Yi Shengdi's main seat.

It's a rotating system, one month per shift, and this month it just happened to be He Yun's turn.

Regarding this, He Yun naturally was unwilling; the demon race was like dead, with no movement at all.

He couldn't even catch any ingredients; coming here to do what? It's completely a waste of life.

The main thing is, being stationed at the Demon Cave means I can't get a meal; each day I can only eat some dry rations to stave off cravings.

Originally just as bored as before, but suddenly He Yun noticed that the always calm Demon Cave actually showed a faint ripple.

"Has food material entered the Demon Cave?"

For such a long time, the Human Race has also done some research on the Demon Cave.

This is a feature of the Demon Cave: there are entrances on both sides, and if anyone enters either side, the other side will react.

At this moment, seeing the ripple like water ripples at the Demon Cave's exit, He Yun's eyes lit up instantly.

He softly called out to the people around him.

"Wake up, stop cultivating, the food material has come."

"Huh??? Food material?"

"Food material has come? Where is it?"

"Holy shit, it really came."

"Stop the nonsense, fellow cultivators of Dao Yi Shengdi, get your hooks ready."

"Where's the demon meat chunk? Any left?"

"Just put it up today."

"Okay okay okay, don't act rashly; whoever scares off the food material, I'll kill him."

Everyone held their breath, not daring to make the slightest sound, while He Yun and several other experts from Dao Yi Shengdi slowly swung that black big hook in their hands.

How long has it been? The Demon Cave finally has some movement; damn, this isn't a great achievement? You know the sect has been inquiring several times about demon race food material—this is definitely a major merit.