Chapter 1269: Ingredients Must Not Be Wantonly Slain

The two demon emperors really wished they could tear Yun Xiantai and Dongfang Hong apart alive.

Although they were stronger than the two, the recent battle left them utterly disgusted by the two.

They employed every possible means, especially the demon emperor fighting Yun Xiantai, whose eyes blazed with fury at this moment.

If you have the guts, don't rely on talisman seals and formations; if you have the guts, don't run—you only know how to sneak attack.

This demon emperor indeed has many wounds, but none of them were inflicted head‑on; they were all the result of Yun Xiantai's sneak attacks.

This is a despicable, shameless villain.

Facing the roar of the two demon emperors, Yun Xiantai and company couldn't understand a word, only seeing the two demon emperors roaring repeatedly.

"What the hell are you shouting? I can't understand a word."

Yun Xiantai snapped angrily, and immediately the two demon emperors, under the coaxing and deception of the many demon god kings, entered the demon cave.

Yun Xiantai and company did not pursue.

It's not that they didn't want to; they simply lacked the ability.

Just after many demon races entered the demon cave, Yun Xiantai spat out a mouthful of fresh blood.

"Senior Brother, are you alright?"

Seeing this, Wang Man and Yuan Cang hurried forward, asking with concern.

Hearing that, Yun Xiantai waved his hand, indicating he was fine.

Actually, he had been holding on all along; if the demon races learned his injuries were serious, they probably wouldn't have surrendered so easily.

That's also why, after the two demon emperors stopped fighting, Yun Xiantai didn't continue attacking.

The strength gap was still too great; even relying on talisman seals and formations and gritting his teeth to hold on until now, Yun Xiantai's condition was clearly far worse than it appeared.

He had been holding on all along.

"Guard the demon cave well."

Wang Man and Yuan Cang gave everyone a brief order, then helped Yun Xiantai to the rear to rest.

At this moment, Yun Xiantai's breath was in utter disarray.

The demon races retreated en masse, the battle ended, and on Ye Zhangqing's side, De Li spoke before leaving.

"Ye Zhangqing, I've remembered you; our next meeting will surely be your death."

Having said that, he turned and left, but after just a couple of steps he turned back and said another line.

"By the way, there's more than one top prodigy among the demon races, and I am actually the weakest among them."

This was in response to Ye Zhangqing's earlier question; as soon as the words fell, De Li didn't wait for a reply, swiftly dove into the demon cave and vanished.

After the battle, Bai Hua Xianzi, Jue Ying, Chi Rao, and the three girls all came to Ye Zhangqing's side at once.

Seeing Ye Zhangqing's clothes stained red with blood, the three girls' eyes filled with heartache.

Seeing this, Ye Zhangqing smiled and said.

"It's fine, just some flesh wounds."

"You scared us to death—how did you suddenly clash with a demon race heavenly pride?"

"I ran into him, so I gave it a try."

Seeing Ye Zhangqing's nonchalant demeanor, with a faint hint of anticipation in his eyes.

What is he looking forward to? Is he anticipating the next battle with De Li?

Seeing this, the three girls said nothing more, immediately pulled Ye Zhangqing back to the rear and personally tended to his wounds.

Ye Zhangqing's injuries were indeed not serious; compared to Yun Xiantai, they were much better.

He and De Li were roughly evenly matched, unlike Yun Xiantai, who was completely suppressed by that demon emperor.

After a simple treatment and taking a healing pill, Ye Zhangqing's wounds quickly stabilized.

Even so, Bai Hua Xianzi and the three girls were still heartbroken, as if this were the first time her husband had suffered such a severe injury.

Naturally, someone was responsible for cleaning up the battlefield at the demon cave.

The bodies of those who died in battle were properly collected, awaiting burial.

Moreover, those ingredients must not be wasted.

These things don't require Yun Xiantai's worry; furthermore, the defenses around the demon cave were quickly set up by the elders of all races.

Although the demon races have retreated, who knows when they might stage a comeback.

Moreover, the demon races faced this time are far stronger than before.

Especially those demon races capable of breaking formations and talisman seals, which greatly reduced the effectiveness of the traps.

The Haotu World cannot afford to be careless.

The battle soon subsided, but unknown to everyone, as this fight unfolded, a scout detachment of the demon race under the demon races' command secretly infiltrated the Haotu World.

That demon race scout detachment split into several teams and quickly moved away from the demon cave's location.

Along the way they proceeded with extreme caution, fearing encountering any strong individuals from the Haotu World.

However, since they were gathering intelligence, they were bound to make contact with people from the Haotu World.

Thus, one of the demon race scout teams, after distancing itself from the demon cave, quickly approached a certain city.

They hid outside the city, gazing at it from afar.

"What should we do? Should we go in?"

"We definitely have to go in; you go first to probe."

"Me?"

"Otherwise?"

They dared not reveal themselves fully; although they were demon races with no demonic aura on them, who knows whether the Haotu World's people would detect them.

For now, let one of the demon races go on a reconnaissance mission to see how the Haotu World treats these demon races; that is undoubtedly the safest approach.

Even if something unexpected happens, at most we'd lose just that one, and the other Demon Races could completely take the chance to escape.

But the Demon Race that was selected had an expression so grim it couldn't be worse.

Damn it, isn't this just making me cannon fodder?

It was reluctant to speak up, but since the captain had already spoken, it didn't dare refuse.

In the end, it could only rise anxiously and walk toward the city gate.

All the way, the Demon Race felt its heart jump up to its throat.

Especially as they drew nearer to the city, the various peoples of Haotu Shijie around them grew more numerous, and these strong ones kept glancing back and forth at it.

That look is problematic.

Could these guys have figured something out? But that's impossible—I'm a Demon Race, not a demon tribe; how could they tell?

But that gaze just feels strange no matter how I look at it.

Besides, you're just looking, yet you're whispering to each other over there.

All I saw was that, whenever the various strong ones passed by and saw this Demon Race, they first gave it a strange up-and-down glance, then began to whisper.

"How come there's a piece of ingredient here?"

"I heard Demon Race ingredients taste pretty good."

"Just looking at it makes my mouth water."

"You're crazy—this is Human Race‑raised ingredient; you dare to touch it?"

"Don't even think about it—if you dare to move the ingredient, the Human Race will dare to deal with you."

"That's right."

Huh???

I couldn't hear clearly what those guys were saying, but the Demon Race clearly saw that, whenever more than one person looked at it, they couldn't help but swallow.

What's more, that saliva even flowed out from the corner of its mouth.

What the hell is going on? You can just look, but drooling is a bit too much.