Chapter 1285: line with translation of chapter title

The demons around the demon cave have always been on high alert; as soon as anyone inside the demon cave dares to show their head, they strike immediately.

However, these demons also dare not rashly enter the demon cave; who knows what the situation inside the demon cave is now.

Ever since this demon cave was opened, the demons have been cautious about it.

They fear another mishap might occur.

But just as the many demons were being cautious, a dark, unknown object suddenly flew out of the demon cave.

Then they saw a demon powerhouse, completely unprepared, poof—just vanished.

Huh???

The sudden change left all the demons present stunned on the spot.

This shouldn't happen; I'm such a big demon!

Just now we couldn't even see what it was, and this demon is gone?

Inside the demon cave, all that could be seen was Yun Xiantai throwing out a hook; the next second, it had snagged a demon and pulled it back.

Seeing this, the elders of all races from Haotu Shijie around showed no hesitation; they immediately swarmed over, pressed the demon to the ground, and trussed it up tightly.

"This.............."

Dongfang Hong beside him stared dumbfounded; you can play like this?

He had not yet seen the methods of Haotu Shijie; this hooking technique has already become widespread in Dao Yi Shengdi.

It's nothing special.

Moreover, with the newly developed puppets from the Artifact Master Alliance, they can strike wherever they point.

Without leaving the demon cave, they can determine the positions of those demons outside.

Having successfully obtained a demon as food material, the demons outside are now in complete chaos, and Yun Xiantai seized the opportunity, throwing out another hook.

"Be careful, everyone."

The Demon God King in charge of guarding today, watching a demon warrior vanish before his eyes, also shouted loudly in panic.

But before his words even finished, that dark object flashed out of the demon cave once again.

This time, the many demons saw clearly that the dark object was obviously a large hook.

Then another demon was instantly hooked and disappeared from the demons' sight.

"Quick, hold it down."

Inside the demon cave there was another chaotic scramble, but soon calm was restored.

After two consecutive times, the demons are getting numb; the methods of Haotu Shijie are just so strange.

But before the demons could react, the hook came again.

The speed remained just as swift, still impossible to guard against.

After several such occasions in a row, the demons around this demon cave have retreated far away, not daring to approach it at all.

This hook is truly terrifying.

"Damn it."

The leading Demon God King stared at the demon cave entrance, gritted his teeth and cursed, "Haotu Shijie really leaves no stone unturned."

Both overt and covert tactics are employed; there is basically no bottom line.

Through the vision of the metal beetle puppet, seeing these demons already retreated far away, there is hardly any opportunity left.

Yun Xiantai then chose to withdraw, somewhat unwillingly.

In total they only managed to get five demon food materials; it's nothing much, but better than nothing—otherwise they'd just be idle.

"Let's go."

After saying that to everyone, he promptly carried the five demon food materials out of the demon cave; Dongfang Hong beside him was completely bewildered the whole time.

Can it really be done like this?

On the demons' side, seeing the demon cave gradually fall silent, they secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

And that Demon God King immediately reported the news to the Demon Emperor.

Inside the hall, the two Demon Emperors, upon hearing about the demon cave, flew into a rage.

Five demons are nothing; they didn't even take it to heart.

But it's so frustrating—without even seeing the enemy, they lost five demon warriors.

If they had been slain in open combat, the two Demon Emperors might have felt a bit better.

But being hooked to death one after another is hard to accept.

"These guys are simply lawless."

One of the Demon Emperors even couldn't help wanting to launch a direct attack on Haotu Shijie.

Anyway, Haotu Shijie currently only has two Emperor Sovereign Realm experts; with their strength, they would surely win.

"Don't be impulsive—you know how treacherous Haotu Shijie is."

Upon hearing this, the other Demon Emperor spoke up to advise.

When dealing with Haotu Shijie, one must be cautious; a slight mistake could lead to a hidden loss.

Wasn't the previous Boshen an example? We don't even know if he's still around now.

Hearing this, the Demon Emperor whose anger had flared up suppressed his fury and spoke coldly.

"Then what do you suggest we do now?"

"We still need to find a way to investigate Haotu Shijie's situation clearly."

"How can we investigate? Sending batches gets nowhere; even sending the demon race is useless."

Even the demon race scouts under his command have been sent out, and most likely they've come to nothing—how else can we investigate?

Sending demons to infiltrate is out of the question; they'd probably be captured as soon as they exit the demon cave.

Now they want to gather intel—how to scout?

Upon hearing that, another demon emperor opened his mouth to reply.

"Normal methods are difficult, so we'll forcefully investigate, constantly probing; I don't believe that if Haotu World has a hidden Emperor Sovereign Realm, he can remain hidden forever."

"What do you mean by that?"

"No need to think about deciding victory in one battle; we'll just keep attacking Haotu World, constantly wearing him down."

"If no other Emperor Sovereign Realm ever appears, then after repeated attempts, how many times can those two Emperor Sovereign experts from Haotu World endure?"

"When the opportunity arises, we'll strike and kill them directly."

That's actually a good plan; since normal scouting doesn't work, we can only use other means.

Constant probing like that is also a method.

After all, even now, in the impression of those two demon emperors, their demon race's strength is still superior to Haotu World's.

It's just that Haotu World's methods are too sinister, so they are being restrained everywhere.

They fear that a moment's carelessness will result in a secret loss.

But if it's a frontal attrition, there's no rush to decide victory, so it's feasible.

"Good, let's do as you say."

"Before, we were all mistaken; we can't rush for quick success—steadily pressing Haotu World is absolutely no match for our demon race."

"That's what you said."

The two demon emperors came up with a countermeasure, and their anger subsided considerably.

As long as we can settle the Haotu World matter, we need not fear anything else.

Even if Haotu World still hides other Emperor Sovereign Realms, the worst case is that they retreat when the time comes.

But if not, then Yun Xiantai and Dongfang Hong can just wait for death.

Under repeated attrition, the two won't last long; once confirmed, we can kill them in one sweep and then conquer the entire Haotu World.

At this time, Yun Xiantai still didn't know the demon race's idea; he brought back five demon race food ingredients, Yun Xiantai was in a good mood, and was even planning to get his hands on them again tomorrow.