Chapter 3060: This Has Turned Into a Standoff

Not directly releasing the person is already considered the best outcome.

But afterwards it is a long period of stalemate consumption.

Since the Demon Race side does not release the person, the five Barbarian God Tribe elders naturally cannot either.

Being surrounded by the beast herd, it is hard to escape, yet the surrounding beasts, lacking orders from their own elders, dare not act at all.

As time passes second by second, the few Demon Race elders within the beast herd also furrow their brows.

How did this turn out like this from a perfectly fine situation?

Wasn't it agreed to come and clean up a few stragglers? Logically, that should be extremely simple.

They are already like stray dogs; just come over and kill them, wipe them out in one go.

But now it feels like the situation is getting more and more complicated.

We haven't even seen the person yet, and we're already stuck in a stalemate midway; we don't know how long this will drag on.

An elder couldn't help but speak up.

"So what should we do now? Just keep dragging it out?"

Hearing that, the elder whose offspring was captured snorted coldly and spoke unhappily.

"If you can rescue my son, I have no objection."

Huh???

Hearing that, the other few Demon Race elders twitched their mouths, "You damn well, isn't that just nonsense?"

"If I had a way to save your son, I wouldn't be wasting words with you."

Although they are confident they can capture these five Barbarian God Tribe elders, after all they are inside the beast herd.

But the problem is, once they act, those three young Demon Race members will surely die instantly, no doubt.

As for rescuing the person, the Demon Race elders all know there is no chance at all.

Thus this matter seems unsolvable.

Looking at the five Barbarian God Tribe elders, these few Demon Race elders feel helpless, how did this battle end up like this?

Seeing that a result won't come soon, Xu Jie isn't anxious; instead he directly takes out several talismans, activates them, and shields the five Barbarian God Tribe elders within.

The energy in these talismans can last ten days or half a month without issue.

Although they cannot withstand an attack from a Demon Race elder, they also won't be broken instantly.

It serves as a warning; with this talisman layer, the five Barbarian God Tribe elders need not stay constantly tense and can relax a bit.

Even if those Demon Race elders suddenly launch a sneak attack, if one strike cannot break the talisman, there will be enough time to respond.

By then, before that happens, we can simply kill those three young Demon Race members.

Seeing this, the few Demon Race elders twitch their mouths.

They were indeed just calculating to drag out time, waiting for the five Barbarian God Tribe elders to tire, then seize an opportunity to act.

After all, even elder-level beings cannot maintain mental tension for a long time.

Moreover, the five Barbarian God Tribe elders are on the defensive; who can predict when they will strike? The initiative remains with them.

But now, with this talisman layer in place, the feeling is completely different.

With this tortoise-shell layer, they lose the chance to succeed in one strike, and the other side need not stay constantly tense.

For a moment, the few Demon Race elders all feel suffocated in their hearts.

No, what is the situation with these Human Race people from Beyond the Heavens? They feel like a porcupine, hard to approach.

From every direction, they feel covered in spikes.

The Demon Race elder who previously proposed the plan is even more furious, his teeth itching, glaring viciously at the elder beside him and gritting his teeth.

"How much longer do you insist on being womanly? Why not just kill them?"

"I said, as long as you rescue my son, anything goes."

"You... it's just a bloodline offspring; you abandon it, after the matter is settled, you can choose any female beast from our clan, okay?"

"I choose your mother."

"Fine, I'll give it to you."

Huh???

Hearing that, this elder cursed, but the other side remained silent for a moment, then nodded heavily.

For a moment, this Demon Race elder was dazed, "No, what are you giving me? I want an old beast to come over—what for?"

He glared viciously, then spoke unhappily.

"You have a sick brain."

Both sides have now completely bogged down; Xu Jie also secretly informed Ye Zhangqing and the others still on the Heavenly Outside Immortal Vessel.

Inside the Heavenly Outside Immortal Vessel, upon receiving Xu Jie's message, everyone wore a strange expression.

Qi Xiong even more weakly said.

"So the plan succeeded?"

"It succeeded about eighty percent."

The current situation is that the hostage was not rescued, but the five Barbarian God Tribe elders did capture a prisoner, and also obtained the bloodline offspring of a Demon Race elder, which is undoubtedly an unexpected gain.

On the other hand, we ourselves have temporarily been dragged in as well.

Although having a prisoner in hand makes the Demon Race hesitant to act rashly, we also cannot escape; now both sides are just stuck there, dragging on.

Likewise, we never expected it to end up in such a stalemate.

Hearing that, Yue Linxian opened his mouth to ask.

"So what now? Rescue the person?"

"Even if we go, with just these few people, it's impossible to rescue the person from such a huge beast herd."

Then we're just going to keep dragging it out?

Upon hearing that, everyone fell silent, because there was no other way; given the current situation, what else could they do besides continuing to drag it out?

Saving people is out of the question unless we start rallying people now, summoning all the strong ones of the Human Race, Barbarian God Tribe, and Feather God Tribe to launch a direct war against the Primordial Demon Race.

But if we do that, the outcome becomes uncertain.

We can't save people, and if we keep dragging it out, we don't know how long we'll have to keep doing it.

Just when everyone had no solution and no clue, Ye Zhangqing slowly opened his mouth and said.

"Everyone, have you forgotten what our original purpose was?"

Huh???

"Ye brat, what do you mean by that?"

Upon hearing that, everyone was stunned; they naturally hadn't forgotten the purpose of coming here—originally we came to get ingredients.

But we didn't expect that these Primordial Demon Race still had hostages in their hands, which has disrupted everyone's plans.

Faced with doubtful gazes, Ye Zhangqing said with a smile.

"Actually, it's simple now: the Barbarian God Tribe's five elders are currently safe, and if we can't save people, then we should just do what we need to do."

"Moreover, right now the beast herd has stopped moving, and their attention has been drawn to the five elders—isn't this exactly the right time for us to act?"

"As long as the five elders are safe, we should still get the ingredients; we'll save people if we get a chance."

Upon hearing that, everyone present had their eyes light up; earlier, worrying had caused confusion, but after hearing Ye Zhangqing's words, everyone suddenly understood.

Yeah, there's no rush now; anyway, the Barbarian God Tribe's five elders are currently safe, and they even helped draw attention away—this way, getting the ingredients would be even easier.

Furthermore, while they get the ingredients, they can also cause chaos for the demon side—isn't that killing two birds with one stone?