Chapter 717: Even the Demon King is gone?

Because He Hu Huang is the demon emperor closest to Ten Thousand Demon Pass, he counts as the vanguard general of the demon race.

With its disappearance, the area outside Ten Thousand Demon Pass fell into chaos, countless demon beasts howling and roaring, searching frenziedly.

However, for these, the human cultivators standing on the city wall felt little fear.

Ten Thousand Demon Pass has stood for so many years; its defensive capability is naturally beyond doubt, relying solely on these demon beasts belonging to a demon emperor could never breach it.

I'm just curious—what madness has possessed these demon beasts in the middle of the night?

"Find them, we must locate those five fellows."

Outside He Hu Huang's Dong Fu, a group of his subordinate demon kings gathered; with the demon emperor absent, they naturally had to take charge of the situation.

"How are you doing your job, watching the demon emperor just disappear like that?"

At this moment, one demon king, with a grim look, glared at another and snarled, "Just now it was following beside He Hu Huang."

But upon hearing this, that demon king also grew angry and immediately retorted.

"How the hell should I know what would happen?"

"What did you say?"

"What did you say?"

"Alright, alright, the urgent priority is to first find the demon emperor."

"We'll split up; no matter what, we must find the demon emperor."

The demon kings, no longer able to argue, though dissatisfied, nodded and then scattered to search for He Hu Huang's whereabouts.

However, they didn't know that at this very moment, pairs of eyes in the darkness had already locked onto them.

Mo Yun, Capture Dragon, and the other Shèngjìng peak masters had remained hidden, not taking action until now.

"It seems Senior Brother and the others have succeeded; now it's our turn to step in."

"Hehe, you really weren't mistaken; this is indeed a good opportunity right now."

From the time Qi Xiong and the others planned to obtain a demon emperor as ingredients, Mo Yun and the others had already been scheming.

Against a demon emperor, Mo Yun and the others could not help much, so immediately everyone shifted their target to the demon kings.

Under a demon emperor, there must certainly be demon kings.

And now is the perfect moment for them to act; these demon kings are solely focused on rescuing He Hu Huang, with no thought for their own safety.

"Proceed according to the plan."

"Rest assured, steady as can be."

A group of Dao Yi Sect Sages, in three‑person teams, silently followed those demon kings under He Hu Huang and vanished without a trace.

"Still not found?"

"Reporting to the demon king: none."

"You lot of trash, keep searching—even if we have to dig three feet deep, we must dig out the demon emperor."

"Yes."

A demon king was directing a horde of demon beasts in searching for He Hu Huang's whereabouts.

Not far away in the thicket, the three Dao Yi Sect Sages, including Capture Dragon, had firmly locked onto him.

"Do we have confidence?"

"Rest assured, we're very steady."

"Alright, move out."

Seeing the surrounding demon beasts disperse due to the demon king's order, the three of Capture Dragon flashed forward.

Then, with the speed of thunder—before the demon king could react—Capture Dragon instantly activated the Nine Vaults Secret Method, his physique swelling in an instant.

"What petty brat dares—"

Before the roar even faded, Capture Dragon's palm, like a cattail fan, clapped over the demon king's mouth.

Then the other two Sages, quick‑eyed and quick‑handed, struck at once, severely wounding the demon king and dragging him into the thicket.

The whole sequence took place in an instant.

"Any fighting sounds?"

"Over by the demon king?"

"Hurry back and check."

When the surrounding demon beasts sensed something amiss and rushed back, the demon king's silhouette was already gone; all around was pitch black, as if nothing had happened.

"Where is the demon king?"

"No way............"

A demon beast furrowed its brows, looking around, when a terrible thought suddenly sprang to mind.

"The demon emperor is gone—could it be that the demon kings are......"

"Quick, try the bloodline sound transmission."

A demon beast suggested it, but after trying, there was simply no response.

"We're doomed," the demon beasts' faces turned grim, their eyes full of fear and bewilderment.

"What the hell is this? The demon emperor hasn't even been found, and now the demon kings are gone too?"

"I thought it was just one demon king missing, but as time passed, more and more demon kings mysteriously disappeared."

As the news spread, countless demon beasts felt a chill of terror; looking at the familiar forest before them, it now felt utterly alien and frightening.

It seemed as if some man‑eating monster lurked in these woods; otherwise, how could the demon emperor and demon kings keep vanishing one after another?

No longer daring to act alone, the demon beasts gathered together, along with the few remaining demon kings.

At this moment, those few demon kings looked at each other, their faces grave and pallid.

"What should we do now?"

One demon king spoke first; hearing that, the other several demon kings fell silent for a moment, then spoke cautiously.

I feel there definitely is a problem in this mountain forest.

Hearing that, the remaining demon kings gave it a blatant eye-roll, "You damn, this isn't nonsense, is it?"

The demon emperor is gone, and now several demon kings are missing as well; even an idiot can tell there's a problem with this mountain forest—if there weren't a problem, that would be strange.

What I'm asking you is, what problem does this mountain forest have, and how do we solve it?

I think we can't stay separated anymore.

Another demon king spoke up, saying they had never encountered such a thing; right now, let alone the demon emperor, they themselves don't even know when they vanished.

So the urgent task is to find a means of self-preservation; everything else is nonsense.

Upon hearing that, the remaining demon kings all nodded in agreement.

Not bad; we should first consider self-preservation.

Just moments ago we were swearing to die to save the demon emperor, and now it's turned into self-preservation.

Or we should report this to the demon emperor.

Moreover, a demon king suggested reporting to the demon emperor; after all, this matter is too bizarre, so it's better to let the demon emperor take action.

This also received the agreement of all the demon kings.

I don't know when it started, but the demon beasts that had been frantically searching for something gradually grew quiet.

They gathered in groups, all staying away from the mountain forest, looking as if they dared not approach.

How did we lose so many?

Even the demon emperor and demon kings aside, the ordinary demon beasts are also trembling with fear; just looking, the numbers are off, damn it, and far too many are missing.

I don't know; those who went together earlier, now only this many have returned.

Only terror remains in their gaze; this damn mountain forest, does it eat people or what?

They were fine when they went in, but coming back they're not the same.

These demon beasts don't realize that, at this moment, in the mountain forest's thickets, there are piles of demon beasts trussed up fivefold with demon-binding ropes, each showing despair; meanwhile, nearby, several strong men of the human race are gathered together, smiling.