Chapter 84

She wore a black tight‑fitting outfit, her full chest heaving, yet her aura was icy cold.

He always wore a dead‑pan, expressionless look—Jueying—but now his face showed a hint of grievance.

It's not that Shadow Peak is at fault, nor that she, the Peak Master of Shadow Peak, is slacking off—she genuinely has no idea.

There had been no warning at all; it just happened like that, and Shadow Peak was just as clueless.

Seeing Jueying like that, Qi Xiong suddenly felt weary—being the Sect Master is truly exhausting.

Have the Shadow Peak folks look into it right away.

I've already sent people to check.

We definitely need to investigate, but what should we do now?

As Qi Xiong grew weary, the Grand Elder who had been watching the map below let out a soft 'eh'.

Huh, the Demon Race's marching direction...

According to the latest situation, the Grand Elder quickly noticed the issue.

Upon hearing this, Qi Xiong turned to the Grand Elder.

Just say what you have.

His tone wasn't the best, but it was understandable; the Grand Elder didn't take offense, pointing at the map as he spoke.

Senior Brother, don't you see that these demon beasts are all aiming for the same place?

Huh?

Look, regardless of which direction the Demon Race approaches from, their marching paths all seem to converge on the same spot.

As he spoke, the Grand Elder took out a brush and sketched the demon beasts' routes on the map.

Everyone stared intently at the map; once all the Demon Race's routes were plotted, they intersected at a single point.

This convergence point lies exactly at the Coastal Camp.

Upon seeing this, Qi Xiong, Shi Song, the Third Elder, Jueying, and everyone else felt a heavy weight in their chests.

No way...

Qi Xiong opened his mouth and murmured.

How could it be the Coastal Camp? Why would it be the Coastal Camp?

Could it be Divine Sword Peak?

Shi Song was the first to realize; it looked like they'd found the source of the disturbance, and the first thing that came to mind was Divine Sword Peak, which had just departed the Sect for the Coastal Camp.

As soon as those words were spoken, the hall fell into a deathly silence; everyone stared at each other, not knowing what to say for a moment.

After finally seeing Divine Sword Peak off, we thought we could finally have some peace, but less than a day after they left, this happened.

What exactly did Divine Sword Peak do to make the Demon Race go berserk?

Why not get in touch with Hong Zun and see what's going on?

The Third Elder spoke carefully; upon hearing it, Qi Xiong clenched his teeth and answered.

Then hurry up and ask him what Divine Sword Peak is up to.

He promptly used a transmission talisman to reach Hong Zun, but got no reply; instead, the Sect Masters of other sects began contacting the Dao Yi Sect.

Sect Master, the Luo Xia Sect's Sect Master is reaching out.

Sect Master, the Qing Yun Sect's Sect Master is reaching out.

Sect Master, the Huang Ji Sect's Sect Master is reaching out.

Besides the other three major immortal sects, at least twenty more sects have been reaching out to the Dao Yi Sect via the Revealing Shadow Formation.

Soon, formation light curtains sprang up in the hall, showing the images of numerous sect Sect Masters; without exception, they all asked the same question as soon as they spoke.

Qi Xiong, what's happening with the Dao Yi Sect? What's going on at the Coastal Camp?

Yeah, the beasts from Huling are risking everything to get to the Coastal Camp; what is the Dao Yi Sect scheming?

Qi Xiong, even if the Dao Yi Sect has a plan, you should have warned us beforehand; now we're completely unprepared.

Yeah, we're all human; at least keep us informed.

The hall soon buzzed with chatter; the Sect Masters thought the Dao Yi Sect had a plan but hadn't shared it, and their voices were full of complaints.

Faced with the crowd's questioning, Qi Xiong's forehead veins bulged; when the Luo Xia Sect Sect Master asked again, he finally lost his composure.

Qi Xiong, say something.

What am I supposed to say? I don't even know what's happening; tell me what I can say.

The Sect Masters naturally didn't believe him.

You don't know? You're the Sect Master; the Coastal Camp is your Dao Yi Sect's responsibility—how can you be unaware?

As he shouted in anger, a golden light flashed outside the hall—it was Hong Zun's reply.

The golden light soon became a transmission talisman that fell into the Third Elder's hand, and Qi Xiong spoke coldly.

Play it so everyone can hear.

He couldn't be bothered to explain; let Hong Zun speak to the Sect Masters himself.

I expected the reply to have at least a brief explanation, but when the Third Elder activated the transmission talisman, Hong Zun's voice sounded and everyone was left stunned.

I'm busy; I'll talk after I finish fighting—watch the sword...

Ah, Hong Zun, I'm going to go all out with you.

You think you're worthy?

With that, the words ended and the transmission talisman faded away.

After hearing Hong Zun's exchange, everyone there—including the Sect Masters inside the formation light curtain—was stunned.

Everyone present, including the sect masters inside the formation light curtain, were stunned after hearing Hong Zun's conversation just now.

What's going on?

"It's started fighting, ah, I can't understand any of this."

"That sound just now sounded like the Xuehu Yaowang of Huling, right?"

"Kind of like that."

"So the Demon Race rushing to Jinhai Yingdi is to save people?"

The matter seems to have gradually become clear, but for all the Sect Masters, in the hearts of everyone in the Dao Yi Sect there is still a series of problems they can't figure out.

That is, Divine Sword Peak only went to Jinhai Yingdi today, so why did they end up fighting the Demon Race?

Moreover, if they were to fight, it should be against the Eastern Sea water tribe, so why would it be against the Xuehu Yaowang of Huling?

He racked his brains to no avail, until a loud bang came from the main seat, Qi Xiong smashed the table before him into pieces with one palm, his face darkened to the extreme, and he gritted his teeth and said.

"Shi Song, Bai Hua, follow me to Jinhai Yingdi; as for those demons, we can select a few demon kings to go to Jinhai Yingdi, and if they disagree, then we'll fight."

No matter what happened at Jinhai Yingdi, we definitely have to go there.

Upon hearing this, everyone had no objection, and all the Sect Masters also expressed agreement.

Immediately, Qi Xiong, Shi Song, and the Peak Master of Jade Maiden Peak, Bai Hua, the three of them hurried toward Jinhai Yingdi.

Meanwhile, outside Jinhai Yingdi, after finding time to reply to the Third Elder's Chuānyīn fú, Hong Zun continued battling the Xuehu.

The person and the demon were fighting, evenly matched, but the demon beasts below were in for a miserable time.

The Jin Diaoyaowang bled profusely in distress; after this battle, it would be reduced to a bare commander, and Feiying Jian would likely be in name only.

His anger flared, but there was nothing he could do, until a dense mass of demonic qi quickly approached from afar, and the Jin Diaoyaowang immediately shouted angrily.

"Kill them, kill these Shénjiàn Fēng Dìzǐ."

Its Demon Race reinforcements had arrived; the Jin Diaoyaowang now had only one thought: to kill these Shénjiàn Fēng Dìzǐ to avenge the myriad demons of Feiying Jian.