Chapter 817

After pondering for a few seconds, Lord Ling Zhen made this decision.

……

Deep within the Sea Demon Islands.

Lord He Shi was venting her emotions in the secret realm, looking utterly exasperated.

As a clone of the Old Demon of the North Sea, it had never crossed her mind that she would be played by a brat at the Void King rank.

The body she had retrieved turned out to be an illusion, and a remarkably realistic one at that.

Even the servant contract could be simulated; if she hadn't performed a soul search and discovered something amiss,

she would likely still be kept in the dark!

One must know, she not only possessed the strength of the Old Demon but had also been imbued with various strange tales and secrets.

Yet, she still encountered such a situation, falling into the hands of an obscure King-ranker.

For her, this was a tremendous humiliation.

After she calmed down,

she sketched out Zhao Xing's appearance, then left seclusion and arrived at the grand hall in the center of the Sea Demon Islands.

Inside the hall.

Geng Xue was sitting at the head, discussing the current war.

At the lower seats,

Duan Shui and Duan Tian were present.

Beside them stood a woman.

Seeing the dejected expressions on the two men, Geng Xue frowned: "Has that person's Purple Light Token still not been found?"

"Um... so far, we have only collected twenty-one Purple Light Tokens; we are actually still missing three."

Duan Shui replied.

"This is troublesome. According to the intelligence provided by your scouts, we have screened them, and one of them never arrived here."

"As for the other, they were killed by Lord He Shi, but the Purple Light Token was not found."

As she spoke, Geng Xue looked at the woman standing beside the two men with a meaningful smile and said indifferently: "Miss Ji Man from the outer realms, do you have any explanation for this?"

Although her words were calm, Ji Man still felt a sense of killing intent from her.

It seems that as long as what he says does not align with her wishes, he will face an imminent crisis of total destruction.

Ji Man hurriedly knelt on both knees in terror, begging for mercy: "Reporting to the Lord, everything I said is true, and I have already signed a servant contract with the Demigod Venerable Duan Shui. It is absolutely impossible for me to engage in such deception."

Geng Xue gave a cold laugh: "Then what about the person who died earlier?

We have verified that even if the internal world collapses, the Purple Light Token can still be retrieved. How is it that an accident occurred with one of them?"

"My Lord, I..."

"Lord He Shi has arrived!"

Just as Ji Man was about to explain, a report came from outside the door.

Geng Xue glanced at her and then stopped paying attention.

Instead, she stood up with a smile and walked toward Lord He Shi: "Acting Island Master Geng Xue, greets Lord He Shi."

"No need for such formalities. I have come today to say two things and then I will leave."

"Oh? What matter is worth you coming personally?"

Geng Xue realized something was wrong after hearing Lord He Shi's clearly unusual tone and expression.

Normally, Lord He Shi was always in deep cultivation.

She would only emerge for major events.

For instance, she only appeared for this plan between the Sea Demon race and the human race.

She did not expect that only a month had passed.

Lord He Shi had actually appeared again, and had come here in person.

"Issue a bounty for me. Whoever can find this person, dead or alive,

will be rewarded with a True God-grade Void Shuttle, one realization of the Water Origin Rule, plus one billion energy stones!

Those who provide information will be rewarded with ten million energy stones!"

Hearing this reward, everyone present was stunned.

They did not know who was worth such a high bounty.

Judging by the reward alone, even God-level powerhouses, or perhaps even True God-level powerhouses, would likely be tempted.

After all, a True God-grade Void Shuttle could not be bought just with money, and they were extremely rare.

Even the arrogant Duan Shui was dumbfounded upon hearing this reward: "… This… such a high reward?"

Duan Tian, who was on the side, spoke slowly: "This… this person's strength must be terrifying, right?"

"On the contrary, their strength is very low!"

As she spoke, Lord He Shi sketched out Zhao Xing's appearance.

When they saw this phantom image, everyone present widened their eyes.

"What? It's actually him?

Didn't he... didn't he die at your hands?"

Geng Xue asked in surprise.

"This child is very strange; he used an illusion to deceive me, and he is also extremely proficient in the power of the Time Rule.

Even I was tricked. This child must not be left alive!"

Having said this, Lord He Shi's eyebrows furrowed deeply.

She was contemplating.

If this person is already this strong at the King rank, it would be unimaginable once he grows to the God level.

Lord He Shi was a decisive person; she certainly would not let Zhao Xing grow.

She wanted to nip him in the bud as soon as possible, which is why she offered such a high bounty.

"It's him!"

Now, Ji Man, who was in the back, showed a look of astonishment when she saw Zhao Xing's figure.

She did not expect that the person worth such a high bounty was actually Zhao Xing.

Ji Man secretly rejoiced in her heart: "Hmph, you troublemaker. You were like this in the Great Desolate Star Domain, and now that you've come here, you've caused such a huge disaster!

This time, I don't see how you can escape death!"

After spending this time integrating into the Sea Demon Islands, Ji Man understood many of the rules here as well as the ranks of the powerhouses.

Only then did she realize.

The Great Desolate Star Domain where she was previously was just a backward planet, reaching the God level at most.

As a result, she learned here that above the God level, there is the True God level, and above the True God level, there is the World God level.

"So it was this brat!"

Just as she was letting her imagination run wild, the Duan Shui brothers narrowed their eyes as they looked at the phantom image.

The two still remembered that a month ago, these two escaped from the Azure Array.

When the two went to track them, they were played.

In the end, it was the Lord who took action to kill the person.

They did not expect to learn now that the other party was not dead at all, and had even deceived Lord He Shi.

If an ordinary Lord were deceived, it might show that Zhao Xing had some means.

But He Shi was different; she was a clone of the Old Demon of the Sea Demon Islands.

In the Jialuo Continent, besides World God Qing Yu, there was truly no one else who could have means to deceive her.

They did not expect to learn now that a mere King-ranker had deceived her; this was simply like a fantasy.

However, since the matter had already happened, they still focused on the issue of issuing the bounty.

After some thought, Geng Xue said: "Rest assured, leave this matter to me. Within three days at most, I will make this news known to everyone in the Jialuo Continent!"

"The sooner the better!"

After Lord He Shi finished speaking, she turned around and disappeared in a flash.

"Ji Man, come here!"

Hearing Geng Xue call her name, Ji Man trembled in her heart and hurriedly stepped forward: "Yes, this subordinate is here."

"Judging by your reaction just now, are you very familiar with this person?"