Chapter 457: The Alien Race's Greatest Crisis

Whoosh!

Er Gouzi rarely showed such a solemn side. He darted forward, rushed to the open ground ahead, waved his dog paws, and started digging at the dirt with all his might!

Xu Que froze for a moment, his figure flickered as he followed, "What did you find?"

"It seems there's a kind of array pattern aura, very similar to the one this Divine Venerable has mastered!" Er Gouzi replied, continuing to dig.

Soon, the gravel on the ground was pushed aside, revealing a stone slab covered in densely packed runes.

Er Gouzi immediately shouted, "Damn, there really are array patterns, and they were carved not long ago!"

"Is this the array pattern of a teleportation array?" Xu Que also frowned and said. After all, he also had the identity of an Array Master; although his level was very low, he could still recognize the aura of a teleportation array on these patterns.

Er Gouzi nodded and said, "This kind of array pattern originates from the 'Jiulong Array'. Although it's not orthodox, it's still extraordinary—it's a bidirectional teleportation array. It's obvious that someone carved array patterns here to receive people from outside, and a great battle broke out here!"

"You really know quite a lot!" Xu Que gave Er Gouzi a strange sideways glance.

It had to be said, Er Gouzi's insight in certain areas was quite profound, especially in the lineage of formations. This Lad had never shown his hand, but Xu Que knew he definitely understood a great deal.

However, the most critical thing right now was the Heavenly Demon Tribe. From Er Gouzi's words, it wasn't hard to tell that the Heavenly Demon Tribe might have had a traitor inside, colluding with the enemy from within, carving array patterns to receive the invading enemy.

If that was the case, it could also clearly explain why the Heavenly Demon Tribe was still breached even with the Nine Gates Divine Might Charging Cannon!

Obviously, Su Ling'er and the others were caught unprepared, taken by surprise!

"Kid, judging from the aura of the array patterns, they should have been carved two months ago! Looks like you arrived a step too late!" At this moment, Er Gouzi shook his head and said.

Xu Que's eyebrows raised slightly, his gaze swept the surroundings, but he suddenly calmed down, secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "The smell of blood isn't strong here, and within several miles there's not even a single corpse to be seen. Perhaps they were captured alive! Or else… escaped!"

"Huh, right, it really does seem like not a single corpse can be seen! Damn, are people these days so lacking in morals? After a great battle, they actually have to destroy the corpses and erase the traces!" Er Gouzi said in surprise.

Xu Que's mouth twitched, and he slapped Er Gouzi right on the forehead, cursing, "A dog's mouth can't spit ivory. If they destroyed the corpses and erased the traces, wouldn't this place reek of blood? Stop BB-ing here, hurry up and go see if there are any clues!"

"Ouch! If you have the guts, don't hit the head!" Er Gouzi let out a strange yelp, then quite cooperatively ran off to search for clues nearby.

However, judging by this guy's temperament, he was most likely also looking for any dropped treasures, wanting to pick up some bargains.

Xu Que couldn't be bothered to mind, released his Divine Soul, and quickly began searching through the surrounding ruins.

Although he had just guessed that Su Ling'er and the others hadn't been killed, that was only a hopeful guess. If something really went wrong, it would be very hard for him to accept that outcome!

"Bang!"

At this moment, a muffled sound came from not far away.

Xu Que turned his head to look, and saw Er Gouzi kick a giant rock to smithereens with one foot, pull out a piece of pitch-black scrap iron from beneath the ruins, examine it for a moment, and then, as if picking up trash, prepare to throw it away with a look of disgust.

"Stop!"

Xu Que immediately shouted, his eyes fixed intently on that piece of scrap iron.

He was too familiar with this iron piece. It was Fine Iron that he had tempered himself—pitch-black and gleaming, with a few runes still remaining on it. It was exactly the main material for making the Divine Might Charging Cannon, and now it had actually shattered and fallen among the ruins.

Who could have done this? To actually possess such Divine Power as to smash the Divine Might Charging Cannon to pieces.

Xu Que's expression instantly turned gloomy.

Seeing this piece of scrap iron meant that Su Ling'er and the others' situation was probably even more dangerous than he had imagined, yet he was completely powerless right now, not even knowing where Su Ling'er was.

"Kid, look quickly, there are traces of a teleportation array here. Although it's been smashed, this Divine Venerable can confirm it was temporarily set up!"

At this moment, Er Gouzi suddenly cried out in surprise. Beneath those ruins, he had made another discovery.

Whoosh!

Xu Que's expression hardened, and he quickly darted forward.

Beneath the ruins, there really were traces of a formation, with scattered ashes of Spirit Stones, smashed apart by brute force.

"Er Gouzi, see where this formation leads!" Xu Que immediately looked at Er Gouzi and said. If Er Gouzi truly had attainments in formations, he could completely calculate it.

Er Gouzi opened his mouth, froze for a moment, clearly not expecting Xu Que to ask him to do this. However, this time he didn't waste words either, immediately placing his paw on the ground. A burst of brilliant light instantly blazed, covering the entire area beneath the ruins.

Soon, boundless Spiritual Energy gathered from all around, continuously condensing in the air, and finally formed a complete formation.

It was just that this formation had only its shape and couldn't be used; it could be considered a restoration of the formation's original appearance at the time.

But this was enough to leave Xu Que speechless. Er Gouzi, this sneaky bastard, truly possessed extraordinary attainments in formations, and might even possess other Dharma Spells, but had never revealed them!

"This formation leads to the southeast, tens of thousands of miles away!" Er Gouzi said very certainly after looking at this formation temporarily gathered from Spiritual Energy.

Xu Que also nodded. With the formation restored, he could also understand the array patterns on it, and it indeed led to the southeast.

Moreover, he had actually been to that place before—it was exactly the Demon City where the Demon Emperor's coronation had been held.

"It seems they activated the formation and escaped to the Demon City!" Xu Que breathed a slight sigh of relief. At the very least, there was still a glimmer of hope now!

Er Gouzi, however, shook his head and said, "Kid, don't hold out too much hope. This formation was also set up two months ago. Even if they escaped tens of thousands of miles away, they might have already been caught up to by now!"

"Set up the formation!" Xu Que didn't say much, his expression ice-cold. He directly brought out a pile of Spirit Stones and quickly began setting up a teleportation array on the spot.

Er Gouzi was stunned for a moment, seemingly finding Xu Que's state very unfamiliar.

……

Meanwhile, in the Demon City tens of thousands of miles away.

A group of the Alien Race were collectively staying inside the Yao Imperial Palace Ta. Several Divine Might Charging Cannons were placed outside the door, and several Nascent Soul Stage strongholds each controlled one Divine Might Cannon, their gazes sternly fixed ahead.

But inside the Yao Imperial Palace Ta, countless wounded members of the Alien Race lay, their bodies dripping with blood. The most severely wounded had only half a body left, but their Life Force hadn't severed, still weakly gasping and wailing!

This might be the greatest crisis the Alien Race had ever suffered. People from all tribes had been forced here, desperately holding out for two months.

But now, they were almost at their limit.

Over the past two months, countless compatriots had died in battle. Of those who remained now, most were wounded and could hold out no longer.

"Sigh, my tribe is doomed!" An old man with his right arm severed sighed with utter despair.

The rest of the Alien Race remained silent, their gazes all looking outside, where countless Demon Beasts and the corpses of the Alien Race lay scattered, while behind them, there were still tens of thousands of Demon Beasts watching covetously.

However, the great battle had temporarily stopped now, because there were two figures in the air, each representing the King of one side, engaged in a decisive duel.