38: There must be something fishy going on

For three days, the area Lu Ze was in was completely dark, with no other things visible.

Lu Ze rested, ate, and meditated on time every day.

Outside, the golden array shield Lu Ze had conjured was completely entangled and squeezed by the black Qi spider silk.

The golden runes on the inner shield were also stained by the black Qi, corroding little by little, and the creaking sounds of being crushed constantly echoed in this area, as if a tall building was about to collapse.

Little Red lay on the Tier 7 Demon King's corpse, its reddish body already dim, turning similar in color to the Tier 7 Demon King's corpse.

However, for Lu Ze, three days passed in the blink of an eye, but outside the array, everything had already been turned upside down!

But Lu Ze was completely unaware... During his continuous Cultivation, Lu Ze suddenly perceived a slight tremor from the outside world. He then emerged from his meditative state, and as soon as he opened his eyes, he saw a bright light suddenly appear in the endless darkness, extremely dazzling.

Lu Ze was a little uncomfortable and squinted his eyes. Although he couldn't see clearly, he could tell that the light was coming from Little Red's direction.

After he had adapted a little, Lu Ze got up. At this time, the light had also dimmed a lot, making it barely possible to see that Little Red's body was still lying upstairs.

It was just that the enormous Tier 7 Demon King's corpse had rapidly shriveled, as if its flesh and bones had been sucked dry, leaving only its outer skin, sagging on the ground.

Spiritual Qi swirled around Lu Ze, and with a few flips, he climbed to the upper floor, allowing him to see Little Red's current appearance more closely.

Little Red was much larger than before; previously it was only palm-sized, but now it was arm-sized. Its body was still reddish, but the sparse scales on its body were now denser, and waves of demonic Qi emanated from its body.

"Roar... roar..."

Low growls whimpered from Little Red's mouth, its eyes tightly shut.

Suddenly!

The growling stopped, and Little Red suddenly opened its eyes. Its vertical pupils, like those of a snake, were now occupied by green, looking very eerie.

All the Qi around its body also converged and returned to its body at this moment!

【Congratulations, Host! Your Spirit Pet has successfully devoured the Tier 7 Demon King's corpse!】

Little Red saw Lu Ze, wagged its tail excitedly, then leaped to Lu Ze's side, its body suddenly shrinking back to palm-size. It stepped on the ground with its four feet and jumped onto Lu Ze's shoulder.

"I didn't expect you could control your body size now?"

Lu Ze reached out and stroked Little Red. At this moment, the latter's aura had completely changed; even Lu Ze could sense that Little Red already possessed the demonic might that only a Demon King-stage being would have!

However, it had only devoured a Tier 7 Demon King that had been dead for a long time, and the Demon King's corpse had already decayed a lot, so the effect was naturally not as good, and its demonic might was not as strong at this time.

Lu Ze tidied up his belongings, looked up, and saw that the golden shield in the sky was already precarious, and the golden banners in mid-air were already tattered, as if they would shatter at any moment!

"It's time to go out. It's been three days. Perhaps their true objective has already emerged..."

Just as Lu Ze was mumbling to himself, the golden banners in the sky were suddenly crushed by a powerful force!

"Boom!—"

The shield covered by the golden banners also shattered at this moment!

Endless darkness swallowed Lu Ze, and the black Qi, like a spider web, rapidly advanced towards its already trapped prey!

Lu Ze stood calmly, a Talismanic Incantation suddenly appearing in his hand.

Outside!

The subordinate left behind by Xia Yuanhong was squatting on a tall building, holding his phone and watching a spy movie he had downloaded in advance.

Just as he was watching intently, he heard movement in the distance. He suddenly looked up and saw the three banners in the air suddenly spinning, and the black Qi spat out by the skulls hanging on them became denser and denser. The endless black cage pressed inwards.

Not long after, with a "boom," all the black Qi collided, and everything inside was completely swallowed!

The three banners in the sky stopped operating, and everything returned to calm.

The subordinate grinned, put away his phone, "Little brat, to make our Young Master use such a killer weapon, you didn't die in vain! This was given to him by our Young Master's boss!"

He got up and leisurely walked towards the place that had just been enveloped by the black Qi. The ground at this time was already a mess, and the eight or nine-story teaching building had been crushed into rubble.

He squatted down and searched, muttering, "This kid probably doesn't even have a puddle of flesh left, right? Can this jade token still be found? This little brat, of all people to provoke, he provoked our Young Master? Hehe..."

Suddenly, he saw a shadow cast in front of him, and an ominous premonition arose from his heart. He immediately calmed down, continuing to search with his left hand while his right hand pulled out a dagger from his Storage Ring and gripped it tightly.

Suddenly!

His body erupted, and he turned to stab behind him, but the movement behind him was faster. A flash of a sword, and before his body had even turned halfway, his head was directly taken.

"Bang!"

The head fell to the ground. Lu Ze was expressionless, shaking his sword to shake off the blood from the blade.

"Clang!"

The sword returned to its sheath.

Lu Ze searched the subordinate thoroughly and took the only useful Storage Ring.

"System, can this array be collected?"

Lu Ze looked at the three black banners in mid-air, his mind stirring.

This thing could devour the low-tier array he had exchanged for in the System. It seemed this array was not bad. If he could retrieve it, there would certainly be a time when it would be useful!

【Yes! But this array's energy has been exhausted! After the Host retrieves it, it cannot be activated a second time!】

"Tsk, then forget it."

Lu Ze looked regretful. If it could be used a second time, wouldn't that save demon points?

Lu Ze threw the subordinate's Storage Ring into his wristband, then turned his body and looked in a certain direction.

In his eyes, the markers for Fu Liang and Xia Yuanhong had completely overlapped, pointing exactly in the direction he was currently looking!

"You've found what you were truly looking for, haven't you?"

A slight smile appeared on Lu Ze's lips.

From the very beginning, Lu Ze didn't believe that what these people truly wanted to snatch was just a Divergent Thunder Skill!

One must know, although the Divergent Thunder Skill was good, it wasn't worth their elaborate planning!

Not to mention that Fu Liang's father was Xiang Tianliu, and even Xuanyuan City's Exchange was just one of Xiang Tianliu's many assets.

How vast were Xiang Tianliu's family assets and power, for him to own such a place that was half-open and half-hidden?

What good things hadn't his son seen? Was it necessary to go through all this trouble for a Divergent Thunder Skill?!

There must be something fishy about this!