221: Chapter 222 The True Scheme of the Evil Spirit

[Seventh-Rank Evil] (Purple)

[Essence]: 1020

[Qi]: 0

[Spirit]: 780

[Rating]: 10000+

Another purple panel. This was the second time he had seen an existence with a purple panel; the last time was that descendant of the White Tiger that possessed Geng-gold Qi.

That White Tiger Cub had left a very deep impression on him.

Although the Demon before him was only Seventh-Rank, the fact that the System rated it as Purple indicated that it was an absolute standout among Demons of the same rank. This could be seen from its attributes as well.

Its essence attribute reached 1020 points, a full 200 points higher than his. Its spirit attribute was 780, also over a hundred points higher than his. This gap was not small.

On the other hand, he held the advantage in the qi attribute, though this was related to the opponent's racial form.

This thing was clearly a reanimated corpse, so it was normal that it did not have something like Internal Qi.

However, its energy source was that black Qi, so whether it had Internal Qi or not did not really matter; it did not affect its combat power in the slightest.

Lin Ye could not help but become serious.

After all, looking at raw strength, he did not have an advantage in any category.

His essence attribute was inferior to the opponent's, which meant that in a direct head-on confrontation, he would likely be at a disadvantage.

His spirit attribute was lower than the opponent's, meaning that during the battle, it would be difficult to predict the opponent's next move, and he might even be predicted by the opponent.

Fortunately, he had mastered various types of Cultivation Techniques, and he had Cultivated all of them to an extremely profound Realm.

Thunder Tiger Vajra Body, Coiling Dragon Force, Earth-Splitting Staff Technique, and Lightning Flash Movement—when these Cultivation Techniques were used in coordination, they were enough to create an effect where one plus one is greater than two.

Although the Green-Armored Bronze Corpse had higher attributes, Lin Ye was confident that even without using the ruyi jingu bang, he could completely crush the opponent by relying on the advantages of his Cultivation Techniques.

In this round, the advantage is mine!

Seemingly detecting Lin Ye's probing, the two black vortexes in the eye sockets of the Green-Armored Bronze Corpse fluctuated slightly.

"Human!" the Green-Armored Bronze Corpse suddenly spoke.

Its voice was low and hoarse, like two rough stones rubbing against each other, carrying a tooth-aching metallic texture.

Lin Ye had not expected that even though the opponent was possessing an ancient corpse, it could still speak.

But thinking about it carefully, the methods of Demons were inherently bizarre and unpredictable; furthermore, the one in front of him was a special Demon with a purple panel, so making a corpse speak did not seem that strange.

"This general has no intention of being enemies with you all." The Green-Armored Bronze Corpse continued to speak, its tone seemingly carrying a hint of concession.

However, Lin Ye was a bit speechless upon hearing this and could not help but let out a scoff: "Oh? No intention of being enemies with me? Then why did you deliberately set a trap to lure us here? You can probably only fool a three-year-old with those words."

Lin Ye would not believe a single word of what the Green-Armored Bronze Corpse said.

Saying it had no intention of being enemies with them now—what the hell was it doing earlier?

It was probably seeing that the situation was bad and knowing it could not beat him, so it was forced to concede.

The black vortexes in the eye sockets of the Green-Armored Bronze Corpse spun violently, seemingly infuriated by Lin Ye's blatant humiliation.

The fingers gripping the greatsword tightened suddenly, immediately emitting a clacking sound.

But to Lin Ye's surprise, the opponent actually did not make a move, and even the surrounding minions deliberately ignored Lin Ye's existence, bypassing him directly to charge toward Old Man Shen and the others.

It seemed that it was deliberately creating an environment for a one-on-one fight with Lin Ye.

"If not for that human old man relentlessly chasing this general, this general would not have lured him here!"

For some reason, Lin Ye heard a thick sense of resentment in the Green-Armored Bronze Corpse's tone.

If it had looked up to the sky and shouted, "Am I the only Demon in the entire Qingfeng County? Why do you always chase after this general?", that would have been even more fitting.

Of course, these were just jokes.

In Lin Ye's view, this Demon seemed to be deliberately stalling for time.

However, he was also happy to chat nonsense with it.

At this moment, Yang Tiexin and the others were getting closer and closer to the wordless stone tablet. Since the Green-Armored Bronze Corpse did not want to fight, it was perfect to let them destroy the formation eye first.

When the time came, with Old Man Shen and the others guarding the flanks, this Demon would not be able to escape even with wings.

Thinking of this, Lin Ye deliberately let out a cold laugh: "What a joke. You are an Demon, and everyone has the right to punish you. If I don't deal with you, who else would I deal with?"

"Human!" The Green-Armored Bronze Corpse suddenly took a step forward.

"This general admits that you are strong, but do not blame this general for not warning you. If you disturb that Lord, the consequences are not something you can bear!"

Hmm?

Lin Ye's gaze narrowed slightly.

That Lord?

Sure enough, the Demon before him was not the final boss of this place at all; the true mastermind had not yet appeared.

But why did this thing deliberately point it out?

If this Green-Armored Bronze Corpse was truly guarding this place for some more powerful existence, it should have kept its mouth shut. Why...

Could it be that the opponent was deliberately bluffing?

The Lord in the Green-Armored Bronze Corpse's mouth might truly exist, but their current state must be very bad—so bad that it had to come out personally to stop them.

If that Lord in its mouth could really act, the opponent would not need to waste so much breath; it could just wait for that Lord to appear and wipe them all out.

The Green-Armored Bronze Corpse deliberately said these things with only one purpose: to use the power of another to intimidate, so that he would retreat in the face of difficulty.

Wait!

Still not right!

If that Lord was really in a bad state, what it should have done was try its best to stop Yang Tiexin and the others from destroying that wordless stone tablet, yet why did it turn a blind eye to them?

This was clearly unreasonable.

Unless...

Lin Ye's pupils dilated slightly; he suddenly thought of another possibility!

This Green-Armored Bronze Corpse before him and the true master of this place might not be on the same side at all.

Only those corpse tides were the true guards of that Lord.

He and the others had been deceived by the opponent from the very beginning.

The opponent deliberately lured Old Man Shen here, perhaps harboring the intention of shifting the disaster, wanting to use the hand of that Lord to solve the trouble from the Demon Suppression Division for it.

If that was really the case, then the scheme of this Demon was too deep!

Thinking of this, Lin Ye looked sharply at the wordless stone tablet on the mountainside.

If he had not guessed wrong, that Lord should be sleeping under that stone tablet.

If Yang Tiexin and the others really destroyed the stone tablet, then the consequences...

"Wait a moment, don't act yet!"

Seeing that Yang Tiexin had already drawn his blade to strike at the stone tablet, Lin Ye could not care about anything else and hurriedly called out to stop him.

Regardless of whether the Green-Armored Bronze Corpse was bluffing or had other motives, in any case, it was better not to touch that stone tablet for now, to avoid complications.

Meanwhile, Yang Tiexin had already drawn his long saber, the blade wrapped in fierce Blood Qi Power, slashing fiercely toward the stone tablet.

This slash was powerful and heavy; if it really landed, it would definitely split it in two with one strike.

"Hmm?"