458: Concerns

Just moments ago, Su Bai had found Xiao Ruochen and stated his purpose for coming.

Traces of a Demon General had appeared in the Divine Firmament World.

That Saint Demon was about to revive, and he had likely set his sights on the Divine Firmament World as well...

If the Saint Demon truly came knocking one day, all the Dao Source Realm experts of the Divine Firmament World would advance and retreat together to face the enemy.

That was more or less the gist of it.

Xiao Ruochen was a newly advanced Dao Source Realm expert, and when Su Bai, the oldest and most prestigious Dao Source Realm expert, came to find him, Xiao Ruochen was momentarily shocked and hurriedly bowed.

After the two sides reached a consensus, Su Bai quickly departed.

There were not many Dao Source Realm experts in the Divine Firmament World; some had decent relationships and agreed immediately.

But others were in constant friction, as incompatible as fire and water, and would come to blows at the slightest provocation; trying to link all these people together was no easy task.

However, Su Bai possessed the greatest strength and the highest prestige; with him stepping forward, the Dao Source Realm experts were temporarily united...

...

After Su Bai left, Xiao Ruochen was also filled with worry, as he was well aware of the matter regarding the Saint Demon.

Back then, he had rushed back to the Immortal Martial World specifically to deal with the Saint Demon's mess; at that time, there were no traces of Demon Generals appearing, only some members of the Saint Demon Remnant Clan, who were easily dealt with by Xiao Ruochen.

The existence of these Saint Demon Remnant Clan members was known to many.

These remnants were very few in number and their strength was mediocre, lacking even a single Creation Realm existence, so many people did not take them seriously.

They were just a bunch of down-and-outers... why bother with them?

Just let them perish on their own.

No one would even know if these Saint Demon Remnant Clan members died off completely in some corner one day.

When he returned to the Immortal Martial World at that time, Xiao Ruochen had keenly sensed an abnormality and guessed that the Saint Demon had likely already revived.

After returning to the Divine Firmament World, Xiao Ruochen spread news everywhere that the Saint Demon had revived and was about to return, but... no one cared.

Or rather, many people thought it was fake news.

The existence of the Saint Demon was too distant, almost a symbolic figure; many people simply didn't believe that the Saint Demon, who had been dead for countless years, could truly come back to life.

But the appearance of the Demon General quickly changed these people's minds.

A Demon General was not like those remnants or those down-and-outers... a Demon General was practically the Saint Demon's shadow!

Since the shadow had appeared, could the main body be far behind?

"Fools! A bunch of fools!"

"I told you long ago that the Saint Demon was coming, yet you actually didn't believe me?"

"Utterly stupid! Truly utterly stupid!"

After learning the news of the Demon General's appearance, Xiao Ruochen was exceptionally troubled; after all, in the entire Divine Firmament World, he could be said to be the one with the deepest involvement with the Saint Demon.

It couldn't be helped; he had gone to the Immortal Martial World some time ago and sabotaged the Saint Demon's grand plan for resurrection.

He estimated that the Saint Demon must hate him to the core!

It wouldn't be surprising at all if the Saint Demon chose to make an example of Xiao Ruochen first upon his return.

The fact that the place where the Demon General appeared was not far from the Immortal Martial God Sect further stimulated Xiao Ruochen's nerves!

He felt that this Demon General was coming for him.

"I called you here today because of some bad news..."

"The Saint Demon is coming!"

The Saint Demon?

Xu Jingxing's expression turned grim, while Su Zimo appeared somewhat bewildered; Li Qi and the Phoenix Lord, who were to the side, appeared quite calm.

"Revered Master, this Saint Demon you mentioned is..."

Su Zimo was a native of the Divine Firmament World and knew very little about the Saint Demon, hence his question.

Xiao Ruochen briefly explained the situation of the Saint Demon to Su Zimo, and he also mentioned the recent events.

"Not long ago, one of the Demon Generals under the Saint Demon appeared in the Divine Firmament World, and not far from our Immortal Martial God Sect, where he clashed with another unknown expert."

"And this Dao Source Realm Demon General was instantly slain by that unknown expert!"

"That expert has also vanished without a trace, and for the time being, no one knows who they are..."

At this point, the Phoenix Lord's lips curled slightly into a hidden smile, and she quietly glanced at Li Qi beside her.

Li Qi, however, remained as steady as a mountain, his expression still calm, making it impossible to detect anything unusual.

Xiao Ruochen paid no mind to the small movements below and continued on his own.

"The appearance of the Saint Demon is no small matter. Senior Su Bai visited just now to inform me of the Saint Demon's affairs, and we have agreed to face the Saint Demon together."

As he spoke, everyone felt the atmosphere of an impending storm.

This was truly not good news...

No one in the great hall spoke; each was lost in thought, analyzing and digesting the situation Xiao Ruochen had just described.

Su Zimo's face was full of worry; the fact that such a terrifying existence had targeted the Divine Firmament World left him feeling at a loss.

Xu Jingxing and the Phoenix Lord's expressions were composed; they had long known of the Saint Demon's existence and had even directly clashed with the remnants of the opposing side.

Li Qi's gaze, however, appeared somewhat flickering.

Just now, Li Qi had keenly noticed a detail...

That was that the Saint Demon seemed... not to care that the people of the Divine Firmament World had detected his presence...

Or rather, he was not afraid.

What the Saint Demon was truly afraid of and worried about was actually something else...

Suddenly, Li Qi felt as if he had faintly grasped a certain key to the matter..."