86: Chapter 86: Lin Yingdi's acting prowess, one scene leading to another.

Outside the Demon Locking Array, the atmosphere was as dead and still as frozen ice.

Every guard from the Demon Suppression Division subconsciously slowed their breathing. An invisible pressure permeated the air, as if a thousand-jun boulder was hanging over their heads, ready to crush them at any moment.

Gold Rank Commander Xiao Xuan furrowed his brows into a " river" shape. His sharp, hawk-like gaze pierced through the light wall, staring fixedly at the terrifying Demonic Qi rising from within the array, which was even causing the wind and clouds in the sky to change color.

Something was wrong!

Something was very wrong!

He was a veteran of a hundred battles and had suppressed no less than eight hundred demons, but he had never seen such a bizarre scene.

Logically speaking, although the Yellow Weasel Demon was a powerful existence at the Peak of the fourth rank, under the layers of suppression from the Demon Suppression Division's secret runes, exerting seventy percent of its strength was already the limit.

Even though Lin Feng was only at the Half-Step Divine Sea Realm, his endless array of bizarre methods and that evil "Life-Slaying Blade" made even him feel alarmed; there was no way he shouldn't be able to hold on for even the time it takes to burn an incense stick.

But now, the intense sounds of fighting within the array had stopped abruptly without warning!

Silence!

A deathly silence!

Then, an aura that made everyone present, regardless of their cultivation level, feel palpitations from the depths of their Souls, erupted suddenly!

It was a pure, primitive, and unadulterated tyranny and hunger, devoid of any intelligence!

It was as if an ancient Vicious Beast that had been imprisoned for a thousand years had broken free from its final shackle and was slowly waking up!

"Commander, what... what is this?"

A young Demon Suppression Division guard's face turned pale. His hand holding the hilt of his blade trembled violently from fear, and his teeth were chattering.

No one answered him.

Rumble!

The light wall of the entire Demon Locking Array began to tremble crazily under the impact of this aura. The light flickered on and off, and the runes moving upon it emitted whimpers of being unable to bear the burden.

This pressure was ten times more terrifying than when hundreds of demons had rioted together before!

"What is going on?!"

Po Jun's tiger eyes widened, his knotted muscles tensed, and his face was full of disbelief. "Why has the Demonic Qi inside... surged to such an extent?! What about that kid Lin Feng?!"

"It's that Yellow Weasel Demon!"

Hong Lian's pretty face instantly lost all color, turning deathly pale, and even her voice was trembling uncontrollably. "It... It is devouring! My god, it is devouring the demon cores of all the demons inside the array!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the surrounding Demon Suppression Division guards were in an uproar, and the sound of gasping for air rose one after another.

Devouring the demon cores of its own kind to forcefully achieve a Breakthrough was the most cruel and vicious act of the Demonic Path. The danger of the process was such that a single mistake would lead to exploding and dying!

But once successful, its strength would undergo an earth-shattering surge in a short period of time!

Just as everyone was horrified!

Boom!

A figure, like a kite with a broken string torn by a gale, flew backward from the center of the storm that had been completely dyed dark yellow by the Demonic Qi, spraying a dazzling rain of blood along the way.

Finally, he slammed into the ground in front of Commander Xiao Xuan and the others in a sorry state, plowing a deep trench.

"Pfft!"

Lin Feng knelt on one knee, his body swaying violently. He spat out a mouthful of blood mixed with fragments of internal organs, dyeing the ground in front of him crimson.

He raised his head with difficulty, looking in the direction of the array, his eyes filled with extreme shock, anger, and disbelief.

"Lin Feng!"

Seeing this, Chu Mengxi and the others felt their hearts clench, and they exclaimed, ready to rush forward immediately.

"Don't come over!"

Lin Feng let out a roar, using that dark red "Life-Slaying Blade" to fiercely prop himself up on the ground. The blade sank half a foot into the ground, and only then did he barely manage to keep from collapsing.

"We... we have all been deceived! This is a trap!"

"Hahahaha... Hehehehe!"

A burst of sinister, wild laughter capable of freezing the Divine Soul resounded through the world from the center of the yellow wind!

The laughter was full of long-suppressed satisfaction and triumph.

The yellow wind slowly parted to the sides, and a terrifying demonic shadow, over ten zhang tall, covered in dark gold scales, with nine giant tails behind it dancing like a Dragon, slowly appeared!

Its pair of green-bean eyes, which had once seemed somewhat wretched, were now burning with eerie purple demonic flames, and its pupils had turned into two cold vertical slits, full of indifference and mockery as it looked down upon all living beings.

At this moment, where was any trace of its previous fawning and begging for mercy?

It was clearly a peerless great demon that had crawled out of Hell!

"A bunch of... stupid humans..."

Huang Fugui's sharp voice, every word carrying pressure and magic, "Did you really think that with those few pieces of trash from Nanyan Prefecture, you could capture this seat?"

"If not for this seat intentionally letting myself be captured, how could I have borrowed this prime piece of land from your Demon Suppression Division to gather so much 'blood food' to help this seat break through the shackles of the fifth rank in one go!"

Upon hearing this, the whole scene went dead silent!

Even the wind seemed to have stopped flowing.

Commander Xiao Xuan's pupils suddenly shrank into the most dangerous needle-like points! A fire of anger at being played for a fool rushed straight to his crown!

This was a trap!

A shocking killing trap that had been laid out since Nanyan Prefecture!

This Yellow Weasel Demon was captured on purpose!

Its target, from the very beginning, was the hundreds of demons in this Demon Locking Array!

It had treated everyone as chess pieces!

"Beast! You..."

Lin Feng pointed a trembling finger at Huang Fugui, shaking with rage, seemingly aggravating his injuries again, and coughed up another large mouthful of blood. "You... everything you did before... was all acting?!"

"That's right!"

Huang Fugui gave a disdainful sneer. "Kid, you're not too stupid. However, I still have to thank you properly. If it weren't for you bringing me to this place, my plan wouldn't have gone so smoothly! To reward you, I will grant you the most painful way to die!"

One man and one demon, singing in harmony, performed the great drama of "the demon is cunning, the Human Race is deceived" to the fullest.

The members of the Demon Suppression Division present, including Commander Xiao Xuan, already believed it ninety percent!

This, this was the truth!

And behind the crowd, Chu Mengxi, Meng Kuo, Wu Yong, Wei Tiancheng, and Liu Qing, watching this Oscar-level "master and servant turning against each other" drama, were already in turmoil in their hearts.

But on the surface, they forcibly maintained shock and anger, not daring to show the slightest flaw, and could only communicate frantically with their eyes.

'Damn! Master Lin... is trying to stir up trouble! This acting is too realistic!' Meng Kuo's eyes shouted.

'Nonsense! Look at Master's posture when spitting blood, so standard! The angle, the force, the volume of blood, you can tell he's practiced it! Professional!' Wu Yong used his eyes to make a precise retort.

'Then what do we do now? Should we also go up and spit twice to help Master Lin set the mood?' Wei Tiancheng's eyes carried a hint of eager inquiry.

'Go if you want to die, just don't drag me into it. Being kept in the dark is fine!' Liu Qing's phoenix eyes glared, her gaze full of warning.

Chu Mengxi just took a deep look at the back that was "struggling to hold on" while leaning on the blade, her eyes extremely complex.

There was worry in her heart, helplessness, but even more so, deep curiosity.

This man, from the time they met until now, seemed to always be shrouded in fog.

You could never guess what he was going to do next.

What earth-shattering event was he trying to pull off now?

And just at this moment, the sky-filling yellow wind whistled up again, forming a huge tornado pillar, completely isolating all outside probing.

Commander Xiao Xuan's terrifying Divine Sense at the ninth level of the Divine Sea Realm, like a clay ox entering the sea, was once again unable to penetrate even a fraction!

"Not only that!"

Lin Feng seized the final opportunity and threw out another bombshell!

He endured his "injuries", struggled to come before Commander Xiao Xuan, took out a blood-stained, dim-lighted jade pendant from his bosom, his voice urgent and weak:

"Commander! Behind all of this, there is also the shadow of the Moon-Worshipping Cult!"

"Examiner Xuanjizi and the Zhao family of the Nanyan Prefecture Demon Suppression Division have long been colluding with the Moon-Worshipping Cult in secret! They saw through this Prodigy's plan, so they deliberately played along to push this matter, with the goal of waiting for this Prodigy and our Demon Suppression Division to fight until both are injured, so they can come out to clean up the mess!"

"Inside this jade pendant is the ironclad evidence of their secret communication with the Moon-Worshipping Cult members!"

These words were like a giant rock crashing into a calm lake, instantly connecting all the clues!

So that was it!

Examiner Xuanjizi and the Zhao family were already traitors!

They had long seen through the demon's conspiracy but held back from acting, just to sit back and reap the rewards!

Lin Feng's eyes held the terror and lingering fear of "surviving a disaster", "Lin once accidentally heard that the army of the Moon-Worshipping Cult will disguise themselves as the elite troops of the Prince of Runan from Nanzhou in one day's time to come and take over Qingzhou!"

Prince of Runan?!

This name, like a thunderclap, made Commander Xiao Xuan's face turn completely gloomy. The Prince of Runan held heavy troops in Nanzhou; if he was also involved, then the nature of the problem had completely changed!

"Lin Feng! Are you telling the truth?!"

Commander Xiao Xuan's voice was extremely heavy.

"... Willing to stake my life..."

Before he could finish, Lin Feng exhausted his last bit of strength, could no longer hold on, tilted his head, and magnificently...

Fainted.