90: Three Demons

Since there were no Ninggang Realm Yao Race in this demon stronghold, it was useless for Qin Yue to investigate further. Therefore, Qin Yue retreated without alarming the demons in the stronghold.

After a while, Qin Yue snuck in again, then retreated again. He repeated this process three times until the Ninggang Realm Yao Race returned.

“Boss, you miscalculated this time. The Demon Cultivator who descended from the Demon Sect might not be lurking outside our stronghold at all. He’s probably looking for his companions in some forgotten corner of the mountains. This elaborate performance we put on was for a blind audience.”

Three Ninggang Realm Yao Race sat on chairs, being carried up the mountain by a group of smaller demons. The one speaking was none other than the Bear Yao who had ventured out alone earlier.

Hearing the Bear Yao’s words, the Old Fox, who was sitting in the middle, stroked his beard and turned to glance at the Bear Yao and Snake Yao on either side of him.

“Second Brother, Fifth Sister, this time Old Fox miscalculated. I troubled both of you to carefully prepare and cooperate with Old Fox in this play. I didn’t expect to gain nothing. It’s all Old Fox’s fault.”

“Big Brother, what are you saying? This can’t all be blamed on Big Brother’s miscalculation. Who knows if Bear Second Brother messed up the act, and that Demon Cultivator saw through the deception, which is why he didn’t fall for it.

Didn’t Third Brother get cut down by that Demon Sword Cultivator when he went out to investigate with Bear Second Brother earlier?”

As she spoke, the Snake Yao even leaned out and gave the Bear Yao a disdainful look.

The Bear Yao couldn’t stand such an insult and immediately stood up from his seat.

“I was…”

“Alright, alright. Originally, we five sworn siblings descended into this world, and now only three of us are left. What are we arguing about? Can arguing solve problems?”

As he spoke, the Fox Yao in the middle stood up and pressed the Bear Yao back down.

“Didn’t the Imperial Ancestor entrust us with this mission because he valued our unity as siblings and our combined secret art, which gives us the power to wipe out the Demon Cultivators in one fell swoop?

Who knew that at the beginning of our descent, Third Brother was ambushed by that Demon Sword Cultivator.

This caused a flaw in our Five Yao Five Elements Formation.

Fortunately, we later succeeded in our scheme and cornered two Demon Cultivators.

It’s a pity that the newly joined local Tiger Yao was not skilled in cooperating with us. Although our attributes were compatible, he still allowed those two Demon Cultivators to escape with their lives.”

“Big Brother, don’t even mention that Tiger Yao. If he hadn’t insisted on taking the Imperial City first, Fourth Brother wouldn’t have died there. Now only three of us siblings are left. If those three Demon Cultivators gather again, will we still be their match?”

Snake Little Sister hated that Tiger Yao. Originally, everything was going smoothly, and they were about to kill all three Demon Cultivators, but because of that Tiger Yao, this excellent situation was ruined.

“Don’t attribute all mistakes to others.

Didn’t we also agree to that Tiger Yao’s suggestion to besiege the Imperial City early?

Ultimately, we underestimated them. We thought that the Demon Cultivator left behind in the intelligence was only skilled in Medicine Refining, and his combat ability was the weakest among the three Demon Cultivators, so we didn’t pay much attention.

We left all of the Tiger Yao’s followers behind to search for traces of the Demon Cultivators in Zao Yan Mountain, which resulted in the Tiger Yao not having enough subordinates to quickly capture the Imperial City.

We initially thought that sending Fourth Brother, who was the most flexible among us, to support the Tiger Yao would be foolproof. Who knew that not only the Tiger Yao, but even Fourth Brother didn’t return.

According to the news from the Imperial City, the remaining Demon Cultivator is very good at lurking and ambushing. I formulated this plan specifically for that, but who knew something unexpected would happen, and that Demon Cultivator didn’t take the bait!

I don’t know if, as Second Brother said, that Demon Cultivator went directly to find his companions, or if he saw through our plan.

Our next step is to strictly prevent the remaining Demon Cultivator from finding his companions, while also intensifying our search of Zao Yan Mountain, striving to find the two hidden Demon Cultivators as soon as possible.”

As the three Yao Race spoke, they returned to the demon stronghold. After assigning new tasks, each Yao Race returned to their own dwelling.

Some Cultivated, some indulged in pleasure, and so on.

Qin Yue converged all his Qi, and the fully operating Shadow Movement Technique and the yinqi pill he had consumed maintained his hidden state.

Yes, Qin Yue was back. He was now lurking in Old Fox’s room.

Qin Yue hadn’t expected to randomly choose the leader among these Yao Race.

He had simply picked one at random from the rooms that likely belonged to Ninggang Realm Yao Race.

Now, he dared not move, because among all the Yao Race, the Fox Yao were considered to have relatively keen Super-Sense. Qin Yue was afraid that any mistake would be discovered by the Yao Race.

When Qin Yue had infiltrated the almost empty demon stronghold earlier, he had thought, since he could sneak in now, would the demon army carefully inspect the stronghold before entering when they returned?

Qin Yue thought not, because of human inertia, one generally wouldn't re-check a place they considered safe.

So Qin Yue directly infiltrated the Ninggang Realm Yao Race’s room, also because all other Super-Sense Yao Race’s investigations would avoid these rooms.

Leaders would not easily allow their subordinates to pry into their privacy.

As for why Qin Yue infiltrated, it was actually very simple: one, Qin Yue wanted to know more about the demon intelligence, and the other was that Qin Yue wanted to wait and see if he had a chance to kill one or two Yao Race.

The Fox Yao, upon returning to his room, directly transformed into his original form and lay in the center of the bed, beginning to Cultivate. Qin Yue hadn’t expected that this Old Fox, with his white beard, would still be so diligent in Cultivating.

It’s worth noting that Qin Yue kept his eyes closed the entire time, not daring to look directly at the Fox Yao, because Martial Artists and Yao Race with strong Super-Sense can feel the gaze of others.

Qin Yue only set his Super-Sense Mode to the lowest level, passively receiving all information coming from his surroundings.

As midnight approached, Qin Yue listened to the Fox Yao’s slow, deep breathing and slowly opened his eyes.

He didn't want to wait anymore!

A black light illuminated the room. Qin Yue leaped with all his might, aiming directly at the Fox Yao on the bed.

“Clang”

A very smooth cutting sound.

The entire wooden bed, including the Fox Yao, was directly cut in half.

Despite the attack being so smooth, Qin Yue’s heart sank.

Because that cut was too smooth for Qin Yue, he didn’t feel like he had cut into the body of a Ninggang Realm Great Yao at all.

Just then, a sharp fox cry rang out beside Qin Yue.

Fox Yao, one after another, attacked Qin Yue from the rafters, from the base of the walls, and from all directions around him.

Qin Yue knew that there couldn't be so many Ninggang Realm Fox Yao, so this Fox Yao must specialize in illusions.

Now, these foxes must have both real and fake ones, but his Super-Sense Mode was different from ordinary Super-Sense methods.

Could this Fox Yao’s illusion even deceive vibration Super-Sense?

If so, then this illusion was too powerful!