While Yuwen Jiubian was marching on the Grand Desolate Plateau of the Heaven's Origin Sector with the feint troop of the Coalition Army of Demons in the north, Heavenly Path City, the heart of the demon race in the Blood Demon Sector, was in chaos.
In the dark night, seven devilish warships were like tiger sharks that had been lurking in the deep ocean. They suddenly leapt out of the black water and bared their sharpest tusks.
The five demon emperors also unleashed thunderous demonic energy from every angle in the sky and the ground. Their auras locked onto the place where the feeble spiritual waves were spreading out from!
'Ape Fiend' Yuan Riyue was three meters tall. Like an infuriated ape, he turned into a streak of brightness and charged at the place where 'Vulture Li Yao' was hiding!
However, the moment he lunged into the shabby alley, the cabin hidden deep inside the shabby alley suddenly emitted the most dazzling brilliance like a supernova outbreak!
For a moment, the dark night of Heavenly Path City was as bright as day. Mystic rays soared to the sky like a volcanic eruption. The brilliance enshrouded the five demon emperors and the seven devilish warships like sparks!
The five demon emperors did not expect that 'Vulture Li Yao' would be so decisive. Caught unprepared, they hurried to retreat!
Thankfully, the enemy's arrangement had concentrated all the damage inside the nest. They were not hurt at all. After a deafening explosion, the demon emperors and the devilish warships were completely undamaged, except for a giant crater almost ten meters deep on the ground, from which steam was still popping up.
It was like a shooting star that had crashed from the sky and razed the ragged cabin to the ground, but it did not cause any damage to the buildings nearby!
The five demon emperors looked at each other in bewilderment. They released their telepathic thoughts to explore carefully, only to discover that the bottom of the crater was still steaming with a temperature of thousands of degrees!
"Seeing that the situation was not good, he detonated such a powerful crystal bomb and killed himself. He did not even leave a piece of his bones for us!"
"He is so brutal even to himself!"
"What a shame. If he had hesitated for a few more seconds, we would've had a chance to capture him alive!"
"The commander was too careless. The enemy had been causing trouble in the Blood Demon Sector for such a long time without being caught. How could he be a common Cultivator? Why did he warn the enemy at the last moment? What is the commander thinking?! "
Ape Fiend Yuan Riyue's eyes were gloomy. He clenched his hairy fists and made a cracking sound. Pa! The sound of bones cracking could be heard. His canine teeth pierced deeply into his fangs, but he did not say a word.
He didn't expect the outcome to be like this.
This ending was as good as a battle between him and the other party, but he was killed by the other party. This was even more unacceptable!
"Roar!"
'Ape Fiend' Yuan Riyue finally lost control. The golden hair all over the demon emperor's body stood on end, and his chest expanded like a balloon. He bashed his chest heavily with his arms and let out deafening roars.
The shockwave swept through like a hurricane, collapsing all the houses within a radius of several hundred meters!
…
Thirty kilometers away, on top of another messy residential area, there were layers upon layers of residential buildings.
Li Yao opened a narrow gap in the window and observed the view afar with great interest with a crystal camera of super high resolution.
"I think we've been discovered."
The corners of his mouth twitched. "Your father has indeed sent a large batch of soldiers to intercept and kill us. Thankfully, they're all distracted by the fake target. Let's take the opportunity to carry out the No.4 Retreat Plan and get out of the city!"
Li Yao spent three seconds to sweep everything in the room that could expose his identity into his Cosmos Ring. Then, he dragged Jin Xinyue and dashed through the smoky lower district quickly.
The area had been checked by the Coalition Army of Demons a moment ago. At this moment, the Coalition Army of Demons' attention was attracted by the great explosion far away. Therefore, they were even less vigilant.
They were in the middle of a shabby street. Fifteen minutes later, they arrived at the suburb of Heavenly Path City.
Half an hour later, they appeared in the depths of a hill. Inside a cave that extended in all directions …
At this moment, Li Yao finally took a long breath in relief. He grinned at Jin Xinyue and said, "Thankfully, we've escaped. It's not a complete failure!"
Jin Xinyue, on the other hand, stared at her teacher as if she had seen a ghost.
Just half a day ago … Jin Xinyue was still mumbling to herself.
Their 'Persuasion Plan' had been very thorough. Why did Li Yao waste two days to set up a 'fake target'?
It was true that the point-to-point communicator that could communicate with Jin Tuyi in the mines had been hidden in the basement deep inside Heavenly Path City by Li Yao.
However, Li Yao had modified the point-to-point communicator and connected it to a biochemical brain.
Furthermore, this biochemical brain was connected to another biochemical brain in another hiding place thirty kilometers away.
Just like how crystal processors could be connected to each other wirelessly and form a local area network, biochemical brains could be connected to each other, too.
The principle of 'brainwave amplification' was adopted, which was somewhat similar to 'telepathy'. Information was transmitted by the vibration, interference, and interaction of brainwaves.
In Heavenly Path City, the biochemical brains of countless demons were releasing such 'brainwaves' to the outside world incessantly all the time, constituting 'brain networks' large and small.
If one did not know the exact frequency of a certain brainwave, it would be very difficult to lock onto it.
Through the biochemical brain next to him, Li Yao sent telepathic thoughts to the secret bureau thirty kilometers away. Then, he transformed the telepathic thoughts into the spiritual waves of the crystal processor and transmitted them to the commander-in-chief's residence of the Coalition Army of Demons.
Jin Tuyi might've thought that Li Yao was talking to him in the secret bureau. But the fact was that the secret bureau was just a springboard and a 'transit station'. It was not their real hiding place.
Of course, Li Yao had inevitably left some 'toys' in the 'transit station', including some powerful crystal bombs and the miscellaneous items that were stained with their blood and cells.
What Jin Tuyi was searching for was feeble spiritual waves. But it never occurred to him that what he was really searching for was a weird 'brainwave'!
What Jin Xinyue could not figure out was that Li Yao was not a refiner. Of course, he was good at refining magical equipment. But how did he know how to connect the crystal processor to the biochemical brain?
Compared to the technical details, what she was more confused about was how Li Yao had known that the negotiation would fail.
As a saintess of the Pantheon of Demons, Jin Xinyue was naturally prudent. If she had had enough time, she would not have refused to establish almost twenty 'transit stations'.
But the situation at that time had been extremely urgent, and every second was precious. Yet, Li Yao had wasted two days to set up the trap. It was almost as if he had foreseen that the negotiation would fail and that her father would attack them brutally!
Then, here came the question. If he had foreseen that it was impossible to persuade her father, why did he waste his time sneaking into Heavenly Path City at the risk of his life?
Was it just for a long talk with her father?
How was it possible?
Jin Xinyue had thought that she had completely seen through Li Yao's plan. But right now, she discovered that what she had seen was only the tip of the iceberg. She could not figure out Li Yao's real thoughts and plans at all!
"Master!"
Jin Xinyue hesitated for a long time. Finally, she could not help but ask, "You knew that it was impossible to persuade my father?"
Li Yao's hands turned into streaks of brilliance on the light beam as he analyzed the files that he had just collected quickly. He replied casually, "More or less. But not necessarily. Everything is possible. What if your father's head is flooded with water?"
Jin Xinyue was even more confused. "Master, why do you feel that you know my father very well and have calculated his every move?"
"Wrong. I don't know your father very well."
Li Yao stared at the light beam without blinking. "I just know myself very well and know what I am made of. That's all.
"I am a refiner. I know a thing or two about battles and explosions, too. They are my specialties.
"However, my strong suit is definitely not talking and persuading people with groundless reasons!"
"Your father is different. He has been the leader of the Feather Clan for so many years. He controls one of the four superpowers of the Blood Demon Sector behind the scenes. He has also been elected as the commander-in-chief of the Coalition Army of Demons by so many demon emperors. He has also convinced all the demons to join hands and carry out his risky 'Red Tide Plan'!
"Considering all the factors, your father's theoretical expertise, his ability to bewitch others, and his ability to instigate others cannot be more horrifying, alright?
"For example, if the full score is 100, my ability to bewitch and instigate others is 30 points at best, and your father is at least 95 points!
"It would be easier if we had any irrefutable proof, but right now, we don't have any solid proof at all. Everything is just speculation!
"You want me to persuade your father to believe in 'peace' with empty words? You are asking to be humiliated!
"It's like asking your father to compete with me in the arts of refining. He is asking to be killed!
"To be honest, it was already my best to resist the pressure and not be brainwashed by your father!
"Let's not talk about such a great man as your father. My feeble ideas, such as' peace 'and' unity ', are certainly not going to be bought by a high school student who has read a few extra books, right?
Jin Xinyue was completely dumbfounded. She stammered, "Then — then — then, what's the meaning of everything that we've done? What is it for exactly? "
Li Yao blinked and said unhurriedly, "Didn't I tell you earlier? We are trying to communicate with your father!"
"But you know that you can't persuade my father!" Jin Xinyue exclaimed.
"The purpose of communication is not necessarily to persuade the other party," Li Yao said. "It is also possible to collect critical information during the communication process!"
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
