This Young Master is not Cannon Fodder - Chapter 542

Donghai Longzi flew back toward the True Dragon Realm after pretending to be unwilling to retreat. The humans didn’t know of his status as Tianyi’s clone, so many of them rushed forward to slay him before he could recover. If it was from the Immortal Court, he would hold the power back behind his attack without raising any suspicions. If they were from the Numinous Sword Sect? Well, they could only count their blessings and pray that they got lucky.

The closer he came to the True Dragon Realm, the more heavy his heart felt. Along the way, Donghai Longzi’s gaze connected with Honglin’s eyes. Maybe it was a coincidence, or perhaps it was fate. He didn’t know.

He couldn’t remember when Honglin stopped being clingy, but it must have been gradual. Although she still pestered him, there was a sense of duty to it. Perhaps war had changed her. If there was one being in the Demon Clan that made him hesitate, it would be Honglin. No, he had not developed romantic feelings toward her but companionship.Nôv(el)B\jnn

Donghai Longzi shook his head. It was finally time to play his role as an undercover agent.

The Crystal Palace shone brilliantly on the seabed, untouched by the terrible war in the void. A somber air still filled the palace halls. Donghai Longzi was just one of many dragons that had to retreat from the front lines due to sustained injuries.

“East Sea Dragon King, how is the situation?” one demon king asked.

“We are at a disadvantage,” Donghai Longzi said. He did not hide it. The demons present did not have such weak hearts that they needed to be fooled.

The demon king sighed. “Alas, the humans are too powerful. We missed the best time at the end of the primordial era.”

After shaking his head, the demon king laid down once more and focused on recuperating. This was only a brief respite. After he healed, he would immediately join the battle again. One of the few advantages the Demon Clan had was their home territory. Because of the short distance, they could deliver supplies and heal their combatants much more easily and faster than their enemies.

Donghai Longzi found his spot in the Crystal Palace and started healing. Although his body laid prone, his mind was active. He was communicating with several demon kings and powerful demon lords. It was only less than ten thousand years since the last Divine Beast-Human War instead of the usual one hundred thousand years, so over half of the demons present had experienced war before.

Of course, none of them would dare to look down on Donghai Longzi. Although he was their junior and had far less experience, he still reached the Demon Emperor Realm at a fraction of their age.

Donghai Longzi wasn’t chatting with them for the sake of passing time, but to ascertain a piece of information. Because of the critical war and the destruction of the Void Continent, San Jiuling, Xuanwu’s contractor, was tightly protected. Rather than protection, it would be more accurate to call it sealed.

San Jiuling was like a mosquito sealed in amber. Although he would have no danger to his life, he could never escape. And the day his spiritual contract with Xuanwu ended would be the day of his death. The entire Demon Clan wanted to kill him because of how he forcibly entered a spiritual contract with the Black Tortoise. To them, it was a great humiliation for one of the Four Divine Beast to form a spiritual contract with a human.

Just to be safe, few people knew the location of San Jiuling, even Donghai Longzi. Donghai Longzi didn’t have the ability to deduce San Jiuling’s location, but he could gather clues and pass them to Tianyi. Tianyi also didn’t have the ability, but Minister Everpast, who comprehended the Law of Causality, could.

Not only that, Minister Everpast was directly fighting Xuanwu and could sense the lines of causality connected to him, so it was much easier. It still took a few days, but he finally deduced San Jiuling’s location and relayed to Tianyi, who told Donghai Longzi.

When Donghai Longzi got the information, he couldn’t help but frown.

San Jiuling hated the Immortal Court and Xi Mengfei. After being taken into the Divine Beast Pseudo System, he was kept like a captive with no freedom of his own. The demon didn’t allow him to cultivate either, so he was stuck in the Seamless Immortal Realm. More than that, they kept him deprived of spiritual qi, purposefully making him weak.

He endured, hoping to become a sovereign, or even a divinity, one day to escape. The humiliation he suffered made him hate anything related to the Immortal Court and Xi Mengfei. As her son, Xi Tianyi got transferred a large amount of hatred from his mother. Even Donghai Longzi, who had saved his life, was hated by him. After all, the life he experienced was worse than death after coming to the Divine Beast Pseudo System.

Originally, he had a chance to escape when the alliance of two hegemonic forces attacked the Void Continent, but that was foiled by Minister Vastlight. His injuries forced him to seek aid from the Demon Clan, which allowed them to capture him again.

Tianyi didn’t care about San Jiuling’s hatred and shot another Constellation Cessation at him. However, once it neared San Jiuling, an invisible force blocked the attack and absorbed the qi, breaking his technique. Tianyi didn’t give up and constantly shot Constellation Cessation from within his inner universe, while his right hand sent a continuous barrage of Stellar Silences.

In less than thirty seconds, cracks appeared on the two pillars. However, Tianyi frowned. He could sense a large amount of demons gathering toward him. After a moment of hesitation, the vast amount of immortal qi of primordial chaos boiled within his body. He was going to self-detonate.

He could detonate when the other demons arrived, but that would increase the risk of San Jiuling not perishing. Even if it was only a small chance, Tianyi didn’t want to take the gamble. As a master of explosions and experienced user of self-detonation, it took less than a second for Tianyi to erupt.

But just as he was going to detonate, a powerful force descended, freezing him. Not just him, but the entire room. The air, the light, even time and space froze.

Tianyi recognized the familiar sensation. ‘A divinity! The Demon Clan has a divinity!’

Thankfully, the force disappeared as soon as it came. Along with a sentence. “Junior Brother, did we not agree to not interfere in this battle between immortals and demons?”

Tianyi recognized that voice. It belonged to the Concealed Divinity. Many thoughts ran through Tianyi’s mind, but it didn’t stop him from accomplishing his mission. In fact, he couldn’t stop it even if he wanted to. He had already started the process of self-detonating. The only reason it stalled was because of the divinity of the Demon Clan’s interference.

An explosion far more powerful and destructive than a Constellation Cessation engulfed the room. San Jiuling didn’t even have a chance to scream as the chaotic energy crashed into him.

In the void, Tianyi’s eyes twitched as what happened to his conduit registered in his mind. His heart turned solemn. He thought that the Demon Clan was nothing after learning about the Concealed Emperor’s true realm, but it seemed that it would not be so easy after all.

Of course, he didn’t let that show. He even slowed his attack on Demon Emperor Redraco and paid attention to Minister Everpast and the Black Tortoise. As he expected, the Black Tortoise’s movement stilled and his vitality swiftly dwindled until only an aura of death emanated from his body.

“Impossible!” Demon Emperor Redraco shouted. There was a sense of despair tinting his words, but Tianyi didn’t care.

“You are the last one,” Tianyi said, his voice plain but chilling. “You should join them.”

And thus, Tianyi renewed his attack with greater intensity.