Chapter 1093: Mysterious Pond
This begged the question, however: How could he pit the two sides against one another?
The answer was very simple. By using himself as bait and entering the darkness. If the Sage wished to kill him, then they must enter the darkness as well. At that point, it was guaranteed that they would clash against the entity.
Was it not obvious that he was trying to use the Nine Nethers Demon to rid himself of his pursuers? Of course it was. Unless the Sage pursuing him had a giant hole inside their brain, they would understand his plan as soon as they saw the zone of darkness.
That was the thing about most Sages, however. They were very prideful. Their dignity would not allow them to balk in the face of some danger.
Besides that, Ye Qing was sure that the Sage pursuing him had seen the Buddhist light as well and made the accurate guess that it was an Ancient-class Strange Artifact. Even for a Sage, the Strange Artifact represented a massive opportunity. He was certain that his pursuers would be tempted by it.
In conclusion, Ye Qing was confident that the combination of responsibility, pridefulness, and temptation would draw his pursuers into the zone of darkness even though they knew exactly what he was doing.
In fact, things went exactly as he expected. Only two things strayed from his expectations.
One, he underestimated how much West Kunlun was determined to kill him. He did not expect that not one, but two Sages were coming after him.
Two, he underestimated how powerful the bride was. She was singlehandedly suppressing the two Sages right now. Although this state of things was temporary, it did not change the fact that she was beyond powerful.