Chapter 563 - 663: Things Have Escalated
"Very well, then we'll continue according to the plan!"
In a tent in the far west, this conversation occurred, and the last part was spoken by the person known as the Leader by the man earlier.
After the Leader finished speaking, a guard at the tent entrance blinked a few times, then his gaze dimmed, as if nothing had happened.
This guard was actually someone from the City Guard Elder, and just now, by blinking a few times, he sent out a signal, which was received by the City Guard Elder.
While everyone was still in a meeting, the City Guard Elder received this message and sneered.
Everyone looked at the City Guard Elder because of his sneer, while the person speaking just now, Master Taichu, smiled at the City Guard Elder, wanting to know why he had suddenly sneered while he was speaking. If there wasn't a good reason, Master Taichu wouldn't mind giving the City Guard Elder a harsh reprimand.
"It's not... don't look at me like that!" The City Guard Elder was genuinely confused, not expecting to have sneered while Master Taichu was talking; it was practically digging his own grave: "It's like this, I just received news from my subordinate in that tribe, saying the tribe members think we haven't discovered their plan and are preparing to proceed further. Moreover, they have a subsequent big plan!"
"Is that so?" Master Taichu sneered again, it seemed they didn't seize this opportunity: "In that case, when they execute their plan, we'll take them down. Since they've abandoned this opportunity, they won't get another one!"
Everyone nodded and then said.
At this moment, Elder Huo withdrew the flames in his hand and took a deep breath, saying, "Alright, the Demonic Qi on this Xuanlong Seal has been cleared, let Taichu use it, he's the strongest among us, it's safer with him."
"Okay, I agree!" Everyone quickly agreed.
The reason everyone agreed so quickly was to change the topic, as the subject of the tribe was too heavy, and although everyone agreed that Master Taichu should use this Magical Treasure, they didn't actually care who used it, as long as their plan against the demons was successful.
At this moment, a disciple from the good sect suddenly barged in from outside the tent.
Everyone looked towards this disciple, not scolding him, understanding that if there wasn't something big, they generally wouldn't be disturbed during the meeting since all present were important figures.
"What's the matter?" Master Taichu asked the disciple.
"It's... like this, senior uncles, the demons in Heaven-Reaching Town, they've closed off the whole town and used some Demon Technique to shroud the entire Heaven-Reaching Town. Now, we can only see a cloud of black fog, nothing else!" The disciple said anxiously, knowing that these big figures had previously instructed them to keep a close eye on Heaven-Reaching Town and report any changes immediately. Unexpectedly, just as they were about to report, a cloud of black fog suddenly covered the whole town.
This scared the disciples into rushing over to find them, worried that if these important figures blamed them for not watching properly, they'd have nowhere to argue their case.
"Is that so?" Master Taichu didn't blame the disciple because he understood that they wouldn't have waited until the black fog completely covered the town to report it; it must have covered it very suddenly and within a very short time, otherwise, they would have reported earlier.
Master Taichu stood up and headed outside to investigate what was happening, with everyone following him closely. Ye Tianfan also followed along, secretly taking a pill to speed up his Spiritual Power recovery.
This pill differed from the Spiritual Power replenishing pills, as it sped up recovery, rather than providing an instant boost of Spiritual Power, and the recovered Spiritual Power was like the natural recovery, without gradually fading away like the other pills.
The reason Ye Tianfan took the pill was because he felt they would soon be heading over to Heaven-Reaching City. The unusual situation there indicated a significant plan, and if the demons' plan succeeded, it would surely endanger everyone in the central region.
When Ye Tianfan stepped outside and looked towards Heaven-Reaching Town, he found that things might not be as simple as they imagined.
The situation appeared dire; the black fog felt like Evil Qi to Ye Tianfan, and it was slowly expanding outward.
"Creating such an Evil Qi in this town, it seems they're about to begin!" Master Taichu sneered.
The Evil Qi in Copper Gong Town was not yet resolved, and unexpectedly, the demons created new Evil Qi here.
Master Taichu looked at Granny Zhanhua and said, "Zhanhua, can I leave it to you? Don't let the Evil Qi continue expanding."
"Leave it to me!" Granny Zhanhua nodded and then summoned a flying sword shaped like a dagger, stepping onto it and flying towards the outskirts of Heaven-Reaching Town.
Ye Tianfan only saw a flash, and Granny Zhanhua was already outside the town.
Now Ye Tianfan could only see the flickering image of Granny Zhanhua from a distance.
But then Ye Tianfan saw the flickering image suddenly burst into light, and several points of light scattered around the town. Soon, those lights formed an energy shield covering the whole town.
The Evil Qi that touched the energy shield was instantly repelled, but more Evil Qi from behind corroded the shields, prompting the Array's energies to blaze bright and suppress the Evil Qi back, only to experience even more violent Evil Qi backlash.
However, it was again suppressed by the energy shield.
"It seems Zhanhua may not be able to handle it alone!" Master Taichu said worriedly when he saw the situation, "Old Landlord, lend a hand, your Ruyi Duster should suppress the Evil Qi momentarily until Zhanhua fully sets up the Array!"
