370: Chapter 380 The Think Tank Takes Action! What's the Next Step?!

After everyone returned to the Purgatory Palace, a grand circular table rose, and everyone took their seats.

Wu Qin and Jiuyou naturally sat on the left and right sides of Su Feng, while Great Emperor Purgatory, Void Emperor, and the core members of the Star Domain think tank sat down one by one along the circular table.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Su Feng's expression remained calm. Under the table, he quietly swatted away Jiuyou's little claw that was stealthily climbing up his thigh.

Jiuyou pouted and withdrew her hand with a hint of resentment, but she knew the occasion and obediently sat up straight.

"Ahem~"

Su Feng cleared his throat, his expression becoming serious: "Next, I will show everyone a recording. This is a situation I encountered in the Sword Domain these past two days."

As he spoke, Su Feng flicked his finger, and a ray of spiritual light lit up in the center of the hall, transforming into a lifelike projection of the Void.

The scene showed Su Feng and the Sword Emperor confronting each other above the Ten Thousand Sword Ancient Clan.

"I recognize this person... He is from the Sword Domain, seems to have titled himself the Sword Emperor." Void Emperor had wandered the Great Thousand Star Domain for years and recognized countless people; he recognized Yi Jian in the projection at a glance.

Initially, when they saw Su Feng in the footage simply whisper a soft "Shh" and freeze the arrogant Sword Emperor in mid-air, the members of the think tank present all gasped, gaining a more intuitive understanding of Su Feng's formidable strength.

But immediately after, when everyone discovered that the Sword Emperor's body was undergoing distortion and had been completely controlled by the Demonic Energy egg inside him, everyone in the hall couldn't sit still!

Void Emperor was so angry that he stood up with a "bang," unable to help but feel injustice for the late Wuji Sword Emperor:

"Bastard! Back then, the Sword Emperor sacrificed himself to hold the line against the Realm Demons! I never expected that the Sword Domain he died protecting would produce such a beast that betrayed the Star Domain!"

Great Emperor Purgatory and the others stared fixedly at the demonized Sword Emperor in the image, their brows furrowed into a "chuan" shape.

Although the demonized Sword Emperor was beheaded by Su Feng with a single sword strike at the end of the recording, just from the aura emitted by the opponent and that terrifying demonized form, his combat power was definitely stronger than an ordinary Great Emperor Realm Late Stage!

"I really didn't expect that the Realm Demons actually had something capable of directly controlling the Great Emperor Realm!"

Great Emperor Purgatory's heart was in turmoil. If this were true, wouldn't the Great Thousand Star Domain's defense line collapse from within at any moment? How could this war even be fought?

Su Feng rested his hands on the table, interlaced, and voiced his concerns:

"Everyone, as far as I know, before the Sword Emperor was demonized, he had been stuck at the Great Emperor Realm Middle Stage for countless years. Yet, when he was demonized, he broke through to the Great Emperor Realm Late Stage."

"When I tried to extract the demon creature from his body for study, I discovered that the demon creature had completely merged with his flesh and blood. If even a Great Emperor Realm powerhouse can be demonized and corrupted, what about the ordinary Cultivators at the bottom? This is the most fatal part."

Hearing this grim news, Jiuyou, who harbored deep hatred for the Realm Demons, blurted out immediately:

"Then we must notify all the Star Domains immediately! Let everyone be prepared in advance!"

"Jiuyou makes a good point. Now that all parties in the Star Domain are on the same front, such a major crisis must definitely be communicated." Great Emperor Purgatory nodded in agreement.

Su Feng did not rush to reach a conclusion but turned his gaze to Wu Qin, who was sitting on his left. He wanted to hear what this Valkyrie who commanded the army thought.

Wu Qin, who was lost in thought with her head down, suddenly noticed that the surrounding discussion had stopped, and everyone's eyes were converged on her.

Her heroic sword-like eyebrows arched slightly, and she spoke unhurriedly:

"Notification is naturally necessary, but the key lies in—how to notify, and whom to notify."

As soon as Wu Qin said this, the clever people present immediately realized it.

Great Emperor Purgatory nodded in sudden realization: "Indeed. The news must not spread in all directions. While maintaining confidentiality, only the leading forces of each party should be informed."

Jiuyou looked confused. For her, who only focused on Cultivating and was ignorant of worldly affairs, she wouldn't normally be invited to such a meeting.

Seeing Jiuyou's confusion, Su Feng explained softly from the side:

"Jiuyou, imagine this: once the middle and lower-level Cultivators of the entire Great Thousand Star Domain know that the Realm Demons have the ability to control a Great Emperor, what do you think will happen to the morale on the front line?"

Hearing Su Feng's guidance, Jiuyou instantly understood.

Panic! It would definitely be unprecedented panic!

If even the high and mighty Great Emperors couldn't resist the demons' assimilation, how could the bottom-level Cultivators have any confidence to resist?

One had to admit, the Realm Demons' move to kill and punish the heart was truly vicious!

"My suggestion is that each Star Domain immediately establish secret patrol groups, led by Great Emperor Realm powerhouses, to secretly search for Cultivators who may have been corrupted by the Realm Demons. We must figure out the transmission method of the Realm Demons!"

Wu Qin stood up, her hands pressed on the table, and issued countermeasures in a serious and decisive tone:

"At the same time, the outposts of the Blood-colored Passage of each party need to have Saint Realm powerhouses keep their Divine Sense active around the clock. From today on, it is strictly forbidden for any Star Domain Cultivator to go to the demon territory privately for any reason!"

"We currently know very little about the infiltration methods of the Realm Demons. The first thing we must do is secure the interior! Once problems arise within the rear, the consequences are definitely something we cannot bear."

After hearing Wu Qin's deployment, everyone nodded with heavy expressions, and their already suppressed mood became even heavier.

Just as the hall fell into a brief silence.

At the end of the long table, a clear voice suddenly rang out.

"Emperor Su, Lady Wu Qin. I have a guess, I don't know if it's correct."

Everyone looked in the direction of the voice, and the speaker was a young Cultivator with an ordinary appearance.

If Jialuo of the God Race were here, she would definitely recognize this person at a glance. He was the attendant that Jialuo had casually taken hostage in the Wanxiang Star Domain—Li Fan!

Nowadays, the Wanxiang Star Domain recruited talents broadly, without asking about their background. Li Fan, who had survived in the meat grinder battlefield of the Realm for a hundred years, had his potential keenly discovered by Wu Qin and became a member of the core think tank in one leap.

Although he did not have strong frontal combat ability, nor the courage to lead a great army, he had extremely unique talents in observing words and expressions, escaping to save his life, intelligence analysis, and dismantling weaknesses.

In Wu Qin's words: Everyone has their own shining points; no one is perfect, the key is how the commander uses them!

"Let's hear it!"

Su Feng became interested and looked at Li Fan with encouragement. For talents, he had always been very willing to invest and give trust.

Li Fan stood up, facing the gazes of many powerful beings, not timid at all. He raised three fingers and analyzed logically:

"First, according to the intelligence provided by Emperor Su just now, the Sword Emperor's original Realm was Great Emperor Realm Middle Stage, and after demonization, he instantly broke through to the Great Emperor Realm Late Stage."

"Second, for someone who could Cultivate to the Great Emperor Realm Middle Stage and whose status was the strongest in the Sword Domain, I don't believe his willpower would be so weak as to be easily eroded by external objects. Therefore, there must be some tempting benefits or other reasons that made him voluntarily abandon his faith as a Sword Cultivator."

"Third, if the Realm Demons really had the ability to directly and forcibly control the Great Emperor Realm Middle Stage, they wouldn't need to fight a war of attrition with us for so many years; the Star Domain defense line would have collapsed long ago."

Speaking of this, Li Fan's gaze swept across the audience, and his voice rose slightly:

"In summary!"

"I boldly guess: The Sword Emperor encountered something that caused his faith to collapse, and he voluntarily accepted the assimilation of the Realm Demons! And the condition was that the Realm Demons could let him break through the shackles of his talent and become stronger!"

After Li Fan's seamless reasoning came out, the eyes of everyone in the hall lit up instantly, feeling that this guess was very reasonable.

After Li Fan finished speaking, he closed his eyes and pondered for a while.

When he opened his eyes again, his eyes were piercing. He looked at everyone present and slowly threw out a question:

"Everyone, if you were the commander of the Realm Demons, after possessing this weapon that can assimilate opponents and bestow them with powerful strength..."

"What would your next step be?"