185: Cage Domain Attacked

Just as the four of them were discussing, Lin Zhiyi finally finished arranging matters in the Flowing Stone Domain and rushed back to Defying Heaven City.

He didn't know that while he was busy, Defying Heaven Pavilion had already become a branch of the Heavenly Palace, and he, as a founding elder, was simply unaware.

Chen Li was very happy that Lin Zhiyi had returned so quickly. He directly stated his thoughts and asked Lin Zhiyi for his opinion.

After a long silence, Lin Zhiyi said, "Then it's not an alliance. Are we joining the Heavenly Palace?"

Chen Li didn't deny it, replying, "If you want to understand it that way, there's no problem. If you have any thoughts, say them to my face. We've been old brothers for so many years; you know my character. If you say it to my face, it's easy to resolve. If you try to pull strings behind my back, then I won't be so easy to talk to."

Chen Li saw Lin Zhiyi very clearly. Lin Zhiyi wasn't a bad person; he just liked to overthink things.

However, this time, Lin Zhiyi surprised him and didn't overthink.

After listening to Chen Li's words, Lin Zhiyi got up and walked over to Xun Xiuyuan.

He asked seriously, "I have no objection to what Elder Chen said. I just want to ask Palace Master Xun one question."

Xun Xiuyuan was surprised, "What question?"

"After the Heavenly Palace grows stronger, will it go to war with Ghost Valley?"

Lin Zhiyi stared into Xun Xiuyuan's eyes and asked earnestly.

Xun Xiuyuan also stood up, his expression serious, and replied, "One mountain cannot accommodate two tigers. If the conditions are ripe, it definitely will."

Lin Zhiyi knew very well that for a long time, The Two Elders of the Chen Family had been indifferent to everything. Their current enthusiasm was entirely because of Xun Xiuyuan.

So, he didn't ask The Two Elders of the Chen Family, but directly questioned Xun Xiuyuan.

Fortunately, he was very satisfied with Xun Xiuyuan's answer. Revenge wasn't urgent; he was just afraid of losing hope.

Then Lin Zhiyi said to Chen Li, "Elder Chen, I agree to what you said. I will do my utmost to assist Palace Master Xun, my utmost!"

As if pledging loyalty, Lin Zhiyi repeatedly said "do my utmost" twice.

Lin Zhiyi knew that without relying on The Two Elders of the Chen Family, his revenge would be almost hopeless.

This conquest of the Flowing Stone Domain made Lin Zhiyi see the strength of The Two Elders of the Chen Family even more clearly: instantly killing three Heavenly God Realm peak experts.

Although Shi Potian and the other two were slightly injured, Lin Zhiyi knew that even if they were in peak condition, those three wouldn't have escaped, because the disparity in strength was there. Moreover, Chen Li even performed a trick at the end, beheading an enemy general from a thousand miles away. A peak Heavenly God Realm Ghost Clan member had already fled outside the sphere of influence of Defying Heaven Pavilion, yet was killed by Chen Li within a few breaths, and his head was brought back.

It was truly terrifying. Even if Xun Xiuyuan's answer hadn't been satisfactory just now, Lin Zhiyi would at most have prepared to leave Defying Heaven Pavilion. He had no intention of confronting The Two Elders of the Chen Family or playing dirty tricks.

Because that would be courting death. In the face of absolute power, all schemes and tricks were just a joke.

After Xun Xiuyuan answered Lin Zhiyi's words, he had nothing else to do.

Looking at the more than 300 billion exotic beast value on the panel, he unhesitatingly added points to his mental power, reaching 1,800,001+. He was not far from two million, needing only one more major battle.

Xun Xiuyuan was silently pondering.

Suddenly, a system notification sound rang in his mind.

Ding dong!

Killed a Quasi-God Realm Ghost Clan member +1, gained 160 million exotic beast value.

Ding dong!

Killed a Quasi-God Realm Ghost Clan member +1, gained 160 million exotic beast value.

Ding dong!

Killed a Quasi-God Realm Ghost Clan member +1, gained 160 million exotic beast value.

The continuous notification sounds rang out. Since they were Ghost Clan members and Xun Xiuyuan's Law of the Soul, Law of Space, and Law of Water had all reached the Quasi-God Realm, there were no other notifications besides the exotic beast value at this time.

The moment he heard the notification sound, Xun Xiuyuan knew something had happened in the Cage Domain.

"The Cage Domain is under attack, hurry back." Xun Xiuyuan stood up and said without preamble.

Chen Sheng and Chen Li no longer cared about anything else, only saying to Lin Zhiyi, "Manage things here well, and wait for us to return."

After speaking, the four had already disappeared.

Beast Domain.

Northern Territory.

At the light gate connecting the Beast Domain and the Abyss.

Ghost Dragon and Lan Yu stood side by side.

Ghost Dragon looked at the light gate in front of him and said, "This teleportation gate cannot be entered by even True Gods; only Quasi-God Realm cultivators can enter. It's truly a waste that we brought so many Heavenly Gods and True Gods!"

Lan Yu chimed in, "I thought the Cage Domain was so impressive? Calling itself the Heavenly Palace, truly absurd. Have those True Gods and that one Heavenly God Realm initial stage fellow been found?"

Ghost Dragon nodded, "Found them. They've all been sealed off and imprisoned in the Orchid Domain. Those Ghost Clan members and exotic beasts are not urgent for now. Population is a resource; we'll take them all back to Ghost Valley to mine later."

Lan Yu didn't care about those people and nodded in agreement. His only target was the Cage Domain.

Ghost Dragon's secret trip was precisely to fulfill his promise to Lan Yu to annihilate the Cage Domain.

To prevent the news of his annihilation of the Cage Domain from leaking, none of them brought sound transmission jades, so Ghost Dragon was currently unaware of what had happened in the Flowing Stone Domain.

Cage Domain.

Inside the military camp at the entrance of the Abyss passage.

Xie Yunzhou and several Shattering Void Realm human cultivators stood high in the sky.

They watched Xun Xiuyuan's clone fighting with the invading Ghost Clan members.

A newly promoted Shattering Void Realm human asked, "Boss Xie, are we just going to watch? Do we need to go and help?"

Xie Yunzhou shook his head and said, "Not for now. This puppet can hold on. Xiao Yuan probably knows already. Let's wait a bit longer."

The battle between Xun Xiuyuan's clone and the Quasi-God Realm Ghost Clan members caused immense fluctuations, which could even be felt in the capital.

Ji Tianxun looked up in the direction of the Abyss entrance and murmured, "I wonder what kind of enemy it is. This commotion is a bit too big."

Xie Yunzhou observed Xun Xiuyuan's clone's battle. Its movements were becoming slower and slower, indicating that the clone wouldn't be able to hold on for much longer.

After a moment of thought, he said, "I'll step away for a moment. You all watch first. As soon as that puppet can't hold on, take this and die together with them."

As he spoke, Xie Yunzhou took out several round pearls, which were the God-Slaying Pearls and the super god-slaying pearl that Xun Xiuyuan had left behind before he left.

Tools of such power had become useless to Xun Xiuyuan now, so he had left all of them behind.

The several Shattering Void Realm cultivators beside him each took one, and immediately their faces lit up with joy: "Can this thing make us die together with them? That's great, I was just afraid that even if we self-destructed, they wouldn't be harmed."

Abyss.

A peak Quasi-God Realm Ghost Clan expert, Gui Mo, the leader of the Quasi-God Realm Ghost Valley members this time, stood in front of the light gate. A wound on his chest had not yet healed, with flesh exposed, looking quite terrifying.

Seeing a Quasi-God Realm Ghost Clan member fly out of the light gate, Gui Mo immediately stepped forward: "How is it? Is that human with the saber dead?"

Xun Xiuyuan's clone had a spatial ring containing dozens of transcendent-grade long sabers.

These were all masterpieces Li Jun had created while practicing after his promotion to Quasi-God Realm.

Upon hearing Gui Mo's question, that Ghost Clan member said helplessly, "Although there are signs of exhaustion, he's probably far from dead."

Upon hearing this, Gui Mo no longer delayed and directly said to the remaining nearly a hundred Quasi-God Realm cultivators, "Ten people per batch, enter in sequence, and kill this fiend."