At this moment, Xiao Long, who was inside the cave, immediately sensed something was wrong. The other party, being a celestial demon, would never leave him useless information without reason. That word "escape" was definitely telling him to run!
"Go!" The more Xiao Long thought about it, the more armed he became, feeling that something terrifying was about to happen.
Suddenly, the outside of the cave lit up brightly.
Xiao Long crawled to the entrance and saw a dazzling light descending from the southeastern sky, which calmed down after a moment.
"What came down this time?" Xiao Long was deeply shocked.
Huang Mao also widened his eyes, at a loss for what to do.
"Brother Xiao! I'm so scared!"
Xiao Long looked over to see Xiao Bai, her face pale, crouching in fear, her small body trembling.
"Brother Xiao, something is coming after us!" Xiao Bai said shakily, "I don't want to be captured!"
Xiao Long's expression turned grave as he analyzed the situation. It was certain that a powerful enemy had descended from the Heavenly Realm.
Otherwise, Yu Huangtian wouldn't have told him to escape, and Xiao Bai wouldn't have shown such an expression.
But escape? Where could they run to? A Demon Emperor's spiritual sense could easily cover an entire empire, let alone someone from the Heavenly Realm.
Xiao Long had faced countless life-and-death situations, and this was undoubtedly the most dangerous moment. A single misstep could lead to death.
Xiao Long never believed there was a situation with no chance of survival. No matter how dangerous, there was always a glimmer of hope.
Countless thoughts fshed through his mind...
Xiao Long stared at Xiao Bai and asked solemnly, "Xiao Bai, do you trust me?"
"I do." Xiao Bai nodded without hesitation.
"Good! Rex and don't resist!"
Xiao Bai rexed.
"Remember, no matter what happens, stay put, don't come out, and don't send out any thoughts, or we might both die!"
"Okay!" Xiao Bai nodded firmly.
After speaking, Xiao Long focused his mind.
"Innate skill, Devour!"
Whoosh!
A fierce wind blew, and Xiao Bai was swallowed into his Inner World.
Inside the Inner World, Xiao Long cleared away all the venom, leaving an open space in the center.
His human form sat cross-legged in the open space, and Xiao Bai appeared out of thin air.
"Brother Xiao, where is this?" Xiao Bai asked.
"This is my Inner World. After I used Devour, everything was brought here," expined Xiao Long's human form.
At that moment, Xiao Long's human form suddenly changed expression, immediately closing his eyes, not daring to be distracted.
"Xiao Bai, don't move."
"They're here!"
After saying this, Xiao Long focused all his attention on his main body, while his human form fell into a deep sleep.
Xiao Bai obediently sat to the side, not daring to disturb him.
Outside, Xiao Long looked up at the sky. Two supreme beings from the Heavenly Realm stood beyond the nine heavens, overlooking all living things.
Around them, the Spiritual Qi seemed to encounter something terrifying, completely dispersing, and the surrounding light was swallowed up, making them appear like gods descending, inspiring a sense of submission in those who saw them.
"Junior Xiao Long greets the two great beings from the Heavenly Realm!"
In front of these two, Xiao Long dared not disguise himself at all, speaking respectfully in a human tone.
Huang Mao scratched his head and followed suit, nodding and bowing.
The two paid no attention to the ants below, instead showing expressions of confusion.
"Huh? It was just here, how did it suddenly disappear?" The deep-eyed man in purple clothes was puzzled.
"Could my perception be wrong?"
"Hmph! Maybe that old dog hid it away."
The old woman snorted, extending a withered cw to grab at the air.
The top of the mountain seemed to be crushed by an invisible hand, forming a mass and hurling it into the distance.
Boom!
The earth shook!
The mountaintop was lifted, revealing an empty pza inside.
The fox's corpse y on the pza.
Huang Mao was dumbfounded, seeing half a mountain thrown with a mere gesture. Was this the power of the Heavenly Realm?
The man in purple descended, arriving beside the fox's corpse, pcing his hand on the fox's massive head, his deep eyes flickering with light.
"Dead, soul completely extinguished, dead beyond dead!" The man in purple shook his head.
"And what about Yu Linglong?" the old woman demanded.
"I don't know. Maybe Yu Huangtian sent her away with a teleportation array before dying, but I didn't find any trace of such an array," the man continued.
The old woman's gaze sharpened, turning to Xiao Long and Huang Mao outside.
"Speak! Did you see a fox here?"
"Speak!" "Speak!" "Speak!" "Speak!"...
With just one word, countless voices echoed in their minds, the sound so compelling it almost made them blurt out the truth.
Xiao Long appeared calm on the surface, but inside he was struggling, almost being controlled.
He, a reborn Martial Emperor, had gathered the will of billions of demon beasts. How could he be confused by a mere voice? Impossible!
"No!" Xiao Long calmly uttered a word.
Huang Mao fell into a state of confusion.
Xiao Long didn't look at him, nor did he send him any messages, not even showing the slightest hint of anxiety.
He knew that any sign of anxiety might give them away.
All he could do was pray that Huang Mao wouldn't speak out.
"Ow!" Suddenly, Huang Mao let out a strange cry, blood streaming from his seven orifices, and he fainted.
Xiao Long breathed a sigh of relief.
The man in purple gnced at the old woman and said indifferently, "You were too heavy-handed. How could a mere Demon General withstand your shout?"
The old woman was momentarily stunned, showing an embarrassed expression.
Xiao Long knew very well that Huang Mao didn't fail to withstand it; he had deliberately guided the sound to impact his own mind, injuring his sea of consciousness, causing him to bleed and faint.
This method not only made it seem like he wasn't self-harming but also avoided further questioning. It was a brilliant move, but—
Xiao Long was worried.
This method caused significant damage to his sea of consciousness, and it was uncertain if he could wake up.
Thinking of this, anger surged in Xiao Long's heart. These bastards, they went too far!
"Huh?" The man in purple suddenly felt something and turned his deep gaze toward Xiao Long.
His eyes narrowed.
"Strange, in this lower pne, there's something I can't see through."
The man in purple reached out and directly pulled Xiao Long over.
Xiao Long was thus caught in the man's hand.
Xiao Long could clearly feel a spiritual sense frantically scanning his insides. When it passed by the demon core, the Aurora Fme within automatically protected its master, releasing a wisp of fme that burned the spiritual sense into nothingness.
"What is that!" The man in purple was so startled that he quickly released Xiao Long.
The man in purple stared at him intently and demanded, "What's inside you?"
Xiao Long was utterly furious!
The other party was a great being from the Heavenly Realm, and he had shown enough respect, yet they repeatedly provoked him, using spiritual sense to scour his body! They even forced Huang Mao to harm himself! Whether he could wake up was unknown!
These actions had thoroughly crossed Xiao Long's bottom line!
A dragon's reverse scale must not be touched, even if the other party was a great being from the Heavenly Realm, so what?!
"You damn bastard! What's inside me is none of your business!" Xiao Long gritted his teeth and shouted.
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