Chapter 984: Dancing on a Knife's Edge

Inside a chamber of the Heavenly Demon Tiger Clan, the lamplight was dim.

Ling Jiushan stood with his hands at his sides, appearing very respectful.

"Jiushan, you performed exceptionally well this time! That boy from the Radiance Clan is indeed somewhat unusual. If he becomes the young clan leader, our Heavenly Demon Tiger Clan may have no one to control him in the future." Under the dim yellow light, a figure whose face could not be clearly seen spoke.

Bai Guang's sudden rise had also given the Heavenly Demon Tiger Clan a great headache.

In recent years, several exceptionally talented geniuses of the Heavenly Demon Tiger Clan had fallen at Bai Guang's hands, severely weakening the strength of their younger generation.

Upon hearing this, Ling Jiushan was overjoyed and quickly said, "Elder, you flatter me! Serving the clan is what we should do."

The Great Elder nodded and said, "Rest assured, I will not treat you unfairly. If you can use a scheme to lure Bai Guang to his death, the clan will reward you with a Profound Heaven Void-Entering Pill."

Ling Jiushan trembled upon hearing this, his heart bursting with ecstasy.

At the Divine King realm, ordinary pills were beneath their notice. Only ninth-grade top-quality pills could move them so.

Yet every ninth-grade top-quality pill was extremely precious.

Even a major clan like the Heavenly Demon Tiger Clan would not casually produce one.

"Rest assured, Great Elder. With those two fools around, Bai Guang will die sooner or later! Even if Bai Guang doesn't become the young clan leader, he is still a great threat to Rong Xing. That old fellow Rong Ze cannot sit idly by." Ling Jiushan said, barely containing his excitement.

The Great Elder nodded, also finding Ling Jiushan's analysis very reasonable: "I leave this matter to you. If you need the clan's help, feel free to ask me."

Ling Jiushan bowed and said, "Yes!"

Leaving the Great Elder's secret chamber, Ling Jiushan was in an excellent mood. He wanted to return to his residence as soon as possible to contact that old fellow Rong Ze and ask about the situation there.

"Hehe, there should already be results over there. Keeping that little girl by my side to nurture her, who would have thought it would earn me a Profound Heaven Void-Entering Pill? What an unexpected gain! With it, joining the Council of Elders in the future is not impossible!"

Ling Jiushan was now in high spirits, as if he could already see the time when he would hold sway over the clan.

But as he walked, Ling Jiushan suddenly sensed something was wrong.

"Hmm, haven't I walked this road before? By my calculations, I should have arrived long ago! Impossible! Could I be under an illusion? But who has the ability to cast an illusion on me within the territory of the Heavenly Demon Tiger Clan?" Ling Jiushan frowned.

After thinking it over, Ling Jiushan still found it impossible.

Even someone of the Great Elder's strength could not silently put him under an illusion within the Heavenly Demon Tiger Clan.

So he continued walking forward...

Ling Jiushan walked on and arrived at a hidden dungeon.

He slowly opened the cell door and entered, where two prisoners appeared before his eyes.

As soon as the two saw Ling Jiushan, they quickly knelt and begged, "Lord Jiushan, please spare our Xiao'er. She is still just a child!"

However, Ling Jiushan did not respond.

Suddenly, a figure flashed into view—who else could it be but Fang Xiao?

"Father, Mother! You... you're both safe, that's wonderful!" Fang Xiao wept for joy and immediately embraced them.

Fang Xiao's parents looked at their daughter with expressions of utter surprise.

The space rippled, and three more figures appeared.

"Shuangzhou, hurry! Subdue Ling Jiushan, I can't hold on any longer! We only have ten breaths of time, we must leave the Demon Tiger Clan immediately! Get away as fast as you can, buy me time to recover!" Ye Yuan spoke like a string of firecrackers, time was extremely urgent.

Ruan Shuangzhou struck out abruptly, completely sealing Ling Jiushan's dantian.

With Ye Yuan's current strength, merging with heaven and earth could last at most a hundred breaths.

During this time, Ye Yuan also had to use the Sun-Moon Heavenly Eye and activate the Mystic Illusion Mirror, which was a great challenge for him.

Even with Ye Yuan's thick nerves, he could only endure for a few dozen breaths at most.

Fortunately, in those few dozen breaths, Ye Yuan found Fang Xiao's parents through Ling Jiushan.

Now the deed was done, only retreat remained.

But in fact, the truly dangerous moment had only just arrived!

Now that they had revealed themselves, they had at most ten breaths before the strong of the Demon Tiger Clan discovered them. If they didn't escape quickly, they might never get out again.

Ruan Shuangzhou dragged Ling Jiushan like a dead dog. Seeing this, Ye Yuan directly collected everyone into the Haotian Tower, then used his last trace of primal force to merge with heaven and earth.

But this time, merging with heaven and earth, Ye Yuan simply couldn't sustain it for long.

At this point, Ye Yuan no longer cared about attracting the attention of the Demon Tiger Clan. With one merge into heaven and earth, he barely made it outside the totem territory before he could no longer move.

However, Ye Yuan had already instructed Ruan Shuangzhou that after merging with heaven and earth, he would lead everyone in escape.

With Ruan Shuangzhou's speed, it would still take some time for the Demon Tiger Clan to catch up.

Ye Yuan flickered and directly entered the Haotian Tower.

"Big brother, you... are you alright?"

At this moment, Ye Yuan's whole body was convulsing, cold sweat pouring out, his condition extremely frightening.

"Pill... pill!" Ye Yuan said with his last strength.

Bai Guang then suddenly realized that Ye Yuan had already given him the pills to restore primal force and soul power.

Without further hesitation, he quickly fed them to Ye Yuan.

This time, Ye Yuan had truly reached the end of his resources, not even a trace of primal force left.

Merging with heaven and earth was powerful, but it consumed too much primal force. Plus, dealing with Ling Jiushan, a Divine King, Ye Yuan had nearly exhausted both soul power and primal force.

This feeling was worse than death.

As the pills entered his stomach, strands of primal force and soul power flowed into his body. Ye Yuan gradually stopped convulsing, and his pale face finally regained a trace of life.

But just then, Ye Yuan suddenly felt several powerful, suffocating auras locking onto them from afar!

One of those auras was so strong that unless the Ten Divine Kings acted, no one could withstand its edge!

Ye Yuan knew well the power of these Divine Kings; this operation was truly dancing on the edge of a knife.

Still, things had gone smoothly so far, basically following the script he had directed.

Now, as long as they escaped to the territory of the White Tiger Clan, they would have no more worries.

He had already arranged with Rong Kun to meet them at the border.

No matter how strong the elders of the Demon Tiger Clan were, they couldn't pursue them into White Tiger territory.

"Young master, one of the Demon Tiger Clan's strong is too fast. With my speed, I'm afraid I won't make it to the White Tiger border before he catches up!" Ruan Shuangzhou's voice suddenly transmitted into the Haotian Tower, startling everyone.