Chapter 580 — The Hidden Insider
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 1 of 4
Lu Li inquired, "Fu Riluo, wisest of the demon race, how will you draw out the youth surnamed Shen?"
Fu Riluo smiled faintly and said with leisure, "And how will Lu Li, one of the four great commanders of Youdu, help me swallow Taihuang Heaven?"
Lu Li looked toward the demon race's enormous altars, one after another, and saw a Youdu demon god step down from an altar and, without a word, seize a hundred-odd divine-power cultivators of the demon race and stuff them into its mouth, so frightening the other demons that they scattered and fled.
At once demon gods of the demon race came forward from beside the altars to stop it. That Youdu demon god was an ancestor of the demon race, knowing only slaughter and possessing little wisdom; the many demon gods urged a vast dome into being and at last trapped this Ancestor of the Demon Race within it.
The Ancestor of the Demon Race roared without cease inside the dome, wreaking havoc at will, yet could not shatter it.
Those demon gods summoned many divine-power cultivators of the demon race; a hundred-odd demon strongmen hauled up a giant cart, set the dome upon it, and strained to drag it from the front, while behind, a thousand or more demon divine-power cultivators struggled to push, bearing this dome, Ancestor and all, toward the front line.
"Your demon armies are too weak, and the Ancestor you summoned is hard to control — it knows only how to devour."
Lu Li said calmly, "If you mean to destroy Taihuang Heaven's armies with them, I fear you will kill a thousand of the enemy at the cost of eight hundred of your own; the loss will outweigh the gain. By the time you take Taihuang Heaven, it will be battered to pieces, no better off than your own Luofu Heaven."
Fu Riluo's eyes flickered. "You should know that Taihuang Heaven is not my aim."
"Your aim is the world where the Kaihuang Heavenly Court resides."
Lu Li said with a half-smile, "Fu Riluo, you would use Taihuang Heaven as a springboard, make a blood sacrifice of it, join Luofu Heaven, Taihuang Heaven, and the Kaihuang Heavenly Court into one, and let your demon race descend into that world."
Fu Riluo smiled and said nothing for a moment, then: "Brother Daoist, you too are of the demon race — would you not wish our race to grow strong?"
Lu Li was silent a while, then shook her head. "Your ambition is too great and your ability too small; you will only bring disaster on yourself. But I am of the demon race as well, and I will still aid you. You cannot control the Ancestor of the Demon Race — I can."
She flicked her sleeve, and the dome on the distant giant cart split open with a crack. The Ancestor of the Demon Race within leaped out with a roar, howling at the sky and beating its chest in fury, its demonic qi surging straight beyond the heavens.
Fu Riluo's expression shifted slightly; the demon gods all around were startled as well and hurried toward the Ancestor.
But the Ancestor of the Demon Race suddenly soared into the air, flew toward Fu Riluo, landed heavily, and stood motionless at Lu Li's side.
The several demon gods of the demon race arrived; Fu Riluo raised a hand. "Withdraw."
He looked at the Ancestor: this ancient demon god had a blue face and protruding fangs, and its whole body was covered in exceedingly ancient patterns, as though carved into its skin.
Fu Riluo let out a foul breath. "How many Ancestors of the Demon Race can you control, Brother Daoist?"
A faint smile surfaced on Lu Li's beautiful face. "As many as you can summon, I can control."
Fu Riluo's three faces could not help but change color. Lu Li could control these Ancestors — and she could also turn them against the demon race, even overthrow Fu Riluo's rule!