ASER - Chapter 107
Chapter 107: Scheme
The main reason was that she had never truly fought a Forbidden Master before, so A'Diao wasn't entirely certain, let alone a Demonic Spirit BOSS, which was generally even harder to deal with than humans.
Just as A'Diao's thoughts were racing, the mental threads in her mind suddenly twitched.
What?
A warning! A'Diao was stunned for a moment, then her expression suddenly changed. She immediately pressed herself carefully against the wall and used an art.
Petrification!
In an instant, she merged into the wall.
As if she had never existed.
And not long after, perhaps seven or eight seconds later, a strange, eerie blue cold qi climbed up from below, as if alive, prying and searching the entire cave passage.
Soon, it reached A'Diao's location.
A'Diao, petrified and hidden within the wall, her body leaking not a single trace of spiritual power, was like a real stone. Even other ordinary Forbidden Masters would find it difficult to detect her presence here. A'Diao coldly watched it meticulously search the area in front of her.
The separation of mental threads was for future spirit attachment use, but its benefits were also obvious. It was equivalent to differentiating a single mental sense into multiple ones, greatly enhancing perception, which was why A'Diao had just been able to suddenly sense danger.
But what horrified her was that this eerie blue cold qi was active; the gas within it carried an art, similar to something like an Eye of Insight.
A Level 6 Demonic Spirit BOSS already knows Daoist arts?
Toilet: "Theoretically, yes. Back in the First Era, some high-blooded Demonic Spirits at Level 4 or 5 even knew Daoist arts. They were the ones who truly fought above their level; quite a few Level 5s could kill Forbidden Masters."
A'Diao gave a wry smile: "Genetically speaking, it feels like these Demonic Spirits are even stronger than humans."
Toilet: "But humanity's greatest talent lies in creation, and the things created benefit human society. They are also adept at assessing situations, dividing internally when necessary, and uniting against external threats. This makes them stronger than these Demonic Spirits with their fixed racial bloodlines and separate factions."
Humans are currently the most terrifying race; that much is true.
After searching, the eerie blue cold qi climbed away.
But A'Diao still didn't move.
After a while, it crawled back and investigated again.
A'Diao: "..."
This big bird BOSS is quite cunning.
After the eerie blue cold qi truly left, A'Diao was ready to continue staying and exploring downwards.
At least she was now fairly certain that her disguise indeed prevented the Sea Martial Falcon BOSS from detecting her, so she was temporarily safe.
A'Diao was truly curious about what was down there.
A Great Spirit Gate? That would be of great use to her.
Toilet: "The reason Great Spirit Gates are sought after by top-tier families is because they have growth potential. As long as you keep feeding them Spirit Cores, they can continuously increase the frequency of releasing spiritual energy. If you obtain it, you don't have to absorb it; you can fuse and assimilate it with Toilet, releasing spiritual energy together. Your cultivation speed will be even faster."
A'Diao had the same thought, which was why she was willing to take the risk.
She continued to explore downwards cautiously, occasionally evading the constant, high-frequency searches of the eerie blue cold qi.
Evidently, this BOSS also knew its lair was being targeted, so it was even more cautious than A'Diao.
About fifteen minutes later, A'Diao finally reached her destination.
At the bottom of the lair, a large expanse of ostrich-egg-sized bird eggs came into view, numbering over a thousand, perhaps. Every single one was... very ugly.
As ugly as an adult Sea Martial Falcon. Beneath some of the thin membranes, one could even see fetuses resembling rat pups.
A'Diao didn't count them carefully because her attention was entirely on that Great Spirit Gate.
Indeed, a Great Spirit Gate was hidden here, and beside it lay a huge, plump Sea Martial Falcon BOSS. With its wings spread, it probably spanned over ten meters. Its feathers were like real metal quills, sharp and hard, giving the impression that its armor couldn't be pierced.
However, just as A'Diao saw the Sea Martial Falcon BOSS, she heard...
"You're here?"
Holy crap! This Demonic Spirit BOSS spoke? It seemed she had heard that high-level Demonic Spirits could speak.
But... who was it talking to?
Both A'Diao and Toilet's minds trembled.
Discovered?
But in the next second, A'Diao realized it wasn't talking to her, but... A'Diao took a closer look and was dumbfounded.
In front of the Sea Martial Falcon BOSS was a mobile phone.
This was utterly ridiculous, absurd to the extreme.
It was using its will to control spiritual power, condensing it to tap on the phone's small keyboard. A hoarse voice soon came from the private chat window on the other side.
"Not yet."
"You'd better hurry. Otherwise, if I'm taken down by these intruders, there's no guarantee you won't suffer along with me."
"Threatening me?"
"How would I dare."
Through the brief conversation between the bird and the person, A'Diao quickly understood: this Level 6 BOSS was indeed smart. It realized its lair was likely surrounded and had contacted someone in advance to counter-encircle and eliminate those who came to besiege it. This person was its partner among humans, and it was likely that the bandit organization deployed outside was connected to them.
"It's now confirmed that the Li family siblings are heading over. Those two kids are nothing to worry about, but they've summoned a Chen Hua. That Chen Hua has some skill, but he's no match for you. You're already Level 6, what are you panicking about?"
The mysterious person's tone was cool, as if mocking the bird BOSS. The bird BOSS didn't get angry and said slowly: "Those bandits you arranged have all been killed, and a large number of my subordinates have also been wiped out. That mysterious intruder is even more unpredictable. If these two team up, I might not survive. It's still the same old saying: you might prefer me to die directly. Not only would it keep your secret, but it would also let you reap all the benefits. But don't forget what you've done. Once other humans find out, you'll become a traitor to humanity, and you'll die without a burial place. So don't deliberately drag your feet, intentionally waiting until the end to reap the rewards... I've already pre-stored this secret in my phone. Once I die, it will be sent out at a set time..."
The mysterious person fell silent, then chuckled softly, "As expected of a Level 6 Demonic Spirit BOSS, truly intelligent, just a bit too nervous. Why would I do something that offers me no benefit at all?"
"I'll be there in an hour. Don't worry, none of those who came to kill you will leave this mountain alive."
A'Diao felt this bird BOSS was shrewder than some humans; it even knew how to pre-store messages on a phone for timed sending... Could this human-like behavior have been taught by the mysterious person?
That shouldn't be right; wouldn't that be digging a pit for oneself?
Unless... it had other human partners, and they taught it.
A glint flashed in A'Diao's eyes as she hid herself even better. Sure enough, after the Sea Martial Falcon BOSS closed the message, it spoke towards a small, dark passage opposite: "Just those people from the Li family and that Chen Hua aren't enough. I need more energy to break through. Are you sure that Zhao Guang will also come?"
Another mysterious person in the passage, let's call him Mysterious Person B for now.
"He will. These geniuses, as soon as they hear about resources, are like hungry dogs smelling meat buns; they'll definitely come. And Zhao Guang is from the prominent Yue Clan of Qingzhou, so he definitely has a Forbidden Master with him. Add to that the resources he carries and his own arrival, once all these people are taken down, it should be enough for you to break through to Level 7."
Holy crap!
This big bird is about to break through to Level 7?
A'Diao immediately wanted to flee. After all, a Level 7 Demonic Spirit BOSS would require a Forbidden Master at the Transcendent Upper Rank to handle. She hadn't even reached the threshold of a Forbidden Master yet. She could still fight against Lower Rank ones, but she'd have to run from Middle Rank ones, and against Upper Rank ones, the mortality rate might be 90%.
So, against a Level 6 Demonic Spirit BOSS, she could still try her luck, especially since it couldn't detect her. But if it was at the peak of Level 6 and about to break through to Level 7, she wouldn't dare take the risk.
Besides, it had two helpers.
A'Diao was just about to retreat when she suddenly glimpsed something under the big bird's rear.
An egg?
But this egg seemed different from the others.
No sparks, more like a... fossilized eyeball?
A'Diao seemed to remember something.
Toilet: "It's a Xun Spirit Pupil, and its grade is very high, at least three grades higher than the ice-fire one Song Ling obtained. What a treasure! This single one far surpasses all these eggs; you might not even be able to buy it for five billion."
A'Diao certainly knew its value. "Why doesn't this bird BOSS swallow it? Isn't it also an energy source?"
Most of what she had learned was human knowledge and human understanding of Demonic Spirits, but she was relatively lacking in the internal secrets of Demonic Spirits.
Because some secrets originated from the First Era, and most things from the First Era were controlled by the prominent families descended from that time. Even academies didn't have the ability to transmit this knowledge.
Toilet: "It's different. It's a fossil, a fossilized pupil from a high-blooded wind-attribute Demonic Spirit of the First Era. The genes are different. If it swallows it and the genes clash, forget breaking through, it would be strange if it didn't vomit blood. Among Demonic Spirit races, this risk is very high, especially if the genetic difference is too great, it's even more dangerous. Only a small number of Demonic Spirits have managed such a feat. This BOSS is scheming for the more easily digestible bodies of human cultivators precisely because it doesn't want to take this risk."
A'Diao had a sudden realization and said thoughtfully: "Then this Xun Spirit Pupil is indeed awesome. If I install it on a flying vehicle..."
Toilet: "Then even a Forbidden Master at the Transcendent Upper Rank wouldn't be able to catch you."
Oho!
A'Diao was tempted. Her tempted expression resembled a greedy little dragon hiding behind a door, looking at a gold ingot a few meters away, hesitating, biting its nails, and swaying indecisively.
Treasure, or life?
That was the question.
Five seconds later, A'Diao had already sorted out the current situation in her mind.
Now, the known situation was as follows.
1. People from the Li Clan of Yunzhou, including the Forbidden Master Chen Hua, were on their way and estimated to arrive soon.
2. Zhao Guang of the Yue Clan from Linzhou and his family's Forbidden Master.
3. Mysterious Person A, who organized the bandits to profit from the disaster, was also on his way.
4. The above three groups were the prey that Mysterious Person B and the Sea Martial Falcon BOSS were plotting to wipe out in one go.
This was undoubtedly a chaotic battle between hunters and prey. It wouldn't be difficult to fish in troubled waters, but if an accident occurred, the risk would be enormous. Therefore, A'Diao had to confirm two things.
First, what was the background of Mysterious Person B, and how did he know so much about Mysterious Person A and the Sea Martial Falcon BOSS's affairs? One had to know that such treacherous acts of betraying humanity and colluding with Demonic Spirits were punishable by the extermination of nine generations. A wouldn't let outsiders know about this unless B himself was also part of this plan and had direct contact with A, knowing his identity.
Second, how could she retreat safely and without future worries? She was truly afraid of a repeat of the Cui family and Baili family incidents; she had some psychological trauma.
The second point depended on the first. A'Diao pondered: Why would this B choose to team up with A? It wasn't about the interests of the human race or anything. Obviously, even if they captured all these people, the Sea Martial Falcon BOSS would devour all the resources and become Level 7. At that time, let alone sharing benefits with B, it would be good if it didn't eat him too. Because for the Sea Martial Falcon BOSS, betraying an alliance cost nothing; after all, what common interests could humans and Demonic Spirits possibly share? So, if she were B, she definitely wouldn't fully trust the Sea Martial Falcon BOSS. Then...
A'Diao's thoughts went in a circle. At this moment, Mysterious Person B said, "I'll go hide outside first. You continue cultivating. If there's an accident, contact me."
A'Diao immediately followed, carefully lurking on the ceiling, secretly watching this person, wanting to see what kind of mischief he would get up to.
He retreated into the passage, but then turned back and peeked around for a while. After confirming he was in a safe area, he activated his optical computer and sent a message to the other side: "This idiot Sea Martial Falcon BOSS has fallen for it. The Li family and Zhao Guang's group are almost here. Just waiting for them to fight it to the death... How much longer until you arrive?"
The other side quickly replied: "Half an hour left."
Huh?
A'Diao instantly determined that this person was Mysterious Person A, and the two were very cunning, using satellite signals. Unless one had equipment based on an equivalent satellite signal system, it would be impossible to intercept these messages.
Oho, just now he told the big bird BOSS there was still an hour, and now he says only half an hour.
Hahaha!
Toilet: "Holy crap, this big bird BOSS is so pitiful. This B is a double agent!"
A'Diao: "This big bird is being played for a fool. It's probably A and B colluding to kill the bird and silence it, and incidentally profit from the Li and Yue clans' misfortune... Jie jie, awesome!"
Toilet: "This level of insidiousness rivals how you dealt with the Cui family and Li Yuanshu. Humans are indeed terrifying. But what are you going to do next?"
A'Diao gave a sly smile, "Of course, I'll let every party get what they wish for."
Evidently, she had a scheme, no, a brilliant plan.
Soon, A'Diao hid inside the Dimensional Spirit Plant Body and activated an art.
What identity this A or B had, perhaps she would soon find out.
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