Former Interstellar Mercenary In Urban Cultivation World
Chapter 697: Eight Stars Of Heavenly Jade Flower (Part 10)

Chapter 697: Eight Stars Of Heavenly Jade Flower (Part 10)

"Move aside! I will personally kill the bastard who murdered my son!"

"City Lord, please reconsider it again. The secret realm has not yet opened, and if you act rashly now, the humans will surely respond. If their experts take this as an excuse to strike against you, what will happen to the people of our city? Finding the killer can wait. If you go now, you’ll only give the human experts time to prepare."

The trusted subordinate risked his life to advise him, knowing that the city lord was in no mood to listen to reason.

He also knew how much the young lord meant to the city lord, but the stakes were too high, and he was willing to die to stop him.

The city lord was well aware of the risks, but the thought of his only son dying in the Double Cavern Secret Realm made it impossible for him to control his anger.

The pressure emanating from him grew even more intense.

The subordinate had never seen the city lord so terrifying.

Standing directly in his path, he bore the brunt of the pressure and collapsed to his knees.

"City Lord, for the young lord’s sake, please calm down. There are still about twenty days until the Double Cavern Secret Realm opens again. We have time to plan it carefully."

"I will heed your advice for now. But when the secret realm opens again, I will make that person pay a hundredfold times!"

The city lord’s face was filled with rage, and his gaze toward the direction of the secret realm was chillingly cold.

The subordinate finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Amalia and Kenny Lin finished dealing with the scene and left with the others, leaving behind the seven Devil corpses.

The strong scent of blood began attracting some demonic beasts.

By the time other Devils passed through the area and noticed the disturbance, one or two of the bodies had already been gnawed beyond recognition by beasts.

However, they still managed to identify the corpses by their clothing.

"It’s Aarzostes. He’s dead? Who could have killed him?" The Devils were in disbelief.

Of all the Devils in the Double Cavern Secret Realm expedition, Aarzostes was considered the least likely to meet such a fate.

"If not a human cultivator, then who else? But which human cultivator could have killed Aarzostes, even with his six leader-level guards? We must have encountered a powerful human opponent this time."

They had no connection with Aarzostes, and given that Aarzostes’s talent was mediocre, his strength was weak, and he liked to flaunt his status as the city lord’s son, his death didn’t affect them much.

One Devil was dismissive, saying, "What’s there to worry about? The human cultivators who killed Aarzostes were probably more than one. And if they ambushed him, it’s not impossible that Aarzostes fell. Look at the traces at the scene—even though some were covered by demonic beasts, you can still tell there were at least six or seven people."

"That’s true. It doesn’t concern us. Aarzostes died because he was unlucky."

"Let’s go quickly. There’s a treasure emerging in the east. If we don’t get there soon, someone else will beat us to it," another Devil urged.

Everyone agreed, and as they prepared to leave, a young Devil suddenly stopped them, "Wait, let’s take Aarzostes’s body with us."

"Why bother? He’s dead, just leave him."

The young Devil’s eyes gleamed with calculation as he said, "If Aarzostes is dead, his father will surely be furious. He might even be on his way here now. If we bring his body to him, we might gain his favor. Don’t forget, Aarzostes’s father is the city lord of a Level 3 Devil City."

The other Devil’s eyes lit up, "You’re thinking ahead. Let’s take the other bodies too. Aarzostes’s father might be able to figure out who killed them from the bodies, and we’ll be credited."

The Devils immediately stored the bodies in their spatial rings.

Their storage spaces weren’t large, but taking one body each was manageable.

On the way to the demonic beast riot, Amalia overheard Vincent Tan and asked, "Did Senior Brother Chang send out a distress signal earlier?"

She found it strange since she had given Renshu Chang a communication jade to notify them if he encountered any danger.

In such a case, he should have used the communication jade, not a distress signal.

With that thought, Amalia said to them, "Perhaps you misunderstood. The signal he sent was likely a gathering signal."

Everyone paused, unsure.

Was it really a gathering signal?

Senior Brothers Zhang and Cao suddenly remembered that in the chaos, they hadn’t actually paid close attention to the signal they saw.

They had mistakenly assumed it was a distress signal.

Given Senior Brother Chang’s strength, it was unlikely he would need to send a distress signal, especially since he was with three other sect members.

"It might really have been a gathering signal. We didn’t look closely at the time—there were many signals being sent out," the two senior brothers said, somewhat embarrassed.

As for relying on Vincent Tan and Ding Huiqing to distinguish between a distress signal and a gathering signal, that was out of the question.

The two of them probably didn’t even know the difference.

Amalia nodded, "If Senior Brother Chang suddenly called us to gather, it’s likely related to the demonic beast riot and the emergence of a treasure. Many forces are competing for the treasure this time, and it must be something extraordinary to warrant gathering us."

"Martial Aunt Amalia, why do you call Senior Brother Chang ’Senior Brother’?" Vincent Tan had been curious about this for a while.

"You fool, calling Renshu Chang ’Junior Martial Nephew’ would reveal her true identity," Ding Huiqing said, rolling his eyes.

"Oh, I get it now," Vincent Tan said with a laugh, "So, should we go join Senior Brother Chang now?"

"Of course, but we shouldn’t go openly. Everyone nearby is watching. If we show up, we’ll immediately be targeted. The fewer competitors they have, the better for them. There might already be Devils lying in ambush at one of the entrances," Amalia explained.