This Is Not the Female Demon Lord I Remembered
Chapter 148: My Son Rebelled?

Chapter 148: Chapter 148: My Son Rebelled?

In the quiet and gloomy cave, a dazzling light flashed by.

Before Liang Yi had a chance to clearly see the surroundings, a protective array as mysterious as the night sky enveloped them.

The anticipated danger did not come, and Yu Gejing, with fingers forming a spell, indicated there was no danger around after a thorough investigation with Divine Sense.

One would expect the Devouring Spirit Sect to seize the chance to ambush, yet surprisingly, they chickened out and turned into spineless cowards!

Regardless of its effectiveness, shouldn’t they at least attempt an ambush?

Liang Yi shook his head; he couldn’t even bring himself to criticize such cowardly behavior.

After Yu Gejing withdrew the protective array, everyone moved away from the damaged Transmission Array and surveyed their surroundings.

The cave’s air was filled with a damp, earthy smell, vastly spacious—comparable to a modern-day soccer field, with Liang Yi and Su Youyi scanning this deserted place.

Although it was a cave, it was not dim; how the Devouring Spirit Sect discovered this place is a mystery, for the cave was lined with Crystal Ore used for lighting.

Su Youyi looked up, and the entire cave ceiling was also covered with Crystal Stones, dazzling and captivating.

Liang Yi closely examined the walls and was surprised to find the Crystal Stones were of high quality. If players discovered this, wouldn’t they go crazy? After all, this stuff could be sold for money.

Oh, they’ve already gone crazy.

Liang Yi glanced at his own two fools already eagerly chiseling Crystal Stones from the cave walls, but unfortunately, they didn’t have the relevant secondary professions, so their efficiency in mining was abysmal.

"Hey, look at this."

Ke Mengzhan called everyone over, signaling them to join.

"Whoa, quite the spectacle!"

He Zhiqing, with Yu Gejing beside him, stood next to Ke Mengzhan, looking up in admiration at the spectacle before them.

"Wow! What a huge crystal!"

Su Youyi exclaimed in awe upon her arrival.

Whereas Bai Xiaomo and Ju Xiaobei were already salivating uncontrollably at the sight, contemplating whether they should risk a death to try and snatch it.

Even Liang Yi was astounded—was the Devouring Spirit Sect originally from the mining industry? With such skill, why bother being villains when they could make a fortune from mining?

What appeared before everyone was an overwhelmingly large Purple Crystal, nearly as tall as the cave itself, and had been artfully sculpted into a grand humanoid form, the epitome of opulence.

It’s known that although most types of crystals are used for decoration, some can fetch an extraordinarily high price, such as Purple Crystals.

In any world, the pursuit of beauty remains the same; the pure allure of Purple Crystals is no exception.

"Such a massive Purple Crystal, even Wind God Commerce must never have seen it before, right?"

Liang Yi was certain that if this were put up for auction at Wind God Commerce, countless profligate tycoons would surely fight over it.

"Crack! Crack!"

The sound of cracking echoed, and everyone realized the source was the Purple Crystal in front of them.

"Can’t be serious?"

Bai Xiaomo and Ju Xiaobei stared dumbfounded as more and more cracks appeared on the Purple Crystal, the sound akin to a heart breaking.

"There are images inside the crystal cracks!" Liang Yi alerted the others, and only then did He Zhiqing and the rest notice that the myriad of shattered cracks each bore distinct images.

"This... Are these the contestants kidnapped by the Devouring Spirit Sect?" Ying Xi murmured.

The enormous Purple Crystal, towering over ten meters, was already covered in innumerable cracks, dividing its smooth, mirror-like surface into countless pieces, and on each separate crystal face there was an image of contestants kidnapped by the Devouring Spirit Sect.

Although the images were so numerous they dazzled the onlooker, except for the two players, everyone else present was no ordinary individual. With a sweep of their Divine Sense, they had already gotten a fairly clear picture.

Just then, the images on the crystal changed once again, piecing together into a complete scene.

A fiery red robe obscured half of the person’s face in the image, with a lifelike Vermilion Bird spreading its wings embroidered on it, and from the few strands of dark hair and the shapely figure that hung down, the onlookers were able to determine the person’s gender. Behind this individual stood countless individuals in black robes.

A flash of realization passed through the minds of those standing in front of the crystal; this must be the Vermilion Bird envoy of the Devouring Spirit Sect, right?

"Members of the Immortal Dynasty, you’ve really done an impressive job!"

A single sentence, fourteen characters, yet it was delivered in fourteen different female voices, blending together and echoing throughout the cave.

"Although I’ve always found Shi Chengfei displeasing to the eyes, I have no complaints about you killing him."

Even though she spoke with such a strange tone, the listeners could still detect cold-blooded ruthlessness from it.

"But after all, as one of the Four Envoys, I can’t simply ignore the fact that you’ve killed him. So, following the orders of the Sect Hierarch, I’ve come to return the favor."

"You all just saw the images. Some are real, and some are fake. Some are contestants we truly captured, some were released after capture; there are those entranced by my seductive soul, and those who were not."

As the Vermilion Bird envoy spoke with ups and downs in her voice, she also watched her jade hand gently waving in the air, as if speaking of something quite delightful.

The image shifted, and the Vermilion Bird envoy suddenly pointed at them:

"And now... these people have all been released and mixed back in with all the contestants."

"Now, go search! Hmph~"

The Vermilion Bird envoy let out a coquettish laugh at the end of the image, standing with all her subordinates in the same Great Formation as they had entered upon arrival, vanishing in an instant.

"Oh, I forgot, send my regards to your father. Who knows when we’ll meet again next time!"

And just as they were stepping into the Transmission Array, the Vermilion Bird envoy casually removed the hood of the black-robed individual next to her.

It was Ying Tianxing!

Yet, Ying Tianxing said nothing, only casting a cold glance at the image before being teleported away.

"Wait!" Ying Xi urgently shouted, how could his own son be with people from the Devouring Spirit Sect?

But these were only images left behind by the Devouring Spirit Sect; the real individuals had long disappeared without a trace.

"Boom!"

The Purple Crystal Sculpture completely shattered, with the broken crystal releasing a sizzling black mist that shot out towards the people present.

"So they were waiting for us here!" Liang Yi suddenly understood; this was the true Pigeon Spirit.

When others believed he would surely keep them waiting, he would appear unexpectedly, and isn’t this also a kind of keeping people waiting?

Despite the cluttered thoughts in his mind, Liang Yi’s actions were without the slightest hesitation.

He gently pulled his junior sister behind him, without even taking out the Qinglu Sword, and any crystal nearing a ten-meter radius around Liang Yi was instantly turned into fine powder.

The fifth layer of the Immaculate Sword Technique!

Though it was quite clear that his junior sister did not need his protection right now, Liang Yi still instinctively did so.