The No.1 Undercover in the Immortal World-Chapter 783 - 289: The Three Stooges Enter the Demon Land
It was not only Zhen Li who regarded the Flower Fairy and her companions with hostility; the trio looked upon Zhen Li as if facing a formidable enemy.
They all knew Zhen Li had disappeared, and even Lin Yun had given up searching for her, so how could she suddenly reappear in Cloud Dream Marsh?
Moreover, the Zhen Li of the past had been gentle and weak, her power meager, but now she posed a threat to all of them.
It was very possible that the person before them was not Zhen Li!
The atmosphere became tense, the intent to kill in Zhen Li’s heart flickered only to be quickly suppressed.
"How could I have such thoughts? If I killed them, Lin Yun would surely see me as an enemy, not to mention how could I kill for personal reasons!"
Zhen Li realized something must be wrong with her thoughts; how could she so readily think of killing people?
After reflecting deeply, Zhen Li, seeing the trio’s hostility and their implicit readiness to act, hurriedly spoke up to explain, "You are mistaken, I am Zhen Li."
"Really or not?"
Bai Jiaojiao was incredulous; she had seen Zhen Li before, so how could that gentle and frail little Daoist nun turn into what she looked like now?
"She is not Zhen Li, she is a Demon!"
The Flower Fairy confidently declared, and the faces of Lin Yu and Bai Jiaojiao both shifted slightly.
What they actually feared was not the Demon, after all, dealing with the Demon Race wasn’t new to them; figures like Wu Xin and Hu Yuling no longer posed a threat to them now.
What they were worried about was the emergence of a new Demon, one that had transformed to look like Zhen Li, undetectable even to them.
The reason why Bai Jiaojiao was hesitant was that she was weighing options in her mind. She thought that if Zhen Li was impersonated by someone else, why would they expose their own aura? For a powerful being, it would be very easy to conceal their cultivation level as long as they did not act.
That was the reason she was still partly believing that the person was Zhen Li despite Zhen Li’s newfound power.
Maybe Zhen Li had gained a fortuitous opportunity!
Lin Yu thought the same.
But the Flower Fairy was different.
In her body flowed half a Demon’s blood, and that part of her bloodline came from a Heavenly Demon.
With the Exquisite Heart, she was completely unaffected by her own demonic nature, but she had to admit, she was half Demon.
The moment Zhen Li appeared, she felt the part of her bloodline that belonged to the Demon Race stir within her.
Her bloodline came from the Heavenly Demon, already considered higher-ranking, but in the presence of Zhen Li, it instilled a sense of prostrating submission. If not for the Flower Fairy’s strong will and possession of the Exquisite Heart, she would have already knelt down with a thud.
Without a doubt, the Zhen Li before her was a Demon of a higher rank than the Heavenly Demon.
The Flower Fairy also understood how Demons corresponded to humans. A Great Demon corresponded to the Defiant Heavenly Realm, a Heavenly Demon already possessed combat prowess on par with Divine Spirits, and above a Heavenly Demon...
If her conjecture was not wrong, unless a Divine Spirit intervened, the Zhen Li before them was invincible.
Despite knowing this, she still exposed Zhen Li’s true identity.
In the Demon Race, bloodline rank does not equal current strength but potential.
Like her, the Flower Fairy, with a Heavenly Demon bloodline, yet did not possess the strength of a Heavenly Demon.
This Zhen Li, then, might be disguising herself perhaps due to some reason that had not fully restored her power.
If the three of them gave it their all, perhaps they could still put up a fight.
Even though her own bloodline had submitted, the Flower Fairy remained calm, made an analysis, and chose what she believed was the best course of action.
Lin Yu and Bai Jiaojiao evidently trusted the Flower Fairy more. When the Flower Fairy stated that Zhen Li was a Demon, they both readied themselves for battle.
It would be more accurate to say they were already prepared for battle. The reason for their swift arrival was that they sensed a strange and powerful aura emerge in Cloud Dream Marsh, presumed it was an enemy attack, only to find Zhen Li.
Zhen Li realized she truly couldn’t make herself understood; Lin Yu and Bai Jiaojiao had already made their move, with ferocious and sharp attacks forcing Zhen Li to retreat.
Her cultivation level was suddenly obtained, and she had no experience in magical combat, but as she focused solely on evasion and defense, Lin Yu and Bai Jiaojiao’s attacks failed to inflict any damage on her.
An amber light barrier isolated her from all attacks, so that even Lin Yu’s sword technique couldn’t breach the defense.
The Flower Fairy was somewhat perplexed.
This isn’t right!
If Zhen Li could handle Lin Yu and Bai Jiaojiao’s intense offensive with ease, it meant she also had the capacity to fight and win, so why pretend?
Zhen Li: "..."
Nobody believes the truth these days!
Realizing that staying would only result in taking more hits, Zhen Li understood that continuing to talk wouldn’t earn their trust. The best plan for the moment was to flee.
Her only option was to find Lin Yun to clear up the situation for her.
With a plan in mind, Zhen Li didn’t tangle with them anymore and decisively took off.
She might not have been adept at magical combat, but her divine power was certainly extraordinary; with a mere thought, she vanished from Cloud Dream Marsh.
The Flower Fairy had just been preparing her most powerful strike from the Sky Splitter Ten Strikes, which required charging up. The two sisters had bought her the time, and just as she was about to unleash it, Zhen Li disappeared without a trace— they didn’t even detect her movements.
It was neither spatial crossing nor extreme speed.
How did she disappear?
What is this new Escape Skill?
All three felt a growing seriousness in their hearts.
A demon capable of confronting the three of them head-on and then escaping with composure had suddenly emerged in the world; this character was far more formidable than the Great Demon Wu Xin. They needed to rush back and develop a strategy!
"Aqiu!"
Wu Xin, who was in the Demon Land, sneezed unexpectedly. The sneeze was adorable, but no one was there to appreciate it.
Hu Yuling expressed her concern, "Are you catching a cold?"
"We’re not quite there yet, don’t worry."
Now they were supporting each other, so Wu Xin harbored fewer grievances against Hu Yuling.
Returning to the long-yearned-for Demon Land should have been a joyous occasion, but why had it turned out like this?
Wu Xin wasn’t just supporting Hu Yuling— there was another silly girl in their party.
And that person, of course, was Xiao Qing.
The day Xiao Qing lifted her seal, she immediately felt that the aura here was wrong and wanted to put the seal back in place.
But once a boundary has been broken, how can it be restored to its original state?
After much effort, Xiao Qing only managed to repair a small portion of the barrier, yet she could still feel that deep summons from beyond the barrier.
Therefore, she chose to cross dimensions.
At that moment, she even forgot her own master.
With the Demonic Qi surging, it happened to sweep in two demons from outside, Xiao Qing recognized at a glance that these two were her master’s servants; with the master absent, these people were equivalent to her own servants.
And so, in a chaotic mess, Xiao Qing, who had inadvertently broken the seal, pulled the two servants out of the black vortex and declared herself to be acting in place of her master.
Wu Xin and Hu Yuling, having no grounds to object, simply followed Xiao Qing.
And thus, the story of the three simpletons battling in the Demon Land began...
