The whole family went mad, but the junior sister turned the tables and her luck soared.

Mingwu's expression was solemn and his tone was dignified. The aura of Buddha emanating from him made people overlook his ordinary appearance.

The five former subordinates of Jiuying had something to hide, so they dared not agree to Mingwu's suggestion to take them back to explain.

That was their plan: to act first and inform later.

Once Li Ji dies, even Shi Tian will be unable to bring the dead back to life.

No matter how angry Shi Tian was, he still had to rely on them if he wanted to maintain his position in Jiuqi City.

The leader of the Nine Infants' former followers showed no sign of guilt, but instead declared righteously, "Lord Shitian has given the order to kill Li Ji on sight!"

Everyone almost couldn't hold back their laughter when they heard these shameless words.

If they hadn't met Shi Tian, ​​they would have actually believed it.

Needless to say, the fact that the Nine Infants' former subordinates kept repeating Shi Tian's orders would make any normal person doubt the truth of the matter.

Shouzhuo had never met Shitian, only heard of his reputation as someone who mingled among female demons, and actually believed such a foolish command to some extent.

Li Ji's painstaking efforts in managing Jiuqi City over the past two hundred years are evident to all the other demon cities.

Since Jiuqi City is pushing her away, they might as well let Shuangluo City do them a favor.

Shouzhuo leaped forward and stood between the two sides to mediate: "Although I don't travel much, I have heard that the Serpent Mother has been in charge of Jiuqi City for more than two hundred years."

"She has worked hard over the past two hundred years, even if she has not made any great contributions."

“Five fellow Daoists, how about this: I am Shou Zhuo, son of the Demon King of Frostfall City. You take my warrant and go back to report to Lord Shi Tian.”

"As for Senior Li Ji, I can invite her to Frostfall City as a guest first. If Lord Shi Tian is dissatisfied then, he will not hold you responsible."

Shouzhuo's calculations were clear; this move could win over Li Ji.

Secondly, if Li Ji goes with him, then the imperial decree and his group will also return with him.

His purpose in going out was to investigate the reappearance of the Candle Dragon in the Blood Abyss.

Now that they can invite a phoenix back to the city, what else is there to do in Ziya Blood Abyss?

As for letting the wolf into the house, and the emperor possibly turning around and seizing the throne, Shouzhuo was very open-minded about it.

On the contrary, he felt that Shi Tian, ​​who had sent people to intercept and kill Li Ji, was too petty and not at all as good as his father.

To put it bluntly, once they've reached this level, what does it matter if the Demon City is robbed?

The present-day Jiuqi City was also created from nothing.

If their territory is taken away, they will take away other people's territory and rebuild a demon city.

If our ancestors could do it, why can't they?

It's a pity the emperor didn't know Shouzhuo's thoughts; otherwise, he would have definitely considered him a close friend.

The problem is that Shouzhuo miscalculated.

The emperor was determined to go to the human realm, and even sending him a demon city wouldn't deter him.

Not to mention that Yun Yici and the other cultivators all wanted to go back.

To return to the human realm, one must pass through Jiuqi City to reach the Ling Clan's teleportation array.

In addition, what was even more fatal was that Shouzhuo miscalculated the imperial edict and also miscalculated the former troops of Jiuying.

Shouzhuo hovered in front of Jiuying's former subordinates and Liji, while Mingwu's Buddhist light array only covered Liji's body.

Shouzhuo was actually closer to the former subordinates of Jiuying.

A dark glint flashed in the eyes of the leader of the Nine Infants' former subordinates as he lowered his gaze to assess the number and strength of Shou Zhuo's men below.

Then, he smiled and said, "In that case, let's follow Young Master Shouzhuo's suggestion."

The words of the Nine-Headed Serpent's former subordinates invigorated the demons of Frostfall City, but plunged the Tiger-Zheng, who were being besieged by the demon cultivators of Frostfall City, Li Ji's servants, and Wen Fuyue's group, into despair.

The leader of the Tiger Crimson was already outmatched in fighting Wen Fuyue alone. Upon hearing this, he was so angry that he vomited blood. In a moment of distraction, Wen Fuyue severed his left arm with a single sword strike.

His eyes were bloodshot, and his severed arm was still bleeding as he roared to the sky, "You lied to me!! May your Nine-Headed Clan die a horrible death!!"

After cursing him, he let out a long roar and transformed into a three-legged, striped tiger.

The three remaining legs caused him to stagger the moment he successfully transformed, but he quickly used his demonic power to condense the fourth leg that Wen Fuyue had cut off.

With a roar, the large, striped tiger, its body glowing green, charged directly at Wen Fuyue.

"Oh no, he's going to self-destruct!!"

When Wen Fuyue was fighting with the tiger-like leader, the cowardly little demons naturally made way for them.

This unexpected turn of events drew the attention of everyone present, including the demons.

All the lesser demons retreated.

However, the distance was so close that Wen Fuyue couldn't escape at all, and only had time to raise a spiritual energy shield to protect herself.

Shouzhuo thought he had made a good mediated decision, so he became less wary of the few former members of Jiuying and subconsciously looked over.

Just then, the leader of the Nine Infants' former subordinates, who was closest to him, made a ruthless move, striking Shou Zhuo in the chest with lightning speed!

In the instant the earth-shattering self-destruction sound rang out, the battlefield was blindingly bright with light.

Dust flew, blood and flesh splattered, and the aftershocks of the self-destruction made everyone on the field feel unsteady on their feet.

No one could see what was happening; all they heard was a agonizing scream: "Master!!"

"Lord Shouzhuo!!"

The former leader of the Nine Infants felt the warmth of the flesh and blood in his hand and laughed loudly: "Li Ji killed the demon envoy of Frostfall City. My Nine Qi City and Frostfall City are old friends. How can we sit idly by and do nothing?"

"Brothers, kill Li Ji to avenge Lord Shouzhuo!"

The four strange-blooded nine-headed infants behind him immediately reacted and landed at the same time to help Hu Zheng kill the demon cultivators of Frostfall City.

Cut off the roots!

As long as all the demon cultivators in Frostfall City are wiped out, even if Li Ji cannot be killed today, the Demon King of Frostfall City will kill her!

The situation on the field suddenly changed, and Ning Tinglan and the other two who wanted to go forward to check on Wen Fuyue's condition were forced to stop and join forces with other demon cultivators to fight against the old forces of Jiuying.

Seeing this, Li Ji flicked her snake tail, and countless spikes immediately rose from the flat plain to form a barrier protecting the little demons below.

With Shou Zhuo dead, the middle-aged male demon cultivator who could make decisions in Shuangluo City panicked.

He roared and prepared to rush up to find the leader of the Nine-Headed Serpent's former subordinates and desperately try to retrieve his master's body.

The leader of the Nine Infants' former subordinates, still in the sky, laughed wildly and prepared to withdraw his hand from Shou Zhuo's corpse.

"What, you want it?"

But the next moment, he was horrified to discover that the hand he had inserted into Shouzhuo's body was gradually carbonizing and disappearing.

Shouzhuo's body slowly dissipated and turned into white light.

His hand was inside that white light.

Then, he heard the girl's mocking voice: "The former subordinates of Jiuying attempted to kill the demon envoy of Frostfall City."

“With the victims testifying to this crime, even Shitian himself cannot protect you.”

Rong Xuan and her two companions, who were locked in a fierce battle on the battlefield below, exclaimed in surprise, "Junior Sister!"

The leader of the Nine Infants' former subordinates was terrified by the disappearance of his hand.

Watching the arm spread upwards and disappear, he had a premonition that if he didn't make a decision soon, this strange light would devour him completely!

Without hesitation, he gritted his teeth and used his other, still-functioning left hand to sever his right hand at the root!

Amputation to survive!!

The leader of the Nine Infants' former subordinates immediately stepped back, looking warily at the light.

But the light vanished the instant he stepped back, as quickly as if it had never existed.

But his missing left arm told him that the white light he had just seen was definitely not an illusion.