"Se... Sect Master, that brat Jiang Bei saw through the Thousand Illusions Gu. This subordinate was incompetent and failed to hold them back!"
Luo Lei hurriedly said.
"Forget it! As long as we have come, it makes no difference!"
Zhong Yan waved his hand. Then his icy gaze fell upon Jiang Bei, killing intent boiling as he roared, "You managed to see through the Thousand Illusions Gu. I underestimated you, brat. You killed so many people from my Azure Demon Ancient Sect—how do you intend to compensate us?"
Jiang Bei did not answer. His gaze merely swept over Zhong Yan, Song Ting, Gao Wanfeng, and the others as he asked in return, "I had long guessed that your Azure Demon Ancient Sect could not possibly truly cooperate with us. Joining forces with Song Ting, whose apparent strength is greater, was the wiser choice. What puzzles me is this: since you wanted to kill us, why not simply storm the Realm Dragon Barrier? Why go through the trouble of having Pan Haichuan tell us all that and lure us here?"
Upon hearing this, Zhong Yan sneered. "We could indeed have directly attacked the Realm Dragon Barrier, but doing so would have required expending World-Eating Worms! Even our Azure Demon Ancient Sect has only a scarce few of such precious gu insects. Every one used is one less. If there was a way to kill you without wasting World-Eating Worms, why would we not use it? We originally planned to have Luo Lei lure you into an ambush, where there would be no need for us to act before you died! Who would have thought you could see through it? But no matter—it merely means spending a little more effort!"
"Jiang Bei! You never expected this, did you? In the end, you