After I sent my message back, a series of screams answered from the other end. It seemed the mentor who had contacted me had already been killed.
Sure enough, the adjutant accompanying that mentor replied in terror, but before he could say more than a few words, a demonic beast killed him.
I furrowed my brow, then forwarded the news to all the other mentors who had entered the secret realm before closing the communication link.
Things were hardly looking good on my end, either. Demonic beasts were chasing down and surrounding my demonic spirit bodies, with some even tracking them in secret. The Immortal Emperor already had the beasts under his control, so he must have received their reports and awakened from his cultivation by now.
After waiting so long, how could he possibly let me go this time?
Yudai soon sent me a message. Its gist was much as I had guessed. The girl was pretty clever, too.
"We already accounted for the possibility that some people might encounter danger and miss the grand array's modification, so just have whoever is closest fill in. You'll be safe once you reach the array hub areas along the border. As for the dangerous central region, I'll draw their attention and keep them occupied as best I can," I said.
"Then you have to be careful!" Yudai couldn't help reminding me.
"What? Worried about me? Do you like me?" I couldn't help laughing.
"You're overthinking it!" Yudai hastily cut off the communication link.
I quickly headed toward the Immortal Array Bureau, maintaining contact with my demonic spirit bodies along the way and continuously drawing the beasts toward me.
The demonic spirit bodies that had reached the central hub where the Immortal Emperor resided soon sent feedback. They scattered and fled, and