"Holy crap, this is the Five Elements Profound Yin Land! That damned Black Mountain Old Demon..."
The shock in Xu Yi's heart had barely had time to surface when a gate of light flashed into being, and he leaped through it.
"Greetings, Great Lord!"
As soon as Xu Yi had been shoved into the cave, the Five Great Evil Lords bowed to Liu Ming in unison.
Tong Fang, Mu Yu, and Du Fei were completely dumbfounded.
Even with their slow wits, the three finally understood: when Xu Yi had forced them to reveal the whereabouts of the sacred fruit, the Black Mountain Old Demon Liu Ming Zhu Huang had mentioned was part of a trap.
After the five had paid their respects, Zhu Huang smiled at Tong Fang and the others. "Why are you three fellow Daoists so surprised? We brothers served the Great Lord years ago. Without him, we wouldn't be where we are today. And this time, if the Great Lord hadn't used his extraordinary wisdom to coordinate perfectly with me in staging this act, how could we have lured that dog Xu into a deadly trap? The three of you should hurry and pay your respects to the Great Lord."
Zhu Huang was utterly at ease, his face wreathed in a smug smile. Even he couldn't help admiring the brilliance of his own scheme.
In truth, he had every right to be pleased with himself.
The situation had been perilous in the extreme, yet he'd managed to snatch life from the jaws of death and devise this plan. He deserved to be called a master strategist.
He'd also been exceedingly cautious. At the time, when he announced the name "Black Mountain Old Demon Liu Ming," he hadn't sent a single message to warn Qian Mu and