Pulling Aggro

At the entrance to the Ancient Realm of Creation, the two sides faced off.

"Patriarch Jiang, let me offer you some advice: surrender now. It's the sensible choice. Your Phoenix Clan has gone too far," the Nine-Infant Clan's patriarch said coldly, his gaze like a venomous snake's.

"Your Phoenix Clan sent three people in this time. Two of them received rewards on the third level, and one still hasn't come out!"

The elders of the Demon Race present had all entered the Ancient Realm of Creation before. They knew it had three levels, and that only those who cleared the first level could claim even the most basic reward.

The Demon Race Alliance's prodigies hadn't even cleared the first level before being eliminated.

Ao Yue and the others had been defeated on the second level, earning only the most basic rewards.

Meng Jingzhou, Jiang Shishi, and Su Lian'er had received rewards from the third level.

That alone wouldn't have been so surprising. Throughout history, Demon Race prodigies had received rewards from the third level.

The problem was that someone had yet to leave the secret realm. That had never happened before!

The Ancient Realm of Creation was shrouded in mystery. The third-level rewards were rich enough to make even those in the Body Integration Realm green with envy. So what kind of rewards would someone get by staying in the secret realm longer?

The Nine-Infant Clan was suspected of bankrolling the Heavenly Demoness, and its young master had also tricked the Demon Race Alliance's prodigies in the Ancient Realm. The major Demon Race clans already held a grudge against the Nine-Infant Clan, so they urgently needed to divert everyone's attention.

And the Phoenix Clan was the perfect target!

To that end, the Nine-Infant Clan had even summoned its patriarch to