Before long, both Lu Xiaotian and Xiang Qingcheng's expressions darkened. For some reason, the white-armored woman who had disguised herself as a Xunyin Demon Octopus was now fleeing with the two of them hot on her heels. Behind her, the twelve-tier Human-Headed Demon Octopus and more than a dozen others above the Tenth Tier were in pursuit, seemingly intent on avenging the ambush they had suffered earlier.
They were enemies, not allies. Lu Xiaotian and Xiang Qingcheng knew that after the others dealt with the white-armored woman, they would have no qualms about killing the two of them as well while they were at it.
"What do we do now?" Xiang Qingcheng asked Lu Xiaotian through voice transmission as she fled.
"What can we do? Take it one step at a time. We'll see if we can shake the white-armored woman and the powerful members of the Demon Octopus Clan behind her." Lu Xiaotian had no better plan for now. The woman's appearance had confirmed that what he had seen in the Fallen Demon Pool with his True Illusory Ice Eyes hadn't been an illusion. The Fallen Demon Pool truly was a vital site where the Devil Race had been sealed. Yet within that seal, a group of white-robed cultivators still opposed the Devil Race. Perhaps there were others who had joined forces with the demons and become traitors to the human race.
In the ancient wilderness, humans, demons, devils, and ghosts had stood side by side. Through the ceaseless conquests and explorations of the ancient cultivators, only the human race remained, along with scattered demon clans and demonic beasts distributed throughout the land.
But the appearance of the Ghost Race and the Giant Stone Clan, along with the later emergence of the Ghost Cave and the earth-shaking war between