"I never thought I'd still be a step too late. I'd calculated every possibility, but I never accounted for an unexpected variable like you." After the shadow darted into the silver-robed elder, the elder's face began to flush red. Two pairs of fangs thrust from his mouth, making him look remarkably like the red-faced, tusked thunder fiend.
"I simply didn't want to be your blood meal. If you want to scheme, go scheme against someone else. I have no desire to wade into these murky waters."
Lu Xiaotian glanced at the silver-robed elder. It seemed Tu Xingyun and Fairy Yunxia had gone to great lengths to obtain the treasures here, never realizing that the silver-robed elder had long since made a secret bargain with the red-faced, tusked thunder fiend. He had even sacrificed himself to the fiend, becoming a different kind of being. If Lu Xiaotian hadn't happened to get involved this time, then aside from the silver-robed elder, no one who entered would likely have survived.
The red-faced, tusked thunder fiend had probably been luring people here with various thunder-type immortal artifacts, then using their flesh and blood to restore the strength sealed within it. Even its current state was likely just the tip of the iceberg. Once it completely broke through its seal, it would bring a tremendous calamity upon the immortals here—and even cultivators below the immortal realm.
Still, the red-faced, tusked thunder fiend's strength had yet to surpass the immortal realm. It was presumably still some distance from breaking through its seal completely.
"Though you entered by chance, you've ruined my plans. I can't afford to let you leave alive." The red-faced, tusked thunder fiend gave a cold laugh and swung its curved blade through the air. Its silvery-white blade light shone like a new moon