"Eclipse Slaughter Heart Demon, you actually dare show yourself again. Did you think that if I didn't personally come to the main city, you could stop me in your current state?" Yihua Daoist said coldly.
"Haha, you needn't worry. It isn't easy for me to attack you from where I am, either. Naturally, my true body wouldn't dare come to Nine Central City's main city. However, after several years of preparation, I can still launch one strike. After that strike, if you can still hold on and refine this immortal pill, then I'll have to admit that you're something special." The Eclipse Slaughter Heart Demon laughed heartily.
"It seems that through Hu Jianyi, you weren't merely trying to sabotage the pill refinement. You also anticipated what I would do after stopping Hu Jianyi, using him to provide you with the exact location of the refinement and preparing for a final strike at any time. I truly underestimated you, demon." Yihua Daoist understood as well, without the slightest hint of panic in his tone.
Hearing the exchange between Yihua Daoist and the Eclipse Slaughter Heart Demon, Lu Xiaotian felt a surge of admiration for both man and demon. He had originally thought that the Eclipse Slaughter Heart Demon's scheme would end with Hu Jianyi. Who would have thought that, while Hu Jianyi remained ignorant of the truth, he would not only sabotage the final step of the pill refinement, but that Yihua Daoist had already made his own arrangements? By altering certain details in the pill formula, he no longer needed that final step to complete the pill. With Hu Jianyi disturbed by the heart demon, this move naturally could not be used.
Only after Yihua Daoist pointed it out did Lu Xiaotian realize that, through Hu Jianyi, the Eclipse Slaughter