The Undercover March

Just as the Scorpion Lions were about to step into the trap,

Cannot Eat Peach suddenly spoke.

"Great God, there's a trap up ahead!"

At Peach's words, Ma Baoguo couldn't help but freeze.

Before he could react,

a few rumbles suddenly came from up ahead.

A deafening crash rang out.

The dozen or so Scorpion Lions stupidly leading the way vanished in an instant, dropping into the trap.

Inside, the razor-sharp bamboo stakes pierced the Scorpion Lions' bodies in a flash.

Though the Scorpion Lions were powerful, they weren't made of bronze head and iron arms.

They were even slightly inferior to the Spotted wolves.

The injured Scorpion Lions let out shrill screams.

Fortunately, the Scorpion Lions were an A-rank race. Though they were wounded, the injuries were minor to them.

Quite a few Scorpion Lions beat their wings and flew out of the trap.

Unfortunately, the Scorpion Lions really weren't very intelligent.

The Scorpion Lions leading the way had just fallen into the trap.

Yet the ones behind them acted as if they hadn't seen a thing, tumbling in one after another like dumplings dropping into a pot.

Ma Baoguo watched, his eyes nearly popping out of their sockets.

"Stop! All of you, stop!"

He roared several times before the slow-witted Scorpion Lions finally came to a stupid halt.

Even so, nearly half of the more than one hundred Scorpion Lions under Ma Baoguo's command had been injured.

Seeing this, Ma Baoguo's anger flared.

He grabbed Cannot Eat Peach and bellowed,

"You lowly human, did you do this on purpose?"

"Did you deliberately make my believers step into the trap?"

Although these minor injuries posed little threat to the Scorpion Lions, who had powerful vitality,

when had Ma Baoguo ever suffered a loss?

And now he'd been tricked by a human?

"Great God, I'm innocent!"

"I already warned you!"

"But they were moving too fast. There was nothing I could do!"

Cannot Eat Peach looked utterly innocent, as if he'd suffered a terrible injustice.

Peach was a fine actor—good enough to win an Oscar!

Even Ma Baoguo, a veteran performer himself, couldn't tell that Peach was pretending to be innocent. He began to have his doubts.

"Is that so?"

Peach hurriedly nodded again and again.

"Great God, don't get the wrong idea. I'm counting on you to defeat Ye Yu."

"But I suppose I'm to blame, too. I was a little slow when I checked those traps just now. Sigh..."

Cannot Eat Peach looked remorseful, seeming deeply regretful.

Seeing this, Ma Baoguo released Peach.

"I can't blame you for that."

"Forget it. They're only minor injuries. My believers are nothing like weak Humans such as you!"

Ma Baoguo thought it over and put his doubts to rest.

After all, the human had a point. The traps up ahead had been dug so cleverly.

They really did take careful inspection to spot.

He couldn't blame the human for reacting slowly.

Besides, they were only minor injuries. Nothing serious.

Hearing Ma Baoguo's words, Peach kept agreeing aloud, but inwardly he sneered.

"Just minor injuries? Heh. You've clearly never experienced the poison concocted by King Grey Wolf!"

"Just wait until you reach Lingxiao Immortal Palace. You'll see!"

King Grey Wolf was among the first players to enter Ye Yu's Divine Domain.

The guy was a curious soul.

On his first day in the game, he'd imitated Shen Nong and gone around eating grass.

But somehow, after eating all sorts of things, he'd actually made some discoveries.

Now, every player knew that King Grey Wolf was the top poison expert on the Immortal Path.

No one could match him.

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The spikes in this trap had all been coated with poison personally concocted by King Grey Wolf.

The injured Scorpion Lions might look fine for now.

But once the poison took effect, they'd be in for a world of pain.

The little incident was quickly put behind them.

The group continued onward.

Lingxiao Immortal Palace.

"Gu Du, Peach just sent us another message."

"He successfully got half the Scorpion Lions to fall into the traps, and they were all poisoned!"

"Ma Baoguo will reach the Immortal Palace in five minutes at most."

Ye Nima looked at Gu Du as he spoke.

Hearing this, Gu Du nodded.

"Good!"

"Get all the players ready!"

With an undercover agent like this, they had an even better chance of winning the event!

When the players in the Immortal Palace learned that Ma Baoguo would arrive in five minutes, they all perked up.

They were here!

The event's BOSS and minions were finally on their way.

All the players got to their posts and prepared.

Five minutes passed in a flash.

Soon, the players present saw a horde of monsters surging toward them.

Two humans followed behind the monsters.

The players all recognized one of them: Cannot Eat Peach.

They'd never seen the other, but it was obvious that he was Ma Baoguo.

"Whoa, is that Ma Baoguo?"

"I thought Ma Baoguo was a Demon Cultivator. Why does he look like an ordinary young man?"

"Are you stupid? It's a cultivation game. What's weird about that old monster Ma Baoguo looking like a young man?"

"True, but Ma Baoguo looks way too ordinary. He doesn't have any BOSS presence at all!"

The players chattered among themselves, all staring curiously at Ma Baoguo.

As for the Scorpion Lions, they completely ignored them.

"Stop!"

Ma Baoguo suddenly raised a hand and shouted.

At his command, the Scorpion Lions came to a slow halt.

More than a hundred Scorpion Lions completely blocked the Mountain Gate of Lingxiao Immortal Palace, crowding together in a vast, seething mass.

Only then did the players turn their attention to the Scorpion Lions.

The next moment, gasps rang out from every direction.

"Whoa, my god! These monsters are terrifying!"

"So savage. They look like they'll be hard to deal with!"

"Damn, the event monsters are insanely terrifying!"

"The minions look even tougher than the BOSS!"

Amid the players' chatter, Ma Baoguo suddenly began to float upward, slowly rising into the air.

When he was a few feet off the ground, he stopped. His voice rang out, full of authority.

"Ye Yu, I've been waiting for this day for a long time!"

"Many years ago, I was already dreaming of trampling you beneath my feet!"

"And now that dream is finally about to come true! Hahahaha..."

His unrestrained laughter echoed through Lingxiao Immortal Palace.

Hearing it, quite a few players couldn't help muttering among themselves.

"What a big shot. Ma Baoguo looks like he's begging for a beating!"

"Of course. He's a Demon Cultivator. When are they ever not arrogant?"

"I wonder how Brother Yu will respond?"

"Shh! The NPCs are in the middle of a scene. Keep it serious!"

Ye Yu strode out of the main hall.

His gaze fell on Ma Baoguo, and a cold smile touched his lips.

"Why waste words?"

"If you want to fight, then let's fight!"

At those words, quite a few players nodded to themselves.

As expected of Brother Yu—he was one tough guy.