After a single glance...
Gongzhi Yang withdrew his gaze, sneering inwardly.
"They want this True Lord to step forward, then plot against me afterward!"
"What a fine scheme indeed!"
"Do they truly think this True Lord cannot see through such a shallow plot?
Or do they think that even if I see through it, I will find this temptation impossible to refuse?"
"Am I truly such a Mortal Cultivator, unable to withstand temptation?"
At that thought.
A cold gleam flickered deep within his eyes.
Just then...
A terrifying fluctuation suddenly came from the far end of the horizon.
Looking over, they saw a mass of dark clouds streaking across the heavens at an inconceivable escape speed.
A moment later.
Those dark clouds had arrived in this stretch of void.
The next instant.
The dark clouds dispersed, revealing an old devil clad in a black robe, his expression cold and indifferent, terrifying demonic might spilling from his entire body.
That was right—the newcomer was none other than the Blood Moon Old Devil.
The reason this devil had been able to arrive so quickly...
Was because of an escape-art divine ability he had obtained from a fortuitous encounter in his youth.
The dark clouds that had manifested in the void earlier were precisely the phenomenon produced by that escape-art divine ability.
At this sight.
The gazes of the many Nascent Soul True Lords in the Sea Suppressing Alliance camp darkened!
A sense of foreboding rose in their hearts.
"Not good!"
"It's the Blood Moon Old Devil!
That devil has always acted without restraint and has never placed people like us in his eyes."
"There's a very real chance he'll seize this divine statue for himself!"
"Then what do we do?"
"It seems all we can do now is stall for time. As