"Meiji, are you sure your Fire Worship Sect has insiders on Crouching Ox Island who will rise up in revolt?"
After giving his orders to the pirate underlings, Ao Rui turned to Meiji.
There was no longer the slightest trace of lust in his eyes; he seemed like a completely different man from before.
"Of course. Why would I lie to you?" Meiji's eyes rippled as she glanced at the man who had been so consumed by desire for her moments ago, inwardly growing more vigilant.
Sure enough, the Ao Brothers, who had carved out their own foothold between the human and demon factions, were no easy opponents.
"Though few of the laborers captured and sent to Crouching Ox Island ever leave alive, what is our Fire Worship Sect known for?" Meiji smiled sweetly. "We made arrangements long ago not only among those mining laborers, but even within their Jade Dragon Army. Heehee."
"Good. Then I'll first see what your Fire Worship Sect is capable of." Ao Rui nodded slowly.
He knew quite a bit about the Fire Worship Sect as well. When it came to beguiling the masses and manipulating hearts and minds, they truly had unique methods.
Whoosh~~~~
A streak of blood-red light flew from Meiji's hand, reaching the skies above Crouching Ox Island in an instant.
Bang!
With a resounding boom, an enormous lotus of blood-colored flame blossomed in the air.
"What's going on? Who set off the fireworks?"
At the summit of Crouching Ox Island, Hu Yong's expression changed as he watched the blood lotus bloom overhead.
At that moment, waves of frenzied roars also erupted from the rocky beach behind the cliffs of Crouching Ox Island, where the lookout miners lived.
"When the Blood Lotus Flame blooms, the Holy King descends upon the world!"
Roars,