680. Luck and Strength

"You were faking it?!"

Lu Chong suddenly realized that even he had been deceived by the Demonic Sound Great Sage.

He had actually held something back.

The Demonic Sound Great Sage had never begun refining that superior Dao Seed. He had merely been putting on an act—or testing whether those two were genuine.

Thinking back, even the three layers of protective grand formations the Demonic Sound Great Sage had activated had been nothing more than a smokescreen.

He had even deliberately leaked the Dao Seed's aura, making people believe that he was truly refining it.

"They really each have their own hidden agenda," Lu Chong sighed inwardly.

The two from the Sunset Glow Branch Dao Arena wanted to seize the Demonic Sound Great Sage's Dao Seed while he was refining it, while the Demonic Sound Great Sage had been guarding against them all along.

This sort of alliance was truly hard to put into words.

Once Lu Chong caught on, the two Great Sages from the Sunset Glow Branch Dao Arena naturally came to their senses as well.

"You deceived us?!" Great Sage Zhu Lan roared furiously. Struck by the Demonic Sound Great Sage's sudden blow, he was sent reeling backward on the spot and had even suffered some internal injuries.

Great Sage Qiongyu, who had likewise been blasted away, was not faring well either. Her beautiful eyes were filled with icy wariness.

The Demonic Sound Great Sage's aura surged as he put away the Dao Seed again, his expression stern. "Hmph! Right back at you."

"If I hadn't been on guard against you, I'd probably be a corpse by now."

"You really had it all planned out—using me to seize the superior Dao Seed, then taking advantage of my refining it to murder me and steal my treasure. How