With those words spoken, everything became perfectly clear.
Whether from the Cang Vein or the Cosmic Vein, everyone stared at Sikong Jing in utter disbelief. He had actually stationed heavy forces in advance to block the Cang Vein's reinforcements, had actually deployed demonfolk troops beforehand to cut off the Cang Vein's reinforcements!
The next moment... uproar!
Naturally, the Cosmic Vein erupted in wild delight, their cheers and clamor surging one after another.
At last, they understood why Brother Black Scale had dared guarantee that the Cang Vein would keep fleeing.
Meanwhile, the faces of the Cang Vein members turned increasingly pale. The world seemed to spin around them, and cold seeped through their entire bodies...
Without reinforcements, how were they supposed to fight? Moreover, demonfolk troops stood between them and the Absolute Formation Gate. If they wanted to leave the absolute formation, would they have to break through the demonfolk blockade first?
Had they already been caught in a pincer attack above the seas of Gods and Devils Island?
At that moment, Chai Jiu shook his head frantically and said, "Impossible! You couldn't possibly have deployed demonfolk troops so early. You simply didn't have the time. Besides, among the demonfolk troops outside Gods and Devils Island, there are already those who have cast off their demon nature."
The message he had received contained precisely such a report.
The second batch of Cang Vein reinforcements had been intercepted by demonfolk troops, ambushed by them and caught completely off guard. Although not many had escaped, some had still managed to flee.
Naturally, the escapees reported seeing humans together with the demonfolk troops—and those humans were overflowing with demonic energy.
Such beings, human yet brimming with demonic energy, could only be demonfolk who had cast off their demon nature.
Thus, Chai Jiu was