The Golden Immortal Who Protected His Own

You Yao's original plan had been simple.

Though she did not know what method Shen Yi had used to make demons serve him as living puppets while retaining some awareness.

The pair of deer demons might appear to possess similar cultivation, but one was merely a wild demon from the Northern Continent, while the other had cultivated beneath his master since childhood. Whether in temperament or methods, they were as far apart as heaven and earth.

There was even less to say about the other side. Judging from the strength Yun Miao had displayed earlier, how could some obscure demon possibly contend with him?

In other words, she only needed to hold this insect demon disciple off for a while, just as she had at Sky Pagoda Mountain earlier. Then the situation would return to how it had begun.

But You Yao had never imagined that, despite both being at the third-grade realm, their tribulation power would differ by a full hundred thousand tribulations.

With such a vast disparity in realm, it seemed that every divine ability and magical treasure had lost its meaning.

"..."

She raised her head again to look at the young man opposite her. For the first time, fear appeared in her narrow eyes.

How could one person possess so many secrets? What exactly had he experienced in the Southern Continent to accumulate such a foundation?

And with someone like this, coupled with such a meticulous mind, You Yao would not believe even if beaten to death that anyone could have driven him out of the Southern Continent.

"Why did you come to the Northern Continent?"

You Yao slowly grasped her own neck, forcing herself to regain her composure.

Amid the violent turmoil of shock in her heart, a trace of burning heat quietly arose.

Her