After the grand welcoming ceremony.
Everyone escorted him into the Star Lord's Mansion.
The Star Lord's Mansion was immensely vast and imposing. From afar, the mansion's majestic aura seemed to shoot straight into the heavens.
Yet Long Tian, seated within the Star Lord's Mansion, felt as though he were sitting on pins and needles, utterly at a loss over what to do.
If not for the misunderstanding over killing the Devil Race, gaining humanity's trust and admiration in such a short time would have been cause for immense joy.
Upon returning to the Devil Race, it would surely have counted as a great merit.
But now, the Devil Race was sending people to hunt him down. What use was humanity's trust?
He was caught between a rock and a hard place.
"I can't just sit here and wait for death. I must return to the Devil Race and explain everything clearly to Lord Demon Sovereign."
Long Tian thought to himself.
He had no desire to let this misunderstanding continue and face the Devil Race's endless pursuit.
And on the human side, if his identity were exposed, he would become a rat crossing the street, hunted by all.
His gaze flickered as he secretly circulated the cultivation within his body, preparing to flee.
However.
The moment he reached the entrance, four figures suddenly appeared behind him.
"Star Lord, we swear to follow you unto death."
Long Tian cursed inwardly.
Where had these Star God Guards come from? They really clung to him like maggots to the bone.
"I'm just going out for a walk," Long Tian said with a grim face. "You needn't follow me at every moment."
"Reporting to Star Lord, our remaining duty is to protect Star Lord's safety. Wherever Star Lord goes, we shall go."
The four spoke