What Lay Inside the Island

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The atmosphere grew more tense by the moment. Every demon around them fell silent.

Resisting meant death. Not resisting might let them live. Silence was their only choice.

Er Dongsheng stopped pondering and fixed his gaze on the survivors before him.

What to do with them was a difficult question.

He had come out hoping for a good fight, but the enormous, eerie Magic Array beneath his feet had changed his mind.

Killing these demons now would go against his interests. After discovering the Magic Array, he had even less reason to make an outright enemy of Archmond.

Archmond had sent so many Five-Star and Six-Star Second-Level Demons to guard this island. To claim the array had nothing to do with him would be absurd.

If it was his doing, then he had spent a century and countless materials building it for a secret purpose.

Er Dongsheng suspected that secret was staggering.

Especially in light of the news that nearby factions had been spreading everywhere: Archmond possessed a portal to the First Abyss Layer.

Put together, it seemed Archmond really was carrying out some secret plan.

So that's why such an important secret as the portal got out. You spread it yourself! Were you drawing everyone's attention away from your real plan, or...

Er Dongsheng glanced again at the hazy Magic Array beneath his feet, his eyes glinting.

In that case, I'll take a stake in this too. This island will be my contribution. His eyes narrowed as he made his decision.

This isn't the time to break with Archmond. The island must be mine. As for these demons...

"I've taken a liking to this territory. Get out." Er Dongsheng waved a hand, signaling the