They had long since grown accustomed to their systems.
In an instant, they scattered.
Though they did not know why their systems had given them this warning, Houtu was clearly going berserk. If they wanted to live, they had to run.
And in that very instant—
Houtu had already caught up with an Ancestral Witch.
"I'll settle my own affairs. Since you dared to do something like this behind my back, you'll have to bear the consequences. Whether you live or die is up to Heaven!"
Her eyes bloodshot, Houtu attacked the other Ancestral Witches in a frenzy.
Outside was chaos, and inside was no different.
Watching this unfold from the Underworld, Hongjun burst out laughing.
"Interesting. How very interesting. Not helping is one thing, but now they're fighting each other. Their own people attacking their own people."
Just then, a voice he had not heard in a long time rang in his ears.
Ding! System mission issued: do everything in your power to stop the rampaging Houtu and prevent her from slaughtering the other Ancestral Witches. Mission reward: one journey through time in the Primordial World.
Hongjun abruptly stopped laughing, his expression turning disdainful.
"Trying to fool me again? Isn't it just showing me a recording?"
"You really take me for an idiot. Do you lot have any other tricks? If not, I really am going to stop trying."
Hongjun sneered.
He had already seen far too many temptations.
Expecting him to risk his life and confront Houtu for a single recording was nothing but a fool's dream.
Ding! System notification: mission reward changed. Reward: one Space-Time Box, containing the power of time and capable of traveling through space and time.
Hongjun's previously calm eyes instantly turned bloodshot. Heavens, it was actually a temporal Supreme