A Devil Race expert said, "That Lin Heng might just be bait set out by the Human Race. Once we send experts to ambush him, we'll fall into a trap the Human Race experts laid long ago!"
"Very possible!"
"The Human Race has always been crafty. We have to guard against them!"
"This information was too easy to obtain. There's obviously something wrong with it!"
The Devil Race experts all felt they should proceed with caution.
After all, the Devil Race's overall strength had declined drastically, and it could not withstand another devastating blow!
"Mm, we do need to take precautions!"
Tuoba Kui nodded.
The reason he had not rushed to rescue his younger brother, Tuoba Ke, was that he feared the Human Race had already made preparations.
Chishui Royal City had a formidable Devil-Sealing Grand Formation. As long as he could not determine whether a Human Race God Realm expert was inside the city, he dared not act rashly.
But determining whether a God Realm expert was in a city was far too difficult!
Even a God Realm expert would have great difficulty tracking another God Realm expert!
As a result, Tuoba Kui had been deeply torn for some time now!
If he did not go to the rescue, he feared his younger brother would be ground to death in the Devil-Sealing Well!
If he did go, he feared walking into a Human Race ambush!
A choice with no good answer!
"Devil Master, if you really think this is an opportunity, we can send Quasi-Gods!"
A Devil Race expert proposed, "Our Devil Race can still afford to lose one or two Quasi-Gods!"
In other words, the Devil Race could not afford any more God Realm casualties!
When that happened, not only would the Human Race launch a major attack, but even the Demon Race might take action!
"Mm, sending Quasi-Gods will do!"
"If there's no scheme behind this, the Lingxi Royal Clan will also send experts to ambush him. Our Quasi-Gods can wait for the Lingxi experts to strike first, then decide whether to act!"
"Shi Chengxiong revealed the news to us. I'd wager the Lingxi Royal Clan won't act themselves and only want to use our Devil Race to do it!"
"No, no, no. The Lingxi Royal Clan can't be sure whether our Devil Race will act. If they truly hate Lin Heng to the bone, they probably won't pin all their hopes of killing him on us!"
Hearing this, Devil Master Tuoba Kui nodded. "That makes sense!"
After leaving the Ten Fiends Prison, Lin Heng stayed at the Heartwarming Pavilion in the Chishui Royal Palace for a while longer.
Only after he discovered that signing in at the Ancestral God Temple no longer gave him particularly good rewards did Lin Heng resolve to leave the Chishui Kingdom for the Great Xia Empire!
The Chishui Kingdom and the Great Xia Empire lay right next to each other!
In fact, all the Human Race kingdoms, including the Chishui Kingdom and the Lingxi Kingdom, bordered the Great Xia Empire.
The various kingdoms were spread around the Great Xia Empire. The empire had not swallowed them up so that their territories could serve as a buffer zone. Whenever foreign races such as strange demons and devils invaded, the Great Xia Empire would not come under attack right away and would have some time to react!
The Divine Firmament Continent was vast!
The Chishui Kingdom was no small place either. To reach the Great Xia Empire's border from Chishui Royal City, one had to travel three thousand li!
Lin Heng and Hong San could both foresee that the journey might be dangerous, so no one knew exactly when the two would leave, not even Lin Changqing.
They left late one night!
Hong San grabbed one of Lin Heng's arms and soared straight into the air from the Heartwarming Pavilion. In the blink of an eye, they were outside Chishui Royal City!
They had not informed Lin Changqing, so naturally there were no experts dispatched by him to accompany and protect them!
They had flown only a little over a hundred li when Hong San suddenly said, "Little Prince, a wave of divine sense just swept over us. Our whereabouts have probably been exposed!"
"It's fine. Let's keep going!"
Lin Heng's expression did not change, and he remained as calm as ever.
If only Quasi-Gods came after them, he and Hong San could deal with them no matter how many there were.
Even if a God Realm expert came and he could not win, he had something to rely on to ensure that he and Hong San could both retreat unscathed!
Though Lin Heng was not invincible under heaven like his mother, he was no soft persimmon either!
It was precisely because he was so confident that Lin Heng had not gone to great lengths to conceal himself!
After flying through the air for some distance, Hong San warned him again. "Little Prince, that divine sense has locked onto us completely. I'm afraid a major battle is inevitable!"
"We're still relatively close to Chishui Royal City. They won't make a move just yet."
Lin Heng's expression remained calm.
Being able to lock onto him and Hong San completely with divine sense proved that their opponent, like Hong San, had also formed a Divine Soul Pearl!
Of the divine body, divine power, and divine soul, the divine soul was the hardest to form!
Generally speaking, forming a divine soul meant advancing to the God Realm, which was why Hong San was somewhat worried!
Of course, there were exceptions. Hong San himself was one!
What no one knew was that Lin Heng was now another such exception!
Hong San flew swiftly, covering two thousand li in just half an hour!
At last, their opponents could no longer hold back!
Two Quasi-Gods appeared. One of them wielded a broad-bladed saber and slashed through the air, sending out a saber beam dozens of zhang long!
The azure saber beam tore through the air toward them!
With their opponent's divine sense locked onto them, Lin Heng and Hong San could not evade the saber beam. They could only stop and meet it head-on!
With a thought, the Golden Thunder Divine Sword appeared in Hong San's hand.
Swish!
Hong San swung his right arm, sending a golden sword beam whistling toward the saber beam!
Rumble...
The thunderous crash shook the heavens!
Gold and blue light collided, then shattered together in an instant into streaks of light that filled the sky!
Hong San dared not be careless and immediately donned the Glazed Divine Armor!
The broad-bladed saber held by the expert who had just attacked was a divine artifact!
It seemed their opponents were determined to succeed, or they would not have brought out a divine artifact!
After all, once its wielder was killed, a divine artifact would inevitably change hands!
"A divine sword? Divine armor?"
The expert holding the divine saber saw the Glazed Divine Armor on Hong San and the Golden Thunder Divine Sword in his hand, and his expression changed drastically.
By then, Hong San had also confirmed that both of their opponents were Quasi-Gods. Neither was in the God Realm!
That put Hong San somewhat at ease!
The Quasi-God holding the divine saber was about as strong as he was, but Hong San had an extra piece of divine armor!
Moreover, his Golden Thunder Divine Sword was unquestionably superior to his opponent's divine saber!
"Shi Dexiang, your Lingxi Royal Clan dares to ambush and kill the Great Xia Imperial Clan's son-in-law? Aren't you afraid the Great Xia Imperial Clan will hold you accountable?"
Hong San had recognized the Quasi-God holding the divine saber, and he asked the question coldly.
"Lin Heng was killed by a Devil Race expert. The Great Xia Imperial Clan won't hold my Lingxi Royal Clan accountable!"
Shi Dexiang replied to Hong San, then sent a message through divine sense to the Lingxi expert accompanying him. "Brother Xu, I'll keep Hong San occupied. You kill that little bastard, then we'll join forces and see if we can finish Hong San off!"
Xu Bai nodded silently.
He was injured, but he was still a genuine Quasi-God!
Whoosh!
Shi Dexiang brandished his divine saber and charged at Hong San!
"Little Prince, go on ahead! I'll hold them off!"
"Mm!"
Lin Heng descended straight toward the ground.
Hong San tried to stop both opponents, but he soon found that he simply could not do it.
Shi Dexiang, who had also formed a divine soul and wielded a divine artifact, was more than capable of keeping him firmly occupied!
"Little bastard, you won't escape!"
Xu Bai swooped down from the night sky in pursuit!
He also hated Lin Heng deeply, because Nanny Xu, who had followed Shi Feifei to the Chishui Kingdom, was his younger sister. That was why he had taken part in this operation!