Dawo Baba tore through space and flew out, but the scene before him was completely different from what he had imagined.
Lin Heng and the others were unharmed!
The cave within the dimensional portal was still being relentlessly bombarded.
The powerful members of the Hunt Clan, who should have already appeared in the Nine Heavens, were nowhere to be seen.
Dawo Baba was dumbfounded!
This is totally not right!
Why is this completely different from the story I imagined?
When Lin Heng and the others were fighting Sikong Hong in their own independent space, they were clearly caught off guard when they turned around.
In that brief moment, his own kind should have immediately attacked.
Without Sikong Hong, either of the other two could easily sweep away all the Nine Heavens experts present.
The ground should be littered with the corpses of powerful cultivators from the Nine Heavens Realm by now. After emerging from the independent space, I joined forces with my comrades to kill Sikong Hong.
Where exactly did things go wrong with such a perfect plan?
Dawo Baba was still looking bewildered when Lin Heng spoke first upon seeing him appear, " Dawo Baba, you've done a great job this time."
"To perform meritorious service?"
Dawo Baba, bewildered, stared blankly at Lin Heng.
"Don't be afraid, we've already killed a group of them, and the rest are blocking the dimensional portal."
Lin Heng said with an appreciative tone, "If it weren't for your cooperation from the inside, we would have lost many more skilled men this time."
With things having come to this point, how could Dawo Baba not understand?
He suddenly looked towards the bombed-out cave entrance.
"Kid, what nonsense are you spouting? Who's colluding with you from the inside?"
Dawo Baba quickly refuted Lin Heng's words.
Even though he still hasn't figured out the whole story, anyone who isn't a fool can tell from Lin Heng's words that the other party is trying to frame him for betraying his clan.
Facing the stern rebuke from Dawo Baba, Lin Heng calmly replied, "Since you've made your choice, there should be a resolution. Do you really want to board our Nine Heavens ship with one foot still on the Hunt Clan's ship?"
"Kid, you're trying to say he's two-timing, right?"
Dawo Baba smugly summarized Lin Heng's words.
It's not that this guy has a strange thought process; even at this point, he's still correcting Lin Heng's word choice. The key is that the Hunt Clan has always been learning from and imitating Nine Heavens.
From language, lifestyle, cultivation, fighting style, and so on!
A savage race, naturally, wanted to change things after seeing the prosperity of the Nine Heavens.
The Nine Heavens, with its rich cultural heritage spanning countless years, and the Hunt Clan, who still live a primitive, hunter-gatherer lifestyle, represent two completely contrasting groups.
Therefore, every powerful member of the Hunt Clan who had ever visited the Nine Heavens took pride in who resembled a person from the Nine Heavens the most.
So, Dawo Baba, seizing the rare opportunity to flaunt his cultural knowledge in front of the people of Nine Heavens, naturally wanted to showcase his literary talent.
But Lin Heng immediately seized on his words and retorted, "Haha! Dawo Baba, it seems you've done a lot of work in the Hunt Clan to become a member of my Nine Heavens."
Dawo Baba was furious when he heard this!
I learned the Nine Heavens culture so that I could conquer the Nine Heavens and start a new life with my people, not so much to become one of you.
But this time, before Dawo Baba could speak, an angry shout rang out from inside the cave, "Haga! Dawo Baba, no wonder you always had the highest understanding of the Nine Heavens culture within the tribe, so you've been planning this all along!"
" Dawo Baba, we really misjudged you. It turns out you've long harbored rebellious intentions, intending to join forces with the Nine Heavens. How can you do this to the Hunting Emperor you swore allegiance to?"
"How could this traitor possibly remember his loyalty to the Emperor? When we return, we must make his entire clan commit seppuku to atone for their sins."
One person spoke at a time, and suddenly more than a dozen people began to shout indignant curses.
Lin Heng secretly sighed, "That was close!"
If it weren't for the timely notification from the Plane Consciousness, allowing me and other Ascenders to take precautions...
Otherwise, if these people had emerged from hiding and launched a sneak attack, we would probably be corpses by now.
" Lord Kudang Canglei, if others don't trust me, why don't you trust me either?"
Dawo Baba retorted sharply, "Have you forgotten our bond of wife-swapping? We're friends who can even share wives, how can you distrust me like this?"
Upon hearing this, Lin Heng and the other Nine Heavens experts all felt a wave of disdain.
What kind of disgusting race is this? They'd even swap wives to show off their friendship?
However, upon hearing another person's name mentioned by Dawo Baba, he couldn't help but mutter something under his breath.
"They really are a race with a peculiar thought process. First, one of them beat up my dad, and now they've come up with this guy hiding a grenade in his crotch. You guys should apply for a naming creativity contest; otherwise, you'd be doing a disservice to this kind of imagination."
As Lin Heng spoke, the other Nine Heavens experts beside him also reacted.
I hadn't noticed it before, but after Lin Heng's reminder, I realized that while the Hunt Clan may lack other strengths, their creativity in naming things is truly unmatched.
Kudang Cang Lei!
Upon closer listening, wasn't that a hidden grenade in one's crotch?
As Lin Heng and the others chuckled to themselves, Kudang Cang Lei inside the cave roared again, " Dawo Baba, our friendship was severed the moment you betrayed the Hunting Emperor. Don't bring up the past again!"
Upon hearing this, Dawo Baba knew that he couldn't clear his name with just words, so he immediately focused his attention on Lin Heng.
As long as Lin Heng is killed, and then the other Nine Heavens experts around him are killed, and his compatriots are welcomed out, the misunderstanding will naturally be resolved.
As Dawo Baba glared at him with a fierce look, Lin Heng immediately realized what the other party was thinking.
"Everyone, give it your all! As long as we can block these scum, Hall Master Ao will arrive soon. Then, with Dawo Baba leading the way, we'll charge straight into the Hunt Clan and annihilate them all in one fell swoop."
Lin Heng's shout only intensified the murderous intent in Dawo Baba's eyes.
But these words also had a significant impact on Kudang Cang Lei and the others inside the cave.
"You, Dawo Baba, for your own personal gain, actually plan to lead the people of Nine Heavens to invade our Hunt Clan."
" Lord Kudang, why waste words with such people? We'll return and report to the Emperor, and have the entire Dawo Baba clan slaughtered."
" Lord Kudang, right now we should return as soon as possible and close the dimensional portal. I knew the portal had suddenly become unstable; it must have been a conspiracy by Nine Heavens. I never expected that traitor Dawo Baba was involved in this."
"Hmph! What are you still thinking? I'm afraid Dawo Baba has already reached an agreement with Nine Heavens. This whole thing was a show he deliberately staged with Nine Heavens, intentionally loosening the seal on the dimensional portal so we could open it and they could take the opportunity to storm in."
"Haha! Heaven hasn't forsaken our Hunt Clan! That brat Nine Heavens was too eager for quick success and revealed their entire plan. As long as we return immediately, we'll make sure they leave empty-handed."