Chapter 2362: Priest Temple

Naturally, the ‘Lord of Slaughter’ was actually Zu An, and he was stunned.

Wasn’t she talking pretty happily with ‘Donaire’ not too long ago? She looked as if she was already about to fully devote her life to him, so why does she suddenly want to kill him?

He chose not to mention that prior behavior while asking, “Didn’t you say Donaire was a talented individual? Why do you suddenly want to kill him?”

Salamay replied, “He is a genius indeed. If not for the fact that there’s no other choice, I wouldn’t have wanted to kill him either. The main reason is because we need his women for the sacrifice that is to come, but during the time we spent together, I noticed that Donaire is quite the affectionate person and cares a lot about those women. Furthermore, they also seem to care a lot about him.

“There is no way we would be able to convince him to offer the women up for the blood sacrifice. He could end up ruining all of our plans, or endure it in the moment but seek out revenge in the future. So it’s best if we get the upper hand first.”

The ‘Lord of Slaughter’ chuckled before replying, “My daughter really does think things through fully. How about I look for a chance to kill him right now?”

“It’s not time yet,” Salamay explained. “We still need him for the transport formation home. That’s why I’ve been asking about formations, and I can tell that he’s already captivated by me. When I get his secrets, it won’t be too late to kill him then.”

The ‘Lord of Slaughter’ was startled.

This woman really is malicious. She’s the type to hide daggers behind a smile.

Zu An had mostly been on guard against the Monster Lord. To be honest, since the Monster Lord had never treated Salamay with much importance, he hadn’t been able to help looking down on Salamay’s faction a bit. And yet, if not for the fact that he just so happened to be able to turn into the Lord of Slaughter, he could have been completely fooled by Salamay without realizing a thing.

Judging from their interactions as of late, he had always been left wondering why, even though the Monster Lord seemed to clearly have everything under control, he still chose not to completely capture or take out the most significant threats like Salamay and Mojard, instead choosing to play along with them.

After thinking about it, Zu An concluded that it had to be because Salamay had something the Monster Lord wanted, and would never hand it over if the latter tried to force it out of her. Thus, the Monster Lord could only cooperate and indulge her so she would inadvertently end up handing it over herself. Zu An then connected that fact with Salamay asking him to help the Lord of Slaughter. That meant the thing the Monster Lord wanted had to be related to the Lord of Slaughter.

Unfortunately, the Lord of Slaughter was already dead. Helpless to do anything else, Zu An could only take his place. Thus, he’d asked Jing Teng to impersonate him. Jing Teng was very familiar with his speech and behavior. Besides that, she was proficient in appearance-altering skills. That meant it wouldn’t be too difficult to fool Salamay and the others for a short time.

As for the guise of the Lord of Slaughter, he had to do it himself. After all, within this group of monsters were the Lord of Slaughter’s daughter, trusted brother, and countless past subordinates. A simple appearance-changing skill wouldn’t be able to fool all of them. That was why along the way, he’d found an opportunity to secretly leave. He’d then used the formation that was left behind in the Great Snowy Mountains to recreate the illusion of the imprisoned Lord of Slaughter.

Everything was going smoothly. The only danger was that Salamay had asked him to change into human form ahead of time. At the time, Pei Mianman, who had guessed the truth, ended up so nervous that her heart almost jumped out of her chest.

Fortunately, Zu An was prepared for that eventuality. Whenever he turned into something as powerful as the Lord of Slaughter, his Myriad Transformations would cost him a tremendous amount of Rage points every second. Even if Salamay hadn’t said anything, he wouldn’t have been able to maintain it for that long. That was why he had already deliberately sought out the Lord of Slaughter’s portraits while he was in the Monster World. Thankfully, the formation knowledge of that world was quite profound, and he’d found some jade strips that recorded the appearance of the Lord of Slaughter. That was why he’d been able to perfectly take on that form.

It was only thanks to him turning into the Lord of Slaughter that he learned Salamay’s true thoughts.

This woman can be considered pretty, but her inside is even more malicious than her outer appearance.

“Alright, when the time comes, just give me the signal and I’ll kill him at once.” The ‘Lord of Slaughter’ was worried that the women would be endangered if Salamay suddenly made her move, so he decided that it would be safer if this task was placed in his hands.

“With father here now, there’s nothing left to worry about,” Salamay said, not suspecting him.

Zu An planned to find out what the blood sacrifice she was speaking of was all about. He had heard about it from the Monster Lord too. Judging from the formation knowledge he’d learned recently, he had his suspicions, but he still needed to slowly confirm them.

…

In the following days, everyone hurried around while recuperating.

Along the way, Salamay started conversations sweetly with ‘Zu An’, and she also consulted him for formation knowledge, intentionally or otherwise. ‘Zu An’ didn’t seem to have realized the truth at all, so he always conversed happily with her.

When he saw the two chatting like lovers, Mojard was so angry that his teeth were about to shatter. However, with the Lord of Slaughter here, he didn’t dare to act up either.

When he saw the Rage points that continued to enter the backend, Zu An thought, This Mojard really is stupid to a pitiful degree.

How could someone as treacherous as Salamay not know about Mojard’s abnormal obsession? She could even have shown some good intentions to make Mojard feel as if there was hope, even though in reality, it was only to get him to help her achieve her objective.

Meanwhile, the True Demon great elder secretly sought out ‘Zu An’ to discuss some things. Everyone could see his nervousness even from far away. But the current ‘Zu An’ naturally didn’t tell him many things he wanted to hear, so he always left in disappointment each time.

Salamay secretly sought out the ‘Lord of Slaughter’. She felt that the True Demon elders were a potential disaster they had to get rid of as quickly as possible. The ‘Lord of Slaughter’ used the excuse that they were still useful for the time being, though. Salamay figured that now that her father was here, these people couldn’t really cause that much trouble either, so she ultimately dropped the matter.

…

Time passed, and they eventually arrived at the Demon race’s territory. Soon after, some Demon race cultivators saw their arrival, then came over to demand an explanation for their presence.

Salamay frowned slightly. Even though in her eyes, these individuals were all a joke, things would become troublesome if this ended up getting out of hand and they ended up getting the attention of the regent.

Just then, Yun Yuqing and Suolun Shi appeared, and the demon guards were quickly sent away.

Only then did Salamay remember that these women were the Demon race’s saintesses to begin with. They all had extremely high statuses. When she realized that, she couldn’t help but give ‘Zu An’ a few extra looks.

This Donaire does have quite the ability. He actually managed to make these Demon race saintesses so devoted to him.

The Demon race’s Priest Temple was a sacred place that had always been heavily guarded by strong individuals. And yet, because of these saintesses, when people heard that the Demon Deity’s descendants had come to pay their respects, they were all extremely respectful and welcomed the party with magnificent hospitality. They even made an exception and allowed the group to visit the Priest Temple.

The temple was located on a tall mountain. Even from a distance, countless cylindrical pillars towered into the clouds. They formed a great circle, and a domineering dome rose above it, thus forming a giant temple.

The True Demon great elder was a bit moved when he saw it from a distance. “This… This seems to be the legendary…” he began, but he suddenly seemed to have remembered something and stopped talking.

Even Salamay was a bit stunned. She couldn’t help but say with a sigh, “I never would have expected a weak world like this to be able to build such a magnificent temple.”

Zu An felt that this temple was a special place, and didn’t seem to be something that the current Demon race could build with their own power at all. When he saw the others’ reactions, he began to suspect that this temple was related to the ancient True Demon race, or even the Demon Deity himself…