Chapter 618: Chapter 416: Change of Plan

Where Miao Qinghong lay in ambush.

She received a message from Fang Yun. The message said it was time to act.

"So soon?" Miao Qinghong was surprised.

Compared to the all-out assault on the Demon Spirit Sect, the interval before Fang Yun sent this message was far too short.

She had indeed hoped Fang Yun would send word in time to give her a chance to strike, but she hadn’t wanted him to send the signal for them to act so quickly.

Because this meant that something had gone wrong with his infiltration of the Dragon Demon Palace!

Without a moment’s hesitation, Miao Qinghong immediately relayed the message to the other Core Formation cultivators lying in ambush, telling them to act at once.

Fang Yun sending the signal meant there was no longer any need for concealment.

Transforming into a streak of sword light, Miao Qinghong vanished in the direction of the Dragon Demon Palace.

...

The Dragon Demon Palace, within the Palace Master’s residence.

A powerful fluctuation of Demon Power erupted from the Black Dragon Hall’s Elder, Jin Daolei.

Faced with this situation, the Dragon Demon Palace Master didn’t hesitate for a second, immediately activating the Sect Array.

When this occurred, he could only think of one culprit: the mysterious Spirit Refiner!

The mysterious Spirit Refiner had infiltrated the palace. The Grand Array’s detection had shown no reaction whatsoever, yet Jin Daolei had discovered him.

At this moment, the Dragon Demon Palace Master wasn’t panicking at all, because the Dragon Demon Palace currently possessed sufficient strength.

Over three years ago, after the mysterious Spirit Refiner killed the strongest Cave Master of the Black Ghost Cave, Jin Daolei gained a better understanding of the Spirit Refiner’s power and requested reinforcements from the Black Dragon Hall.

Originally, there were a total of three Elders from the Black Dragon Hall serving as Guardians here: one at the Peak of Core Formation, one at the Late-stage Core Formation, and one at the mid-stage of Core Formation.

After Jin Daolei requested aid, the Black Dragon Hall sent two more Elders.

One of these Elders was at Late-stage Core Formation, and the other, like Jin Daolei, was at the Peak of Core Formation.

With five Elders from the Black Dragon Hall and four Core Formation cultivators from their own Dragon Demon Palace, they had a total of nine Core Formation experts. Two of them were at the Peak of Core Formation. This brought the Dragon Demon Palace’s defensive strength up to the level of a top-tier Core Formation Influence. All that was left was to wait for the Celestial Cloud Sect and the Wind Ling Sect to make their final move.

Just as they had expected, the mysterious Spirit Refiner would infiltrate their Dragon Demon Palace.

And, also as expected, the mysterious Spirit Refiner was discovered by Jin Daolei.

’Why was Fellow Daoist Jin’s eruption of Demon Power so brief? And why can’t I capture the mysterious Spirit Refiner’s Spiritual Power fluctuations?’

The information displayed on the Grand Array Core Array Plate startled the Dragon Demon Palace Master. The man who had been so composed just moments ago was now starting to panic.

There were two problems.

The reason for the first problem was likely that Jin Daolei was already dead at the hands of the mysterious Spirit Refiner.

’Isn’t this death a little too fast?’

After all, Jin Daolei wasn’t just known for his strong perceptive abilities. His comprehensive strength ranked him among the top three Peak of Core Formation Elders in the Black Dragon Hall, and his offensive and defensive capabilities were by no means weak.

It was true that the mysterious Spirit Refiner was skilled in concealment, but with Jin Daolei’s perceptive abilities, it should have been impossible for the Spirit Refiner to ambush him.

He should have been able to detect the Spirit Refiner before the attack.

Unable to comprehend it, the Dragon Demon Palace Master’s mind went blank.

When he came to his senses, he tried to stop himself from thinking about the issue.

’Forget it. I’ll just focus all my efforts on capturing the mysterious Spirit Refiner’s Spiritual Power fluctuations for now. The lack of fluctuations most likely means he’s somewhere, lying low. The Elders from the Black Dragon Hall will go over there. I must do everything I can to assist them in dealing with the mysterious Spirit Refiner...’

The Dragon Demon Palace Master did his utmost, using the Grand Array’s detection abilities to search for any trace of the mysterious Spirit Refiner.

With the mysterious Spirit Refiner inside the Dragon Demon Palace’s Earth Realm, tracking him should be much easier than it would be outside.

"Elder Jin!"

Ruan Zhumei called out to Jin Daolei.

Like Jin Daolei, she was also an Elder from the Black Dragon Hall at the Peak of Core Formation.

After arriving at the Dragon Demon Palace three years ago, her residence had been placed closest to Jin Daolei’s.

When the powerful Demon Power erupted from Jin Daolei’s residence, she immediately stopped her cultivation and rushed in that direction.

The Demon Power had flared for only an instant before vanishing.

A situation like this meant one of two things: either Jin Daolei had dealt with the mysterious Spirit Refiner, or the mysterious Spirit Refiner had dealt with Jin Daolei.

Ruan Zhumei desperately hoped it was the former—that Jin Daolei had eliminated the mysterious Spirit Refiner—but his lack of response clearly told her it was the latter.

After calling out once, she immediately entered a state of Half-Demonization and stopped heading toward Jin Daolei’s residence.

Four arms sprouted from her sides, covered in spider-like bristles, and her abdomen swelled to an immense size.

White spider silk spewed out continuously, covering every inch of her surroundings.

She attached herself to the web she had spun in mid-air.

She wasn’t looking for prey.

This was Ruan Zhumei’s defensive stance.

Jin Daolei’s overall strength was greater than hers. The only area where she surpassed him was in her methods for trapping enemies.

Now that Jin Daolei had died at the hands of the mysterious Spirit Refiner, running directly to his residence would be suicide.

The mysterious Spirit Refiner was even more formidable than they had imagined. Taking him down would require more power.

’This Third Tier Grand Array of the Dragon Demon Palace is pathetic! It still hasn’t found the mysterious Spirit Refiner!’

Ruan Zhumei had noticed long ago that the Dragon Demon Palace’s Grand Array was active. Three breaths’ time had already passed.

Three breaths might seem short, but to cultivators like them, it was more than enough time.

The fact that so much time had passed without locating the mysterious Spirit Refiner spoke volumes. It meant the Dragon Demon Palace Master knew the Spirit Refiner was within the sect but couldn’t find him even with the Grand Array.

’They say it’s hard to get a message out after encountering the mysterious Spirit Refiner. Since things have come to this, I’ll send a message first.’

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