Chapter 1449: An Unexpected Acquaintance

Chapter 1449: Chapter 1449: An Unexpected Acquaintance

It’s as if there’s some kind of monster in this city behind them trying to devour Pei Yan, while Mei Simiao is determined to push him to escape quickly. Pei Yan is puzzled; judging by the attitude of the Bright Church and others, they also seem to be consenting to their departure. In the Daoist Plane, unless the three major councils are targeting him, what danger could make Mei Simiao so frightful?

"Did they make things difficult for you? Did they cheat us? Are they refusing to give us the twenty percent of the spoils?" Pei Yan lowered his head and softly asked Mei Simiao.

"No! They didn’t make things difficult for me. Regarding the distribution of the loot, they even feel they’ve asked for too much, and are willing to give away an extra twenty percent. We’ve agreed on the distribution, once the loot is counted, they’ll deliver it to the investigation hall." Mei Simiao spoke, quickening his pace, whether in the Holy City, Luocheng of the Daoist Plane, or the Dragon Realm, all have arrays prohibiting long-distance spatial teleportation. To teleport, one must use the official Magic Array within the city. The same goes for the council city of the three major councils, evidently Mei Simiao doesn’t want Pei Yan and others to enter the city right now, so only by quickly leaving the control range of the council city’s array can inter-plane teleportation be carried out.

"They’re so generous? I really underestimated them! Actually, even if they really reneged, you don’t have to hide it from me. I wouldn’t get angry over this." Pei Yan grinned, his words were not insincere; in fact, he was prepared for them to renege and had no intention of getting entangled over this matter. He already has enough trouble, yet if this opportunity can completely resolve the Vlad family issue, he’s very satisfied with this outcome. As for the trouble from the three major councils and the twenty percent spoils, he really doesn’t care about it.

"Yes! Yes! Let’s return to the investigation hall and talk more there!" Seeing Pei Yan’s calm demeanor, Mei Simiao felt slightly relieved and smiled as he urged.

Yet just when he thought this matter could be handled later, amidst the chaos at the city entrance, over twenty figures emerged from another direction on the street, chasing each other. Amid the sounds of combat and shouting, the pursuers continuously caught up with the fleeing ones, while several defenders sacrificed themselves bravely to block the pursuers. This won a precious moment for others in the group, allowing them to break through and rush out of the city.

The sudden appearance of this group caught the people from the three major councils who came to see Pei Yan and his companions off guard. Mei Simiao was the first to react, his face turned ashen and his steps became unsteady.

The second to react were members of the three major councils. The Bright Bishop took immediate action, throwing two spears of Holy Light towards the fleeing individuals, yet one member from the fleeing group leapt forward to intercept.

"Crystallize!"

With a thud! The crystallized armor, formed from his upper-level junior Demon Race powers, was no match for the Bishop’s Holy Spear. He could only use his body to somehow deflect one spear, while the other spear pierced through and was about to hit those ahead.

Bang!

The dazzling Holy Spear was shattered into fragments of Holy Light and dissipated in the void after being shot by a bullet. Watching his carefully honed attack get effortlessly thwarted by that irritating man, the Bright Bishop’s expression turned extremely ugly, and during this brief pause, the group finally rushed to Pei Yan’s side.

"Mr. Pei Yan! Miss Sifuer was killed by them!"

"Ah! So that’s what happened!" Seeing the sobbing woman before him shout out her words, Pei Yan sighed deeply, finally understanding the source of his inexplicable unease. The wind chime that Sifuer gifted him, hanging on his demon horns, sensed the fall of its master and used its limited power to influence Pei Yan’s consciousness, leading him here to witness this scene.

"You knew all along?" Pei Yan didn’t question the newcomers but instead turned his head to Mei Simiao, realizing the reason behind his desperate urging to leave.

Mei Simiao also sighed, smiling bitterly, "If I had known earlier, I wouldn’t let you near this city, even if it killed me. I only heard the rumors in the city, Pei Yan, take my advice, whatever it is, let’s first return to..."

"I know! I know! Let me first understand what happened!" Pei Yan impatiently interrupted Mei Simiao, then turned to look at the four kneeling before him. He never imagined he would meet these four in the Magic Plane.

Leading the four was Jessica, Dalles’s sister, whom he casually rescued in the Holy City. He remembered she suffered due to her brother from retaliation and bullying by new noble factions of the Demon Race. After learning of this, Pei Yan rescued her and to prevent further secret reprisals, he sent her and her family to the care of Sifuer’s territory. And today, she’s here, with the other three being Sifuer’s guards, one of whom was Pei Yan’s old acquaintance, Bailang!

Given the status of the four, Bailang should have been the one speaking to Pei Yan, but now, due to his severe injuries, he could not speak. He managed to carve a bloody path during the escape until he saw Pei Yan, feeling hopeful for revenge, before collapsing and fainting.

"Don’t cry! Tell me what really happened!" Pei Yan asked the three conscious and constantly crying individuals, suppressing his inner anger.

Before Jessica could respond, the pursuers joined the people from the three major councils, encircling them. The Bright Bishop stepped forward, despite his contempt for Pei Yan, he spoke courteously due to the display of Pei Yan’s power, saying, "Mr. Pei Yan, I don’t know what relationship you have with these people, but they are wanted criminals by the three major councils. I hope you don’t get involved in this matter; what happened earlier can be seen as unknown to you and treated as if it never happened."

"Hehehe! Hahaha!" Hearing this, Pei Yan raised his eyebrows, then laughed aloud as if hearing the funniest joke.

The Bright Bishop was somewhat embarrassed by the contempt, furrowing his brow in dissatisfaction, "Mr. Pei Yan, what’s so funny about what I said?"

"It’s not funny, I just don’t understand. Has the Hell Plane completely fallen? Did all the Demon Races from the Holy City flee to the Council City for refuge? Or have the three major councils completely taken over the Holy City? Since when could people from the Magic Plane casually hunt the Demon Race?" Pei Yan said, looking around with a deliberately surprised expression, "Have we been isolated from the world these days on our mission? Such significant changes in the four realms occurred while we were unaware?"