Chapter 1717 - 777: Opening the Demon Road

Chapter 1717: Chapter 777: Opening the Demon Road

Alliance Leader Ning held the freshly calculated merit points and found them exceedingly glaring.

He did not wish for the Huangquan Team to join this leader’s task.

Ever since confirming that the Huangquan Team had no backing from the Central Plains Marquis, Alliance Leader Ning’s attitude towards the Huangquan Team and Ye Lingyue plummeted.

Not to mention, the captain of the Huangquan Team was someone oblivious to worldly affairs, unyielding to death.

After the Huangquan Team formed an alliance with the Tang Family, their reputation surged, making Alliance Leader Ning increasingly displeased with Ye Lingyue.

"Summon Captain Ye to come over."

Upon hearing the term Captain Ye and glancing at Di Shen, Yue Mei suddenly realized something. She glanced at Chen Mu and, seeing his composed demeanor, finally relaxed.

It must have been her overthinking, as Ye Lingyue had long been Di Shen’s woman, and how could Chen Mu be interested in her.

When Ye Lingyue entered, several gazes simultaneously shot towards her.

Chen Mu and Yue Mei were startled upon seeing Ye Lingyue.

She was Ye Lingyue, but what had happened to her face?

Chen Mu scrutinized Ye Lingyue and, upon recognizing those eyes, felt his mind settle slightly.

Yue Mei muttered a phrase under her breath, thinking it was just a facade.

Ye Lingyue hadn’t expected Chen Mu and Yue Mei to be present either, and recalling the earlier humiliation suffered by Ye Liuyun, she cast a hostile glance at Chen and Yue.

Fortunately, she also knew that it was not the time for settling accounts. With a mutual glance exchanged with Di Shen, they understood each other perfectly.

Ye Lingyue spoke little and moved beside Di Shen.

"Captain Ye, the merit points matter is quite unexpected. The Huangquan Team and Jin Family Team are both ranked third. According to my earlier agreement with the Elder Council, we decided to make an exception to allow the Huangquan Team and three other representative teams to participate in the final leader’s task. Now that all representative teams are present, I officially announce this leader’s task."

Upon saying so, Alliance Leader Ning approached a screen behind him.

As the screen was removed, behind it appeared a map hanging on the wall.

Everyone present recognized that map; it was the map of Ancient Nine Provinces.

However, compared to the map everyone had seen earlier, this one was more detailed, filling in the previously blank area belonging to the Central Plains, and even the approximate geographical position of the Golden Horn Tribe was clearly delineated.

Ye Lingyue was secretly startled, thinking that Ning Que, to have become the Nine Continents Alliance Leader, indeed was no easy target.

The information at his disposal was no less than what Ye Lingyue and the Golden Horn Demon King had.

At this point, it seemed that even if that night the Demon King Tongtian had not been killed, with Ning Que’s information, the Central Plains would eventually be invaded by the Nine Continents Alliance one day.

However, fortunately, Ning Que’s map was before the merger of the Tongtian Tribe and the Golden Horn Tribe.

Now that the Golden Horn Demon King had unified the Central Plains, many checkpoints and fortresses on the map had been re-defended, making it rather difficult for Ning Que to attack again.

But Ning Que was clearly no longer in the Central Plains.

One saw him pointing at several key locations on the Central Plains, and with a stroke of his finger, a hidden path suddenly revealed itself.

The path originated from Ancient Nine Provinces’ Ancient Yong State, ending at the border of the Central Plains.

"Alliance Leader Ning, could it be?"

Jin Mu exclaimed in surprise.

"Correct, this is the only demon path from Ancient Central Plains leading to the Demon World. Once you infiltrate this demon path, you can kill your way into the Demon World."

Alliance Leader Ning’s tone was infused with excitement.

The end of the demon path was the entrance to the Demon World.

For hundreds of years, since the era of the Central Plains Marquis, countless descendants of the Nine Continents Alliance had been searching for the Demon World’s entrance.

Because the Demon World was the main base of demons. 𝔣𝖗ⅇℯ

Only by cleansing the Demon World could the principles of the Nine Continents Alliance truly flourish.

Human Clan could truly live in peace for generations to come.

Ning Que was an ambitious person; since the era of the Central Plains Marquis, the Nine Continents Alliance had been at peace under the Marquis’s renowned name for hundreds of years.

No generation of alliance leaders could surpass the existence of the Central Plains Marquis. No one would remember the name of the Nine Continents Alliance Leader forever, but the Central Plains Marquis was different. He was eternally evergreen, residing in the hearts of every Ancient Nine Provinces person.

Ning Que initially admired the Central Plains Marquis, but gradually, his vanity inflated. He was unwilling to remain in the shadow of the Marquis.

He wanted to prove he was more outstanding than any previous Nine Continents Alliance Leader and even surpass the Marquis.

To achieve this, he needed to conquer the Demon World and completely destroy the two Demon Emperors, thereby having a chance to surpass the Central Plains Marquis.

With such ambition, Ning Que had been meticulously organizing and preparing this unprecedented Nine Provinces Hunting for years, gathering information, sacrificing countless Demon Hunters, and finally creating an exhaustive regional map.

The demon path that Ye Lingyue and Di Shen had sought for a long time had also finally appeared before the world.

"Leader, is the leader’s task to have us kill our way into the Demon World?"

Everyone present was perceptive and quick-witted. With Ning Que’s words, they instantly understood.

However, everyone’s expressions differed significantly.

Chen Mu and Yue Mei had little reaction; they were Ning Que’s staff, having long been aware of Ning Que’s plans.

In fact, the successful mapping of the complete demon path owed much to Chen Mu. He had even explored the demon path earlier.

The demon king he killed was discovered during his exploration of the demon path.

As for Di Shen and Ye Lingyue, besides surprise, there was more secret delight.

The two were originally headed for the Demon World, coincidentally aligning with Ning Que’s plan.

The only one not entirely pleased was Jin Mu.

Discovering the demon path was good, but entering the Demon World was not a trivial matter.

The Demon World was the base camp of the Demon Clan.

Unlike the demons in the Central Plains, the paucity of nature’s spiritual energy in the Demon World contrasted with its abundance of Evil Qi, making the demons living there much more formidable than those in the Central Plains.

The Jin Family, despite ranking in the top three this time, suffered significant casualties. Now their forces were about half what they were initially. In these circumstances, entering the Demon World would undoubtedly be akin to striking a stone with an egg.

"Do you all think I am sending everyone to hunt demons along the demon path? Not at all; every one of you present is one of a kind elite in our Nine Continents Alliance. Why would Ning make jokes with your valuable lives?"

Alliance Leader Ning seemed to discern everyone’s thoughts and shook his head with a smile, explaining.

"The Demon Clan is vast. Even exhausting the power of the Nine Continents Alliance may not suffice for extermination. This time I am sending you only as pioneers to locate the Thirteen Demon Tombs and destroy the Emperor Demon Vein there, causing the Evil Qi of the Demon World to dry up."

As Alliance Leader Ning mentioned the Demon Eighteen Tombs, Ye Lingyue noticed Di Shen beside her subtly paused.