King of Creation Chapter 1994 - 1979: A Common Enemy

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Previously on King of Creation...
Black Cloud Great Sage's mansion was burned, causing humiliation to him and the Black Tiger lineage. To save face and find the culprit, Purple Whisker Great Sage, alongside other Great Sages, mobilized nearly a hundred Dao Realm practitioners and over a dozen Titled Great Sages to set up a wide-ranging encirclement. Ye Zhen, who orchestrated the burning, managed to evade the initial sweep by hiding within a tree root, confident in his ability to escape the net.

The burning of the Black Cloud Great Saint’s Grand Saint Mansion led to a series of serious consequences, the most direct being the complete blockade of White Tiger City, inside and out.

All caravans and personnel were only allowed to enter, not leave!

In just half a day, White Tiger City was filled with complaints, and the other Tiger King factions were very dissatisfied.

However, despite the dissatisfaction, they did not step forward to criticize the actions of the Black Tiger King faction.

To some extent, the face of the Black Tiger King faction being slapped also meant the Tiger Clan’s own disgrace.

The Tiger Clan is a very contradictory race, with constant internal strife and suspicion, but once an external pressure arises, they become united against it instantly, especially when their face is threatened.

Even if there are dissenting voices, they are kept in the dark.

Under the leadership of the Black Tiger King faction, the alertness of the entire Tiger Clan was elevated by several levels.

A considerable number of Great Saints, along with many Dao Realm experts and countless Demon Commanders and Generals, meticulously searched for any suspicious signs.

Quickly, Ye Zhen and his companions, who had entered the city a few days ago and then vanished into thin air, drew attention.

The Purple Whisker Great Saint and his group conducted a check on Princess Chimei Tiger Chimei.

Tiger Chimei explained the matter simply, saying that she had merely encountered an outstanding Cloud Winged Tiger King and traveled together with him. After returning to White Tiger City, they parted ways.

This explanation was corroborated by many people, and the Purple Whisker Great Saint and the Black Cloud Great Saint had no choice but to drop the matter.

Even if there was solid evidence, as long as Tiger Chimei did not act personally, they had no way to deal with the Red Tiger King’s daughter.

"The one who burned my Grand Saint Mansion must be related to this Ye Zhen!" said the Black Cloud Great Saint with hatred after leaving the Tiger King’s Palace of the Red Tiger King.

"Third Brother, how can you be so sure?" Purple Whisker Great Saint was curious!

"Intuition!"

Leaving these two words, the Black Cloud Great Saint immediately left the Purple Whisker Great Saint and issued a command, "Focus the city’s search on the whereabouts of Ye Zhen and his group, distribute Ye Zhen’s spirit image, and handsomely reward anyone providing a lead with ten thousand High Grade Spiritual Stones, and anyone capable of leading us to this criminal will be rewarded with a million High Grade Spiritual Stones!"

Watching the decisive Black Cloud Great Saint, the Purple Whisker Great Saint narrowed his eyes slightly.

Meanwhile, the Black Cloud Great Saint was almost exploding with anger.

Because he was already certain that the perpetrator was very likely Ye Zhen.

The motive of this Ye Zhen was also simple, it was to take revenge for Xuan Hu.

And that was after Xuan Hu was taken away, although the Black Cloud Great Saint wasn’t sure what happened to Xuan Hu exactly, there weren’t many such powerful and mystical Tree Demons in this world.

The only thing he couldn’t understand was where Ye Zhen, a guy at the Peak of the Ninth Stage Dark Palace Realm, got the strength to kill so many Demon Commanders unscathed.

"There must be accomplices, there must be accomplices!"

After a night of despair, the Black Cloud Great Saint became lively and full of murderous intent in an instant.

Previously, there was no target. Now that there is a target, it’s different.

After two hours, Ye Zhen’s spirit image was plastered all over the streets and alleys of White Tiger City, and all Dao Realm Grand Saints and Demon Commanders on patrol each had a copy of Ye Zhen’s spirit image in their hands.

An additional examination item was added for all those inspected.

That was to undergo an Illusion-Breaking check, where each person’s face had to be scanned by Spirit Light repeatedly to confirm that no illusion techniques or disguises were in place before they would be allowed to pass.

Unbeknownst to anyone, while they were digging three feet into the ground searching, Ye Zhen, on his end, was acting as if nothing had happened, using a Little Demon for concealment and warning, Ye Zhen directly hid in the Mirage Dragon Pearl Sequential Space for cultivation.

By the time Ye Zhen emerged from the Mirage Dragon Pearl Space at dusk, he had spent five days in secluded cultivation inside the Mirage Dragon Pearl Sequential Space.

His cultivation had already stabilized at the peak of the Early Stage of the Sixth Stage Realm King Realm.

Last night, Ye Zhen had consecutively killed fourteen Demon Commanders under the Black Cloud Great Saint, but it was much more rushed than the night before, as Dao Realm experts nearby could arrive in as little as a breath or two.

The principle Ye Zhen adhered to was that the Little Demon would accept however much spiritual power it could devour and convert.

So, although he killed fourteen Demon Commanders, the spiritual power absorbed and converted was much less than the day before.

More importantly, the day before, when Ye Zhen was at the first and second stages of the Realm King Realm, devouring the cultivation of a seventh or eighth stage Realm King Demon Commander could cause his cultivation to soar a great deal.

However, with Ye Zhen’s current cultivation, devouring the spiritual power of one or two sixth or seventh stage Realm King martial artists no longer significantly increased his cultivation.

Only by devouring the spiritual power of a Ninth Stage Peak Realm King martial artist would Ye Zhen’s cultivation see a substantial increase.

Quickly, through the Little Demon’s eyes, Ye Zhen saw the citywide wanted notices.

"Heh, so naive! Even if you plaster the wanted posters all over the Taimeng Demon Realm, you might not be able to catch me!"

"Since you’re busy posting wanted posters, I’ll let you. I just happen to need cultivation time! If you chase me for a month, I’ll cultivate for a month. If you chase me for three months, I’ll cultivate for three months! Even if you chase me for a year, I’ll cultivate for a year, haha!"

Now, as they were unable to find Ye Zhen, he could rest easy and cultivate, since after the incident in the Yizhi Sand Sea, his Mirage Dragon Pearl Space had been stocked with ample food and water.

As for cultivation resources, the storage rings of these damned Demon Clan Great Saints have all fallen into Ye Zhen’s hands, and there’s no shortage of spirit stones, especially since Ye Zhen already has quite a few.

"Little Demon, keep a close watch, and contact me immediately if there’s any movement!" After instructing, Ye Zhen intended to return to the Mirage Dragon Pearl Sequential Space to cultivate.

But just then, Little Demon suddenly spoke, "Father, there’s a situation you might want to see."

"Oh, what situation?" Ye Zhen asked.

With a thought, a green light swept before Ye Zhen’s eyes, and Little Demon, part of him, switched the view of the leaves of a towering giant tree in White Tiger City before Ye Zhen.

A hundred miles outside the White Tiger exterior, the Great Saint of the Giant Spirits from the Bear Clan, the Fox Clan’s Supreme Elder Tu Che, and two fierce-looking humanoid monkey-faced strong men — these two seemed to be the Monkey Clan Great Saints under the Wind-Thunder Ancient Monkey Kings pursuing Zhu Hong and Sunx Ba, the Green Monkey Great Saint and the Green-eyed Great Saint.

At this moment, they were surrounded by the Dao Realm experts of the Tiger Clan.

"They’ve actually caught up, faster than I imagined!" Ye Zhen was somewhat surprised.

According to Ye Zhen’s estimates, the Great Saint of the Giant Spirits and their group should have taken five to ten days to reach White Tiger City, approximately seven days.

But in reality, it had only been three and a half days since Ye Zhen arrived in White Tiger City.

Thinking about it, Ye Zhen underestimated these Dao Realm experts; the hidden strength of the Demon Clan’s Dao Realm experts was much stronger than Ye Zhen had imagined.

Using the towering giant tree as an eye, Ye Zhen could roughly see that the Great Saint of the Giant Spirits, Tu Che, Stone Monkey Great Saint, Green-eyed Great Saint and others seemed interested in the Tiger Clan’s Dao Realm hand-held wanted order.

"Little Demon, can you find a way to hear what they’re saying?" Ye Zhen’s heart suddenly stirred.

"This... Father, hearing what they’re saying might be troublesome, the chance of being discovered is very high," Little Demon said.

"Then you keep watch, I’ll have Big Ears listen." Ye Zhen’s Divine Sense carefully surveyed all directions, confirming there was no powerful Dao Realm Divine Sense paying attention for the time being.

With a thought, Ye Zhen summoned Big Ears Nie Ting from the Mirage Dragon Pearl Space.

"Hmm, Nie Ting, listen to what they’re doing toward the northeast, about twelve hundred miles from here."

Big Ears Nie Ting couldn’t share visuals with Little Demon, but as long as Ye Zhen pointed him in a general direction, he could immediately find the sound’s source.

When Big Ears heard the voices of this group, the unrelenting Black Cloud Great Sage pursuing Ye Zhen had already arrived.

The Tiger Clan and the Bear Clan didn’t get along well; therefore, Great Saint of the Giant Spirits Xiong Cheng and the Black Cloud Great Sage didn’t care, but the Fox Clan’s Supreme Elder Tu Che was someone the Black Cloud Great Sage couldn’t ignore.

Tu Che had assisted the Red Tiger King for three thousand years, becoming renowned within the entire Tiger Clan.

After brief pleasantries, the group got to the main point.

"I wonder what Elder Tu’s purpose is here?" The Black Cloud Great Sage was quite concerned about Tu Che’s intention, afraid it was arranged by the Red Tiger King, which would be troublesome.

"Great Sage, we know about the events that occurred in White Tiger City these past days. What I want to say is, we have a common enemy, and I believe we can cooperate!" Tu Che said.

"A common enemy?" The Black Cloud Great Sage was puzzled.

"That’s right, it’s Ye Zhen!"

"And his companions, a monkey and a pig!" Stone Monkey Great Saint said with hatred.

"A woman!" Great Saint of the Giant Spirits Xiong Cheng added in a deep voice.

"Cooperate?"

The Black Cloud Great Sage was somewhat confused, "How would this cooperation work?"

"I wonder what the Black Cloud Great Sage’s most desired thing to do is?" Tu Che asked.

"Naturally, it’s to dismember the thief Ye Zhen who burned my Grand Saint Mansion!" The Black Cloud Great Sage said fiercely.

"Then that will be easy."

The Fox Clan Supreme Elder Tu Che clapped and laughed, "Once we find them, Ye Zhen can be handled by the Great Sage, and the others can be handled by us. Sound good?"

"That monkey and pig will be handled by us," Stone Monkey Great Saint and Green-eyed Great Saint simultaneously declared loudly.

"That woman Hu Qingtong will be handled by us!" Great Saint of the Giant Spirits also called out.

Tu Che looked at Great Saint of the Giant Spirits Xiong Cheng, "Great Sage, whether Hu Qingtong’s marriage contract is valid should be known when Ninth Elder Hu Buding returns."

Great Saint of the Giant Spirits Xiong Cheng was anxious, "No way, Hu Qingtong must..."

"Great Sage, the urgent matter is to find them and discuss the rest later." Tu Che advised.

Listening to the debate, the Black Cloud Great Sage sneered, "You all have plans, but the problem is, I dispatched over a hundred Dao Realm experts searching day and night without finding a trace. If you want your share of the bounty, shouldn’t you determine the thief’s whereabouts first?"

Upon hearing this, the Fox Clan Supreme Elder Tu Che was full of confidence, "If the Great Sage agrees, we have a secret technique to locate their hiding place."

"What do you say?" The Black Cloud Great Sage’s eyes suddenly lit up with delight, "Really?"

"Of course it’s true!" Stone Monkey Great Saint and Green-eyed Great Saint simultaneously sneered.