Chapter 328 - 327: Reduced to a Running Dog
"A puny little member of the Demon Race wants to recruit me?"
Faced with the Black Robe’s offer, Qin Ya sneered contemptuously. His words sent shockwaves through the crowd! What? The Demon Race? This Venerable Lord was actually from the Demon Race?!
Huaa Que, Nangong Wen, and even the ancestors of the Three Great Noble Families—all the Extraordinaries’ expressions changed drastically. The Venerable Lord’s identity had always been mysterious, but they had never once considered the possibility of him being from the Demon Race. Yet now, Qin Ya was claiming he was!
At that moment, all eyes turned to the man in the black robe.
But his expression remained as indifferent as ever as he slowly began to speak. "How did you figure it out? I thought my disguise was perfect. How did you see through it?"
BOOM! His words were like a bombshell dropped on the crowd.
This so-called Venerable Lord was truly from the Demon Race!
Huaa Que’s face was livid with rage. He roared at the ancestors of the Three Great Noble Families, "Have you still not woken up? Must you insist on helping a demon slaughter our own people?"
The three ancestors and the other Extraordinaries turned deathly pale.
The Demon Race... The one leading them was actually a member of the Demon Race!
The news was too shocking. They were completely unprepared, and the impact was immense. For a moment, they were caught in a tumultuous inner conflict.
Meanwhile, the corners of Qin Ya’s mouth curled up slightly. He stared at the black-robed man and said coolly, "I didn’t expect you to admit it so readily. How generous of you."
"Why wouldn’t I dare?"
"Then why did you need a disguise at all?"
The black-robed man said indifferently, "The disguise was merely to make my movements more convenient and to avoid unnecessary trouble. This is your Human Race’s territory, after all. But now that you’ve found me out, it’s no longer necessary."
Qin Ya pointed to the ancestors of the Three Great Noble Families and said, "Aren’t you afraid?"
"Afraid?" Hearing this, the black-robed man chuckled softly. "Are you saying I should be afraid of them betraying me? Qin Ya, you sorely underestimate the inherent flaws of the Human Race."
"The longer one lives, the more one fears death. Not to mention, they are all people of High Rank who wield power. That makes them even more afraid to die. So... no, I’m not afraid."
After speaking, the black-robed man’s eyes suddenly turned sharp. His gaze swept over Lu Lihuang and the others as he asked, his voice laced with a cold chill, "Will *you* betray me?"
The expressions on Lu Lihuang and the others flickered uncertainly. Then, the Lu Family’s ancestor, Lu Lihuang, knelt on one knee in the void and said to the black-robed man, "This subordinate swears to serve the Venerable Lord to the death!"
His expression was cold, showing not a trace of shame.
’But Heaven and Earth will strike down those who don’t look out for themselves. Staying alive is what matters most,’ he had told himself, convincing himself!
To abandon the dignity of being human and become a running dog for the Demon Race!
Seeing this, the other two ancestors gritted their teeth and also knelt on one knee!
"This subordinate swears to serve the Venerable Lord to the death!"
"This subordinate swears to serve the Venerable Lord to the death!"
Following the lead of the three ancestors, the other Extraordinaries also knelt down one after another!
The black-robed man raised his hands high, his face filled with endless delight, as if embracing the entire world. He laughed loudly, "Haha, you see? This is the inherent flaw of the Human Race! Its eternal, inherent flaw!"
Then, he looked at the few Extraordinaries who refused to submit and said indifferently, "I do admire your courage. Unfortunately, I’m not optimistic about your chances."
"Because you are going to die!"
Those few people said, "Hmph! We would rather die than be running dogs for the Demon Race!"
The words had barely left their mouths when a flash of a blade was seen. The heads of those few people were sent flying, and blood spurted high like a fountain. Huaa Que and the others were instantly enraged, because the one holding the blade was none other than the Lu Family’s ancestor, Lu Lihuang!
"Good, good! What a good running dog for the Demon Race!"
"It’s only been a moment, and he’s already completely fallen into character. He was born to be a running dog! A person like that is fit to be an ancestor of a Noble Family? Utterly shameless!"
"Lu Lihuang, you are not worthy of being human!"
Facing the crowd’s curses, Lu Lihuang’s expression remained unchanged.
Meanwhile, the disciples of the Three Great Noble Families were stunned into a stupor.
In the blink of an eye, their own ancestors had become running dogs for the Demon Race, scorned by thousands. They couldn’t help but feel waves of sorrow, unsure of what to do or where to go...
"Well done," the black-robed man said slowly.
"It is what this subordinate ought to do," Lu Lihuang said coldly. He then turned to the Lu Family disciples and declared, "Disciples of the Lu Family, listen! All of you will follow me and pledge your allegiance to the Venerable Lord!"
Hearing this, the Lu Family disciples gradually came back to their senses. They looked at each other, at a loss. At this moment, the Lu Family’s prodigy, Lu Yin, stepped forward. He gave Lu Lihuang a complicated look, then said in a heavy voice, "We... are the Human Race!"
When the many disciples of the Noble Families heard this, a surge of hot blood rushed to their hearts.
"Yes, that’s right."
"We are the Human Race! We will never be running dogs for the Demon Race!"
"Hmph, Lu Lihuang, you are not worthy of being the Lu Family’s ancestor!"
"Xiao Fei, you’re a coward! You’ve shamed the entire Human Race!"
The curses flooded the ears of Lu Lihuang and the others like a tide, making their faces turn ashen. Gradually, a sense of sorrow couldn’t help but rise in their hearts.
’Is this... what it feels like to be condemned by all?’
But then, they forcefully suppressed the sorrow in their hearts, replacing it with a vicious ruthlessness. ’We just want to live, what’s so wrong with that!?’
’Since you all refuse to be sensible, don’t blame us for being merciless!’
"You don’t know death when you see it!"
Lu Lihuang shouted coldly, raising his palm. Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi gathered as he prepared to strike a killing blow against the disciples of his own race, enraging Huaa Que and the others!
"Lu Lihuang, you dare!"
Huaa Que roared in anger and moved in front of the many disciples from the Noble Families, blocking Lu Lihuang and the others. His eyes were like sharp knives, staring coldly at them.
This sudden, tumultuous turn of events had caught everyone completely by surprise.
They felt great anger, great sorrow, great shock...
And amidst it all, there was only one person whose expression had not changed.
That was Qin Ya. From beginning to end, his expression remained as indifferent as ever. Even when Lu Lihuang and the others betrayed the Human Race, he showed no reaction. He looked at the Venerable Master Black Robe and chuckled softly, "Well, it looks like your forces have been cut by more than half."
"So what?" The black-robed man said dismissively. "As long as the Extraordinary-level combat power is under my control, the loss of a few ants is of no consequence."
He then glanced at the Dark Dragon Guard and the others with a disdainful smile. "Aside from their ancestor, the rest of the Gong Family used the Blood Burning Secret Technique, so they have no combat strength left. In terms of power, we still hold the advantage."
"Oh, right. The Dark Dragon Guard stole a lot of information from me. I have no intention of letting the Gong Family ancestor live. He should have told you how I control them."
The black-robed man gave a cold smile and took out an object.
It was a black, thumb-sized bug. It had eight legs on its belly and its sharp mouthparts were covered in disgusting slime. It was incredibly ugly, yet the black-robed man stroked it lovingly, as if caressing his own lover...
"Alright then. Let them die in agony."
Then, with a flicker of his Divine Thought, the black-robed man sent a message to the black bug in his hand. The bug raised its head high and let out a silent roar...
"AH! AHH..."
The Chief Instructor of the Dark Dragon Guard and several other high-ranking members suddenly began to scream in agony!
Their eyes glowed with blood-red light and the veins on their faces bulged. They were the Dark Dragon Guard, men who had endured countless torturous training sessions, yet they still let out such wails...
One can only imagine their suffering.
"Heh. I don’t have many of the child bugs, so I only use them on people who are worth it. Unfortunately for them, these few from the Gong Family were quite strong, so they had the honor of receiving this treatment," the black-robed man said with a cold laugh.
"Stop it!!"
Huaa Que shouted coldly and immediately attacked, unleashing an overwhelming torrent of True Essence as he slammed a palm strike toward the black-robed man. But the black-robed man just snorted, smiled disdainfully, and raised his right hand. He unleashed a palm strike of his own, and when the two palms collided, Huaa Que was actually sent flying back!
"In our past exchanges, I held back because I had my concerns. But now that my identity has been exposed, why would I need to hold back any longer?" As his words fell, billowing Demonic Qi erupted from the black-robed man’s body like a surging river, sweeping out in all directions!