Upon hearing Qianniao’s words, Liu Naiweng, who was strenuously attacking Wan Lei, was startled. He then saw the mocking expressions of those below, and his old face flushed red. He patted his storage pouch, took out a piece of clothing, and put it on.
At this moment, having learned that his buttocks had been seen by many, he became even more enraged and utterly ashamed.
"Little thief, I will tear you into a thousand pieces!"
Liu Naiweng roared, raising his greatsword and slashing towards Wan Lei.
At this time, Wan Lei, under the围攻 of the demon marshals, was already heavily wounded and tottering. Liu Naiweng’s sword strike directly slammed him heavily to the ground.
*Boom!!!*
With a deafening roar, a large pit appeared on the ground, and the houses above it all collapsed, burying Wan Lei beneath them.
The demon marshals immediately pursued.
Wan Lei spat out a mouthful of blood, endured the intense pain throughout his body, picked up the Thunder God's Hammer, and the Earth Thunder Ring enveloped him.
Then, he transformed into a bolt of lightning and disappeared into the earth.
In the sky, Liu Naiweng and all the demon marshals rushed down. Liu Naiweng unleashed a palm strike, and the rubble in the pit instantly turned to dust, but Wan Lei’s figure was nowhere to be found.
"Where is Wan Lei!"
Qiong Ku roared, his blood-red eyes scanning the surroundings.
Liu Naiweng’s eyes showed hesitation.
"Could it be that I hit him too hard, and directly obliterated the little thief Wan Lei?"
"Are you overestimating yourself or underestimating Wan Lei? If he could die that easily, would all of us demon marshals who have been fighting him for so long be useless?"
After cursing Liu Naiweng, Qiong Ku immediately ordered,
"Search, search for him! Mobilize everyone who can move, I don't believe he's a mouse, that he can just disappear by drilling into the ground."
The demon marshals immediately scattered. Simultaneously, under Liu Naiweng’s orders, the entire Liu family was mobilized to search for Wan Lei.
Now, the entire Liu family, and even the entire Central Domain, knew about the news that Wan Lei had disappeared after wreaking havoc in the Liu family.
Demon Marshal Qianniao detested doing this kind of thing the most. He was a person with little patience, yet finding people was precisely what required patience.
He would rather fight enemies for three hundred rounds with no clear victor, for after all, he, Qianniao, was evenly matched with anyone.
Demon Marshal Qianniao, as usual, slacked off. He flew towards the southwest, humming a tune from his hometown to mask his increasingly agitated inner feelings.
Yes, finding people was so annoying, it was better to go back to sleep.
Suddenly, Demon Marshal Qianniao sensed a faint thunderous fluctuation underground.
He himself was a strong practitioner of the lightning attribute and had cultivated the Abyssal Nether Thunder. He was most sensitive to thunderous fluctuations. This thunderous fluctuation was extremely weak; anyone else would not have been able to detect it, but he could.
Qianniao smiled slightly and followed the thunderous fluctuation, flying forward leisurely.
On a tall hillside in the southeast, there was a vast forest, lush and verdant with luxuriant foliage.
Beneath an ancient thousand-year-old tree, a earth-yellow lightning bolt suddenly erupted from the ground. The lightning dissipated, revealing a human figure.
Wan Lei put away his Thunder Armor, took out a formation bead, and casually set up a simple illusion formation, then leaned against the tree trunk, gasping for breath.
His injuries were far worse than Qiong Ku and Liu Naiweng. At this moment, there was not a single uninjured spot on his body. He was covered in blood, looking like a malevolent ghost.
Under combat of this intensity, he didn't even have time to recover his injuries with the Wood Thunder, and his internal thunderous power was completely depleted. He could only rely on the thunderous power within his innate thunder essence to recharge himself.
Just as he breathed a sigh of relief, a demonic silhouette suddenly descended from the sky, landing on the ground and stirring up clouds of dust.
Wan Lei immediately got up, picked up the Thunder God's Hammer, and assumed a defensive posture.
But when he saw the appearance of the newcomer, he let out a sigh of relief, sat down again, and placed the Thunder God's Hammer on his lap, using the Wood Thunder to heal his injuries.
"You scared me half to death, I thought the enemy had caught up. Seeing you, I felt relieved."
Wan Lei's words made Demon Marshal Qianniao's mouth twitch uncontrollably.
He was the enemy in the first place. Furthermore, no matter who it was, feeling relieved upon seeing an enemy would be considered an insult.
Are you insulting my combat prowess?
However, Demon Marshal Qianniao did not think that way; instead, he smiled.
"Come, sit here."
Alliance Leader Wan enthusiastically invited Demon Marshal Qianniao to sit beside him.
Qianniao did not refuse. He directly leaned against the large tree and sat down next to Wan Lei.
"Aren't you afraid I'll kill you?"
Qianniao said to him with a smile.
"Not afraid, you don't kill people of the main plane."
"Then I can also hand you over, or shout loudly to attract Qiong Ku."
"Impossible, friends I, Wan Lei, have recognized will not betray me. Would you, Qianniao, do such a thing?"
"That's not certain, after all, if I don't kill you, it doesn't break my oath. Handing you over would also be a great merit, which could lead to a high position."
"Hahahaha, if you were going to do that, would I let you sit beside me?"
Qianniao smiled and said nothing. This feeling of being trusted was good.
Wan Lei also smiled. He was gambling, gambling that Qianniao would not betray him. Clearly, he had won the gamble.
"How did you find me?"
"I am also of the lightning attribute, very sensitive to lightning. Others can't detect it, but I can."
"Oh, then I am truly quite lucky, worthy of being called the Son of the Plane."
"Many Sons of the Plane think like you, and they all ended up dead. You should put away your arrogance. Your luck cannot always be good. You should never do something like venturing alone deep into enemy territory again."
"Hahahaha, this is the only time. I almost lost my life here. Thinking about it makes me feel a chill, to have come to this place without any preparation at all.
Originally, I just wanted to investigate the intelligence, but I didn't expect an opportunity to suddenly fall from the sky, allowing me to sneak into the forbidden area.
This opportunity was presented to me, with both opportunity and danger. There was no time for me to think, so I gritted my teeth and did it."
"Mm."
Demon Marshal Qianniao nodded and said nothing.
"Honestly, Qianniao, come back with me. Let's drive away these brutal invaders together and restore peace to this universe, will you?"
"I am the invader you speak of."
"You are different."
"How am I different? Just because I don't kill people is the only difference."
"No, you are more detestable than the invaders."
"Oh?"
Qianniao glanced at Wan Lei with a hint of strangeness, not understanding the meaning of his words.
"You have conscience and strength, yet in the face of evil invasion, you remain indifferent and inactive. You are an accomplice to the wicked.
You could clearly change all of this, resist all of this, yet you do nothing, allowing yourself to live in painful struggle, indifferently watching the common people suffer in misery. Tell me, are you not detestable?"
Alliance Leader Wan intended to use moral blackmail on this gentleman to outwit him.