"So the Southern Scale Seahorse tribe is distributed in all four outer seas and inner seas?"
"What? You even have trade with the legendary continent?"
"There are nine branches of seahorses? And even more affiliated branches?"
"What? You have teleportation arrays too?"
Through Yang Hong's constant flattery, he extracted a lot of information. Although some of it might have been exaggerated, it provided Yang Hong with a good reference.
The fact that the Southern Scale Seahorse tribe possessed teleportation arrays was particularly important to Yang Hong.
Originally, if he wanted to return to the Taiyuan Continent, he could only rely on his escape techniques to fly back. However, with teleportation arrays, especially those that spanned islands and regions, it would be much more convenient for him.
It could even allow him to travel back and forth between the Taiyuan Continent and the Myriad Demon Archipelago.
However, Nan Yiqiang was also an old fox, and much of the information was vague.
Still, Yang Hong keenly captured one piece of information.
The branch of the Southern Scale Seahorse tribe that Nan Yiqiang belonged to seemed to be in trouble, facing the situation of being driven to the outer seas by other members of their kin.
"Senior Nan, what trouble have you encountered? Can you tell me about it? Perhaps I can lend a small helping hand."
"Heh heh~ You don't need to worry about that, young friend.
We just hope to send more of our kin to reside in Huamu City. I wonder if you can agree?"
"This... I need to ask the Island Master. Senior Nan, how many demons are you planning to send?"
"Heh heh~ Not too many, just 1,000 minor demons, 500 great demons, 50 demon kings, and 5 demon lords."
"Hiss~ That many people?
Please wait a moment, I'll ask now."
Saying this, Yang Hong took out a jade token and pretended to transmit a message in front of Nan Yiqiang.
He wanted to devour all these demons without anyone knowing.
After all, if the Southern Scale Seahorses were truly a branch of the Dragon race, they would be extremely dangerous existences.
If the process of him killing demons were exposed, it could lead to immense trouble.
He carefully spread his divine sense and discovered a demon army of the number Nan Yiqiang had mentioned at the port of Huamu City, along with over 100,000 humans being kept like pigs.
They were not even walking upright, with no semblance of humanity.
Yang Hong vaguely began to understand Nan Yiqiang's purpose for this trip.
They were here to seize the island, not to do business.
It was just that they had not accurately assessed the strength of Yang Hong's side, and had not acted immediately.
Subsequently, Yang Hong had a preliminary idea.
"Senior Nan, the Island Master has agreed.
The entire area within 1,000 li outside Huamu Island is now handed over to the Southern Scale Seahorse tribe.
As long as you do not cause trouble in Huamu City, or enter the inner areas of Huamu Island."
"The outer area of 1,000 li?
That's not bad, it's quite a lot. Thank you to the Island Master."
Nan Yiqiang smiled, a triumphant smile.
Although they had not directly seized the island, they could slowly infiltrate and investigate the situation of the mysterious Island Master, and then proceed with their next objective.
If the Island Master did not exist, or was not strong enough, they would definitely devour all these tree demons and flower demons.
Thinking of this, he glanced at Xiao Kui, who was standing behind Yang Hong and dozing off, and swallowed.
She was standing straight now, but her head was nodding like a pecking chicken, very cute.
Seeing Nan Yiqiang's strange gaze, Yang Hong turned his head and his mouth twitched. With such loud noises, you can still sleep?
"Heh heh~ Senior, you're amused. Children just sleep a lot."
"Haha~ It's nothing, nothing, children are very cute."
Although he said she was cute, he was silently thinking: [She must be very tasty too.]
A sixth-grade spiritual plant, and one that had already taken form, how could it not be tasty?
"Senior, I will now arrange for some of my kin to relocate. You can come ashore in three days."
"Then I will trouble young friend to make the arrangements."
"It's my pleasure, it's my pleasure."
The two, each with their own ulterior motives, smiled broadly but were full of calculations.
After sending Nan Yiqiang away, Yang Hong immediately began making arrangements, primarily setting up formations.
After Nan Yiqiang left, he hid his form and boarded the Human Dao Island again, stealthily advancing to scout the island.
However, he could only observe the outer areas within 1,000 li, and the intermediate zone 2,000 li away.
The core area of 1,600 li in radius had already been completely re-modified with formations by Yang Hong.
Even an eighth-grade demon lord would not be able to sneak in.
And learning from the experience of Jade Stream Island, Yang Hong had specifically strengthened the formations on Human Dao Island to resist divine sense detection.
Now, even if Black Gold of the Golden Star Black Fish tribe were to come, Yang Hong could guarantee that he would not be killed by its divine sense.
However, to completely resist an eighth-grade demon lord was still impossible for now.
But to deal with Nan Yiqiang, a mid-stage seventh-grade demon lord,
It was enough!
Nan Yiqiang, who returned empty-handed, could only temporarily withdraw.
He became even more uncertain whether there was a late-stage eighth-grade demon lord on Human Dao Island.
...
Yang Hong spent three days making some arrangements on Human Dao Island.
On the morning of the fourth day, led by Xiao Kui's cheerful hopping, 500 great demons, 50 demon kings, and 5 demon lords strode proudly into Huamu City.
Behind them were 1,000 minor demons, herding 180,000 humans who could barely walk.
Naked, like livestock, without spirit or consciousness.
The five demon lords followed behind Xiao Kui, whispering with their divine senses.
"The spiritual energy of this island is good, with a concentration of upper-grade third-rank. If cultivated properly, it has the potential to break through to fourth-rank."
"Moreover, there are many spiritual plants on this island. I even saw sixth-grade spiritual plants by the sea."
"This is why I took a liking to Huamu Island. Tree demons and flower demons are born from plants and grass. They can absorb spiritual energy when they are spiritual plants, so they will be more sensitive to spiritual energy after becoming demons.
As long as we conquer them, we can not only improve Huamu Island but also use them to transform more islands."
"And they look very tasty. Especially that little girl in front, hopping around, I want to open my mouth and swallow her in one bite."
"Me too!"
"Me too."
Xiao Kui, unaware that many demons behind her wanted to eat her, happily led the way, occasionally looking back to call out to the demons not to fall behind.
This was a mission assigned to her by her master.
Xiao Kui was the most capable, and could complete any mission.
Time passed as Xiao Kui hopped around. Before long, the sun was almost at its zenith, and all the demons had entered Huamu City.
"Heh heh, my mission is complete! I'm leaving!"
Xiao Kui gave a happy smile to all the demon lords and then disappeared with a wood escape.
"..."
Before Nan Yiqiang could react, a faint chant resounded throughout Huamu City.
"Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva, when practicing the profound Prajñāpāramitā, saw that the five aggregates are empty, and transcended all suffering."
This not only made Nan Yiqiang and the others nervous and puzzled, but even the more than 100 demons who had settled in Huamu City earlier came out to be vigilant.
"Śariputra, form is no different from emptiness, emptiness is no different from form, form is emptiness, emptiness is form. Likewise, feeling, perception, mental formations, and consciousness are also like this."
The chanting grew louder, and faint white light emanated from the vines with small white flowers blooming in Huamu City.
However, it was not very obvious in the sunlight.
"Bad! We've been ambushed!"
"Breakthrough!"
Initially, Nan Yiqiang found the chanting pleasant, but then he realized something was wrong.
The chanting contained the power of seduction and conversion.
The five demon lords ascended into the sky, heading in five different directions.
Seeing this, Yang Hong, who was outside Huamu City, smiled.
"I was afraid you'd be too difficult to deal with if you stayed together.
Now that you've split up, you're just waiting for me to ambush you~"
Immediately, Yang Hong soared into the sky and flew towards Nan Yiqiang, who had the highest cultivation.