LDP S3: The Jewel of the Underworld

Ch. 27 — Do You Know Him?

“I have my own plans to protect my safety during this task. After all, don't I still have protection from you if one day comes danger that could threaten my life.”

Heilong did not want to reveal the truth about his cultivation to anyone including Zhi Ming though. Because, he actually did not really believe in Zhi Ming. Moreover, he felt that his task of infiltrating the Demon Realm would be easier if he came to that place as a useless figure.

If he came to the Demon Realm as a strong figure and had a fairly high cultivation level, then Demon King Zhao would definitely assign himself to return to being a spy and go to the battlefield.

However, if he was a useless figure then he would definitely be left behind and be able to stay in the Demon Realm without any close supervision. Isn't this what Heilong wanted.

On the other hand, Zhi Ming who had a different outlook to Heilong was instead made to be even more upset when he heard Heilong's reply. “Are you stupid! Do you think I can freely show my peak strength in this form? And, are you also sure that I will always be by your side at all times?”

“Shut!” The lazy Heilong sparred with Zhi Ming immediately activated the restraint seal instilled by Li Ting while forging the Darkness Dance Sword.

Such a powerful pressure instantly appeared around the Heaven Dance Sword as soon as Heilong moved his fingertips and Zhi Ming instantly fell silent as if he had frozen inside the sword.

“Your job is only to accompany and protect me because it is not too much to say something that even becomes a burden on my mind. You should know that I am not a beginner,” Heilong continued.

Heilong's experience on the battlefield was unquestionable and he also frequently infiltrated enemy bases. It was just that Zhi Ming who had taken too long to guard the Northern Heavens Gate did not know how Heilong lunge in the face of the attack of the Demon Nation led by Dark Etheroz in the Human World.

If only Zhi Ming had known how Heilong's ability to set up war strategies during the great war with the demons in the Human World lasted. He would definitely not underestimate the power Heilong possessed.

Heilong then re-harvested the medicinal plants present in this Mysterious World to spend the remaining half a year. The time of half a year was not short therefore he did not want to spend it in vain just to look at the scenery.

But there was a different view this time. Because, Heilong deliberately stored all the medicinal plants he had just plucked into in a different storage ring with a storage ring that he would hand over to Demon King Zhao.

Yep! This time Heilong harvested a medicinal plant for himself. Although he did not have the ability to make a pill. However, Heilong still had a way to cultivate all those medicinal herbs that was to make it into a dish that possessed strength comparable to a pill made by alchemists.

Moreover, it did not rule out the possibility that Heilong would learn about Alchemy and how to make pills during his time in the Underworld. Because, he himself did not know where Demon King Zhao would put himself if he did not have the cultivation.

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The Destroyed Battlefield.

Without feeling half a year had passed and Zhao Lijian's Demon Nation rescue team had been victorious around the portal that was heading to the Mysterious World the entire time.

For half a year they had not encountered any warriors from the Realm of the Gods approaching this place. However, they had felt several times the existence of God warriors around the destroyed battlefield.

However, the closing deadline of the ancient ruins that only stayed a few more days had forced the demon soldiers to start packing.

“Commander, will you really leave Zhao Chen?” ask a demon soldier.

“We have no other choice, it is better to sacrifice a demon than to lose an army. After all we all have no idea how Zhao Chen is currently. If my guess is correct, Zhao Chen must have suffered a very severe injury upon entering the mysterious world,” Zhao Lijian replied.

They all actually also had the same thought as Zhao Lijian that Zhao Chen must have been seriously injured after fighting with Xiao Hong. Because, they had all heard of Xiao Hong's ability while on the battlefield from the mouths of some Gods.

Xiao Hong was a rising star in the God Realm. Thus, it was certain that the combat power that Xiao Hong possessed was also quite strong. Moreover, Zhao Chen would not be able to possibly ask for help if he was not in a life-threatening crisis.

After Zhao Lijian made up her mind, these demon troops regrouped and prepared to leave this devastated battlefield and come out from the ancient ruins.

But …

An extremely chaotic energy fluctuation suddenly roiled behind all of them as they turned around about to leave this place.

A moment later, the stone array behind them turned into a dimensional portal and made them all turn back and look towards the portal.

“The Gateway to the Mysterious World will open. It seems Zhao Chen really survived.” Zhao Lijian could not hide her happiness.

With Zhao Chen forever, meant that Zhao Lijian's task and the rescue force could be considered successful and they would all get a reward from Demon King Zhao. Though all of them had previously mentally prepared to pass on this failure to Demon King Zhao and looked forward to punishment.

As time went on, those chaotic energy fluctuations began to stabilize and gave rise to the image of a gate that was wide open.

And ... A man was seen starting to walk out of the dimensional portal.

“Who is he?” Zhao Lijian looked surprised because the one that came out of the dimensional portal was not Zhao Chen but rather a demonic figure that he had never seen.

“It's not Zhao Heilong! How could he be in this place?” chirp a demon who had met Zhao Heilong in the Devil Nation military camp.

“Do you know him?” Zhao Lijian stared intently at the demon soldier.