Swoosh!
Just as he left the war temple, with his mask concealing his identity, he felt soone watching him. However, when he looked around, he didn't find anyone, which made him frown and slow down.
Ashroth had urgently asked him to et at the place they t earlier, where Emily had awoken her bloodline. Since it was outside the battlefield, he knew him going there right now was extrely dangerous, but because Ashroth had ntioned that it concerned Kriss's life and death, he found himself rushing out.
However…
The feeling of being watched made him think if he really wanted to risk his life for Kriss.
"Fuck!" He cursed after a mont and picked up the speed as Phoenix's Wings appeared behind him. Though it was risky, he couldn't sacrifice Kriss, who he had co to see as his subordinate.
Swoosh!
…
When he left the boundary of the battlefield, his lips were curled up, and there was a look of relief in his eyes because whoever was watching him had lost sight of him when he was halfway to the boundary, or perhaps they weren't able to keep up with his speed, though he doubted the latter. Still, he didn't relax completely because there was a chance he was still under watch but just wasn't able to feel it.
A short while later, he arrived at the eting place and saw a man, a human man, standing there, leaning against a tree with his eyes closed and his arms folded in front of his chest, which made him frown.
He glanced around but didn't see anyone other than him. So, he focused on him and asked with an upturned brow, "You are Ashroth?"
The man opened his eyes and unfolded his hands. "Ashroth? You an that blood-winged demon? I have captured him."
Max's eyes narrowed as his mana, bloodline energy, and death energy started churning within him while his bloodline sense once again scanned the surroundings.
As if feeling the danger he had started to radiate and was about to attack, the man hurriedly raised his hands and said, "Hey, hey, brother-in-law. It's , Ashroth. Calm down, alright."
He spoke in his real voice while his face returned to normal for a mont, showing him that he, indeed, was Ashroth.
Max wasn't surprised to see that he wasn't able to discern that Ashroth was using so kind of artifact or illusion technique to hide his identity with his bloodline sense because he had already realized that despite his bloodline sense being quite extraordinary, it wasn't strong enough to see through everything, and it was understandable since his bloodline hadn't reached its peak state, proved by the fact that the devil's blood in his heart was able to slightly increase its purity and strengthen it.
However… if even he wasn't able to see through him then…
[Emperors can't see through your disguise, either, correct?] He asked through his bloodline transmission.
"…"
Ashroth looked at him blankly before nodding. He wanted to reply via ntal transmission too but rembered he was still in the Four Star realm.
Max's eyes flickered, and he was about to ask sothing when Ashroth raised his hand, indicating him to stop. He then took out a few inscribed stones and crystals before quickly arranging them on the ground.
'Hmm? A teleportation formation?' He recognized it imdiately because the teleportation formation he had bought was similar.
"Co." Ashroth said before stepping inside the formation and putting several high-grade mana stones in the formation's energy grooves.
Max hesitated because he didn't believe Ashroth enough to step into the formation. After all, they had t just two tis and…
Suddenly, he felt his spine tingle, which prompted him to throw out his hesitation out of the window and jump into the formation.
Whoosh!
The instant he got inside the formation, Ashroth activated it, and both disappeared from the place.
Swoosh! Swoosh!
Almost instantly, two figures appeared next to the formation, their expressions ugly. One of them was none other than Julius, and the other one was a violet-haired man.
While Julius seethed in anger, the violet-haired man waved his hand, and several mana stones flew into the grooves of the formation to activate it again, but right then…
Boom!
The formation exploded.
Crackle!
Violet lightning crackled around the man as his aura burst out in torrential waves. "Those ants! How dare they!" He snarled in anger and punched the ground, causing the ground in a hundred ters radius to cave in.
Then his head swiveled toward Julius as he shouted, "How incompetent can your people be?! Why did they not inform us that he had left the battlefield earlier?!"
Julius' expression fell and his gaze beca cold. "Brother Xander, you better watch what you say; otherwise… humph!"
He didn't complete his warning but just harrumphed coldly.
Xander narrowed his eyes at him and sneered, "Did I say sothing wrong? If your people hadn't been incompetent, we could have captured him."
Boom!
Julius released his aura, creating a crater beneath him. However, Xander's expression didn't change, but violet lightning flickered in his eyes along with a crazed yet provocative glint.
…
Swoosh!
While they had a face off, Max and disguised Ashroth appeared in an underground room of a mansion in one of the fallen kingdoms that were now a part of the demon territory.
As soon as Max regained his senses, he swept his gaze around the room and noticed two blood wing demons, who were at the high stage and peak of the Five Star realm. Since they weren't a threat to him and he didn't find sothing else suspicious in the room and even outside, or rather above, he relaxed a little and looked at Ashroth, who was shaking his head to orient himself.
After a mont, Ashroth looked at him and smiled appreciatively, "Good thing you didn't hesitate to enter the teleportation formation, otherwise we would have been done for."
Hearing this, Max asked, "Oh, so you noticed the danger too?"
Ashroth nodded and chuckled, "Of course. I knew you would be followed, so I had made many preparations. Thanks to one of my detection formations that I placed in the area, I sensed two people sneaking toward us, even before you."
Max couldn't help but be impressed by him because he hadn't shown any panic on his face even after sensing the foreign presence and had calmly put together the teleportation formation.
He then asked, "Alright. Tell , where is Kriss?"
"Kriss, who?"
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