Chapter 426 - A Planes Declaration of War (2/2)

Lonemoon scanned the group of people whose faces and noses looked just as swollen and bluish as his. He was shocked that the Celestial Emperors and Skyfiends, who normally minded their own business, would band together like this. What’s more, they were offering to help even before Shen Ying made any requests.

Wait! An unbelievable thought slipped into his mind. He took a closer look at the group. Shen Ying was right – she had used a special technique when she beat them up earlier. That was why the invaders of their consciousness left their bodies. It took them a full hour before they regained their consciousness, and that was because Yi Qing had tried his best to drag them back to reality. At the same time, however, their wounds could not be healed using sorcery. Instead, all they could do was wait as they recovered naturally.

Could it be that they were so excited because… they did not want to go back to their respective territories with their faces looking this swollen? Was that the reason they were offering to help?

They were afraid of being embarrassed – that must be it!

“…” Lonemoon pursed his lips, causing a sharp pain to spread across his face once again. He rubbed his face. Why did he suddenly empathize with them? Why did Shen Ying specifically target all of their faces?

He turned to glance at Shen Ying. “What do you think?”

Shen Ying lowered her gaze as something flashed across her eyes. A moment later, she nodded. “Alright, go ahead!”

“Thank you all.” Lonemoon nodded at the group.

One by one, the people in the group cupped their fists and moved to conjure seals.

“Wait,” Lonemoon suddenly called out. He turned to face Yu Hong. Perhaps it was because she was a body cultivator. Her wounds looked the lightest out of them all. There were only a few patches of blue-green on her face, which did not even look swollen. “Yu Hong, bring everyone to Lan Hua to retrieve a few pills. We cannot help with their superficial wounds, but we can at least help with their internal injuries.”

“Yes, Elder!” Yu Hong turned and led the group out.

They did not stand on ceremony. Afterall, the battle had caused them to deplete most of the pills they had on hand. It was true that they did not have many left. Therefore, they followed behind Yu Hong. One by one, they set up isolation arrays around themselves, so that the cultivators they met on the way would not be able to recognize them for who they were. However, their sorcery could only work on those lower-level cultivators. As for whether Lan Hua would poke fun at them upon seeing their faces, Lonemoon could not be sure. He guessed that Lan Hua would be laughing for at least a year.

Only after the group left did Lonemoon turn to face Shen Ying. As if something was weighing down on his mind, he said worriedly, “Shen Ying, I think the invader that controlled me was different from the others.”

Shen Ying turned to look at him.

Lonemoon frowned, unsure if he was mistaken. He was different from ordinary people after all – invaders would not take control of his consciousness as easily as they would ordinary people. However, the one who did take control of his body was different. “I felt like he had a strength that could match mine.” Their powers felt very similar, yet very different at the same time.”

“Did he have the assistant’s seal?” Shen Ying suddenly asked.

“Eh?” Lonemoon paused. “That power was from the assistant’s seal!”

“Your sensing is right. He was indeed no ordinary invader.”

“Then… he is…”

“The assistant of that foreign realm!”

“… What? Why did an assistant of another plane have to do this?!”

“Plane invaders are not as simple as you imagine them to be,” Shen Ying explained matter-of-factly. “Invaders are not just ordinary people from foreign realms.”

“…” In other words, it was probable that they had just been invaded by a whole other plane.

Holy shit, that was practically a declaration of war!