"You’re alone, yet you think you can deal with the four of us? The overconfident one is you."
Erod pretended not to notice anything amiss and gave a subtle signal to his companions.
"Even if you seriously injured one of us just now, there are still three of us left."
Kenny Lin waved his sword with righteous indignation and declared, "Killing devils is the duty of every human cultivator. We are not here for the spiritual pool."
Ajit Wan sneered inwardly.
If it weren’t for the spiritual pool, they wouldn’t have specifically negotiated earlier to take ninety percent of its resources.
"Do you believe him?" Erod suddenly asked Ajit Wan, "I certainly don’t."
"You’re just trying to sow discord among us. Brother Taffy is a disciple of the righteous path, and I trust he wouldn’t do anything harmful to us. Killing devils is the duty of all cultivators on the Mystic Void Continent," Ajit Wan replied stoically, even more righteously than Kenny Lin.
"He doesn’t believe you. Do you believe him?" Erod said to Kenny Lin, wearing a malicious smile, "He may seem grateful for your appearance now, but deep down, he wishes you were dead. Do you think your righteous path has true friends in the face of profit? It’s laughable."
"Senior Brother Wan..." Kenny Lin began to waver, but Ajit Wan cut him off.
"Junior Brother Taffy, I trust you. In the face of devils, personal gain means nothing. Killing devils is our primary duty," Ajit Wan said with an air of righteousness, appearing exceedingly magnanimous.
"Well said!" Kenny Lin exclaimed passionately, "Senior Brother Wan is truly a model for us all. I don’t believe a single word he says. Senior Brother Wan could never be an ungrateful, backstabbing scoundrel. If word of this got out, he’d be too ashamed to show his face. I trust you wouldn’t think like that."
With each phrase—"ungrateful," "backstabbing," "scoundrel"—Ajit Wan’s smile grew more strained, while his heart darkened further.
He was the one who discovered the spiritual pool and killed the Black Star Beast.
Why should he let someone else take ninety percent of the resources without doing anything and still have the nerve to call him ungrateful?
"Be careful, Junior Brother Taffy. These devils have some strength; you must not underestimate them."
Though he was seething inside, Ajit Wan had to feign sincerity and caution.
"I will. Thank you, Senior Brother Wan," Kenny Lin nodded, appearing like a naïve young disciple.
Seeing how easily he was fooled, Ajit Wan was secretly delighted, becoming more convinced that the other was just an inexperienced ordinary disciple from the Green Lotus Sect.
He didn’t recognize this person among the geniuses and prodigies he knew from the Green Lotus Sect.
Erod wasn’t too angry either.
It would be better if the two started infighting, but it didn’t matter if they didn’t.
Whether they were pretending or not, since this youth named Tangy Taffy appeared, Erod had no intention of letting him go.
The matter of the spiritual pool couldn’t be leaked; otherwise, all human cultivators and devils in the Double Cavern Secret Realm would come after him.
Yes, among the devils, just like among human cultivators, there was no true unity.
When conflicts of interest arose, killing and seizing treasures were the norm.
"You two, attack with me. Tilmerol, rest and recover while keeping an eye on the surroundings in case they have companions," Erod quietly instructed his three companions.
The three of them nodded immediately.
They weren’t newcomers to the battlefield and maintained a healthy sense of vigilance.
"Senior Brother Wan, I’m going in. Be careful not to let these devils get close. Keep your distance; I fear my sword might accidentally harm you," Kenny Lin said, noticing the devils were about to make a move.
"Alright, be careful, Junior Brother Taffy," Ajit Wan replied, though inwardly he felt disdain.
If that earlier strike had killed a devil, he might have respected him more.
But despite a sneak attack, he couldn’t even kill one devil and still thought he could defeat Erod and his group.
He verbally expressed trust in Kenny Lin, but in reality, he was already planning to escape at the first sign of defeat.
The devils who is eager for a quick battle to avoid attracting more people, rushed impatiently at Kenny Lin.
Hidden in the shadows, Amalia shook her head.
This guy was really putting on the full act.
However, as a drama king, he truly lived up to the name, playing the role of an inexperienced disciple so convincingly that even their opponent seemed to believe it.
If they hadn’t demanded ninety percent of the resources earlier and caused displeasure, the drama king might have truly won the other’s trust.
Amalia shook her head again, wondering why she was thinking about this at such a critical moment.
She glanced at the sky where the battle was taking place.
Kenny Lin who is pretending to be an inexperienced disciple, didn’t display his true strength and appeared flustered under the attack of the three devils.
Knowing he wasn’t in real danger and still had the presence of mind to act, Amalia shifted her focus to the spiritual pool ahead.
The corpse of the Black Star Beast lay near the pool.
Taking advantage of everyone’s focus on the battle, she stealthily moved toward it.
Using the terrain for cover and swallowing a breath-concealing pill, she silently approached.
A powerful cultivator might have noticed her, but with everyone in the air being at the Golden Core stage cultivator or the leader-level devil, spotting her in these conditions was nearly impossible.
Amalia reached the Black Star Beast’s side smoothly, but then realized something was amiss—everything was going too smoothly.
Looking up, she caught a glimpse of a smile on Kenny Lin’s lips and immediately understood why things had gone so well.
Cursing inwardly, she couldn’t help but smile herself.
The reason why both the devils and Ajit Wan were entirely focused on him was, of course, because he did it on purpose.