A Demon's Journey

While this battle was occurring, the core members of the Night Mountain Sect organized a secret meeting. Most of the elders were leading the inner sect disciples and outer sect disciples against the Black Lake Sect's forces.

"What is the Sect Master planning now?" The Great Elder of the Night Mountain Sect asked rather curiously.

The Sect Master stated these words with a solemn expression, "If this goes on, the Blood Warriors can defeat the Black Lake Sect in the central region. However, before that, we would lose the battle occurring on the wings."

He possessed a sharp intuition and could see that this scenario was approaching the destruction of the Night Mountain Sect.

"If the walls break apart and the Black Lake Sect's warriors enter our sect, then this battle is as good as lost. We would be forced to surrender. We can't defeat Erica without the support of the Ancestral Array," The Sect Master of the Night Mountain Sect spoke with a rather solemn tone.

The Grand Elder nodded and spoke up, "That's correct. So, what should we do now? If this goes on, we will have no choice but to join the battle to prevent the Black Lake Sect from destroying our walls."

At those words, the Sect Master smirked. He spoke, "We actually have two options available to us. The first would be to remain here and bolster the walls on the wings. We just need to wait a little longer and the Black Lake Sect's Mistress would be forced to make her move."

"The second option and the easier option would be to flee," said the Sect Master with a smile on his face.

The Great Elder and the other core members of the Night Mountain Sect were startled to hear this option. But they calmed down quickly enough.

"The Night Mountain Sect would be destroyed if we flee right now. Without our presence, the Black Lake Sect will swallow our sect," The Great Elder spoke with a somber tone.

The Sect Master spoke, "That is true. But now that we have revealed the Blood Warriors, the Royal Family will soon act against us as well. Even if we win against the Black Lake Sect, we won't live for long. Thus, we need to take all treasures and flee quickly!"

The other core members of the Night Mountain Sect were convinced by these words. The Great Elder spoke out, "Very well. But how do we get out? We are surrounded by the Black Lake Sect's forces. And we can't fly away."

The Sect Master's smirk widened as he heard that statement and quickly responded by saying, "I was prepared for this possibility. There is actually a secret tunnel connected to my room that would lead us out of the sect. We will be far away from this spot and can easily run away from there."

"Splendid! I was right to have voted you as the Sect Master of the Night Mountain Sect. If it was Henry in your place, he would have never prepared for this possibility and would have ordered us to battle to our last breaths," the Great Elder spoke while letting out a sigh.

The Sect Master sneered at that name and spoke, "A naïve brat like him would have truly led us to our deaths. All right, let's leave now. We need to gather the treasures from the treasury room and store them in our storage rings."

After the Sect Master spoke those words, they all headed towards the Treasury Room. They used all the Spatial Rings they possessed and stored as many treasures as possible. Naturally, in the treasure room, some resources weren't very useful to them. They left behind those resources since they had limited space and time.

The five of them gathered in the Sect Master's room as they all returned from different treasury chambers. The Sect Master raised his right hand and two of his fingers pointed to the ceiling while the rest of his hand remained clenched.

He whispered with a strong tone, "Reveal!" As he spoke that word, a strong shockwave occurred within the room. However, all the warriors in this room were strong enough to easily withstand this shockwave and remain at their spots.

The Sect Master then walked to the wall in front of him and removed the painting. The Great Elder and the other core members of the Night Mountain Sect were startled to see a huge hole behind that painting.

This hole was large enough to fit a human and allowed him to travel in it. This tunnel was dug up by a few personal servants of the Sect Master. For the outside world, he had killed them after they offended him. However, they were actually digging this tunnel right under their noses.

Once they finished this tunnel, the Sect Master killed them and buried their bodies near the other end of this tunnel. It had been nearly 10 years since this tunnel had been dug. The Sect Master never imagined that he would actually use this tunnel due to initiating a battle against the Black Lake Sect.

By logic, the Black Lake Sect shouldn't have targeted the Night Mountain Sect so fervently. All his spies and informers in the Black Lake Sect had been slaughtered and it felt as though the Sect Mistress was purposely aggravating the situation.

All his letters for peace would be ignored by the Sect Mistress of the Black Lake Sect. She wanted to completely uproot the Night Mountain Sect from this world. Perhaps this occurred because they targeted her daughter.

In the Sect Master's opinion, that plan was absolutely perfect. How could he have known that a warrior named Azaroth would save Christina at that moment? It must have been a coincidence.

The Sect Master and his core group of elders ran while the Night Mountain Sect suffered more damage. Azaroth was also surprised that the Sect Master of this Night Mountain Sect chose this option. He could sense five warriors travelling underneath the ground.

This meant that the Sect Master and his close allies had chosen to flee. It was unexpected but Azaroth was ready for this possibility as well.

He immediately ordered Erica, "Go and raise hell!" He didn't even stay behind to know what went on after he gave that order. Instead, Azaroth turned around and ran towards the direction that the Sect Master and his allies were going.

After an hour, the Sect Master and his group of allies finally got out of the tunnel. They took a breath of fresh air while staring at their green surroundings.

"We can't remain here for long. Let's run!" The Sect Master suggested immediately as he saw that his comrades were relaxing after getting out of the tunnel. Suddenly, they saw a handsome man in front of them who was walking towards them. There was a thin smile on his face like he had a scheme in his mind.

The Sect Master of the Night Mountain Sect had never seen Azaroth, but he had heard the description of his appearance from his fellow elders. He instantly recognized that this was Azaroth, and a somber look appeared on his face.

The Great Elder and their other comrades were the same. They instantly linked him to Azaroth and grew serious. One of them asked Azaroth, "What are you doing here?"

Azaroth smirked in response and spoke, "I can't just allow you to flee so easily. I want the treasures in your hand. If you hand over all these treasures, I won't kill you."

The Sect Master and his group of comrades were shocked that this guy was actually threatening to kill them for their treasures. They were a little intimidated by that confidence and order.

The Sect Master remained alert, though. He spread his spiritual sense around himself and noticed that there was no other warrior near them. A smile appeared on his face as he understood the situation.

"You weren't sure that we would be here, so you came alone. Am I right? And now, you are trying to intimidate us with that confidence. But unfortunately for you, I possess a treasure with which I can sense the presence of warriors in a one-mile radius around me," The Sect Master spoke as he raised his arm and showed off a bracelet.

When Azaroth heard that statement, he clicked his tongue. The Sect Master thought that Azaroth agreed with his words and grew even more confident over his speculation.

He had no idea that Azaroth was clicking his tongue due to annoyance at meeting a smartass guy. His guess was completely off the mark. There was no one around them because Azaroth didn't bring anyone.

He intended to plunder them all by himself. After reading the Cyan Leopard's memories, he knew that the Sect Master of the Night Mountain Sect possessed the Sabertooth Tiger's Tooth. It was going to be greatly useful for Ralph.

Around this moment, Ralph was managing the warriors who had followed him from the Dragon Tiger Palace. He led them to the forest near the Veninza City and completed the missions posted on the bulletin board in the center of the town.

Most of these missions were put up by the Alchemists or the Array Masters in the town. They required rare materials, herbs, or even some parts of the beasts. Ralph was quite proficient in all these missions.

His group was developing nicely, and all the members of his group were now proficient in slaughtering beasts.