Become a fairy alone

"If we succeed in this sneak attack on the dragon's territory, it might not be so easy for us to escape, right?"

One of the elderly men, his body hunched over, looked at the peaceful mountain area with worry in his eyes. The expected defenses had not materialized, which made him even more uneasy.

Even a starved camel is bigger than a horse; even if the Dragon Realm was eventually conquered by the Immortal Realm's army, its strength was still far too terrifying compared to theirs.
Leaving aside the fact that most Heavenly Dragon Realm experts are unlikely to survive and won't be back anytime soon, even a single Law Origin expert returning would be enough to give them a run for their money.

"What are you afraid of? We'll deal with it if we really can't succeed. The Immortal Army has an obvious advantage in attacking the Dragon Domain. We're just here to pick up some bargains from their stronghold."
If the other side really doesn't know what's good for them, we can always turn to the Celestial Army in the end. I'm sure the Celestial Army wouldn't mind having a few more helpers to clean up the mess.

The Viper Corpse Demon sneered, "Old man Di Hu, if you're scared, you can just leave. The two of us, Old Monster Shan Wu and I, are enough."

“Old monster Di Hu, you are indeed too suspicious. Let alone us launching a surprise attack on the Dragon Domain’s lair, even if we were to stir up trouble behind the Immortal Army, they would still be too busy to deal with it.”

A gloomy man with a tiger's face and a human body, unusually thin, and with a long tail trailing behind him, laughed.
Di Hu Laoguai was inherently suspicious. If it weren't for the fact that the other party's primordial spirit was powerful and could often detect some hidden dangers, and that he had a treasure that could sense the innate dragon's pure energy, Shanwu Demon Lord and Bijue Corpse Demon would not have dragged this guy over.

"Alright, let's listen to what you two say and go find out together." The Dihu Demon Emperor pondered for a moment. Having already come this far, it would be truly unacceptable to retreat without gaining anything.

The group of old monsters walked forward for a while, searched the surrounding area, and found that they had returned to the same place.

"What a brilliant formation." The Viper Corpse Demon's eyes narrowed slightly.

The Mountain Demon Lord and the Di Hu Demon Emperor also had uncertain expressions. It was not surprising that they encountered a formation here, but the fact that the three of them had fallen into the opponent's trap without even realizing it was truly astonishing.

If they hadn't realized they'd moved back to the original spot, they probably still wouldn't have noticed.

“Some of the younger ones have disappeared.” The Demon Lord Shanwu looked around and found that the auras of the dozen or so younger ones he had brought to explore the front were beginning to break, as if they had been taken into another space out of thin air.

Clearly, they realized they had returned to their original spot, and as soon as they became wary, the formation there isolated the aura of those younger ones.

"They're just juniors. The fact that the other side went to such lengths to isolate them shows that they're short-handed. Otherwise, they wouldn't have gone to such lengths. Just break this formation and force them to show themselves."

Before the Demon Lord Shanwu finished speaking, the surrounding mountains began to slowly move.

"Playing tricks!" The Viper Corpse Demon raised its hand and struck forward with a palm. The opposite mountain flashed with jade light, and a jade talisman appeared on it. The mountain seemed to come alive, and as the movements of the intertwined forces continued, the mountain remained completely undamaged.

"You think you can take advantage of the chaos with just a few of you?" A detached voice rang out, and a portal opened in the void on its own. Xiang Qingcheng's blurry figure appeared inside.

"What a beautiful fairy! I only wanted to find the Primordial Dragon's Pure Qi, but I never expected to encounter such a stunningly beautiful person. Heaven has been kind to me." The Viper Corpse Demon looked at Xiang Qingcheng's figure, his face unable to hide his amazement.

Xiang Qingcheng remained indifferent and waved her hand. A flurry of jade talismans drifted down from the void, falling like snowflakes.

As the jade talisman landed on the mountaintop, the mountainside, and the ravine, jade warrior figures appeared one after another. "Law-based spiritual weapons? You think you can use such methods against the three of us?" The Mountain Demon Lord looked on in surprise and doubt.

As immortals who are demon lords, powerful beings at the level of demon lords, they naturally possess such abilities.

“It’s not a law-based spiritual weapon, but a talisman. It didn’t consume much of its law power. The other party wants to trap the three of us here.” The Dihu Demon Emperor shook his head after observing for a while.

“Old Monster Di Hu, your primordial spirit is stronger than ours, and you have quite a bit of knowledge about formations. Could you possibly see the flaw in this formation?” asked the Viper Corpse Demon.

"The opponent's mastery of formations is beyond anything I have ever seen in my life. Breaking the formation will not be easy. I cannot see any flaws at the moment. I can only try to test the opponent's strength first." The Di Hu Demon Emperor shook his head.

"Taiyi Talisman Arrow Formation!" Xiang Qingcheng shouted softly, and the jade talisman warriors, arranged in formation, unleashed a barrage of arrows.

The arrows were layered and could not pose a real threat to the old monsters for the time being, but the opponents had to devote some of their energy to parrying them.

The Viper Corpse Demons quickly realized something was wrong. While they were blocking the rain of arrows, the free-floating power of the laws within the formation seemed to have been drained, and they could no longer draw any power from the outside.

"Taiyi Bagua Talisman Yuangang Thunder!" Xiang Qingcheng's methods naturally did not stop there. With a wave of her sleeve, eight giant jade talismans flew out and occupied the eight directions, faintly forming a Bagua formation.

In the blink of an eye, a sea of ​​thunder formed in the void, with endless lightning rolling down. Purple and blue lightning pillars intertwined like rain.

The three old monsters were entangled in the great formation and could not break free for the time being.

Everything was going according to plan, but after a brief exchange, Xiang Qingcheng's heart skipped a beat.

Although the formation here is powerful, the opponent is still a Demon Lord-level expert with more than a dozen primordial spirits at his disposal. Without the help of the formation, Xiang Qingcheng would be powerless to resist the opponent. Normally, if she couldn't win, she could just run away. The problem is that she needs to ensure Lu Yuan's safety now.

I initially thought that the formation would solve the problem, but when we actually started fighting, I realized that I had underestimated the opponent.

Of the three, the seemingly timid and powerless Di Hu Demon Emperor actually harbors murderous intent.

Xiang Qingcheng possessed astonishing skill in formations, and her primordial spirit was naturally far stronger than that of ordinary people of the same level; she hadn't noticed the problem before. Only after truly engaging in combat did she realize that the Di Hu Demon Emperor's strength seemed rather weak.

The Dihu Demon Emperor was not injured. If he were, he wouldn't have risked venturing into the depths of the Dragon Realm. After all, the Bixi Corpse Demon and the Shanwu Demon Lord were not particularly reliable allies.

The true form of the opponent is not here; the Di Hu Demon Emperor before us is merely a relatively powerful clone. For a clone to reach this level of strength, unless faced with significant trouble, it can already create a convincing illusion!
The opponent's true form was mixed among those demons in their primordial spirit form!
Xiang Qingcheng's heart pounded wildly. What a clever scheme of feigning one thing while secretly doing another.

This old monster had clearly discovered the power of the formation here long ago. Not confident he could break it alone, he brought these demons along. The seemingly powerful and arrogant Bixi Corpse Demon and Shanwu Demon Lord were merely decoys. (End of Chapter)