"No."
Lan Yue firmly shook her head.
She understood that Ye Cangtian wanted to protect her to the best of his ability, but how could she watch Ye Cangtian take risks?
Alas!
Seeing Lan Yue's resolute gaze, Ye Cangtian sighed. He knew that anything he said now would be useless, so he stopped talking and rested peacefully.
About two hours later.
Everyone had rested enough.
After taking the Hui Dan, the wounds had scabbed over and were slowly healing.
Ye Cangtian opened his eyes, got up, and said slowly, "It's about time, we can set off."
"You go ahead, our wounds haven't healed yet, and we need to rest for some time."
As soon as the voice here fell, Laus's voice came.
One sentence made all the members of the Dark Association's eyes turn sharp.
This was clearly an open secret!
It was obvious that Laus wanted the Dark Association to go and clear the dangers, while they would reap the benefits. Such a petty trick could not escape everyone's notice.
The next moment, Ye Cangtian looked at Laus coldly and said, "Laus, you have only two choices. The first is to lead the way, and the second is to die here!"
"This... we are all injured. Aren't you sending us to our deaths by making us lead the way!"
Feeling everyone's gaze, and hearing Po Xiao say this, Laus instantly softened. However, they really did not dare to accept Po Xiao's choice.
"Hmph! Originally, you could have faced the danger with us, but who told you to play tricks!"
"This is the consequence of your playing tricks!"
Ye Cangtian snorted coldly, and icy killing intent flashed in his eyes.
"Laus, you truly are an idiot!"
Feeling the formidable killing intent emanating from Ye Cangtian, Philia immediately roared at Laus fiercely.
Now that they were all injured and facing an even more dangerous area, if they were to lead the way, it would be almost certain death.
But if they resisted, they would die even faster.
They had all witnessed the strength of Po Xiao and Hong Mo just now. They were not even a match for a quasi-Heavenly Ghost King, so how could they withstand them?
Moreover, there were only five people left on the side of the Guangming Temple, and they no longer had any advantage in numbers.
If they all died here, what would happen to the mission?
"I..."
Hearing his companion's angry accusations, Laus's face was also filled with bitterness.
He had just wanted to test them, what if the other party had agreed?
But he did not expect the consequences to be so severe. Po Xiao did not give him any chance and directly ordered them to lead the way.
Thinking this, he looked at Ye Cangtian awkwardly and said through gritted teeth, "Po Xiao, don't be agitated. I was just speaking hypothetically. Since you disagree, let's act together!"
"Hmph, it's too late!"
"I already gave you a chance, but you still harbor ill intentions. Do you think it's possible to back down now?"
As he spoke, Po Xiao picked up the Ice Crystal Dagger and said indifferently, "Tell me, what is your choice? Don't waste our time!"
This...
At this sentence, Laus's face turned pale. He hesitated for a moment, then finally gritted his teeth and said, "We choose to lead the way!"
In his opinion, being wiped out by the Dark Association here was meaningless.
They might as well lead the way to the central hall. In this way, although they would be cannon fodder, Po Xiao and the others would still have to go to the central hall and provide them with some support.
In other words, they still had a slim chance of surviving.
Perhaps they could even reach the end!
...
Under the coercion of the Dark Association members, Laus and the others tremblingly entered the central hall.
As Ye Cangtian, who was about to step in, prepared to enter, he noticed Hong Mo stopping.
He turned his head to look, and Hong Mo was staring blankly at the hall, his gaze flickering uncontrollably.
"What's wrong?"
Hearing Po Xiao's voice, Hong Mo lightly shook his head, indicating that he was fine.
Although he appeared to be so, his heart was in turmoil.
From Bai He and Hei Hu, he learned that he might still have a chance to see Ba Tian.
If Ba Tian was fine, but if Ba Tian had become a ghost king or some other demon, he really didn't know how he would face him.
On the other side, seeing Hong Mo's complicated expression, Ye Cangtian pondered for a moment and said slowly, "I can understand your feelings, but you must face everything. Do you remember what I said before?
We are acting only to help them escape slavery and find release."
Hearing this, the complex emotions in Hong Mo's eyes faded a lot, and gradually became firm.
One sentence enlightened him.
As a son, although he did not want to fight his father, he did not want his father to be enslaved even after death.
Thinking this, he said, "I'm fine, let's go!"
Bang! Bang! Bang...
Just as everyone was about to step into the central hall, a series of dull thuds suddenly came.
A total of five sounds, almost simultaneous, after which the entire hall fell silent.
Everyone's hearts tightened, and they quickly slipped into the hall.
The next moment, they stopped in their tracks, their faces filled with horror.
The moment they entered, they found Laus and the other five Red Cardinal Bishops lying scattered on the ground in the hall.
They did not cry out in pain or gasp weakly, but had already turned into cold corpses.
What was going on?
Even though they had made Laus and the others lead the way, the distance between the two sides was only a few meters. Adding the time Ye Cangtian and Hong Mo took to talk, it was only a few seconds at most.
But in such a short time, all five Red Cardinal Bishops were dead. How was this possible?
These guys were all Earth-level powerhouses!
The next moment, the four of them recovered their senses, their gazes swept across the entire hall, and they found a figure.
He was sitting on a throne of bones on the steps of the hall, wearing green armor, with a pair of tiger-like eyes that looked majestic and domineering.
However, this person did not seem real, but rather somewhat illusory.
The crowd instantly realized that the person in front of them was not a ghost soldier, a ghost general, or a ghost king, but a phantom.
Thump!
As the crowd was filled with horror, a sound suddenly came from beside them.
Turning their heads, they saw that Hong Mo had already knelt on the ground, tears of excitement streaming from his eyes.
The phantom in front of him was none other than his father – Ba Tian.
For more than ten years, he had been searching for Ba Tian without interruption.
Today, he had finally found him, and the feeling was overwhelming.
Coupled with the sight of Ba Tian having become a phantom, his heart was filled with grief, and he could no longer restrain his tears.
"Heh heh, it was worth it for me to spare your lives!"
A majestic and sinister voice came.
The speaker was naturally Ba Tian. His gaze was fixed on the kneeling Hong Mo, his eyes devoid of any ripples.
In fact, he already knew everything that had happened in the front hall and naturally knew that these were people from the Guangming Temple.
Having been a member of the Dark Association, he naturally hated these Red Cardinal Bishops, so he had shown no mercy.
As for the people who came later, they were all members of the Dark Association, including his son Hong Mo, so he had refrained from attacking.
Hearing Ba Tian's cold laughter, Ye Cangtian and the others breathed a sigh of relief. Although Ba Tian's attitude was a bit cold, he clearly still had his wits about him, and he even recognized Hong Mo.
Otherwise, if they had to face such a Heaven-level master, it would be a near-certain death.
On the other side, Hong Mo was also overjoyed. He quickly looked at the other party and asked anxiously, "Father, what exactly happened to you before!"
"You've already come this far, don't you understand?"
Ba Tian's gaze turned cold, and he continued, "This is the Dark Palace of the Dark City. The owner here is the strongest in the entire desert region, and even the entire Dark Ruins, the Lord of Darkness..."
Ba Tian hesitated for a moment, and finally recounted the past.