This is the third time Jiang Lan has heard the word "livestock." If one person called them livestock, he wouldn't believe it, but when two, three people said they were livestock, he could no longer refuse to believe it.
Xiao Man said they were not the chosen ones, but caged livestock. Those outside were the same, livestock caged by the divine race, only the method of caging was different. Those outside were controlled by poison, while those inside were kept under strict surveillance, suppressed by the divine race using special methods, imprisoned, their dignity stripped away, making them afraid to resist, turning them into obedient livestock.
"No need to be polite. If the enemies want to kill us, we don't need to be polite either. Even if we kill them, it's for self-preservation." Jiang Lan made the first move, facing Chi Yuan. Here, besides him and Chi Yuan who were at the Nascent Soul stage, the others were at the Soul Transformation stage. Against Soul Transformation cultivators, they might not be at a disadvantage!
"Mere humans, daring to oppose the divine race!" Chi Yuan laughed. He was just looking for a legitimate excuse to kill them, and they had delivered themselves to his doorstep. Since that was the case, he would naturally not be polite. In an instant, he transformed into his true form. At the same cultivation level, demonic beasts were more powerful than humans, let alone the fact that Jiang Lan never expected that hidden within the divine race would be demonic beasts!
"A demon, you are a demon!" Jiang Lan was shocked, "How dare you, a mere demon, hide amongst the divine race."
"Mere demons!" Chi Yuan was enraged, "We demons are the true divine race, you foolish humans."
The people of the Chi clan transformed into their demonic forms. The previously evenly matched group instantly fell into disadvantage.
"Today, you will all die here."
"See, I told you they are no match for the demons." A voice came, filled with certainty. "It's a good thing you followed along out of concern, otherwise, they would have become food for these demons today."
Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw Xiao Man and a man sitting on the rocks above, looking down at them. The man had two horns on his head, clearly also a demonic beast.
"You are also a demonic beast?" Chi Yuan looked at Xiao Man and asked.
"She is not a demonic beast," Taotie said with a smile. "She is a divine being, a true divine being, from the Xuan clan."
Chi Yuan's expression instantly changed. The Xuan clan was the nemesis of their Heavenly Demon clan, and this person's cultivation had reached the peak of the Soul Transformation stage. Perhaps only the Divine Lord could contend with her. They were no match for her, let alone the fact that she was accompanied by a demonic beast exuding a terrifying aura, an aura he had sensed from Xiao Man before. If they didn't escape, they would surely die.
Without a second thought, Chi Yuan turned to flee. This place was outside the Divine Lord's mental perception range. As long as they returned to the outer city covered by the Divine Lord's mental power, they would be saved!
"Don't let him escape!" Jiang Lan eagerly chased after him. However, the Chi clan members scattered and fled. The Heavenly Demons were skilled at flying, and they couldn't catch up.
Suddenly, the fleeing Heavenly Demons were all pressed to the ground, flailing their wings powerlessly. Xiao Man walked as if strolling in the air, step by step, to Chi Yuan's front.
Chi Yuan trembled uncontrollably, "Don't kill me..."
"Answer my questions, and your life or death depends on your answer," Xiao Man said gently. "Where is Tian Ze?"
"Who is Tian Ze?"
"Incorrect answer." As Xiao Man's words fell, one of Chi Yuan's wings was severed, and blood spurted everywhere. Chi Yuan was in so much pain he wanted to roll on the ground, but he didn't dare. He could only look at Xiao Man in terror. He really didn't know who Tian Ze was.
"Let me rephrase. Where is the human male who was captured here a while ago?"
"The captured human male?" Chi Yuan quickly recalled the human males captured recently. There were generally only two types of human males captured by them: one was an enemy, captured to be dealt with by the Divine Lord, and the other was someone the Divine Lord wanted to recruit but who refused to comply. Recently, only one person was captured, and that person had trespassed into the divine race's sacred ground.
"I know. He is imprisoned in the Black Prison of Futu City," Chi Yuan said quickly. "This person trespassed into the divine race's sacred ground, which is why he was captured. Trespassing into the divine race's sacred ground is a capital offense. Such people are directly imprisoned in the Black Prison."
"How do I enter the Black Prison?"
"I really don't know this," Chi Yuan said with a tearful face. "I have never entered Futu City. My cultivation has not reached the Soul Transformation stage, so I cannot enter Futu City. I will be repelled by the barrier of Futu City."
Chi Yuan thought that if he told Xiao Man everything he knew, Xiao Man would spare their lives. But he was too naive. After Xiao Man finished asking, she did not hesitate to shatter Chi Yuan's demon core.
"You said... you wouldn't kill me..." Chi Yuan looked at Xiao Man with shock, hatred gathering in his heart. Damnable human, you broke your promise.
"I never said that. Moreover, you didn't give me the answer I wanted, so you must die." Xiao Man smiled at the other demons. "Fellow Heavenly Demons, I ask you all to die here as well."
"Quick, escape! Quickly ask the Divine Lord for help."
"We absolutely cannot let them escape." Jiang Lan reacted and immediately led his men to pursue. However, halfway through their chase, they saw the demons crashing into a transparent barrier one after another, falling down in a sorry state. Everyone rushed forward, severed the demons' wings, and captured them.
"Junior Brother Nangong, do you have any more questions?"
"They know even less than Chi Yuan, so kill them all," Xiao Man said indifferently. "Don't forget to take out their demon cores. He likes to eat them."
Jiang Lan nimbly extracted the demon cores and offered them to Taotie with trembling hands. Taotie opened its mouth and swallowed them all. "Not tasty."
"If it's not tasty, why eat it?"
"The demon core contains the essence of the demon race. Although it's not tasty, it's still useful." Taotie grabbed Xiao Man's sleeve, took out a bottle of pills from her sleeve, and gulped them all down, chewing vigorously. "A few pills to rinse my mouth."
Jiang Lan thought that if he had any expression on his face, it would be one of extreme envy. He also wished he could eat pills like candy, but they didn't have that luxury. In the sacred land, even the divine race couldn't afford to treat pills like candy.
"Boss, you're drooling," Ah Si wiped his mouth. He was so greedy that his mouth was watering. He also wished he could eat a bottle of pills to rinse his mouth. Who was this newcomer? She killed divine race members so easily.
Jiang Lan suppressed his envious expression. He still had something to ask Xiao Man: "Junior Brother Nangong, how can the divine race members be demons?"
"Because they are not the true divine race, but usurpers. Their true identity is the Heavenly Demon clan," Xiao Man explained unhurriedly. "The Divine Lord you speak of now is also not the true Divine Lord, but the Demon King of the Heavenly Demon clan."