Chapter 491 492: The Stalling Tactics of Both Sides

"One wrong move and we're dead, our Daos extinguished, and you're still upset about that?!"

Chen Dong was frantic. Their opponents had the upper hand in both cultivation level and numbers. Moreover, they were far from any major city. It would take time for Zisang Jin to arrive, even if he was on his way.

But Mu Qingzhu seemed determined to take Chen Dong down with her. She continued in a cold voice, "Hmph! It would be better if we died. Then I wouldn't have to be disgusted by you every day!"

"Mu Qingzhu, you'll remember this!" Chen Dong transmitted fiercely.

"I will remember it! Now that you have your Zhi'Er, you've long forgotten who Qingzhu is! And now you're being so mean to me!"

Chen Dong completely missed Mu Qingzhu's resentful tone. Instead, he was genuinely angry with her. 'If they'd had her Great Divination Art, would it have taken them two days of flying to discover this fake Yu An?'

He stopped arguing with Mu Qingzhu and turned his attention to the Sakun Celestial King. 'They've surrounded us, but they still haven't made a move. What kind of trick are they playing?'

Chen Dong tried to provoke them for a while. The Sakun Celestial King and his Demon Race followers looked angry, but they still didn't attack.

The Sakun Celestial King continued to taunt them, "Killing you two would be a waste of my effort. You two lowly worms should just detonate your Golden Cores. That way, you might be able to keep your divine souls intact. If you really force my hand, I'll refine your divine souls into Soul Pills to help increase my own cultivation!"

Chen Dong found it increasingly baffling. 'Doesn't this Sakun Celestial King have the confidence to kill us both in one blow? Or is this not his true body? But his aura is undeniably on par with Nascent Soul Perfection. A clone wouldn't have such dense Demonic Qi. And... his crimson eyes seem to be swaying rhythmically.'

The Sakun Celestial King continued slowly, "Aren't you curious how we of the Demon Race passed through the Guardian Array?"

This was exactly what Chen Dong had been wondering. He asked in response, "Of course I'm curious. But you're not actually going to tell me, are you!"

"There's no harm in telling you." The Sakun Celestial King's tone suddenly became mysterious. "This is my Innate Divine Technique. I find a member of the Human Race outside the Array and plant a 'dream seed' in them. By devouring them through the dream seed, I can use their body to enter the Daoist Guardian Array. Pretty amazing, isn't it!"

Chen Dong was astonished. 'Such an Innate Divine Technique... truly bizarre!'

He praised, "You live up to your title as a Celestial King. Your Innate Divine Technique is incredible! But I do have a few questions!"

Although the Sakun Celestial King's appearance was ferocious, he looked as if he would answer any question.

"Please, speak!"

'He even used the word 'please'.' Chen Dong was more baffled than ever about what this Sakun Celestial King was plotting.

Despite his confusion, Chen Dong asked, "So, does this mean your main body is still outside the Array? Also, did you devour Yu An? And how did these other members of the Demon Race get inside the Array?"

The Sakun Celestial King laughed loudly. "You have so many questions!"

The laugh seemed to carry a strange, demonic quality.

"Correct. My main body is outside the Array, but this body, devoured via a dream seed, can exert eighty percent of my main body's strength. That's more than enough to deal with you, so don't get any funny ideas. As for these other Demon Race members, they were already inside the Array. I didn't have much time, so I could only find these few to help me! As for Yu An... same answer as before. You guess!"

Murong Qing was ready to use her Dao Essence at any moment. She knew Chen Dong was stalling for time, and after hearing what the Sakun Celestial King said, she didn't dare to be the first to attack.

Chen Dong noticed that as the Sakun Celestial King spoke, his body was also trembling slightly. 'Is he preparing a Secret Technique?'

He quickly dismissed the thought. 'Probably not. With his power, a direct attack would be faster and more effective than anything else. This whole area is sealed by the Heaven-locking Array, so there's no need to cast some special Secret Technique. If the Sakun Celestial King wants to keep stalling, I'm happy to play along. The more time we buy, the better our chances of escape.' The name in the original text is indeed Murong Qing here, so the thought is now about his escape with Murong Qing.

The Sakun Celestial King continued his slow narrative. "Perhaps you don't know much about the Demon Race. Actually, being a demon is quite a helpless existence. When I was very young, I was just a weak little demon..."

And so, the Sakun Celestial King began to tell his life story. He spoke for a full two hours.

Chen Dong and Murong Qing were both stunned, becoming a pair of faithful listeners.

At first, the Sakun Celestial King seemed at ease, speaking slowly and deliberately. But toward the end, he started winking and making faces.

"...And so, with my talent and hard work, I fought my way out from among countless demons and became one of the thirty-six Celestial Kings!"

At this point, the Sakun Celestial King stopped talking altogether. His swaying eyes locked tightly onto Chen Dong.

Then, he roared in fury, "What in the world are you, kid?! Why doesn't my Innate Divine Technique work on you! I spent over two hours building an emotional connection, and you didn't react at all? I can accept it failing on the woman—she's protected by Dao Essence—but how can an ordinary Cultivator like you not have a dream seed planted in him after all that!"

Chen Dong was taken aback. "Ah! You were trying to plant a dream seed in me? I actually thought your story was pretty good."

"Good my ass!" the Sakun Celestial King raged, raising his Demon Claw. "I wanted to control you completely, but it turns out you're immune to my Innate Divine Technique. In that case, I'll just have to kill you directly!"

The Sakun Celestial King's Innate Divine Technique worked as long as his target felt an emotional resonance with him or was mesmerized by him. This would allow a dream seed to be planted, through which he could devour and control them.

The Sakun Celestial King had learned from Yu An's dreams that Chen Dong held significant secrets. Neither the origin of the Drunken Immortal Brew nor Chen Dong's strange Daoist arts seemed to be things that should exist in the Floating Shadow Realm. This was why he had the idea to control Chen Dong, wasting over two hours in the attempt. Furthermore, his Innate Divine Technique required him to manifest his Demon Body to be used, which was why he had revealed his Demon Race form from the very beginning.

But how could it have known that the Six Dao in Chen Dong's sea of consciousness was not something that could be controlled by an innate technique requiring emotional resonance? It was an existence that could shake even a Hongmeng Dao Artifact.

Seeing the Sakun Celestial King fly into a rage, Chen Dong hurriedly said, "No, no, no! My Lord Celestial King, let's talk this over! I'm already under your control, no need to attack!"