“Mm. He said that Jian Hu had come out of seclusion and, to celebrate, had invited all the demon cultivators in the surrounding area to a banquet.” Bai Sha naturally remembered this.
“Those demon cultivators up ahead are the ones invited by Jian Hu. But… was the method of invitation the same as ours?” Yin Sha looked over there curiously.
They had also only entered Bloodthirsty Territory because of the Big-Belly Fish’s invitation. Otherwise, they absolutely would not have come in like this.
“We’ll know when we go take a look. Either way, running into other normal demon cultivators is still a good thing.” Bai Sha said as she swam directly over.
As Bai Sha and Yin Sha swam over, the other demon cultivators there naturally noticed them.
But the demon cultivators didn’t pay too much attention to them. Most glanced once or twice, then withdrew their gazes and continued their own conversations.
Only one group of demon cultivators kept watching them.
“Someone we’ve met before.” Bai Sha also looked at the demon cultivators over there.
The demon cultivators over there were all tortoise-types. Their specific races were Star River Tortoise, Diamond Turtle, Sea-Swallowing Turtle, Mountain-Coiling Turtle, and Profound Mechanism Tortoise!
These five tortoise-type demon cultivators were the very same ones that had appeared outside when Lost Island emerged. Among them, the Profound Mechanism Tortoise had even entered Lost Island.
Clearly, the Star River Tortoise and the others had also recognized them.
Bai Sha immediately pulled Yin Sha and swam over towards the Star River Tortoises.
“Everyone, we meet again.” After getting close, Bai Sha greeted them.
The Star River Tortoise, as the leader among the five tortoise demon cultivators, nodded slightly. “We meet again, you two Great White Shark young ladies. If we were meeting under other circumstances, that might be quite nice. It’s a pity the circumstances are wrong.”
As he spoke, the Star River Tortoise carefully scrutinized Bai Sha.
After the Lost Island incident ended, when the Profound Mechanism Tortoise, who had been in a coma, woke up, he told them everything he had seen and heard on Lost Island. He mentioned how Bai Sha had used an eerie method to kill Lei Ke, the Thunder Controlling Sea Eagle.
With the Star River Tortoise’s experience, he naturally understood that it was an ancient forbidden artifact. Killing Lei Ke wasn’t strange.
What he found strange was Bai Sha’s reason for acting.
According to the Profound Mechanism Tortoise, Bai Sha had not had any conflict with Lei Ke on Lost Island, yet upon meeting him, she had directly chosen to kill him.
This kind of behavior made Bai Sha seem excessively bloodthirsty. Yet Bai Sha had only dealt with Lei Ke and hadn’t attacked the Profound Mechanism Tortoise. That made the matter seem peculiar.
While the Star River Tortoise was pondering matters concerning Bai Sha, Bai Sha’s voice came over. “Meeting in this kind of situation really doesn’t make one happy. Do any of you have a sufficient understanding of what’s going on here?”
The Star River Tortoise came back to his senses, a hint of helplessness in his eyes. “We don’t understand yet. The other demon cultivators don’t understand the situation either. So everyone is discussing it, guessing what exactly is going on here.”
“How did you all enter?” Bai Sha asked again.
“The reason everyone entered is the same.” The Star River Tortoise’s tone was heavy. “We all encountered a demon cultivator who came to invite us while we were passing by, asking us to attend Senior Jian Hu’s banquet. Even if we wanted to refuse, our consciousness would be affected and we’d end up agreeing. Afterwards, it was as if we’d lost our souls and entered Bloodthirsty Territory. And once we were inside, we found that leaving was impossible. Bloodthirsty Territory is being affected by something unknown, like a giant Maze Array.”
“It’s not a Maze Array.” Bai Sha said with certainty. “Unless it’s a Maze Array that surpasses the Transformation level, it wouldn’t be something a Foundation Establishment-level Array Master couldn’t detect.”
“A Foundation Establishment-level Array Master?” The Star River Tortoise looked over.
Bai Sha didn’t elaborate further, instead asking, “Then what about Jian Hu? Since everyone is here because of that Jian Hu, where is Jian Hu himself?”
The Star River Tortoise shook his head. “He hasn’t appeared yet, and we can’t find him.”
He hasn’t appeared yet?
Bai Sha couldn’t help but look towards the cluster of shell buildings not far away. A large group of demon cultivators was present, yet they hadn’t gone over there. Could it be that they couldn’t get close?
“We can’t go there.” The Star River Tortoise, seeing Bai Sha’s gaze, sent his voice over in a timely manner. “Just as wanting to leave Bloodthirsty Territory is completely impossible, going over there is equally impossible.”
Bai Sha understood.
Just as she wanted to continue asking something, the Profound Mechanism Tortoise beside the Star River Tortoise suddenly cried out in alarm. “Another demon cultivator has fallen into the Eerie transformation.”
Bai Sha looked in the direction of Profound Mechanism Tortoise’s gaze and saw a Spike Ghost Fish.
