Published: March 2, 2025
At the Demon Realm Gate, a four-armed ancient demon entity with wings emerged from the gate.
Suddenly, with a flash of silver light, it appeared beside Argus.
With a deep and calm gaze, it surveyed its surroundings, then looked over Argus and the giant creature, its mouth filled with sharp teeth slightly curling into an indescribable smile.
"Sequence Four hunting group is ready. Argus, long time no see..."
"Marquez, you're late..."
Argus rarely showed a hint of a smile to the ancient demon entity named Marquez.
"Not too late, just held up by some matters..."
"Ah, it's fine, as long as you're here. I just didn’t expect that the Sequence Four hunting group would be led by you!"
Marquez calmly replied, "It's been a while since I've been active. Just came out to stretch my muscles!"
Argus tugged at the corner of his mouth, "Didn’t you just go to that place called... some outpost? Heard that the mission was quite successful."
As if recalling something interesting, Marquez smiled slightly at Argus, "Of course! It was really fun back then. I even killed two of the top ten experts from the human race ranking... and even exchanged a few moves with Sequence Three."
"Oh?"
Argus raised an eyebrow, "How was the strength of Sequence Three?"
"Not much to write home about," Marquez replied, curling his lip, before looking at Argus with an oddly glinting gaze, "The quality of strong beings in this world isn’t great. I estimate this hunting operation should be quite simple..."
Looking at the mysterious smile on Marquez's face, Argus felt a bit uneasy but couldn't pinpoint why. After a while, he completely dismissed his doubts and said to the two demon entities beside him, "Let's go."
Marquez deliberately fell back a position behind Argus, an odd gleam flashing in his eyes, before following Argus as they flew towards the Red Rock Canyon!
Marquez, also known as Wen Yu, had encountered the ancient demon entity at the outpost treasure land, and throughout, had not revealed any information about Wen Yu...
...
The speed of a peak-level ancient demon entity is naturally not to be underestimated. With the pace of the three demon entities, they could reach the location where Wen Yu and Qin Tian were in no more than a minute.
However, before they even reached the boundary of the Red Rock Canyon, Argus suddenly stopped, directly blocking the two demon entities behind him.
"Wait here for a moment!"
The giant creature was somewhat afraid of Argus, and since its own strength was the weakest among the three, it naturally obeyed Argus's command.
Marquez, on the other hand, was puzzled.
"The target is almost in sight. What’s this about?"
Hearing Marquez's question, Argus smiled slightly.
"We will lie in ambush here... If my guess is correct, Sequence Two and Sequence Four should be related to that nearby gathering point. When the vanguard attacks the gathering place, we will launch a surprise attack when Sequence Two and Sequence Four come to provide support... You know, my direct combat strength isn't particularly strong, but when it comes to assassination... I'm one of the best among the fifth-level demon entities!"
Upon hearing Argus's explanation, Marquez nodded in agreement. He had to admit that assassination feels much more satisfying than direct killing— as long as it increases the success rate of the mission, the methods really don’t matter!
Moreover, in the war of races, there is no such thing as fair competition or knightly spirit; any method that can kill is a good method!
The giant creature seemed a bit confused: "But, didn’t the Demon Palace give the order to..."
"It is to kill the human race ranking, but it doesn’t specify what methods to use. If the plan fails and we can’t lure Sequence Two and Sequence Four over, we can still go for a strong kill; that’s fine! Right at this moment, we can get rid of Sequence Two and Sequence Four, and also take the heads of three ranked individuals in the gathering place... then..."
Argus looked at the two behind him, a flash of fanaticism in his eyes.