Chapter 871: Chapter 871

The three fake Spiritual Slaves turned and ran away with the communication device.

So quiet for more than ten minutes;

The entire battlefront was quiet for more than ten minutes as well.

The human military seized this precious break period to transport supplies, allocate firepower, and allow the overheated cannon barrels to cool down a bit more.

"Commander, the enemy has sent a communication request, it’s the device number we sent out."

Dongfang Zhenghong turned to glance at the chair behind him, calmly sat down, placed his hands on the armrests, and his expression quickly disappeared.

A dark gray appeared on the big screen;

In the dark gray, a bonfire was lit, revealing three figures.

Everyone could see that these three figures were sitting around the bonfire, and behind them was that ’thick’ black fog.

The black fog was dense and impervious, like masses of flesh constantly surging, and staring at it for a while made everyone feel nauseous.

This was only by looking at it through remote video.

The three figures, a girl, a middle-aged man, an old man.

Dongfang Zhenghong felt that he had seen the girl’s face somewhere before, as the firelight illuminated her tear-streaked face, seemingly greatly wronged.

Ah, it’s Ye Zi, the girl Wang Zheng had constantly asked Zheng De to search for, who later became humanity’s major threat.

And the middle-aged man.

Dongfang Zhenghong stared at the man’s figure.

He wasn’t particularly robust, and his appearance seemed somewhat ordinary, with thick eyebrows and big eyes giving a somewhat broad-minded impression, but those bright eyes were his only notable characteristic.

The man was warming his hands, turned his head at this moment, and smiled at the communication device held by the fake Spiritual Slave.

"Dongfang Zhenghong?"

Although there was some confusion in Dongfang Zhenghong’s heart, not knowing how the opponent knew his name, considering that the Blade Beast had previously scattered a large number of Brain-eating Worms among humans, it was reasonable that all kinds of intelligence might have been taken out.

"It’s me," Dongfang Zhenghong responded calmly, "You, who can control the fake Spiritual Slave of Blade Beasts, should be the mastermind behind the Blade Beast disaster, a Spirit Cultivator from a certain faction, right?"

"You could say that."

The middle-aged man nodded with a smile:

"Although I would like to talk directly with Fu Jian, you appeared, so probably Fu Jian doesn’t want to show up.

"Nevertheless, what I say now will undoubtedly be heard by Fu Jian, Amina, Black Storm, oh no, Great Pioneer.

"Let me first showcase my attack methods."

The man pointed to the black fog behind him.

The old man by the bonfire casually swiped, revealing a subspace portal from which a massive sub-king Blade Beast fell.

The old man drew a wisp of black fog, which surrounded the Blade Beast. The Blade Beast trembled all over but stopped moving after shaking three times, its body petrifying at a speed imperceptible to the naked eye, eventually becoming a stone sculpture.

The middle-aged man calmly introduced:

"The ancient period was an era of civilization conquest. During that time, due to inter-civilization competition, this Star Domain gave birth to many civilizations with insane potential.

"For example, we Spirit Cultivators, we are merely users of the Core Circuit, while the Core Circuit and Spiritual Energy Circuit, and all related technologies, originated from an ancient civilization called Yina.

"The Yina Civilization was not the sole power at the time; seven civilizations competed with it for dominance over this Star Domain. These civilizations followed different paths, but when the Yina Civilization developed Spiritual Energy, the seven civilizations began to lose ground, acquiring some methods of using Spiritual Energy through various means.

"They had insane experimental methods and technology reserves not inferior to the Yina Civilization, and various abilities were developed, most revolving around a single theme.

"This black fog contains Rule Power that I can’t understand, but its effect is very impressive.

"Not just petrification, it also devours the souls of intelligent life, strengthening itself. You can understand it as this black fog being alive, it is itself a kind of monster."

The middle-aged man slit open space, revealing a gray subspace.

Seven ’young’ masses of black fog wriggled within it.

The middle-aged man elegantly slid his fingers, closing the subspace.

He looked leisurely at Dongfang Zhenghong.

"Thus, my next words are not empty threats; I have various methods to easily deal with you and even the Blade Beasts. More accurately, the Blade Beast’s Galino Council won’t oppose any of my proposals at this stage."

He paused for two seconds and continued:

"Abandon cooperation with Black Storm, hand over a billion people, I will allow Blade Beasts not to invade you for a hundred years.

"Next, you may hold a meeting to discuss; I will randomly release the second mass of black fog in half an hour.

"Ah, right," the middle-aged man blinked his right eye lightly at the camera, "Amina, my beloved daughter, although I forgot your number, if you want to come over to gather intelligence for Black Storm, I’ll wait for you here for a few hours, I am very fond of this blood tie."

The big screen went black directly.

Dongfang Zhenghong never really had a chance to speak from beginning to end.

Inside the prototype super large mecha.

Fu Jian frowned tightly, looking at Wang Jixuan beside him; Master Wang, who was rinsing hotpot beside the console, also frowned in contemplation.

Fu Jian asked: "Is this Hei Yao?"

"Don’t know him, first time seeing him," Wang Jixuan took a sip of Xiao Mai fruit juice, "I’m quite interested in this black fog though, wait a moment while I contact Amina."

"Okay," Fu Jian nodded without saying much, leaning back in his chair, lost in thought.

Somehow, he felt the opponent’s threat was not fake.

Nearby, Wang Jixuan had already begun to communicate with Amina, who seemed to be in not-so-good spirits.

"What’s that black fog?"

"I’m not sure," Amina glanced to the side, with Nierdamon and Sabina also shaking their heads.

Wang Jixuan kept pondering.

Looks like I should reveal myself and take a look over there.

This Hei Yao seemed to be threatening humans, but in reality, he was using the humans on this planet as leverage against him.

Wang Jixuan hated moral coercion, and he was now in a Demon Lord mindset, theoretically shouldn’t care about these things, but... changing one’s nature is quite difficult.

Wang Jixuan still liked to be a Righteous Hero admired by others.

And he didn’t want to be led by the nose.

Nierdamon said: "I have had a few interactions with Hei Yao, I will go talk to him, and see if I can gather some of that black fog."

Wang Jixuan said: "Then I’ll leave it to you."

"Hmm," Nierdamon said in a buzzing voice, turning to leave the cabin.

Sabina wanted to follow, Nierdamon shook his head in refusal.

"You’re too prone to trust others," Nierdamon said in a serious tone, "If the downfall of our civilization was orchestrated by Hei Yao, then he must be my enemy, Sabina."

"I know, just... be careful."

"Enemies and disasters that can’t kill me will only make me stronger."

Nierdamon said coolly, took a few portable cameras from the high-level mechanical body, and turned to disappear into the night sky.

Amina was somewhat anxious.

Although her strength was already reaching its original peak, she didn’t have any confidence facing Hei Yao.

There’s actually another problem here.

Nierdamon’s starting point was still a bit away from Hei Yao’s black fog area.

By the time Nierdamon finds Hei Yao, Hei Yao should have released the second mass of black fog already.

Wang Jixuan frowned in contemplation, suddenly got up, greeted Fu Jian, and with a flash of his body appeared outside the super large mecha, transforming into a jet of dark light and crashing into the ground.

He was relatively close to Hei Yao’s area.

First research that black fog, if he could counter it, then directly counter; if not...

Then try blasting him with a shot.

After a lot of back-and-forth, it’s still not more than a set of threats and bribes.

This poor Daoist wasn’t raised to be scared.