Chapter 691: Chapter 690 Mutual Hostage Long Time No See

Three days had passed since the system disappeared, and Lu Zixun was still not quite used to it.

On one hand, it was mentally unsettling, and on the other hand, physically so.

Furthermore, the pace of his strength enhancement had shifted from a sizable mode to a vague sensing mode, proving quite challenging.

After listening to Ge Changming’s report, Lu Zixun regained his composure and asked, “Have the Plague Believers been quiet recently?”

“No.”

Shaking his head, Ge Changming said, “We have been watching the abandoned mine manipulated by the Plague Believers for several days, but there has been no sign of activity. If it weren’t for the fact that their Plague Energy has not decreased, I would suspect they had moved somewhere else.”

Hearing this, Lu Zixun nodded knowingly.

It seemed just as Zeng Haoyang had said, the Peeling Eucalyptus Disease seriously impaired their vigor, necessitating a recovery period.

However, without the Plague Believers making any moves, Lu Zixun didn’t have a better way to completely root them out.

After all, no one knew the exact situation inside the abandoned mine.

Strategize before acting, that was always Lu Zixun’s preferred approach.

His fingers lightly tapped the desk as Lu Zixun spoke indifferently, “Continue to monitor the Plague Believers. Focus primarily on the imminent integration of the Elf Kingdom and soon after, the Forgotten Land.”

Lu Zixun was quite curious about the Forgotten Land.

After all, the role of Ling was indispensable in the development of Demon Country to its present scale.

Not to mention what he had seen of Atlantis in the Different Space.

According to Hai Lanyue, Atlantis was supposedly still in the Forgotten Land.

Lu Zixun had long coveted the weapons that combined Sea Energy and technology he saw initially.

“I am aware of that. Recently, the number of I-level Demon Ability Users in Demon Country has already surpassed ten, and this number will greatly increase once the Forgotten Land arrives.”

Smiling, Ge Changming suddenly remembered something and hurriedly said, “Brother Xun, the Crimson Alliance recently made contact with me, and they seem to want to give us a part of the region in the Fusion World.”

“Is it the Crimson Alliance, not Crimson?”

After asking this question and seeing Ge Changming nod decisively, Lu Zixun suddenly burst into laughter.

If Lu Zixun remembered correctly, the Crimson Alliance was indeed organized by Crimson.

And Crimson would absolutely not cede any region of the Fusion World to Demon Country.

But the sudden change in the situation today seemed rather comical.

Seeing that Crimson no longer held significant power within the Crimson Alliance, led to the Alliance offering an olive branch to Demon Country to curb Crimson.

It also allowed them to observe the anti-Demon Country sentiment within the public eye.

“We can agree. With that region, we can certainly plant more Spiritual Pattern Trees and such.”

Lu Zixun smiled, and his lips slightly curled up; “Who is the current Alliance Hierarch of the Crimson Alliance? It shouldn’t be Lu Xinran anymore, right?”

“Uh…”

Pausing for a moment, Ge Changming grimaced and said, “It’s Gu Beihan.”

Lu Zixun: “???”

Hearing that name, Lu Zixun looked utterly flabbergasted.

Although he anticipated that Lu Xinran wasn’t fit to hold the position of the Alliance Hierarch, he hadn’t expected Gu Beihan to have ascended to such a role.

This was intriguing…

So, the Commander of Zhenfei, after laying low and biding his time, had reached this position. This was no doubt the most powerful counterstrike against Crimson.

Lu Zixun, feeling somewhat amused, couldn’t help but sigh inwardly.

It seemed that the damage Hedis had caused Yang Guohong was not minor.

Otherwise, Gu Beihan wouldn’t have had the chance to become the Alliance Hierarch.

Thinking of this, Lu Zixun asked Ge Changming to go and negotiate with Gu Beihan about the integration of world regions.

Lu Zixun himself began to absorb the traits needed to promote to E-level Spiritual Energy User.

Although Lu Zixun had completely lazed around these past three days, he still managed his realm’s stability very well.

“Da Ju, long time no see.”

As the night brought snowflakes, another person Lu Zixun had not seen for a long time arrived in the Demon Country—Xiong Kang.

Sensing Xiong Kang’s Peak of G-level aura, Lu Zixun’s eyebrows twitched slightly.

Where had Xiong Kang gone to train that he was almost breaking through to G-level?

“Where did you run off to?”

Looking up at Xiong Kang, Lu Zixun wore a puzzled face.

He took off his coat and threw it on the coat rack in the room, allowing Lu Zixun to see that Xiong Kang’s arms, exposed to the air, had many new scars.

It seemed Xiong Kang had not had an easy time these days.

“Got told, accepted a Divine Position, then got thrown into a Different Space.”

As he flopped onto the sofa, Xiong Kang looked frustrated, clearly having had a tough time in the Different Space.

Taking two cans of beer from the talisman storage, Lu Zixun tossed one to Xiong Kang, “If I’m not mistaken, your Divine Position should be Sword God, right? Shouldn’t that be something to be happy about, why look so miserable?”

“How did you know it was Sword God?”

Surprised, Xiong Kang looked at Lu Zixun, then shook his head and said, “It must have been Ninth Brother who told you. It’s not just misery, it’s pain and pleasure together.”

“Nutcase.”

Lu Zixun didn’t correct Xiong Kang’s words and rolled his eyes, “Recently, Crimson Land… oh wait, Fusion World; are you aware of what’s happening?”

“Just finished catching up after getting out of the Different Space. No electricity, no internet there, nearly killed me,”

Xiong Kang complained, then continued, “If the Elf Kingdom connects, then only the Six Layer World is left, which is not good news.”

Hearing this, Lu Zixun nodded; indeed, it was not good news.

After all, once the Second-order World and First-order World had successfully fused, then the Third-order World would be next.

Although Lu Zixun knew the Third-order World was the sky, it also had another name—Land of Fallen Gods.

Not to mention, the Lord of Sin was still in the Third-order World.

“So during this time, stop being lazy.”

After downing his beer in one gulp, Xiong Kang glanced at Lu Zixun, “At least by the time the Six Layer World fuses, reach the strength of a D-level Spiritual Ability User, or be careful not to get caught and turned into Dragon Tiger Soup.”

“A dog can’t spit out ivory.”

Lu Zixun spat in mock disgust at Xiong Kang, saying annoyed, “A mere G-level, useless Kang Ning, didn’t you see that I’ve already reached F-level?”

“Hey, I’ll advance to F-level tomorrow to show you, believe it or not?”

When it came to being sarcastic and cheeky, nobody could beat the Great Yin Yang Master, Xiong Kang.

After bickering for a while, Xiong Kang was eating something the chef had sent up.

He said, “The reason Elf Kingdom is so eager to join is probably aiming for the Underground Kingdom in the Snowfield Frost Land; keep an eye on that. These arrogant elves are not an easy bunch.”