A Demon's Journey

The Night Mountain Sect was organizing a meeting. They had suffered disastrous losses in the past week.

This meeting was supposed to conclude the analysis done by the Night Mountain Sect. A single name had grabbed the attention of all the Night Mountain Sect's cultivators.

Wherever they suffered a major loss, they heard that name. It was Azaroth!

They had heard about Azaroth before. However, they never paid Azaroth much attention when they heard about him from their spies in the Black Lake Sect. These spies were actually the elders of the Black Lake Sect who were selling crucial information to the Night Mountain Sect.

This meeting had been organized so that the higher-ups could decide what exactly they should do.

Once all the elders and the sect master had arrived, the meeting commenced.

"Let's come straight to the topic. I believe everyone here is familiar with the individual named Azaroth," spoke the speaker of this meeting.

All the individuals seated around the large round table nodded their heads.

The speaker added with a calm tone, "The Sect has suffered disastrous losses due to this man. It is time we hit back and deal with him. If not, the situation would continue."

Another elder spoke up at this moment, "That's correct. However, we must not look down on this individual. Our group faced him earlier, and we witnessed his strength firsthand. It was extraordinary. Especially the speed at which he launched his attacks. He didn't even create a hand-seal or take time to gather his Ardor. His first attack had killed one of us with great ease."

This was one of those elders who captured Christina. He was truly terrified of Azaroth at that moment and felt quite relieved that they hadn't been forced to battle that monster.

Many other elders agreed with this elder. At that moment, the sect master of the Night Mountain Sect spoke up, "How do we deal with this man? We can't change our defensive formations or reassign our disciples to that area. Otherwise, we might suffer disastrous losses from the sides where our defensive line has been thinned."

Many elders came in support of Sect Master at that moment and spoke, "The Sect Master is right."

One of them spoke up, "How about we convince the beasts to attack them again."

At that moment, the sect master spoke with a frown, "We need to be careful while dealing with those beasts. We are walking on a thin line. They are quite dissatisfied with the losses they suffered the last time we had them attack this man's team."

"If they suffer any more disastrous losses because of our misinformation, the beasts will turn against us. This would be the worst-case scenario for us."

"With the assistance of the regional beasts, the Black Lake Sect would know of the exact location of the Night Mountain Sect, along with all our secret routes. The Sect Mistress of the Black Lake Sect is a little stronger than me. If we don't make her fall into our trap, we can't defeat her."

"The Sect Master is correct. However, what if we hand over the <strong>Large Canine Tooth</strong> of the <strong>Sabertooth Tiger</strong>. The current lord of the beasts on this mountain is a feline, and this Tooth would be greatly useful to this Beast." This man spoke out.

The Sect Master frowned at that suggestion. The Night Mountain Sect did hold a Sabertooth Tiger's Tooth. Moreover, this tooth belonged to a very rare breed, even among the Sabertooth Tigers.

Historians and archeologists estimated that this Sabertooth Tiger's Tooth came from a 7 Star Beast who lived hundreds of thousands of years ago.

For this reason, the Sect Master was quite reluctant to give away this Sabertooth Tiger's Tooth to the Beast Lord.

If the Beast Lord of this territory acquired this Sabertooth Tiger's Tooth, its bloodline would evolve, and its potential would be tremendously boosted.

After this battle against the Black Lake Sect, this Beast Lord would become their fiercest enemy.

The Sect Master was quite reluctant to hand over such a strong weapon to his future enemy.

Even if he couldn't utilize that Sabertooth Tiger's Tooth, he was satisfied to keep it out of the beasts' reach.

"No. It will become increasingly difficult to deal with the beasts if we give away that tooth now. There is also a chance that in their arrogance, they would turn against us," The Sect Master spoke with a calm tone.

"There is another method we can use to deal with this Azaroth," A thin smile appeared on the Sect Master's face.

All the elders turned towards him with a surprised look on their faces. One of them curiously asked, "What is it?"

The Sect Master spoke with a smile, "Let's have the elders in the Black Lake Sect take action against Azaroth. Whether they can deal with this man or not is beyond the point. Both situations would be favorable to us."

A few intellectuals understood what the sect master meant by that statement.

"That's right. It will be a thorn out of our path if they deal with that man. However, if they can't and are injured or killed by Azaroth, it would greatly anger the sect mistress of the Black Lake Sect. The elders just need to make sure that their statements matched, and they could successfully put the blame on Azaroth and state that he made the first move."

"If many elders point their fingers at Azaroth, Erica is bound to take action against this man. In this way, it would be the Black Lake Sect itself that would be dealing with a thorn in our side," The elder finished speaking.

The Sect Master spoke up, "That's not all. Since we know that the Sect Mistress of the Black Lake Sect would appear around that camp, we can set up a trap for her. She is sure to trigger that trap."

"That's a great idea, Sect Master!" The elders praised their sect master one more time. This praise was genuine as they truly liked this idea.

The entire Night Mountain Sect was getting ready to execute this plan. Unfortunately, their plan had failed before it could even begin.

This was because they couldn't contact their sources in the Black Lake Sect. They had no idea that Azaroth had taken control of the Black Lake Sect.

All the informers of the Night Mountain Sect were being purged silently. And it was Erica who was personally dealing with them.

Erica's husband had been assigned to a location that was extremely likely to be attacked by beasts.

She naturally allocated a large number of guards and followers and three additional traitorous elders to ensure that no one would predict her plan.

If they did return, she was going to kill them personally while they were on their way back to the camp and then throw their bodies into the wilderness.

In the nighttime, the Night Mountain Sect realized that something was wrong. They could not contact any of their informers among the Black Lake Sect's elders.

They organized another meeting and decided to use another plan. This plan gave up the Sabertooth Tiger's Tooth that they possessed to the Cyan Leopard.

This Cyan Leopard was the Beast Lord in the nearby area. It wasn't the only Beast Lord but the Beast Lord who was on the verge of breaking through to the Beast King Rank.

All the Beast Lords in the forest were either killed or subdued by this Cyan Leopard. Its agility and speed were extraordinary, and it possessed a rather strong Ardor. Most importantly, it possessed the instincts and intelligence to use these abilities to their complete potential.

For this reason, even the Beast Lord of the Rhino Race, who was much stronger than the Leopard Rape in terms of strength, had been subdued by the Cyan Leopard.

The last time the Night Mountain Sect had informed the Cyan Leopard about Azaroth, the Cyan Leopard had sent some lowly Beasts to kill Azaroth.

Since it wasn't the members of its own clan, the Cyan Leopard wasn't actually very furious at the Night Mountain Sect. Otherwise, they would have torn their agreement already and attacked the Night Mountain Sect.

An envoy from the Night Mountain Sect soon entered the territory of the Leopard Race. The leopards all stared at that envoy and seemed ready to pounce at him.

However, their Beast Lord had ordered them to remain on standby.

"What is it that the Night Mountain Sect wants from us? Do you have another target?" The Cyan Leopard asked with a cold sneer.