Chapter 2367: The Mantis Stalks the Cicada, Unaware of the Oriole Behind

“Ollie, you dare?!” All of his comrades were stupefied when they saw this and berated him loudly. However, the strange situation also prevented them from acting immediately.

“He... He isn’t Ollie.” Mojard wiped away the blood at the corner of his mouth. He stared at the formation master and asked, “Just who are you?”

Ollie snickered sinisterly. “Brother Mo, you normally curse me all the time, and yet you can’t even recognize me when I'm right in front of you?”

At first, Mojard had a hesitant expression, but then he suddenly thought of something. His expression changed.

The ‘Lord of Slaughter’ stared coldly at Ollie and said, “Monster Lord!”

“It is still the late lord who has the sharpest insight," Ollie said with a chuckle. His hand moved across his face, and the old researcher's appearance immediately gave way to that of a monster with grayish-green skin. It was none other than the Monster Lord.

When they saw that, Salamay’s subordinates couldn't help but take several steps back. They couldn't help but tremble. The pressure the Monster Lord gave off was clearly extremely great.

The True Demon race’s elders briefly looked happy, but then they recalled how the Monster Lord would have seen the loyalty they expressed toward the Lord of Slaughter, and they looked miserable afterward.

“That’s impossible. How could you be the Monster Lord? Where did Ollie go?” Salamay finally snapped out of her shock. Her entire body was shaking; it was impossible to tell whether that was due to fear or anger. Ollie was an old subordinate who had followed her for many years now. How could he betray her?

“That fellow who showed no understanding of the times died by my hand, and I used his skin and blood essence to stay by your side this entire time, watching all these schemes. It truly was a bit laughable.” The Monster Lord seemed rather pleased with himself. This game of cat and mouse was clearly quite amusing to him.

“The blood pool!” Salamay immediately thought of something.

The ‘Lord of Slaughter’ suddenly realized that the Monster Lord could use the blood pool to make a duplicate identical to the original person, so pretending to be Ollie wasn’t difficult at all. As for Ollie’s specialized formation knowledge, the Monster Lord was good at formations himself to begin with.

A long tonguee extended from the Monster Lord’s mouth as he licked Salamay’s cheek. “I really have to thank the first miss. If you hadn't brought me here, how could I have learned the late lord’s plans? A spacetime fragment that was hidden here... Just the thought alone is exciting.”

Salamay’s face was entirely red. She was full of disgust and anger.

“Let her go!” When he saw that, Mojard’s eye sockets were about to split apart. He tried to rush over several times, but his injuries were too serious, and he collapsed to the ground again.

The Monster Lord shot him a look full of disdain. “You truly are laughable. An older generation individual like you actually carries unspeakable feelings toward your niece. Disgusting!”

“Nonsense, I don’t! I don’t at all!” Mojard’s face immediately turned entirely red. He secretly looked at Salamay and then at the face of the ‘Lord of Slaughter’.

The Monster Lord sneered. “You dare to commit the deed, but not to take responsibility. What a pitiful thing. Actually, I made a mistake. You don’t even dare to commit the deed. If I were you, I would’ve had countless chances to do your first miss. By then, the rice would already be cooked and it would be too late to change anything. That way, I might still have considered you a real man. However, you didn’t dare. Pah, I really don’t know how someone as stupid and cowardly as you could have matched my fame in the past.”

“You’re shameless!” Salamay was so angry that her entire body shook.

“Thank you so much for the praise.” The Monster Lord didn’t mind it at all, and instead looked at the ‘Lord of Slaughter’. “Why hasn’t the late lord said anything all this time? It seems being imprisoned under the Great Snowy Mountains all these years has worn away much of your fiery temper.”

The ‘Lord of Slaughter’ looked at him calmly before replying, “Aren’t you doing all of this just to anger me on purpose so I’ll reveal some opening for you to exploit?”

The Monster Lord revealed a bit of surprise. “There is a well-known phrase among the humans of this world that goes, 'one should regard a person with renewed respect after three days of separation'. It seems that is indeed the case.”

Salamay shouted, “Father, you don’t need to worry about me! Just kill him!”

The Monster Lord chuckled. “Your father would have already acted if he had the ability to do so. Do you think he'd need to wait for you to say that?”

Salamay immediately felt a chill overtake her.

That’s right... With father’s temper, when has he ever felt threatened by anyone before? The fact that he's remained silent all this time must mean he doesn’t have much confidence.

After thousands of years, the Monster Lord’s strength might not be lower than father’s at all.

The ‘Lord of Slaughter’ didn’t get frustrated, and instead said, “There's just one thing I can't figure out. Since you’ve been plotting actively all this time, why would you act now, and not after we already entered that spacetime fragment?”

Inside, he now suddenly understood why the Monster Lord had looked defeated when they were leaving the Monster World, but there weren’t any Rage points at all. All of that had just been an act for Salamay and Donaire to see. Meanwhile, the Monster Lord had already hidden within their party, and everything was within his grasp. In that case, there was naturally no need to get upset at all.

The Monster Lord harrumphed. “The reason why I waited all this time, apart from learning what you were hiding, was mostly because I was afraid of this fellow.” After saying that, his gaze shifted to Donaire.

“Donaire?” Salamay was stunned. She'd never expected the powerful Monster Lord to actually be afraid of him.

“Do you think he really is Donaire?” The Monster Lord said with a sneer, “The real Donaire already died a long time ago.”

“What?!” All of the monsters present were stunned, especially the True Demon elders. They all looked at Donaire with eyes filled with disbelief.

The True Demon great elder summoned his courage and exclaimed, “There’s no way, right? He’s clearly Donaire!”

“All of you should know that because the powerful monsters I sent into this world suffered terrible casualties, no one wanted to come here anymore, right?” the Monster Lord remarked.

The monsters all nodded. The main reason for that was because this world restricted their cultivation, so dying in such a place without being able to use their full strength was just a terrible feeling. Furthermore, the powerful individuals who had entered this world were too famous. The Shadow Monster King, the War Priest, and the others were practically the strongest among the Monster Lord’s subordinates, and yet monsters that powerful had died one after another. Who would still be willing to throw their lives away?

“That's why I used the blood pool and managed to create a resurrection method through my research. I created bodies for them, so even if they perished in this world, they could be revived in the blood pool once their souls returned.” The Monster Lord looked at Donaire with a sneer. “But what a pity, Donaire’s soul never returned and his true body had already rotted. Then who could the Donaire who came to our world be?”

The True Demon great elder clutched his chest and screamed bitterly. He almost fainted. There was no future left for the True Demon race.

The monsters who were in charge of guarding Donaire reflexively backed up a few steps. The unknown was always the scariest thing.

“Then who is he?” Even Salamay couldn't focus on her own situation now, and instead stared straight at Donaire. She often flaunted her own intelligence, and yet she'd never expected to be thrown for a loop by these two.

“I already had my guesses.” The Monster Lord paused for a moment before continuing, “I figured he was the Cultivation World’s most powerful being, that regent, wanting to deal a blow back to our world. That was why I always had some apprehension toward him.

“But I never expected that he would be so easily restrained by the late lord. That means there is no way he could be the regent. He is probably a strong subordinate of the regent.”

If 'Donaire' really was the regent and had the world’s authority, that would be equivalent to becoming the incarnation of the will of the world. How could he then so easily be defeated by the Lord of Slaughter? Seeing as he wasn’t the regent, no matter how capable this subordinate was, he was no longer regarded with any importance by the Monster Lord.

“What?!” Yun Yuqing and the others were now completely shocked. If that wasn’t the real Ah Zu, then where was the real one?