"Young Master, we've learned that a group of cultivators from the Rising Sun Holy Land broke through the encirclement before the Flame Demon lineage invaded. They've now gathered at the Radiance Holy Land. These two holy lands are closely allied — banding together in one place, but their situation remains precarious. The Flame Demon lineage is mobilizing rapidly and preparing to attack the Radiance Holy Land. They intend to seize both holy lands at once."
The Gold-Munching Mouse clan brought back the intelligence.
Despite the Gold-Munching Mouse clan suffering nearly fifty percent casualties in the successive battles, their overall strength had not weakened — it had actually improved considerably.
This improvement was a substantive one.
Faced with the Rising Sun Holy Land now under the Flame Demon lineage's occupation, Jiang Chen had indeed considered a frontal assault. But under the current circumstances, a direct attack was clearly not a wise choice.
Attacking when the Flame Demon lineage held every advantage — leaving aside the question of how much chance of success there even was — was indisputably unwise.
"Let's go. We're heading to the Radiance Holy Land."
The faces and voices of those two holy maidens flashed through Jiang Chen's mind.
Both of those holy lands had offered him considerable support back at Pingsha Island. True, the Radiance Holy Land's Yaoguang Saintess had the occasional habit of going against him.
But Jiang Chen understood clearly that it was simply a test of his character — not a deliberate attempt to make things difficult.
Jiang Chen was a magnanimous man by nature and never held grudges over such matters. What's more, with a great enemy bearing down on them, the most important thing was to ascertain the whereabouts of the Primordial Fire.
Along the route to the Radiance Holy Land, demonic patrol squads abounded. Besides the Flame Demon lineage, there were also cultivators of the Winged Demon lineage.
The Flame Demon lineage cultivators were at least somewhat manageable — wherever they were stationed, the atmosphere was distinctly different, suffused with active fire-attribute energy that was easy to detect and guard against.
The Winged Demon lineage, on the other hand, was elusive and phantom-like. They patrolled the high skies, their eyes sharp as hawks', able to discern every movement in the void below.
Had Jiang Chen not possessed such formidable Divine Abilities, evading the Winged Demon lineage's surveillance would have been extremely difficult.
It took a full three days before Jiang Chen finally infiltrated the Radiance Holy Land's territory.
He did not rashly attempt to enter the Radiance Holy Land itself, knowing that it must be on high alert with its defenses raised to the maximum. If he charged in recklessly, he risked both exposing himself and triggering a misunderstanding.
Instead, Jiang Chen used a great Divine Ability to transmit his consciousness directly. To avoid drawing attention, he bypassed the Radiance Holy Land's leadership and chose to contact the Yaoguang Saintess instead.
In Jiang Chen's memory, the Yaoguang Saintess had a touch of the young lady's temper — straightforward in personality, but not ill-natured at all. Among the Sixteen Golden Beauties of the Abyssal Island, she was a figure of considerable renown.
The Yaoguang Saintess was indeed within the Radiance Holy Land at that moment. With her was the Sitong Saintess.
When the Yaoguang Saintess received the transmitted consciousness, she froze for a moment, murmuring, "An old friend from Pingsha Island? Music that lingers, echoing for three days without ceasing? Who could that be?"
Suddenly, something clicked in her mind, and a faint blush crept across her fair cheeks.
The Sitong Saintess beside her noticed with surprise, "Sister, what's wrong?"
The Yaoguang Saintess stammered, "Sister Sitong — it's that flirtatious rascal, do you remember him? Jiang Chen! That infuriating man!"
Jiang Chen?