Wulan Guonu and the other three were completely shocked and bewildered.
They had initially assumed that Yang Feilong and the Saintess were also brought here by these demons. But what was happening? How had Lord Yang become the master of the demon, the Three-Eyed Crow?
"Four uncles, I will explain on the way. Now, we must return to Earth!" Wu Lan Xiuwei said with a smile.
"Good, good!"
"Exactly! I don't want to stay in this place for even a minute. The demonic energy is too dense!"
"Let's go, let's go, let's leave now!"
The four of them immediately started speaking one after another.
With the Three-Eyed Crow as their leader, it would be incredibly simple for them to leave.
However, as Yang Feilong and the Three-Eyed Crow led everyone to prepare to depart from the mansion and head towards the altar, two human-like demons, along with some followers, came into view.
At the same time, the Three-Eyed Crow's telepathic message sounded in Yang Feilong's mind.
These two human-like demons were precisely the two deputy leaders of Baizhu County City. Both of them were at the Nascent Soul stage, one in the middle stage and the other in the late stage.
Yes, Baizhu County City had a total of three Nascent Soul cultivators: the leader was the Three-Eyed Crow, and the two before them were the deputy leaders.
He also told Yang Feilong that these two were not on good terms with him. In fact, it wasn't just here; within the territory governed by the Spiritual Ape Lord, the leaders and deputy leaders generally had a strained relationship. According to the Spiritual Ape Lord's philosophy, his subordinates did not need to be monolithic. Therefore, in each county city, the leaders and deputy leaders were arranged to be at odds with each other. This way, there would be conflict, and conflict would promote the subordinates' growth!
Becoming the leader of a county did not mean one was safe. Only by constantly striving not to be replaced would one remain vigilant and think about how to become stronger!
This was also a significant reason why the overall strength of the Spiritual Ape Lord's subordinates was among the best of all the leaders!
"My lord, where are you taking these humans?" one of the blond men asked curiously.
"Yeah!" The other curly-haired man raised an eyebrow. "Don't tell me you're planning to hand these few humans over privately!"
The blond man was a Golden Mane Lion demon beast. Although he was in the middle Nascent Soul stage, his strength was comparable to some peak late Nascent Soul stage cultivators.
The curly-haired man, whose true form was a Baboon demon beast, was also in the middle Nascent Soul stage, but his combat power was comparable to some peak Nascent Soul stage cultivators!
The combined strength of these two could even surpass that of the Three-Eyed Crow, as both were skilled fighters, while the Three-Eyed Crow was stronger in formations and soul-related techniques. In actual combat, he was only slightly superior to the Baboon.
If the Golden Mane Lion and the Baboon joined forces, even the Three-Eyed Crow would not be their match.
"Do I need to report my actions to you?" the Three-Eyed Crow said coldly.
"Naturally, my lord does not need to report to us. It's just that our people faintly heard some fighting sounds outside your mansion earlier, so we came to check the situation!" the Baboon said with a smile, then added with a smirk, "And you can't hog all the credit, can you? We may not have made any contributions, but we certainly put in the effort."
"That's right!" the Golden Mane Lion chimed in with a chuckle.
Yang Feilong watched with great interest.
People said that demons were warlike and that harmonious relationships between them were rare, especially when their strength was close. It was common for them to fight fiercely.
Now he was witnessing it firsthand, and they were all Nascent Soul stage beings capable of transforming into human form.
Should these two demons be killed?
If they could leave smoothly, killing them would be no issue. But what if they couldn't leave smoothly? He still needed to find a way to leave the demon realm, and controlling these two with the Soul Controlling Technique would be a relatively good option.
However, he had only barely managed to control the Three-Eyed Crow. Adding two more souls that were not significantly weaker might lead to trouble, wouldn't it?
Yang Feilong couldn't help but feel a sense of unease.
"I hope that demon passage will allow me to leave smoothly!" Yang Feilong silently prayed.
Of course, before passing through the demon passage, he needed to deal with these two first!
Killing these two demons would not be a major problem. His strength was far greater than the Three-Eyed Crow's, and the Three-Eyed Crow's strength was greater than either of these two.
Moreover, these two would not expect the Three-Eyed Crow to make a move, nor would they expect him to be even stronger. With one party prepared and the other caught off guard, capturing them both should be feasible!
He issued an order to the Three-Eyed Crow.
If it were any other task, it might be difficult for the Three-Eyed Crow, perhaps even causing him to briefly break free from control. However, when it came to attacking the Golden Mane Lion and the Baboon, he had absolutely no resistance!
"Since you want to know, I'll tell you!" the Three-Eyed Crow said with a smile.
And at that very moment, he suddenly attacked!
The Three-Eyed Crow instantly reverted to his true form, and a beam of light shot from his third eye, striking the Golden Mane Lion directly!
"Ah!" The Golden Mane Lion cried out in pain.
The main reason was that he had never expected the Three-Eyed Crow to attack so suddenly!
The reason the Three-Eyed Crow targeted the Golden Mane Lion was that his strength was significantly greater than the Golden Mane Lion's, and not much greater than the Baboon's.
Dealing with the Golden Mane Lion was something he could easily manage.
"Three-Eyed, how dare you ambush the Golden Mane Lion, you scoundrel!" The Baboon roared, then instantly reverted to his true form. In his hand, he held a staff made of some unknown material, and he swung it towards the Three-Eyed Crow.
He was completely unprepared for anyone else.
And at this moment, Yang Feilong attacked!
A cold glint flashed, and the top-grade spiritual artifact, the Mountain Sea Sword, pierced through the Baboon's body!
"You..." The Baboon looked at the Three-Eyed Crow with a look of horror. "You've colluded with humans!"
*Thud!*
Yang Feilong withdrew his top-grade spiritual artifact longsword. The Baboon's body crashed to the ground with a rumble, his aura gradually weakening.
If not treated promptly, the Baboon would likely die or be crippled. Yang Feilong had not held back with that strike; the Mountain Sea Sword had inflicted severe damage to the Baboon's body!
Following that, Yang Feilong knocked the Golden Mane Lion unconscious!
"Master, how should we deal with these two?" the Three-Eyed Crow asked, looking at Yang Feilong.
Yang Feilong had initially not intended to control these two demons. However, after some thought, he still activated the Soul Controlling Technique and brought them under his control. He then made them each consume a pill. Of course, these pills would not heal them but merely prevent them from dying for a short period!
Yang Feilong's plan was simple: if he could leave, he would then kill them. If he couldn't leave, he might need to rely on these three Nascent Soul stage demons to help him find a way out.
Even though these two demons were only in a昏迷 state, Yang Feilong could already feel immense pressure on his soul.
If these two demons were to wake up, Yang Feilong was worried that his soul might encounter problems, leading to these three relatively strong Nascent Soul stage demons breaking free from the Soul Controlling Technique!
The reason for this situation was twofold: first, his soul power was on par with the Three-Eyed Crow's, making controlling it already a strenuous task. Besides him, he also controlled two peak Golden Core stage and two peak Innate stage cultivators!
Furthermore, these two, although unconscious, possessed souls far stronger than the two peak Golden Core stage cultivators.
Second, his Soul Controlling Technique was currently only at the first level, even though it was at the first level's perfection, it was still the first level!
"Let's get them into the room first!" Yang Feilong said.
Following his command, Captain Lid and Captain Peiqi, whom Yang Feilong had controlled earlier, carried them into the room.
It was fortunate that these two deputy leaders had not brought their subordinates with them, otherwise, it would have been quite troublesome!
After this interlude, the group soon arrived at the adjacent mansion, which served as the office for the leaders of Baizhu County City. Since it was night, there were no people around except for those on duty.
This official yamen had an altar, and not far from the altar, there was a vortex – the demon passage leading to Earth!
Previously, when the Witchcraft Tribe faced a crisis, the Three-Eyed Crow had dispatched numerous demons precisely to capture living beings through this demon passage!
However, demons below the Innate stage had low intelligence. Of course, it wasn't just demons below the Innate stage; even some Innate stage demons were not particularly intelligent.