"I hope so. Recruiting new Star Lords isn't easy, and I'd hate for us to finally be able to enter the Core Secret Realm one day, only to find we don't have enough people to open it."
As Jumeng Star Star Monarch spoke, he unconsciously hunched over to relieve the excruciating pain, but his tongue remained as sharp as ever.
He hadn't been able to contact any other Star Lords for his attempt to hunt the Tier Four Turtle Demon, so he had set up an ambush with a True Monarch from his own sect instead.
He hadn't expected a Transformed Green Python to be hiding behind the Turtle Demon, and had completely misjudged their opponent's strength.
In the end, not only did they fail to hunt the turtle, but they were both severely injured and had to make a sorry retreat back to the Central Domain.
The wounds on his flesh had long since healed, but the green python had refined its two fangs into a Lifebound Flying Sword that carried a potent, bone-eroding poison.
