The words spoken by Xiao Ting exploded in Zhu Kun's ears like two thunderclaps thrown into a calm lake, sending massive ripples through his mind.
What did it mean that Zhu Huo could not protect his safety?
Zhu Huo was of the Ancient Void Dragon royal bloodline and was now at least a nine-star early-stage Dou Saint. With the powerful physique of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan and their innate talent for manipulating spatial power, they could fight evenly against mid-stage nine-star Dou Saints without fear, and even contend with late-stage nine-star Dou Saints whose soul realms were not particularly high. Even if they could not win, they could always escape.
Yet you say he is not enough to protect you. Did you anger the strongest nine-star Dou Saint? Or did you anger a nine-star Dou Saint who possesses a God-level soul?
If Zi Yan asked, it would not be impossible for Zhu Kun to personally come out to protect her.
The problem was that he could not leave this place at all right now.
He was a primordial ancient dragon with a God-level soul, an extremely powerful physique, and a cultivation level at the peak of nine-star. Even so, he was suppressed by the methods left behind by Ancient Emperor Tou She and trapped within this spatial domain.
This showed that the power of a Dou God far exceeded the imagination of Dou Saints.
A half-god looking at a Dou Saint was like a frog at the bottom of a well looking at the bright moon.
A half-god looking at a Dou God was like looking at flowers through fog, or like a mayfly looking at the sky.
Was Xiao Ting saying that he could take him out of here?
"Uncle, the Xiao Clan and the Hun Clan are mortal enemies with an irreconcilable blood feud."
Furthermore, he had angered the clan leader of the Hun Clan, who now harbored deep hatred toward him — perhaps even more than toward his clan's ancestor, Xiao Xuan.
Xiao Ting understood what Zhu Kun wanted to say and began explaining.
Xiao Xuan had been extremely powerful, becoming an enemy that even Hu Tiandi feared and had to acknowledge.
Although Xiao Ting was nothing more than an ant in the eyes of Hu Tiandi, he had ruined the Hun Clan's plan that had been in the works for thousands of years.
Without his revelation, the Hun Clan would have waited until the Nihility Devouring Flame reached the God realm before steadily carrying out their plan, destroying the Shi Clan, Ling Clan, Yao Clan, and other Ancient Clans one by one.
The more Ancient Clans they destroyed, the easier it would be for them to achieve their goal.
In the worst-case scenario, if the situation was exposed too quickly, they could still obtain the Tou She Ancient God's Jades through traitors.
As a result, not a single Ancient Clan had been lost, and the traitors within each clan had been discovered and eliminated before they could exert influence.
Moreover, the existence of the Devouring Spirit Eliminating Life Formation would undoubtedly make the Hun Clan the enemy of all forces and existences in Central Plains.
With the injustice of the Tunling Clan exposed, the major Ancient Clans would undoubtedly join forces to fight the Hun Clan.
The Hun Clan's plan of thousands of years had almost completely collapsed.
Because of Xiao Ting's single sentence, Hu Tiandi, who was now forced to confront the powerful Ancient Clans head-on, would definitely hate him.
"The Hun Clan?" Zhu Kun asked with some doubt. "In ancient times, they were an unknown small clan. Even when I was trapped in Ancient Emperor Tou She's cave, they were never mentioned. How much power do they have now?"
"Well…" Xiao Ting spoke about the cause and effect of angering the Hun Clan and the plan the Hun Clan had been preparing for thousands of years. Finally, he said, "As for the Hun Clan's power…"
"Their clan leader, Hu Tiandi, was at the late stage of nine-star Dou Saint a thousand years ago. Now he is at the peak of nine-star Dou Saint with a God-level soul. His physique is inferior to yours, but he can be called a quasi-Dou God expert. If his Battle Qi mutates, he will possess half-emperor level power."
"The second strongest is the Nihility Devouring Flame. Aside from Ancient Emperor Tou She, he is the true number one on the Heavenly Flame ranking. His cultivation is at the early stage of nine-star Dou Saint. As a Heavenly Flame, his abilities are strange and he is extremely strong in the void. He has also fused with the abilities of the last clan leader of the Tunling Clan. His soul is at the half-step God realm and may break through at any time."
"In addition, there are three mid-stage eight-star Dou Saints and one early-stage eight-star Dou Saint. They were killed by my Xiao Clan's ancestor a thousand years ago, but were revived by the Nihility Devouring Flame and turned into living corpses. These four can activate a large-scale formation and possess power equivalent to at least two peak eight-star Dou Saints."
"There are more than seven seven-star Dou Saints…"
After listening to Xiao Ting's explanation, Zhu Kun finally understood why he said that Zhu Huo alone could not protect him.
Hu Tiandi's realm was almost on par with Zhu Kun's, and at best his physique and combat experience were slightly inferior. He probably could not defeat Zhu Kun, but the gap was not that large. However, dealing with Zhu Huo would be easy, let alone the fact that the Hun Clan also possessed the Nihility Devouring Flame.
Even excluding these two, the four elders and four Demon Saints of the Hun Clan were still very troublesome.
Unfortunately, Xiao Ting had exposed their conspiracy and incurred the wrath of the Hun Clan.
It was simply impossible for Zhu Huo to protect him alone!
"Your situation is indeed difficult, but I cannot go out to protect you." Zhu Kun said helplessly. "I hate Ancient Emperor Tou She, but that bastard's methods are truly terrifying. For thousands of years, I have never given up fighting, but every time I end up covered in wounds and have to heal again."
"If you are willing to stay in this space and continue cultivating peacefully, I will protect you. Even if Hu Tiandi comes, he will not be able to harm you in front of me."
Even Ancient Emperor Tou She had never personally taken action. The methods he had set up at the cave entrance were merely a small trap to lure Zhu Kun in and trap him in this spatial domain.
Zhu Kun, who had always been arrogant and believed he could fight evenly against a true Dou God, had been greatly shocked by this.
Therefore, he did not believe that Xiao Ting and the others could help him escape from Ancient Emperor Tou She's cave.
Especially now that he knew the eight Tou She Ancient God's Jades had been split and fallen into the hands of the eight Ancient Clans.
"Wait a moment." Zhu Kun seemed to have realized something, and his large eyes shone like two stars. "Young friend, are you planning to help the Hun Clan obtain the Tou She Ancient God's Jades and then open the Tou She Ancient God's Cave?"
After voicing his speculation, Zhu Kun was certain that Xiao Ting was indeed planning to do exactly that.
"That's it. As long as the Tou She Ancient God's Cave is opened, I can escape."
"With my Ancient Void Dragon joining the alliance, the Hun Clan will not only fail to gain the upper hand, but may even be put at a disadvantage."
"The opportunity to obtain the throne left behind by Ancient Emperor Tou She has a low chance of falling into the hands of the Hun Clan, but a higher chance of falling into ours."
That day had finally arrived.
If Zhu Kun led the Ancient Void Dragon Clan and joined the alliance against the Hun Clan, the chances of their side winning would increase.
In reality, if Xiao Ting were now an eight-star Dou Saint with a God-level soul, whose physique was comparable to a ninth-rank magical beast, and who could fight nine-star Dou Saints after using the Heaven and Earth Law with his essence, energy, and spirit united, then things would truly go according to Zhu Kun's speculation.
This had also been his original plan — to first use his talent for writing in the Journal, the blessings from other dimensions, and the Great Dao to strengthen himself to the point where he could intervene in battles between nine-star Dou Saints, and then consider opening the Tou She Ancient God's Cave when the time was right.
Based on the time it took for the Hun Clan to attack the Ling Clan and Shi Clan in the original timeline, he still had about ten years to grow.
Perhaps by then he would have become a God in another way, or perhaps he would have traveled the higher world.
Unfortunately, he had been too dazzling and had attracted the attention of the Hun Clan in advance. They had sent top experts one after another to target him.
That was why he had no choice but to change his plan.
"Uncle, now is not the best time to open Ancient Emperor Tou She's cave."
Zhu Kun: ???
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