A group of leaders quickly gathered around the corpse of the zombie rat.
“Rank One, how do you explain this?”
Even as a weaker race, the zombie rat leader couldn't suppress the anger in its heart, its face darkened ominously.
This zombie rat corpse was clearly the work of a Soul Devourer, just like the corpse of the Icefang Dragon back then.
However, Rank One's attitude was much tougher when facing the zombie rat leader.
“Are you an idiot? If I did it, wouldn't I destroy the evidence? Even if you say last time was our oversight, do you think we'd be so forgetful this time? Can't you see this obvious provocation?”
The zombie rat leader was clearly quite wary of Rank One, but the Ice King seized the opportunity to turn the blame onto Rank One.
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“You admit that last time was your oversight?”
The scene fell silent for a few seconds, the atmosphere extremely strange.
“Humph, if this continues, I don't think we need to form an alliance. If we want to deal with humans, shouldn't we first address the problems within our alliance?”
The Ice King glanced meaningfully at Rank One.
“I think the Ice King is right. Although we are a weaker race, we are still allies. Such behavior is truly contemptible.”
The zombie rat leader also stated its position.
“Rank One, do you have anything to say? You better be able to convince us all.”
“I don't think it was Rank One.”
One of the leaders suddenly said.
“If it really was done by the Soul Devourers, it's also possible that there's a traitor in their race.”
Rank One looked gratefully at the leader who spoke.
“Don't forget, we still have a common enemy, the human race, which we must not underestimate. They could very well use certain means to plant spies and suicide soldiers in other races.”
Upon hearing this, everyone frowned, instinctively recalling what Zhou Nong had told them.
Among you, there are two races who are human informants.
If it was really as this leader said, not only were there two races that were informants, but there might also be human spies lurking within the other races.
This was a bit terrifying; spies everywhere, making it impossible to distinguish friend from foe…
Besides their own confidants, who could guarantee that their race hadn't been infiltrated by humans at all?
“I suggest we conduct a thorough cleansing, coinciding with the destruction of equipment.”
The Ice King paused. “Destroy all human-made equipment currently in each race, and then check the allegiance of every member of your own race to root out all human spies.”
Internal stability before external resistance. The leaders all echoed the sentiment.
“By the way, Rank One, you must give us an explanation for these matters. Remember, we want them alive.”
The Ice King gave Rank One a deep look, causing the latter to frown.
After these matters were settled, the eight races dispersed.
…
In a pitch-black forest, the environment was extremely strange, even the colors were completely different from what people normally perceived.
On the dark red soil, the tree trunks were somewhat grayish, and the purple leaves made the entire forest incredibly oppressive.
It was hard to imagine that life could survive in such an environment.
“Hiss…”
From a tree hole, a small, pitch-black creature suddenly jumped out. Its face was a white circle without any features.
These creatures lived in tree holes year-round. Every tree hole in this forest represented a badger monster.
Their relationship with the trees wasn't a normal parasitic one either, but rather somewhat akin to parasitism. The reason these trees and the soil were so lifeless was because their vitality had been almost completely consumed by the badger monsters.
A badger monster extended its slender, black claws and plunged them fiercely into a large tree, causing the tree to tremble as if begging for mercy.
After a while, the badger monster retracted its hands, having eaten its fill. The original tree became even grayer, but still maintained a weak life.
“Hiss (Come, come!)”
The badger monster elder, Badger Two, made a sound. At its call, countless black figures jumped out of the tree holes and rushed towards Badger One.
“Hiss (I can feel it, Big Boss is about to succeed in breaking through…)”
“Hiss (Yay!)”
“Hiss (Follow me.)”
After saying this, Badger Two turned around and left, followed by a group of black badger monsters. Soon, they arrived in front of a large tree.
This tree was incredibly thick, covered with small holes.
Their leader, Badger One, had sealed itself in the tree for a long time.
These holes were in groups of five, all caused by the badger monsters sucking away the tree's vitality, making them look somewhat shocking.
Badger Two gently raised its hand and placed it on the surface of the tree, sensing the situation inside. The tree instantly twisted.
The tree writhed wildly, as if in extreme pain, and the shriveled branches made a series of creaking sounds.
After an unknown amount of time, the tree finally stopped twitching, and a large, black hole appeared in its center.
“Hiss (This is…)”
Badger Two turned its head, because it had no facial features, so no expression could be seen, only its body could be felt, trembling slightly.
The other badger monsters had also clearly sensed this power, looking over in disbelief.
They were just a small race, they never dared to dream of such a thing!
Rumble…
Everyone's attention was once again drawn, firmly locked on the tree that carried such a powerful life.
Its thick trunk slowly fell down, and a black head poked out of the tree hole.
Although it was the same as a normal badger monster, this head had no facial features, but there was a smaller white circle inside the white circle on its face, the two circles nested together.
Then, it slowly crawled out of the tree hole.
As its body gradually appeared before them, the shock in the hearts of the watching badger monsters became even stronger.
The badger monster in front of them was at least several times larger than them!
It stood up, its black, glossy body was tall enough to rival a large tree.
No one knew how such a large body could have been hidden in the tree trunk just now.
Of course, these were only secondary.
The most important thing was that Badger One had finally successfully broken through to the demigod realm!
Badger One looked at Badger Two, its words carrying a hint of a smile: “How long have I been in there?”
Badger Two prostrated itself in front of it: “Hiss (Several hundred years).”
“So long… This place is still the same.”
“Don't worry, soon, we will be able to avenge ourselves against the Night Demons.”
Badger One stretched lazily and casually grabbed a member of its own kind, sucking it dry.
Badger Two was somewhat helpless: “Hiss (The Night Demon race has long been destroyed).”
