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Having experienced such an overwhelming terror in combat himself, Fang Yu immediately realized that the Shu Bird Demon must possess the same kind of extreme, terrifying power!

To crush him would be no more difficult than crushing the Green Demon – requiring but a single thought!

It seemed that Green Demon was living a life of ease and success, but in reality, his situation was probably no better than Fang Yu's own, walking on thin ice!

After all, he was just scraping by under someone else's watchful gaze, never certain of the next day!

Just as Fang Yu felt he couldn't hold out any longer and was about to use Bone Armor for protection, Wu Lvzhu suddenly reined in her aura.

As the pressure around his body vanished abruptly, Fang Yu nearly slipped up, but fortunately managed to stay composed in the end.

Yet unbeknownst to him, his body was covered in a sticky sweat that had formed at some point.

Quite the way... to throw one's weight around!

Fang Yu looked up to see Wu Lvzhu watching him with a calm expression.

"You've overstepped your bounds. There are some questions you shouldn't ask."

With that said, Fang Yu could guess the answer himself.

Clearly, the other party intended to play favorites, sacrificing others was permissible, but not their own.

But given the circumstances, Fang Yu had little choice but to submit.

"Lord Hall Master's teaching is correct, I won't speak carelessly again."

"To acknowledge one's fault is good. Don't think I'm singling you out. Every position has its own rules, and overstepping them is making a mistake. And with mistakes come a price to pay."

Wu Lvzhu paused before continuing, "You've erred under my watch, and I only verbally chastised you. But if you were to make a mistake among the strictly hierarchical demons, overstepping your bounds, the consequences would be a thousand times, no, a million times more dire than now!"

Fang Yu sneered to himself, what's the worst that could happen? Die? As a player, I could just restart by deleting the account.

Not to mention, I have Brother Qing backing me up; I've got connections!

"Kid, don't think I'm scaring you. Some of the methods used by demons are far worse than death—agonizing beyond measure, a fate worse than living!"

It seemed as if recalling some past events had caused even this high-ranking Lord Hall Master to change his complexion slightly. Taking a deep breath to calm himself, he looked coldly at Fang Yu.

"Those not of our kind must be purged."

His words were not incorrect.

But if you really wiped out all the demons, wouldn't I be out of a job?

Isn't my covert operation about to be discarded like a worn-out shoe?

The current trend displayed by this man told Fang Yu that he was undoubtedly ruthless.

It seemed that his comfortable days undercover were coming to an end.

"Lord Hall Master, what should I do?"

This day, the old man had summoned him for a reason, which must involve some planning.

Otherwise, there would be no need to take the risk of exposing one's identity just to meet someone.

"I only have one demand for you: to gather any intelligence on the high-level demons—identities, movements, directions... everything, no matter how trivial, can be reported back. However, with your current status and power, it's very hard to do so."

"Go and find out the distribution and specific situations of the demons around you. Later on, I'll send someone directly to wipe those demons out, eradicated completely!"

Fang Yu was taken aback.

I thought the aim was to trouble the Great Demon, so why suddenly target the Little Demons around me?

Seeing Fang Yu's confusion, Wu Lvzhu smiled.

"Diao Deyi, know this: status and position are not obtained through earnest effort. Crisis and opportunity are the keys to elevation."

"If it were an ordinary demon reaching your current position, the most they could do would be to engage in petty schemes, and to charge with the masses."

"But you're different, you have our external support!"

"I want to elevate your status among the demons! First, you need to face a crisis, external pressure! Then turn the tide, resolving the issue, and incidentally annexing the cleared territory to your name, naturally climbing to a higher position."

Fang Yu felt a bit dizzy with the explanation and took a moment to understand it.

"Does Lord Hall Master mean... that I should provide the intelligence, then have the Foolish Underworld's forces slaughter the demons around me, and ultimately lead my own demons to defeat the Foolish Underworld's forces, thereby accumulating prestige with the demons and enhancing my status?"

"Correct," Wu Lvzhu nodded.

"A simple strategy, but this is just a framework. The specifics need to be polished to ensure the demons don't detect any flaws."

"..."

Fang Yu fell silent, and after a while, spoke.

"Will those being sent to die know... that they are being sacrificed?"

Wu Lvzhu frowned slightly.

"Haven't you understood? Compared to the trivial matters before us, the future big picture is what we should focus on. As for the list of sacrifices, if you care, I will find an opportunity to let you review it. Glorious sacrifice, given honor, is far more important than knowing the truth. And in the Foolish Underworld, many hope for such a 'glorious' opportunity to sacrifice themselves. Not to mention, take your subordinate Zhuo Xueer for example, why don't you guess how her father 'gloriously' sacrificed himself?"

Fang Yu: ?!!

Fang Yu was shocked.

He had occasionally heard mentions in the team about Zhuo Xueer's background, that her ancestors made monumental contributions to the Foolish Underworld, suggesting she had a profound family history.

But he had never thought that Zhuo Xueer's father, whom she took pride in, was sacrificed in this manner.

Fortunately, Zhuo Xueer was unaware of this; otherwise, it would likely shatter her entire worldview, turning the objects of her belief and goals into nothing but pawns under the Foolish Underworld's schemes.