Chapter 135: While We Live, the Island Stands

Leaving aside an outsider like Lu Zhiwei, even the Suppression Demon Envoys of the Suppression Demon Division were startled when they saw the two golden figures standing at the entrance.

Radiating golden light and towering ten zhang high, they were exceedingly eye-catching.

Many Grade-C Suppression Demon Envoys initially mistook them for golden statues and approached to inspect them, but the golden figures spoke, almost frightening them out of their wits.

"My lord, Deputy Chief of Staff Lu Zhiwei of the Southern Suppression Naval Fleet requests an audience."

Hu Zuowei led Lu Zhiwei into Baili Feihong’s office.

As Lu Zhiwei gazed at the familiar office environment, his emotions were exceptionally complicated.

Ever since the Suppression Demon Building was seized by the Southern Suppression Naval Fleet, this very office had been his personal workplace.

The luxurious decoration and furniture inside the office had been personally designed and arranged by him, consuming a great deal of his time and effort.

Now, the office remained, but its owner had changed.

Lu Zhiwei knew very well that he could not bring up this matter. Otherwise, if it displeased Baili Feihong, it would benefit neither him nor the Southern Suppression Naval Fleet.

To rake up the past would simply be reopening the old scars of the Suppression Demon Division.

"Advisor Lu has arrived. Please, come in."

Baili Feihong wore a warm expression, hospitably inviting Lu Zhiwei inside.

Lu Zhiwei was flattered.

"My lord, this is the intelligence gathered by our Southern Suppression Naval Fleet regarding the Black Heaven Cult, as well as some information concerning the Devil's Strait."

Lu Zhiwei hastily handed the thick volume he was holding to Baili Feihong.

Hu Zuowei, standing beside them, reached out to receive it and personally placed it on the desk.

"Although the Southern Suppression Naval Fleet suffered a defeat this time, Governor Yan's tactical command cannot be blamed. Who could have foreseen that the Black Heaven Cult, in order to help the Falla Empire seize the Devil's Strait, would actually slaughter millions of people along both banks and conduct an inhumane blood sacrifice? Such methods are so defiant of heaven that even the heretical cults within the Great Yuan dare not resort to them."

Baili Feihong's tone carried a hint of anger.

As one of the top five figures in the Southern Suppression Naval Fleet, Lu Zhiwei felt a bone-deep hatred for the Black Heaven Cult.

"My lord, there is something I wonder if I should speak of."

"Speak freely."

"Wang Qin once sent a message to the Governor stating that the Black Heaven Cult's next target is Feiyuan Island," Lu Zhiwei lowered his voice as much as possible. "The General Staff's simulation of the Falla Empire's strategy indicates that after capturing the Devil's Strait, their objective is to eliminate the living forces of the Southern Suppression Naval Fleet on Feiyuan Island. By seizing Feiyuan Island, they intend to establish an advanced naval base to constrain the Great Yuan naval forces from heading south. Once successful, they will undoubtedly ally with the Sakura Country, forming a pincer movement in the southeast to blockade the Great Yuan maritime territory."

Lu Zhiwei's words inadvertently stirred up an unpleasant memory for Baili Feihong.

However, Wang Qin leaked information to the Governor?

It seemed that Yu Meiniang was a person of great importance in Wang Qin's heart.

"As long as the people remain, the island remains."

Baili Feihong said with a resolute tone.

"Any force that dares to set foot on Feiyuan Island by even a single step makes an enemy of my Suppression Demon Division, and an enemy of me, Baili Feihong. If the Black Heaven Cult dares to come, I will have this official send them to the Yellow Springs. If the Falla Empire dares to set foot here, treating them just like heterodox demons and evil paths—though this humble suppression demon has no great abilities, killing a few people is still well within my power."

His tone was very casual. His disdain for the Falla Empire and indifference toward the Black Heaven Cult injected a warm current into Lu Zhiwei's heart.

With the imperial court in chaos and the Emperor ascending to heaven, everyone was busy scrambling for supreme power in the realm. Who cared about the situation in the Southern Coastal Seas?

Never had he expected that the Guardian, whom they once viewed as a formidable threat, would now become the backing of the Southern Suppression Naval Fleet.

"My lord, please be careful. Apostles, saints, and even high archbishops of the Black Heaven Cult have intervened in the Devil's Strait, and their powers are extraordinary."

Lu Zhiwei could not help but issue a warning.

The Guardian was extremely strong, having even climbed to sixth place on the Frightening Dragon Rankings and slain a master of the divine realm.

However, a saint of the Black Heaven Cult was equivalent to a divine-realm master of a major sect, and they could borrow secret arts to summon divine descents, acquiring Black Heaven divine power that caused their strength to soar explosively.

As for the high archbishops, their might was in no way inferior to the giants of the Dharma-Form martial realm within the Great Yuan.

A single high archbishop possessed enough power to completely annihilate the entire Southern Suppression Naval Fleet.

"I am just waiting for them to come."

Baili Feihong wanted to test the results of his recent cultivation.

He, too, had his own objectives.

Last time, more than twenty divine-realm masters from the sects had attacked.

When they targeted him next time, would they dispatch the Dharma-Form realm?

If they could not kill him, would they deploy the martial saints of the sects?

Having slain Xue Ming and gained nationwide renown, this kind of fame was not what he desired.

Everyone thought he was a fat sheep and wanted to take a bite out of him.

Baili Feihong did not fear dealing with the divine-realm masters of the sects.

He only worried that beating the small ones would bring out the big ones to save face, and beating the big ones would bring out the old ones for revenge.

An endless cycle of retaliation was not what he wished to see.

Furthermore, he needed to make his voice heard.

He wanted to prevent people like Gong Yu from employing underhanded schemes against him ever again.

In this chaotic era of the Great Yuan, it was precisely a time when personnel were desperately needed.

He believed that the Suppression Demon Division would not sit idly by and watch its own cultivation seed be bullied without stepping forward to speak up for him.

If the Suppression Demon Division remained indifferent, Baili Feihong felt that joining the Divine Surveillance Bureau would also be a viable option.

Lu Zhiwei knew that this young man before him possessed his own pride and did not try to persuade him further.

Everything he wanted to convey was contained within the intelligence reports.

Thus, he cupped his fists in farewell and left the Suppression Demon Building.

"Old Hu, send down the word. Tell the brothers of the Suppression Demon Division to keep their eyes wide open and watch the city closely. If any anomalies appear, report them to me immediately and do not act on your own authority."

The people on Feiyuan Island came from all corners of the world.

The disciples of the Black Heaven Cult were deeply hidden. If a large number of them infiltrated and set up evil formations to launch a surprise attack on the civilians of Feiyuan Island, large-scale civilian casualties would inevitably occur.

"Understood, my lord. This subordinate will immediately issue the notice."

Hu Zuowei clearly understood the terror of the Black Heaven Cult.

Previously, five disciples of the Black Heaven Cult had hidden on Feiyuan Island, all of whom were top-tier experts of the Yuantai realm.

They were in no way inferior to Governor Yan Fei.

Now that the Black Heaven Cult had a large-scale plan to attack Feiyuan Island, they could not afford not to take precautions.

The blood sacrifice incident in the Devil's Strait had already spread across the seas.

Many maritime merchants doing business on Feiyuan Island had their ancestral homes located along the banks of the Devil's Strait.

Hu Zuowei was terrified.

He feared that the Black Heaven Cult would genuinely infiltrate the island and turn Feiyuan Island into a blood sacrifice.

His entire family lived on Feiyuan Island. Once the Black Heaven Cult succeeded, there would be nowhere to escape, and his whole family would be slaughtered.

Baili Feihong began to review the intelligence sent by Lu Zhiwei.

"Black Heaven Phantom!"

"Black Heaven Will."

"Black Heaven Demonic Beast!!!"

These three key terms allowed Baili Feihong to glimpse the horrifying nature of that blood sacrifice.

Whether it was the Black Heaven Phantom or the Black Heaven Will, Baili Feihong, who had witnessed the terrifying nature of the demon god's will in the Devil's Sea, understood very well that if Feiyuan Island were truly successfully subjected to a blood sacrifice, he would have to confront the direct power of the Black Heaven Demon God.

The Black Heaven Demonic Beast was a type of monster created by the Black Heaven Cult using vicious fiends.

It was precisely because of these monsters that the Black Heaven Cult was able to complete the blood sacrifice ritual in an extremely short period of time.

Fearless of death, existing in both corporeal and ethereal forms, and radiating an aura of dark despair, the Black Heaven Demonic Beasts were also the most wicked of fiends.

They were fiends controlled by the Black Heaven Cult and modified through secret arts to create the Black Heaven Demonic Beasts.