Chapter 783: Then what are we waiting for?
Alec stood up, causing his chair to skid backward as he cast a glance at Nine before turning his attention to Regius.
"Then what are we waiting for? Getting stronger is something we need to prioritize, but we can't just remain in this place while the universe is crumbling around us."
Carcel rose after him.
"We also need to return and check on the blue planet. It's concealed behind a shield, but we can't underestimate the dark side. They are attacking every planet; some of us should go and defend our home."
Mia and Lara agreed with them. They had been getting stronger since they arrived in this place and blended with the demons. But they couldn't always stay here while countless people were dying.
Elli glanced at the two girls. She would undoubtedly follow them. She cared about Nine, but he was strong and could protect himself. On the other hand, she needed to become stronger so he wouldn't see her as someone who needed protection.
Her eyes glimmered with a determined light. She had successfully broken through to the divine-rank. Now, all she had to do was put in the effort to reach the next rank. Still, that was easier said than done.
Sinon hummed softly, his eyes fixed on Nine, who remained silent. He then shook Jian's shoulder, the second quiet person in the group, with a mischievous grin, causing the red- haired man to hiss in pain, as the discomfort from earlier-when Nine had pushed him into the Sea of Consciousness-had not yet completely faded.
Jian glared at him.
"What's with you? You should learn to understand my silence. I will follow them. It's not like me to be left behind."
Sinon chuckled and raised his hands in surrender, hoping to avoid provoking the bristling man. At that moment, Jian was the strongest among them after Alec and Nine, and Sinon had no desire to face his wrath.
"Don't be mad. You know you've been the luckiest among us lately. You even found a beautiful golden pearl filled with the aura of nature when we were wandering around the Sea of Consciousness. I just wanted to make sure you were going."
Jian scoffed confidently, fully aware of his incredible luck, rubbing his aching body as he stormed out of the restaurant. Soon, the others followed suit when they noticed that their conversation had begun attracting the attention of the demons nearby.
As they left, numerous pairs of white slit pupils narrowed at their retreating figures. This group of individuals had appeared in this land out of the blue, and the demons had no idea where they had come from.
However, each of these young demons radiated a formidable aura that indicated they were not to be trifled with. As a result, no one dared to lay a hand on them.
One of the demons muttered loudly.
"They are powerful, so why aren't they helping the main army under the Shadow Generals and fighting for a higher position? Why are they wasting time here?"
With his words, suspicion spread among the demons seated in the restaurant lobby. The clinking of wine mugs came to a halt. Even the waitstaff appeared perplexed. One of them glanced at the plates of food they had served to the tables occupied by Nine and his companions, humming with an inscrutable expression.
"Again, none of them touched the food that contained dark energy... fascinating."
His words seemed to silence the gathered crowd even more. A female demon spoke, shocked at where all this was heading.
"They are demons who all emanate powerful dark energy, but why do they avoid eating what we would do anything to have?"
Her words seemed to seal the fate of the moment, as everyone's expression turned grim. One of them licked his lips and turned to his communication crystal to inform the higher-ups who ruled this place, saying.
"Something is wrong with these people. We aren't strong enough to confront them. It's better to let the powerful deal with them."
He was right. They weren't strong. The strongest among them, an old woman, had barely reached the (SS)-rank.
Before long, every demon agreed with him. However, they couldn't directly contact the higher-ups, so they decided to reach out to the person in charge of this area.
That's why the demons in the lobby all gathered around the middle-aged demon initiating the connection to testify, knowing that the fat demon they were reaching out to would certainly whip them to death if their news lacked credibility.
But who would have imagined that Nine, who had just left, would stroll back into the lobby at that exact moment? Amusement danced in his golden eyes as he watched the cluster of demons conversing into a single communication crystal.
Jian followed closely behind him and let out a loud tsk, successfully startling every demon in the restaurant and capturing their attention. The demons' hearts thundered as their eyes locked onto the deep golden and fiery red ones, which stared at them as if they were already dead.
The red-haired man flicked his fingertips, and an aura of pure spiritual energy spread throughout the restaurant, separating the space it occupied from the outside world.
Jian bumped into Nine's shoulder as he observed the demons who all paled.
"I freaking hate snitches. Let me handle them; I am not in the best mood."
Nine cast a glance at his tall figure before turning and exiting the lobby to wait outside the restaurant for him to finish.
Jian didn't disappoint; in just a minute, the entire restaurant disappeared, along with the many old and young demons inside, as if it had never existed in the first place.
Feeling quite satisfied, he stretched his arms and approached the brown-haired man standing guard outside the space he had separated from the surroundings.
Behind him lay a piece of devastated land as his spiritual energy faded and the veil concealing the area dissolved.
Nine glanced at the shops surrounding the spot where the restaurant once existed and noticed the demons gasping in shock when they realized how an entire establishment had just vanished into thin air. He sighed.
"How many times do I have to tell you to eliminate the people here discreetly? The demons you killed failed, but the ones who just witnessed an entire restaurant vanish will definitely
inform their superiors."
Jian chuckled and shrugged.
"That's something we don't need to worry about right now. Come on, the others must be
waiting."