Volume One: The Nature of the Devil Never Changes
Arc: The Great Guerrilla War
When everyone came out and followed Scarlet King, they found themselves standing in an open, flat green space. The wind moved the grass gently and quietly.
Scarlet King spread his arms and spoke:
"You will know that I am right when you see what I want to show you."
He took out several blue primal stones and one violet primal stone. He placed the violet stone in the center, then arranged the blue primal stones around it in the same formation as the teleportation array near the black hole.
The formation took shape, and a faint violet light and aura began rising from the center, while a dark blue glow spread from the edges. Qi started being pulled in, gathering inside the formation.
Even the air itself became heavier, colder, and more restless.
Whispers began spreading among the disciples and members:
"Where did he get such rare primal stones?"
"He is the disciple of the Second Elder, Liu Zai Hang, so he must have obtained some treasures from him."
The formation opened.
Everyone immediately fell silent.
Scarlet King looked around, then pointed at one of the disciples.
"Hey, you."
The disciple immediately became nervous and replied:
"M-Me?!"
Scarlet King answered:
"Yes. Come here and enter the spatial teleportation gate."
Everyone was shocked, and their thoughts began spinning.
(A spatial teleportation gate?)
(Those are extremely expensive and difficult to create. Only the major sects possess them. How can a nine-year-old child create one this quickly and easily?)
A girl looked on in shock and thought:
(By the heavens… I need to inform the faction leader about this immediately.)
The disciple Scarlet King had pointed at did not move.
Scarlet King calmly raised his hand.
"Hegemon's Touch."
The disciple floated into the air and screamed:
"Huh?! What is happening to me?!"
His body moved forcefully, and he was thrown straight into the spatial teleportation formation. A violet aura appeared, like a barrier surrounding the inside of the formation.
Then the disciple vanished.
Scarlet King shifted his perspective to Yang Guard's point of view.
Yang Guard was speaking with Lin Yuan:
"Master is a devil, but he is a devil changed by life. If not for rebirth, he would not be this demonic."
Yang Guard shrugged, as if withdrawing his own words the moment he sensed Scarlet King's observation.
"Or perhaps I am wrong. We do not know what he thinks, nor do we know Master's true nature."
Suddenly, Yang Guard noticed the disciple emerging, and immediately heard a voice inside his head:
(Go receive him, and tell him what he needs to know.)
Yang Guard moved and appeared in front of the disciple. He helped him stand, then began explaining:
"This place belongs to our faction. Do not worry. This will be the main training ground for the disciples."
The disciple looked around with nervousness and clear curiosity on his face.
"Training?"
When he looked ahead and noticed the black hole, he immediately understood.
[Scarlet King's Side]
Scarlet King thought:
(I was testing whether the formation worked or not. If it had failed, that disciple's body would have been torn into pieces and erased from existence in the void. But it succeeded.)
Scarlet King looked at the rest of the disciples, his hands behind his back.
"Now, everyone enter."
Everyone began entering the gate.
However, some secretly hid among the disciples, then withdrew to inform their leaders.
When the place became empty, Scarlet King stood alone, looking around slightly as a smile appeared on his face.
"Hah… this is exactly what I wanted."
"To draw attention to the formation and the black hole."