Living under this kind of oppression, there is no future at all. It may not have a big impact in the short term, but over thousands of years, countless practitioners' blood has been wiped out. Even the practitioners who want to resist, most of them endure it like Zheng Shan and others, and dare not openly resist the great devil Fike.
"If the Church of Light occupied the Earth back then, what would have happened to the Earth in the end?" Yang Qi's eyes focused, and the incident of the Earth being invaded by the Church of Light quickly flashed through his mind.
When Emperor Wu Shi left, the Earth had not yet produced its own Martial King. Fortunately, Emperor Wu Shi had set up a restriction on the teleportation array, so that Martial King practitioners could not pass through the teleportation array. Otherwise, the Earth would have no power to resist the Church of Light. And there were Martial Emperors behind the Church of Light. Once the Church of Light occupied the Earth, it would not be thousands of years, but hundreds of thousands of years, or even millions of years of dark rule.
The city seemed dead and silent, but this was not without its benefits for Yang Qi and his companions. At least, no one cared about them along the way.
Whoosh~ Whoosh~
Just as the group was rushing towards the Zheng family, another pair of Demon Moon Guards flew out from the sky and headed out of the city. Apparently, the previous death of a team of Demon Moon Guards had already angered the practitioners of the Demon Moon Palace.
However, the Blood Moon Palace also has practitioners who have mastered flying martial arts, and they are in the dark, and they have already escaped, so it is not easy for the practitioners of the Demon Moon Palace to track them down.
Led by Zheng Shan, Yang Qi and his party came to the Zheng family's mansion. Compared with the lifeless practitioners in the city, the Zheng family's situation was better. After all, the Zheng family was a first-class power with a deep family foundation. Even after handing over a large amount of resources, they could still retain some, so they would not be left without any resources.
"Senior, please come this way."
After entering the Zheng family mansion, Zheng Shan led Yang Qi towards the inner courtyard of the Zheng family. After a while, they came to a secluded courtyard. In the courtyard, an elegant middle-aged man was waiting for them.
Zheng Shan looked at the elegant middle-aged man in front of him, and immediately introduced him to Yang Qi beside him, "Senior, this is the head of our Zheng family, Zheng Tai."
"Junior Zheng Tai, nice to meet you, Senior Yang." Zheng Tai said respectfully.
Previously, Zheng Shan sent him a message to inform him that he had found a martial king to deal with the great demon king Fike. Such a big thing naturally required him, the head of the family, to personally confirm it. After all, this was related to the life and death of tens of thousands of people in the Zheng family. Once Yang Qi was not a match for the great demon king Fike, the Zheng family would probably be finished.
"No need to be so polite."
Yang Qi smiled calmly, his eyes fell on Zheng Tai in front of him, and then he frowned slightly, "Didn't Zheng Shan say before that the top leaders of your family were controlled by insect beasts? Why don't I feel the breath of insect beasts on you?"
Zheng Shan had told him before that the top leaders of many families and cultivation forces in the Blood Moon Continent were controlled by the great devil Fike using insect beasts. This made it easier for him to monitor these cultivation forces and also prevent them from colluding with the secret Blood Moon Palace. However, there was no aura of insect beasts on Zheng Tai in front of him.
"Senior is really amazing." Zheng Tai sighed, and then said, "I really don't have any insects or beasts on me, because I am not the patriarch of the Zheng family."
"The apparent head of the family?"
Hearing this, Yang Qi was startled, and then asked incredulously, "Does your Zheng family have two patriarchs?"
"Yes."
Zheng Tai nodded with a wry smile and continued, "The high-ranking officials who are controlled by the insect beasts have no control over their own life and death. Many secret things cannot be told to them at all. Therefore, many cultivation forces have different family leaders, both openly and secretly."
I see!
After hearing Zheng Tai's words, Yang Qi also understood that the cultivators controlled by the insect beasts were already puppets of the Demon Moon Palace. Although it was nothing at ordinary times, once something happened, these cultivators with insect beasts in their bodies would become the breakthrough point.
It is precisely because of this that generally, things that are too secretive will not be known to these practitioners who are controlled by insects and beasts. Over time, the major practicing forces have formed two types of high-level leaders, the bright and the dark. The bright high-level leaders are mainly responsible for dealing with the Demon Moon Palace, while the dark high-level leaders handle the real affairs of the family.
In fact, the Demon Moon Palace also knew about this kind of thing, but it was simply unable to control it because there were too many practitioners. Even though the great demon king Fike was a practitioner who was good at insect beasts, it was impossible for him to use insect beasts to control everyone, so he could only choose some people to control.
“I didn’t expect there is such a method to deal with the Demon Moon Palace.” Yang Qi sighed.
"I'm sorry to have made you laugh, senior."
Zheng Tai gave a bitter smile, and then continued, "This is also a helpless move. Who wants to set up two types of high-level positions, light and dark? But facing the Demon Moon Palace, we have no choice but to do this."
If the top leaders of the cultivation forces were truly completely controlled, then there would be no power to resist the great devil Fike, whether openly or secretly.
Zheng Tai took a deep breath, then looked at Yang Qi and said, "Senior, dealing with the great devil Fike is of great importance. I wonder how strong you are?"
In order to deal with the great devil Fike, the Zheng family is putting the entire Zheng family on the line this time. If Yang Qi is not strong enough, the Zheng family naturally does not want to die.
"The Great Demon King Fike is a martial king-level cultivator of the insect beast world. You should all know that the strength of insect beasts is also extremely important. So I have to know the strength of the Great Demon King Fike and the insect beasts under his command in order to make an accurate judgment." Yang Qi said.
As soon as these words came out, Zheng Tai's expression changed for a while, and after a moment he gritted his teeth and said, "According to our understanding, the strength of the Great Demon King Fike seems to be that of a Seven-Star Martial King, and the insect beast in his hand also has the strength of a Seven-Star Martial King."
"Seven-star Martial King?"
Yang Qi raised his eyebrows. Just as he guessed, the great devil Fike had already stepped into the high-level Martial King. Even the insect beasts in his hands had the strength of a seven-star Martial King.
For practitioners who follow the path of insects and beasts, the combination of their own strength and that of insects and beasts is not as simple as one plus one. The great devil Fike has at least the combat power of an eight-star martial king.
"In addition to the cultivation level of the great devil Fike, do you know what other skills he is good at?" Yang Qi spoke again.
With his current strength, if he wants to deal with the great devil Fike who has the combat power of an eight-star Martial King, the only way is that the opponent cannot withstand his soul attack. If the opponent is a high-level Martial King who is good at soul, with his strength he can only remain undefeated at best.
"The great devil Fike is proficient in the way of insects and beasts and the way of fire." Zheng Tai said.
"What about the soul?" Yang Qi looked at Zheng Tai and said.
"Soul?"
Zheng Tai was stunned, then shook his head and said, "I'm not sure about that. The strength of the great demon king Fike is too strong. Except for the battle between the two martial king ancestors and him, he rarely took action at other times, and no one could make him use his full strength. But over the years, I haven't heard that he is good at the soul." (To be continued)