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Xu Yuan and Na'er moved stealthily along their path.
Having learned the general layout in advance, Xu Yuan was much more cautious this time around.
Based on the strength of the surrounding demonic creatures, he constantly assessed their current position.
"The strength of the demonic creatures here has noticeably increased. We must have entered the territory of the Northern King's domain," Xu Yuan said as his spiritual power probed forward, gauging the level of the demonic creatures ahead to make his judgment.
"So, should we start exploring horizontally now?" Na'er asked curiously.
Xu Yuan gave her a thumbs-up.
"Na'er, you truly learn fast."
"We've advanced about eighty kilometers so far, but earlier, when I moved westward, I covered over a hundred kilometers. From this, we can infer that the territories of the Northern Three Kings are larger, indirectly suggesting that their strength is also greater—they're nearly twenty kilometers closer to Alba's imperial city than the other regions."
After a rough analysis, Xu Yuan led Na'er toward the side.
He roughly estimated the boundaries of the Northern Three Kings' domains based on the auras of the demonic creatures.
It took him an entire day to roughly map out the territory of the Northern Three Kings facing Alba's imperial city and survey the terrain of the intervals between each king's domain.
Na'er followed Xu Yuan as he darted around, witnessing his entire process of analyzing intelligence. Although there was no combat, she didn't complain at all and remained highly engaged.
Of course, even the most enthusiastic person would feel worn down after three rounds of surveying the three kings' territories.
At this moment, she was still brimming with excitement as she looked at Xu Yuan.
"Senior Brother, so what's our next move?"
Xu Yuan, seeing her eager expression, knew exactly what she wanted.
With a helpless shake of his head, he pressed down on Na'er, who seemed ready to jump into action.
"Don't rush. Fighting isn't the priority here. We need to figure out the situation with the Hell Gates, but we absolutely cannot let Hell take advantage of any conflict between us and the Northern Three Kings. Otherwise, if they remain hostile, we'll be in a very disadvantageous position."
In truth, this wasn't the only reason.
Although Xu Yuan could suppress Nalundo under optimal conditions, he was still no match for any of the Northern Three Kings, who were at the Super Douluo level—Great Demons.
Seeing Na'er look a bit disheartened, Xu Yuan ruffled her hair and said, "However, we can take action in the territories of a few other Tyrants nearby. When the time comes, we might create some commotion to lure them away."
Na'er immediately perked up.
So, there would still be battles.
"Sass and Kaye were interrogated separately, and their information matched, so it's reliable. The Northern King is the strongest, followed by the Demon North King, and the weakest is the Chaotic North King in the northwest. Conveniently, his territory is in the west, where three Tyrants have already been dealt with. Only one remains—Tyrant Lamo, whose domain borders the Chaotic North King's territory."
When Xu Yuan had previously scouted, Nalundo's region was slightly to the south. Sass was to the north of Nalundo, and Kaye to the south. The territory adjacent to Kaye's domain already occupied the area directly south of the imperial city.
The territories of the ten Tyrants weren't evenly distributed.
It was unclear why the Northern Three Kings were arranged this way. The three strongest Tyrants, all Great Demons, were tightly clustered without buffer zones, and their territories weren't particularly vast.
On the other hand, the Tyrant known as the Southern King in the far south occupied almost the equivalent of two other Tyrants' domains combined. His territory was even larger than two and a half of the Northern Three Kings' domains put together.
Xu Yuan shook his head, choosing not to dwell on these matters.
He turned back and quickly headed west with Na'er.
Northwest.
Lamo—a single-horned demon, ferocious and brutal.
Among the demonic creatures, the single-horned demon race to which Lamo belonged was renowned for having the strongest physical prowess.
The creatures born in the Demon Plane far surpassed those of the Douluo Continent in terms of physical strength—not just surpassing the soul masters of Douluo, but even many soul beasts of similar levels on Douluo couldn't compare to the demons here.
Among the various races of demonic creatures, the single-horned demons stood out even further in physical strength, showcasing how terrifying their bodies were.
However, according to Kaye, Lamo's overall strength wasn't impressive.
Even at full power or burning his bloodline, Lamo's strength was likely around Level 92. Kaye's tone made it clear that he looked down on Lamo.
With this intelligence as reference, Xu Yuan's actions this time were much more composed compared to the last.
Especially with Na'er's assistance, Xu Yuan felt confident that they could directly find a way to deal with Lamo.
Whether solving a Tyrant would cause chaos within their ruled territories wasn't something Xu Yuan considered.
After all, a little chaos around the area was better than excessive unity.
Particularly, they could analyze Alba's movements through the changes in the chaotic situation.
If the surrounding territories gradually unified, it would indicate that local forces were preparing to act against Shrek's base.
"Na'er, attack!"
Xu Yuan shouted, thrusting his spear forward.
The Heavenly Origin Five Elements Spear unleashed a storm of spear shadows.
Countless spear shadows filled the sky—some formed from the five elements, others from stellar energy, and even more from the ambient energy of this plane.
Thousands of spear shadows descended simultaneously, enveloping the royal city below.
Na'er, on the other hand, was straightforward and brutal. She charged into the royal city wielding the Silver Dragon Spear, taking down small demons with each strike.
Around her body, five soul rings appeared—three purple and two black.
Even though her martial soul was the Silver Dragon Spear and she had been cultivating at full potential from the start, her soul power level still trailed behind Xu Yuan's. However, her soul fluctuations were not weak either, reaching Level 57.
She was expected to break through to Soul Emperor within a year.
This sudden commotion instantly caught the attention of Lamo, who was at the core of the royal city.
Lamo was enraged.
Flapping his massive wings, he quickly ascended into the air, only to see Xu Yuan and Na'er wreaking havoc.
"Foreigners!"
Damn it, how could there be foreigners?
Logically speaking, the ten Tyrants were mutually positioned to encircle and protect Alba's imperial city. Their royal cities were located closest to the imperial city itself.
This meant that beyond their royal cities lay their vast territories, stretching hundreds of kilometers in length.
Further inward, it was directly Alba's domain.
This made their royal cities extremely secure, with almost no instances of attacks in the past.
Thinking back to the intense energy fluctuations he had sensed a few days ago, Lamo immediately formed a hypothesis.
Such powerful energy fluctuations—Kaye had gone to investigate, and now Lamo's scouts in Kaye's territory hadn't seen Kaye again. It was highly likely that Kaye had met a grim fate.
And if Kaye had fallen just a few days ago, it had only been a short while before his own royal city came under attack.
Lamo reacted instantly.
Flapping his wings, he fled northward.
He escaped.
Xu Yuan was left with a look of bewilderment.
What happened to his supposed mastery of physical strength?
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