Seized by the System

After hearing Nie Yuan’s doubts, Cang Lang dismissed scornfully, “How would this be fake? Within the Demon Alliance, only Elder Ancestor Bai could stand a chance against me. However, his heart lies with combining his forces with humans, entirely forgetting his duty as a demon. He has really forgotten where his root and ancestors lie! I must eliminate this calamity from the demons, lest the demons perish and be defeated even though we were not actually beaten!”

Then, his voice took a softer turn after he saw Nie Yuan’s affected state. “As long as you can help me get rid of that fellow, the Demon Alliance would then be led by me. When that happens, gifting you a mere Greater Rat Clan as an award for your assistance will just be a trivial matter.”

How could this still be a trivial matter?

Nie Yuan clearly knew the current state and potential of the Greater Rat Clan. After all, he was once part of them.

The demons on Earth were mostly scattered all over the place. Only the Greater Rat Clan had a strong and healthy organization due to the old man’s early operations, and this has given the clan great ability in mobilization and structure.

That was why he had greatly regretted his decision to betray and escape the clan.

Emotions were what differentiated machinery and living beings.

Once emotions surge and overpower a living being, they would often do unbelievable and absurd acts, and regret them afterward.

Initially, he had tried to bear it. Apparently, rumors had it that the old man now no longer talks about the prospects of Cang Gongzi becoming his successor. He probably realized that the rat was nothing more but a Mary Sue character.

A person like that would be perfect if he were chosen to be a role model to elicit confidence among the people. However, if he were to be chosen as a clan leader, that would undoubtedly be a disaster.

Thankfully, an opportunity now laid before him, and he had no intention to miss it.

After all, as a rat, the urge to show off to his clan was present in his bones. He wanted to be saintly before the others, and be respected among the prideful crowd.

At this thought, Nie Yuan immediately turned to speak to the Black Robe, “Brother Robe, in my opinion, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for us. Since Sir Cang Lang was willing to coordinate with us from within, you could probably deal with that old mouse with your great powers. Then, the huge Greater Rat Kingdom will finally become devil territory. The day where devils are free to dance and roam will no longer be far from us.”

Black Robe looked at him with cold eyes and said softly, “If you want to do so, it’s your own business. I will only listen to the commands of the Master. If the Master has not ordered me explicitly, I will not act without his command.”

“Um, if that’s the case, why don’t you inform the teacher about this turn of events? I believe that he will definitely be interested in the Greater Rat Clan,” suggested Nie Yuan. Naturally, he would not give up so easily.

“Hmph, alright then, I’ll inform him now. Watch this cunning white wolf closely while I do so.” Even though Black Robe was dissatisfied by the attitude of this man, he will not make any decisions without seeking for advice from the Master, especially if the issue involved his interests.

Subsequently, everyone saw Black Robe close his eyes, and soon a gust of black aura appeared on the top of his head before shooting up into the sky.

The crowd waited anxiously. After they lost count of time, Black Robe finally opened his eyes and said, “The Master said that our goal was great, but none of us canbe the opponent of Elder Ancestor Bai.”

A sharp hiss was heard from Nie Yuan as he exclaimed with shock, “How could that be possible? With your powers, Brother Robe, you should be able to defeat the old mouse, no?”

“Are you doubting the Master’s judgment now?” Black Robe was not pleased.

“No, I would never dare to question the wise insights of the teacher,” Nie Yuan quickly changed his line of speech and explained, “It’s because that I used to hear that Brother Robe had abilities as powerful as the heavens after diligently cultivating in the teacher’s arcane realm. On the other hand, the old rodent was just a mere clan leader, how could it defeat you?”

“You’ll have to ask him, then.” Black Robe’s voice was chilly.

Even if Nie Yuan had run into snags, he still refused to relent. Instead, he gave the issue a hard and good thought before inspiration hit him. Then, he smugly said, “I have an idea.”

“What idea?” Cang Lang asked.

He did not suspect the judgment of the Devil Lord Zhi Nan.

The intelligence of the Devil Lord was well-known in the Upper Realm. In fact, several calamities were brewed by the Devil Lord, and they have caused significant headache for numerous holy immortals, buddhas, and the True Dragon Clan.

“We could kill him with a borrowed knife,” said Nie Yuan coldly.

Initially, Cang Lang scowled with disdain. It actually thought that the young man had actually come up with a good idea. This was exactly what it was doing now, no?

After a while, it seemed to recall something and spoke with excitement, ” Are you talking about borrowing that knife?” ¹

“Exactly.”

“Still, that rodent usually stays deep within protection, and would rarely make short trips outside. He almost never fights in combat. How could we cut him with the knife?”

“That will depend on how much of an authority that you have within the Demon Alliance, Sir Cang Lang. Are you as powerful as what you said you were?” Nie Yuan smirked meaningfully.

“I understand what you’re getting at.” Cang Lang’s responding smile was one of understanding.

The people beside them, including Black Robe, Saki, and Claudia all frowned in confusion as they listened to the conversation, a headache growing from the back of their head.

Both of these sly fellows deliberately spoke vaguely, suppressing them just from the sheer differences in intelligence.

Anyway, they had no idea who even owned the knife that they were referring to. Nothing immediate came to their minds.

It took Black Robe and Claudia a moment before realization showed on their faces.

These two had only remembered that there was no other person in this world that could kill Elder Ancestor Bai with just one swing of a knife.

That person was Vigilante A, that had the power to even chase their Devil Lord to the extent that he had to try and find a way to escape with no avail!

Even though they were resentful towards the hero, these two people had to admit that Vigilante A’s strong abilities, deep potential, high talents, and diligent cultivation could probably be rivaled by the Heavenly Dumplings of the Upper Realm.

The Devil Lord has instilled memories into Black Robe, so it was natural for him to know the existence of these Dumplings.

Similarly, Claudia knew about them because she originated from the Heliotropes from the Upper Realm.

Once upon a time, a group of thin-skinned and large fillings ‘Dumplings’ were gifted by the Upper Realm to different clans. After they removed the skin, a baby was revealed within.

These babies all had great talents that were unparallelled in every clan. No one could compare to them, even those who were previously deemed to be ‘gifted by the Heavens’ could not even reach the end of their toes.

Thus, they had all become the treasure that was sheltered by all clans, enjoying all kinds of resources as they were nurtured closely by them.

Everyone knew what does it actually mean to be ‘gifted by the Heavens’. It meant perfection to the limit of the realm in all aspects!

As they were being valued and nurtured, it was natural for them to attract jealousy and slander from across the land.

Some of them even started to laugh at them based on their origins and had called them ‘Heavenly Dumplings’…

“Karma karma, bring forth constant misfortune. Dumplings dumplings, gobbled and eaten sooner or later.” was one of the most widespread and vicious prophecies in the Upper Realm.

Naturally, they would not descend to the Lower Realm this early. These ‘Heavenly Dumplings’ would only descend after the earth could provide them with an environment similar to the Upper Realms.

Perhaps only then would Vigilante A meet his true match.

Of course, if Devil Lord could regain all his powers, they were confident that Vigilante A could be annihilated with just a flip of his palm.

Regardless of how they thought, Cang Lang had already left quietly.

It seemed that the wolf had found the idea that it had been seeking.

Black Robe could not resist his criticisms after he saw Nie Yuan’s excitement. “You had done nothing more than just giving him a sentence-long idea. Everything else was done by itself. Do you think that it would still be so kind to hand you such a big clan?”

“Um…” Realisation struck Nie Yuan and he quickly thanked Black Robe, “What wise advice, Brother Robe. That fellow would only burn the bridge after crossing it, and never hand the Greater Rat Clan to us. What ideas do you have, Brother Robe?”

“Hmph, let him deal with the problems now. If he really tries to play trick on us, I at least have 50% confidence in dealing with this white wolf even if I can do nothing towards the old mouse,” said Black Robe self-assuredly.

50%? It was probably around 80%.

Only then did relief overcome Nie Yuan. At the same time, he secretly made up his mind and told himself that power and strength was the only and true answer for everything. Wisdom was nothing but icing to the cake.

Wisdom could only grant them temporary advantages, but never long-term success.

Looking back at the history of mankind, those who could claim the ultimate victory all had deeply established foundations, great powers, and influential status. None of them were weak forces that are good at strategies and tricks.