Simultaneous travel: Starting from returning to the main god space.

Chapter 248 The Sage of Yokai: You didn't expect that, did you! I'm not dead! (Seeking monthly votes! Seeking follow-up subscriptions!)

Upon seeing the black dragon, Aizen's eyebrows twitched slightly, knowing that it was the dragon form of Acnologia, one of his fellow chat group members.

In his perception, although the other party's physical body was still active, his soul and mind were completely empty, as if he were already dead.

To be fair, although Aizen has always looked down on this guy who's all muscle and destructive desires, he has to admit that, purely in terms of destructive power, Acnologia is indeed among the top in the chat group.

Especially in its black dragon form, apart from the strongest Boros and Gilgamesh who has fully unleashed the Gate of Babylon, almost no one in the group is confident of defeating it.

But now, Acnologia is dead, and in such a bizarre way, with no visible injuries, that Aizen couldn't help but think of the girl in the chat group named Misaki Shokuhou, who possessed powerful mental abilities.

"Did you directly obliterate his soul and will with your mental power?"

Thinking of this, Aizen subconsciously looked in Zhan Lan's direction and found that this imposing woman was also looking at him.

The moment their eyes met, Aizen vaguely saw a giant, fiery bird that blotted out the sky spreading its wings and crying out behind him, and his soul involuntarily felt a burning pain.

"Ok!"

With a muffled groan, Aizen quickly averted his gaze, but tightened his grip on Kyoka Suigetsu, as if he were prepared to fight at the slightest provocation.

"Judging from your previous behavior, you don't seem to want to be our enemy. How about it, why don't you consider switching sides and joining our camp?"

Zhan Lan scrutinized Aizen for a while before asking a question. Clearly, she had already learned about Cheng Xiao and the others' interactions with Aizen through telepathy from their memories. She couldn't help but curl the corners of her lips into a smile of interest.

"I'm sorry, I'm afraid I can't do that."

Aizen did not loosen his grip on the long sword, but still said with a gentle smile, "You seem to already know about the chat group, so you should also know that we have a group owner who manages the chat group."

While that guy can't directly control our actions, if he discovers any rebellious behavior, he can restrict our power and send us back to our respective worlds... though he rarely does that.

"Really? Then why isn't he doing that now?"

Zhan Lan asked doubtfully, "If it's really as you say, he could send you back to your respective worlds first, and then summon you back. Wouldn't that break our plan to defeat you one by one?"

"I don't know about this."

Aizen shook his head. "Similar things have happened before, like that one-eyed monster. He's the strongest being in the chat group right now. Back then, we all went to his world to challenge him, but we were almost killed by him all by ourselves."

At that time, the group leader used his ability to teleport us all back to our original world; there's absolutely no mistake about that.

"There's another possibility..."

Suddenly, a calm and indifferent voice rang out. Looking in the direction of the voice, a familiar black mosaic unfolded in mid-air, and Chu Xuan and Zhu Wen, dressed in black god rune suits, walked out from it together.

It is worth noting that the former is holding a glass bottle filled with yellow liquid, and there appear to be two spherical objects floating inside.

Upon closer inspection, it was clearly Madara Uchiha's Rinnegan.

Before anyone could ask in surprise, Chu Xuan spoke first: "If I'm not mistaken, the reason that group owner didn't use that teleportation ability is because this is the God's Space, and the priority mechanism may exceed the chat group's permissions in the other party's hands."

Perhaps the other party can bring non-reincarnated members into this world, but for them to leave, the group leader themselves must not be trapped in the reincarnation world.

"Is this so..."

Hearing Chu Xuan's words, Lan Ran's eyes flickered slightly: "Now that you mention it, I remember that every time we helped... helped the East Sea team kill some powerful figures from horror movies, the group leader never teleported us back before the mission was completed. Now that I think about it, this must be the reason."

"If that's the case, then things will be much easier."

As he said this, Chu Xuan looked at Aizen again and said, "I can roughly guess what you're thinking. You don't want to be controlled by others, but you don't want to give up the convenience that the chat group provides, so you're putting on a show of not putting in any effort." "You're very smart. It seems you must be the sage of the Central Continent Reincarnation Squad."

Aizen smiled slightly: "In that case, you should understand what I want."

"can."

Chu Xuan nodded: "Although I am not the captain of the Central Continent Team, I can make the decision to make you an unofficial member of the Central Continent Team."

Then, he looked at the spatial passage behind Zhan Lan and said, "The same applies to you, Imhotep, and... the Demon Sage."

A sage among monsters? What does that mean!
Not to mention Aizen, when the members of the two squads of the Central Continent Demons heard the last name Chu Xuan uttered, they couldn't help but show a look of astonishment. They subconsciously looked at Zhan Lan, only to find that her expression was very calm, and immediately understood what was going on.

"Oh my! This deal is really hard to refuse."

A black spatial rift appeared from the world covered in yellow sand, and a blonde beauty in a purple Taoist robe stepped out, smiling and greeting everyone.

"Alright everyone, I am Yakumo Yukari. I look forward to your continued support."

"Ah this..."

Cheng Xiao scratched his head, looked at Zhan Lan who had a calm and collected expression, and asked weakly, "Captain's wife, what exactly is going on? Elder Yukari... cough cough! I mean, Miss Yakumo Yukari, wasn't she already killed by you before?"

"After all, he is a fourth-tier expert. Even if he is ambushed, it won't be so easy for him to die."

Zhan Lan shrugged: "I just received a telepathic message from Yakumo Yukari before we made our move. She said she was willing to cooperate with our Zhongzhou team to win this team battle."

"I figured I couldn't possibly get rid of her all at once, so I might as well take a gamble and stage a fake death with her."

The result was quite good. I was able to easily defeat that black dragon thanks in no small part to Ms. Yukari Yakumo… and of course, Imhotep as well.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the bald high priest, who was walking out of the spatial passage, paused for a moment, then nodded somewhat awkwardly.

"So that's how it is. As expected of the Sage of Yokai, I must say, in terms of decisiveness and wisdom, I have lost to you this time."

Aizen laughed, then stood up and looked at Chu Xuan, saying, "I accept your proposal, and am even willing to pledge my allegiance like Ms. Yakumo Yukari, but before that, there is one more thing I need to confirm."

“If you’re talking about Boros, then there’s nothing to worry about.”

As Chu Xuan said this, three more rapidly twisting and expanding vortex channels appeared behind him.

At the same time, Zhao Yingkong, Li Xiaoyi, Mou Gang, and Zheng Fuzha, who was still in a state of fusion, stepped out one after another, exuding a fierce aura that had just ended and had not yet completely dissipated.

Especially when he saw Zheng Fuzha, Aizen's vigilance reached its peak, and he felt a sense of oppression that he only felt when facing Boros and Wu Xian.

The Central Continent Team actually has a second such terrifyingly strong individual.

As Aizen pondered this, Chu Xuan's calm voice reached his ears.

"The real battle is about to begin."

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The previous chapter was slightly revised; Wu Xian obtained two-thirds of the Creation Jade Disc… After all, it's Chu Xuan and the Investiture of the Gods, so we should give the First Sage and the Great Thousand Artifacts some face; we can't just leave empty-handed, right?
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