Rise of The Demon General

Chapter 212: Chapter 212. Negotiating an Alliance

Dao Se was observing Amon as he made the threat. He didn’t perceive any changes in Amon’s expression or body movements. The boy was completely calm.

’Is he truly fifteen years old?’ Dao Se couldn’t help but think.

It was true that people with high cultivation could maintain their young appearance despite their advanced age, but that usually happened after the cultivators entered the Martial Realm. The Transformation Stage slowed the aging, but they couldn’t revert their appearance to a young façade. But even if one reached a Martial realm, as he did, one could still not revert their appearance to that of a teenager.

”Let’s just hear what you have to propose first,” Gao Lan said.

Amon nodded. ”I want to propose an alliance,” he said.

”Hahaha!” Dao Se laughed. ”An alliance is something that is done between two equal parties. I don’t think your little gang qualified to be considered equal to mine. If you perhaps offered for your gang to join the Sewer Snakes, then that I can consider.”

”I disagree. I don’t think my group is less than yours,” Amon replied. ”I’ve already proven my group’s ability to cause trouble to the Street Aristocrats. They cannot do anything to stop us even after so long.”

”That’s because you are hiding in the dark,” Gao Lan said.

”All underworld’s activities are hidden in the dark,” Amon countered.

”Whatever,” Dao Se said. ”We can already determine that our two groups are not equal solely based on the leaders. I am a Beginning Mystic Stage of the Martial Realm, and you are...”

”Peak Strength Stage Human Realm,” Amon answered.

”Impressive cultivation for a fifteen-year-old kid. But still, it is heaven and earth compared to mine. I can wipe you out with a thought, and there is nothing you can do about it.”

”Maybe, but I’m not here today to measure dicks with you. I’m here to offer you an alliance to take down the Street Aristocrats. You have already seen how effective we are in causing them trouble. With our aid, you can expand your territory easier, even to the Silk Street District that you so coveted.”

Dao Se’s expression changed when he heard Amon’s words.

”How do you know I want that district...?” Dao Se asked.

”It is a deductive guess,” Amon replied.

”And what deduction do you base that guess on?” Gao Lan asked.

”I’ve studied the pattern by which you expand your territory,” Amon answered. ”The Sewer Snakes have expanded a lot in the past few years. However, if we look at your territory from the map, it has an elongated outline. Such an outline made it difficult to defend. You must spread your men all over your territory, as opposed to a round or square outline where you only need to defend the border. There are territories in the South where you can expand, but you insist on going East. The answer is because you have a target.”

”There are a lot of districts in the East. What makes you think we specifically want the Silk Street District?” Gao Lan asked again.

Amon smiled. ”It is because of your underground arena.”

Dao Se narrowed his eyes. ”What about it?” He asked.

”Your arena provides a lot of matches, but the highlight is the matches against spirit beasts. You somehow secured the license to keep live spirit beasts for your matches. However, the materials harvested from the slain spirit beasts were regulated. You can keep the normal materials, but all the rare ones you must hand to the kingdom.

”In the Silk Street District, there happens to be a kingdom-approved spirit beast processing facility. If you gain the district and cooperate with that facility, you will have a place to mask the output of your spirit beasts’ materials. You can secretly keep some of the rare materials. However, the main reason you are targeting the district is the specialist heading the spirit beast processing facility, a specialist named Mu Sou.”

Amon paused for a few seconds. Dao Se and Gao Lan didn’t say anything, so he resumed, ”Mu Sou is an eccentric person, but he is skilled at harvesting spirit beast materials. The rarer the spirit beast, the harder it is to harvest the materials. If one is not careful, the materials are destroyed during harvesting. If you have Mu Sou under your thumb, you can have him harvest the rare spirit beasts from your arena. With his skill, he could harvest more materials than the average specialist. You can hand over the normal quota while keeping the extra materials gained from Mu Sou’s expertise. This way, the kingdom won’t suspect a thing.

”With Mu Sou and his facility in your hand, you can increase the profits from your underground arena by many times.”

The room was silent after Amon stopped speaking. The silence was finally dispelled by Dao Se’s clapping.

”I applaud you for your observation. You’ve proven yourself to be very smart,” Dao Se said. His face then turned savage. ”But that is also your mistake. If you think I will let you leave after learning that you know our secret, you must be out of your mind.”

Dao Se’s aura erupted again. But this time, his purpose was not to intimidate. He was planning to attack for real.

”Hold!” Amon shouted.

”Save your breath. Nothing you said will save you. You’ve brought this upon yourself,” Dao Se uttered.

”It should be a few more seconds!” Amon exclaimed. At the same time, he jumped back to put more distance.

Dao Se, who was about to lunge, stopped. ”A few more seconds for what?” He asked.

”Wait, and you will know,” Amon answered.

”Fuck you! You think I will fall for such tricks?” Dao Se said. He lunged forward. Vapors of water converged on his forefinger.

He thrust the forefinger forward. The water vapor transformed into a sharp and long needle. The water needle pierced through Amon and caused a hole in the wall behind.

”Very good,” Dao Se praised. His attack didn’t pierce Amon. It was only his afterimage. Amon had already moved away when Dao Se thrust his finger.

When Dao Se was about to perform his second attack, the sound of an explosion was heard. The entire room was also shaking.

After the shaking stopped, Amon said, ”If you attack me again, there will be more explosions. Explosions enough to bury this entire place, you and I included.”