The Innkeeper

Chapter 1261 Plans within plans

Chapter 1261 Plans within plans

The two Heavenly immortals narrowed their eyes, observing the devil with great concern. Although it appeared as if the devil was standing next to Lex, both the devil and Lex were just illusions.

The laws that they saw seemed to indicate otherwise, but they had already determined that there was some entity messing with their senses - an entity far stronger than Lex himself, and possibly far stronger than themselves as well.

"Look, I'll say it one more time. Things don't have to get ugly. Just hand over Damian William and we'll just go our separate ways. None of this has to get ugly."

For a few moments more, the two Heavenly Immortals did not respond, as if deliberating. But then they smiled.

"Little Lex, I already told you once. You're in over your head."

Jeffrey's figure suddenly disappeared from the illusory Lex's hands, and appeared next to the two Heavenly Immortals. He was still tiny in stature, but his entire demeanor had changed. He no longer looked panicked and on the verge of a mental breakdown. Instead, he looked completely calm, as if everything was playing out according to his plan.

The atmosphere around the planet suddenly turned a light shade of red as a formation activated and covered the planet, trapping Lex within completely. On top of that, incredibly powerful spirit senses began sweeping the planet, searching for where his real body was hidden.

"You were planning this?" Lex asked curiously, though his expression did not change, nor did that of the devil beside him. In fact, the devil summoned a Pina Colada with a bright pink umbrella in the glass and began to sip from it.

"You're a scary guy, Lex," Jeffrey admitted honestly. "It takes a lot to scare me, and you did it, which means I never took you lightly for even a second. You know that seal inside my mind you tried to look through? I can hide my consciousness behind it as well. So while my outer consciousness was a bumbling buffoon, my inner consciousness was arranging everything. I was completely confident that you'd find a way to track me. Even if you didn't, it's not like I lost anything. Turns out, my plan was a success."

Lex smiled. It seems like while he was planning in secret, so was Jeffrey. Now it would come down to who had planned more thoroughly.

"You're over confident Lex. Just because the organization that supports you has a single Dao Lord, you think you're all that. But we're not even scared of the Henali as a whole, what makes you think you can do anything to us?"

Lex did not answer, and instead just kept looking at Jeffrey.

"It's impossible. You can't replicate this place in an illusion."

"Oh, can't I?" Lex asked softly, and raised his hand into the sky. "If this is not an illusion, then it would be pretty strange if I could... let's say, summon the lightning tribulations once more, without being the target of it."

Bairsh destroyed another mountain, but Lex was still not there.

Above the illusions hands, black clouds started to appear, floating towards the sky.

"These are just tricks. You can't really..." Jeffrey began, but his words were caught in his throat when the sound of thunder rumbled across the planet, and he felt the familiar aura of a lightning tribulation.

"These are just tricks. You can't really..." Jeffrey began, but his words were caught in his throat when the sound of thunder rumbled across the planet, and he felt the familiar aura of a lightning tribulation.

Everyone looked up, and the sky was red no more, instead covered in black lightning clouds. The sound of thunder roared across the planet, like the steady beat of a war drum right before a battle.

Jeffrey started to hyperventilate.

"If this is not an illusion, it would be pretty odd if, say, I just summoned a suit wearing dragon to fight for me," Lex whispered, yet Jeffrey heard the words like thunder in his mind.

The dragons hated Lex. They would never work with him! Never!

"I've found him this time!" Bairsh exclaimed, and launched an even stronger attack against another mountain. Yet before it could land, a massive claw appeared in thin air, blocking the attack as if it was blocking the wind.

A very handsome looking dragon wearing a dashing suit appeared in front of them, out of thin air.

"You're right. This totally can't be an illusion," Lex chuckled.