Chapter - 3437

"Did the Nimbus Sect know of our plans?"

"Of course!"

Upon hearing this, Vesper fell silent.

She pondered for a moment, then suddenly, her expression turned cold. "Fine, I'll let you have what you want. If we fight over it, nobody wins. However, my terms remain the same. I'm taking the pretty boy with me!"

Aretta was suddenly filled with rage.

"There's nothing between him and me!"

"Hehe, if there isn't, why not hand him over to me? I won't kill him. If I do, you can simply come at me for revenge."

Suddenly, Vesper turned her gaze toward Zeke, her face breaking into a smile. "Hey, pretty boy, would you like to come with me? If you choose not to, all of you will meet your doom."

"I..." Before Zeke could even finish his sentence, he felt as if the world was spinning around him.

Upon regaining his senses, he found himself unexpectedly by Vesper's side, causing a sudden chill to run through his body.

"You!" Zeke's body shuddered violently.

What kind of sorcery is this? How did I end up here?

Vesper chuckled softly, reaching out to him with one hand and grabbing him by the neck.

"Vesper!" Aretta exclaimed in shock. Her voice was cold as she added, "You're quite the cunning one, aren't you? You had everything planned out in advance and even had a trick up your sleeve."

Upon seeing Aretta seemingly overwhelmed with shock and anger, Vesper couldn't help but beam with delight.

"It's your fault for arriving late. I had already set my plan in motion without you noticing. Originally, I intended to capture the strongest among them alive, but it seems that's no longer necessary. This pretty boy will do."

At that moment, a twitch tugged at the corner of Morvran's mouth.

He never would have guessed that the object was initially intended to be used against him.

Presumably, the intention was to catch them off guard. However, the plan backfired. Aretta's sudden appearance had disrupted the cunning scheme.

Now that Zeke had been taken away, he breathed a sigh of relief.

From a distance, he expressed his gratitude toward Zeke with a respectful bow.

"Zeke, I appreciate you rescuing us."

Zeke nearly choked on his own frustration.

"What a load of crap!" he cursed under his breath.

If not for the fact that Zeke was captured and Morvran was out of his reach, Zeke might have beaten the latter up already.

What's there to thank me for!

"Let him go!" Aretta demanded. She didn't pay attention to what was happening between Morvran and Zeke.

"You can try to catch me later," Vesper said with a playful chuckle. In an instant, her figure transformed into a black mist, engulfing Zeke within it.

Inside the black mist, Zeke saw Vesper staring fearfully at Aretta's red flags. Shortly after, a tremendously powerful teleportation energy was felt within the black mist, instantly transforming the ground beneath him.

At this point, Zeke understood that he was being taken away.

After the black mist dissipated, there was no sign of Aretta.

Here, it was the outside world, and the exact location was unknown.

Vesper finally loosened her grip, letting him go.

Surrounding him were countless malicious gazes, all of them incredibly fierce.

"Lord Vesper, let's kill him!"

"This kid is only at mid-stage peak, yet he dares to insult you. He even had the audacity to behave with impunity in front of us!"

"Indeed, he deserves to die. We..."

"Shut up!" Vesper barked, her icy gaze sweeping over them.

"It's all your fault for not being prepared enough. That's why our ambush failed and we lost the Demonic Lotus petal. If you had hidden yourselves better and not rushed me to come out, we could have taken Aretta by surprise. If we had captured her, my worries would have been resolved!"

All the demonic cultivators bowed their heads, not daring to speak any further.

Among them, Zeke felt like he was sitting on pins and needles, his skin crawling with unease.

He let out a dry chuckle, turning to look at Vesper.

"Lord Vesper, I didn't say anything outrageous to you before. I was merely trying to calm my men down..."

"Hehe." Vesper broke into a wicked smile, revealing her pearly white teeth. "Didn't you insist on a suicide attack earlier? Otherwise, I was able to control the situation even if Aretta showed up."

Zeke's lips twitched, cursing to himself.