Could it be that it has also sensed that the Yu Family is coming, and is deliberately waiting for the right moment to collaborate from inside and outside?

No, that's not right.

Zhao Yi thought that it didn't have the brains for that, and besides, having lost its memory, it wouldn't know what the Yu Family is.

He might be overthinking the matter.

Zhao Yi frowned slightly, measured the height difference with his palm, and then looked back from the direction the dog was facing.

It's that rock wall with the divine mind map.

Although the dog was at the bottom of the pool, the rock wall was high, and the dog could still see it.

Considering its current state, it should have entered the divine mind map seeking spiritual escape, avoiding the immense physical pain it was enduring.

It really does have a way.

Thankfully, the divine mind map only recorded a short segment without any battle scenes. Had it been longer, richer, or contained scenes of the mongrel and Yu Tiannan battling together, it would be truly disastrous.

Zhao Yi casually tossed out a few talisman papers and formed seals with both hands. The papers landed on nearby stones, which automatically coalesced into a small figurine.

"Go!"

The figurine ran towards the dark pool, but as soon as it jumped down, before it could land, a chain fiercely lashed out, pulverizing it instantly.

"Tsk."

No choice; the restriction's intensity is weakening very slowly, we can only wait it out gradually.

At this point, there was a fierce disturbance from the direction they entered.

Liang Yan: "Someone's coming down."

Liang Li: "Sun Yan couldn't stop them."

Zhao Yi: "Sun Yan could never have stopped them."

Facing the Yu Family, Sun Yan couldn't even qualify to rush forward desperately.

Zhao Yi hoped she would hide and not sacrifice herself needlessly.

Hmm, fortunately, it was a needless worry. Zhao Yi believed that she probably wouldn't willingly sacrifice herself without him watching.

Heh, even a loose team isn't without advantages.

...

As Zhao Yi expected, upon realizing the small animals she sent out started to converge towards her inexplicably without being summoned, Sun Yan began to panic.

It felt normal when those small animals were discovered and killed, but the reverse tracking back to her reminded Sun Yan of the fear of being dominated by the Yu Family.

Therefore, after crushing a snake egg to send a warning to the boss, Sun Yan left that area.

Throughout, she hadn't even faced the mysterious figure.

Soon, at the spot where Sun Yan had been hiding, seven people dressed in black robes appeared.

Among them were men, women, the old, and the young.

Uniformly, their eyes had been gouged out, a vine ran through between their ears, their noses were cut off, and their tongues were severed.

Each bore marks on their arms and legs, a sign of being shackled for years.

Furthermore, atop each person's head lay an animal.

Some had a coiled snake, a sitting cat, others a lizard, parrot... The one standing in the center, evidently the leader, had a pure white dog on his head.

These animals appeared elderly, with sporadic demon energy, indicating their low rank as demon beasts.

But when these seven people appeared, the surrounding mountain forest fell silent, revealing the true power lay with these seven lowly demons and the people beneath them being isolated from external perception.

The white dog scanned the surroundings, asking, "Why are you here?"

The other six animals couldn't even speak human words, responding only in their own sounds.

White dog: "Oh right, it's to support the Righteous Path, ha."

Clearly, not even the white dog believed this.

But before setting off, it was repeatedly reminded to say this repeatedly.

The white dog didn't understand what was worth defending in this deliberate suppression of the Demon Clan by the Righteous Path.

Obviously, home was already paradise for demons, where the Yu family was either bred or dissected for Secret Technique research, yet outside, they still had to operate under the Yu family's banner.

They were the lowest tier at home, lacking talent, with few years left, unable to transform, but this time the Yu slaves assigned to them were of extremely high quality.

In the past, Yu Family members of this caliber wouldn't even glance at them when choosing a companion demon beast.

Such worthless defective products could only be skinned and refined into medicine, without even the qualification of being raised.

Yet now, these seven people had to obey them, because although they themselves were treated like this, their wives and children were still being bred at home, just like the Yu family once bred demon beasts.

The difference was, unlike most demon beasts, humans seemed more concerned about bloodline inheritance and would do anything for their loved ones.

The white dog wagged its sparse tail, saying, "Go down."

They went directly into Shuilian Cave without guidance, nor knowing how to avoid encounters.

Thus, they faced a series of restrictive attacks along the way.

This gave Zhao Yi ample time to set up the Defensive Array.

Once they crossed the restriction barrier and were about to reach the core area inside, three Yu slaves, along with their demon companions, perished en route.

The white dog was unharmed, well-protected, and its Yu slave was the strongest among the seven.

Observing the other three people's demon companions, the white dog made a disdainful sound:

"You've come all this way, yet you thought you could return alive? The ancestor granted us freedom, the old lady bred us, now it's time for us to repay."