CHAPTER 1861 DUPING
Zain carefully took everything into consideration after hearing what Enoch said. Indeed, it was highly unlikely for him to use the royal family's secret method to enter the Demon Sealing Palace while all of the three teams were trying to restrain each other. Originally, he planned to temporarily cooperate with Layla so that they could defeat Enoch. However, if they followed Enoch's plan, they could actually avoid any needless confrontation. Moreover, he thought that if only the three of them entered the palace, he still had the greatest chance of acquiring Phillip's spiritual power.
"Fine. I agree with your plan. Let's not indulge ourselves in unnecessary bloodshed. Since we are the three main candidates, it is just fitting that we finish this last part by ourselves. How about you Layla? Do you also agree?" Zain turned to Layla as he finally made up his mind.
"Sure. It might for the best." Of course, Layla also had no reason to object to this proposal. Her team was known to be the weakest among the three, and she knew that she had no chance of winning if it came to an all-out war against the two teams. However, if only she, Zain, and Enoch would enter the palace, she thought that she still might have a chance to succeed. Hence, she could just agree to it.
"All right then. First, let's inform our teams about our decision and gather all of them. Although I know the method to break the enchanted barrier, we will still need enough manpower to overcome it," Zain declared after the three of them reached an agreement.
Shortly after, the three teams gathered in front of the Demon Sealing Palace, and it could be said that the atmosphere was rather peaceful.
"Listen! Just now, I have reached an agreement with Prince Zain and Princess Layla that we won't need to fight each other just so we can determine who can enter the palace. We decided that the three of us will enter the palace at the same time, but we will need everyone's help to open the enchanted barrier first. After that, the rest of the teams will just wait outside until one of us is able to accomplish the task," Enoch announced loud and clear.
After all the warriors in the three teams heard about the agreement between the three candidates, they began discussing among themselves. Obviously, they were happy that they could avoid such a large- scale battle. In each team, there were premium-grade and medium-grade Shura Realm masters. Thus, if a battle broke out, it would be inevitable that some would die or be seriously injured. Therefore, this was indeed great news for them.
"I highly doubt that Prince Enoch has no ulterior motive. It is too good to be true. I can only assume that he is plotting something behind their backs," Valeria mumbled with a cold snort.
"I agree. He is just duping all of them. How can you trust someone who is in collusion with the demonic race? They will be in grave danger if they will not see through Enoch's schemes," Rocky actually wanted to stop Princess Layla from agreeing with Enoch's plan, but he deemed that it was not the best time to show himself. Hence, he had no chance but to observe and wait for some more until the demoness made a move. That was the only time that they could take action and stop her.
Now that the powerful warriors from the three teams learned that they did not need to fight each other, they began to lower their guards. They had gone through all kinds of dangers before they reached the palace, and they were all exhausted. Hence, now that they received some good news, they were so relieved, thinking that there would not be any threat from here on.
Right from the start, these warriors' main purpose was to escort the three most likely candidates of the throne and assist them in the journey towards the Demon Sealing Palace. Now that they had completed their mission, they just wanted to catch a break.
Of course, the first time they heard Enoch's proposal, many of them were suspicious about the prince's sincerity. But perhaps, because they were already tired of fighting, they just chose to believe in him. After all, it was the most convenient option. Now that the burden was lifted off them, they just wanted the three candidates to handle the rest of the task until one of them accomplished the ultimate goal.
Therefore, it did not take them quite a while to also agree with the plan.
Soon enough, Zain asked Layla and Enoch to gather their men. They would now join hands to force open the enchanted barrier that surrounded the Demon Sealing Palace.
Just as everyone knew, it was impossible to directly destroy the barrier even if they used all of their combined powers. However, with the secret technique that was passed down by the previous rulers, it would allow them to create a small crack on the barrier, which would enable a few people to enter the palace for a limited time.
Of course, if only the three candidates went inside, there should be enough time for them.
While everyone was busy making some preparations, Enoch secretly made eye contact with the demoness, signaling that their plan was working. The reason why the demoness asked Enoch to persuade Zain and Layla was that she wanted all the powerful warriors available to gather. Then, when the time was ripe, she would use the demonic race's holy treasure to absorb the spiritual power of these warriors, which would be the key to break the barrier of the palace.
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After everyone was ready, the powerful masters at the Shura Realm followed Zain, Layla, and Enoch in front of the entrance of the palace.
"Listen! I need you to gather your power on me while I am employing the secret method to break the barrier." After saying that, Zain eventually took a few steps forward and quickly motioned his hands in front of his chest. Then, he started using the royal family's secret technique.
At the same time, all the Shura Realm masters behind him, as well as Layla and Enoch, began to exert all their strength and transferred their power to him.
In an instant, a beam of divine light shot out from Zain's fingertip and reached the entrance of the Demon Sealing Palace. Then, as expected, a blue light barrier instantly emerged, blocking the divine light. This was the enchanted barrier that surrounded the palace.
Seeing this, Zain continued to summon the divine light in an attempt to break the barrier in front of them.
However, after a long while, it seemed that the power of the divine light could not even make a scratch on the barrier.
Zain's brows furrowed as he felt that something was not going right. In theory, his secret skill must have opened the barrier by now.
Two hours had already elapsed, but the enchanted barrier still remained unaffected. Obviously, at this point, some of the Shura Realm masters already began to become exhausted and impatient.
"What is happening? Are we just exhausting our strength for nothing? Is this really going to work?" Eventually, some of them voiced their frustration and disappointment.
"Is the enchanted barrier of the Demon Sealing Palace this powerful? We have already exerted our full strength, but it seems that it isn't enough to break it!"
"I can't believe this! Maybe he's not doing the secret skill the right way!"
Because of their exasperation, some of the warriors began to question Zain's ability.
Of course, Zain heard everything that they were saying, and thus he also felt extremely pressured. Never did he expect that the process of breaking the barrier would be this difficult.
"Maybe it's better if we stop for a while and take a quick rest!" Princess Layla finally spoke up when she saw that things weren't working out as they expected.
However, just as the warriors at the Shura Realm began to feel exhausted, the demoness suddenly let out a cold laughter. "Are you having a hard time? Then, let me make things easier for you!"
Upon hearing her voice, all of the warriors, as well as Layla and Zain, could not help but look at her. No one among them knew who she was, so they felt rather confused.
Then, the next moment, the demoness instantly leaped into the air, unleashing a black mist that enveloped her whole body. Immediately after, a formidable Spiritual Domain spread out, engulfing every warrior of the Shura Race in the scene.