Former Interstellar Mercenary In Urban Cultivation World-Chapter 1362: The Real Devil

Even now, he hadn’t revealed his so-called "true face."

The answer was already clear.

Ryusoo Jin locked eyes with Amalia from beyond the battlefield.

She was smiling at him—this was the very person who had killed Elder Ryusoo Min.

After a pause, he responded, "What are the terms?" freēnovelkiss.com

"The Water Pearl," Amalia replied without hesitation.

Ryusoo Jin’s tone immediately shifted. "Impossible."

The Water Pearl was the treasured heirloom of their lineage, it has been passed down through generations of chiefs.

How could he give it to an outsider?

"Relax. I’m not interested in becoming your chief. I just want the Water Pearl. You can keep thinking it over, but from what I see, even if you can keep holding out, your people won’t last much longer."

Of the five devils that had attacked first, three of them were already dead.

The remaining two of them struggled to hold on, repeatedly shouting to save Ryusoo Jin—completely dragging him down with them.

No matter how much he tried to explain now, no one would believe him.

Worse yet, his people seemed to be wavering.

Their Tribe had indeed harbored devils.

That was a fact.

What if their chief had also been infected?

Watching his trusted men fall one by one, gravely injured, Ryusoo Jin’s expression turned grim and terrifying.

"Fine. I agree!"

Amalia’s lips curled into a smile. "Wealth, time to work."

Wealth who is nestled in her arms, shot out like a bolt of lightning, slamming into Toyun Kangmin who had been preparing a fatal blow against Ryusoo Jin.

Toyun Kangmin hadn’t expected someone to intervene.

Getting caught off guard, his attack was broken.

Realizing it was a demonic beast that had struck him, a bad premonition surged within him.

Amalia arrived at Ryusoo Jin’s side and blocked the combined attack from three other chiefs.

The three of them staggered back several steps.

Yeom Hwaun looked on in shock.

He never expected the one who saved Ryusoo Jin to be her.

"Why?"

Why save the man who murdered his father?

Amalia didn’t answer.

After buffering Ryusoo Jin, she lunged directly at Toyun Kangmin, her blade flashing with a biting chill as she slashed straight down.

"This woman actually saved a devil—she must be one herself! Everyone, kill her!" Toyun Kangmin shouted in rage and charged at Amalia.

"This whole show—I’ve already watched through it," Amalia said with a faint smile. "You’re clever, I’ll give you that. Before replacing Toyun Kangmin, I’m sure you did your homework on the tangled feuds among the five Tribes of the Oryeong Mountains. I don’t know the exact details, but I’m guessing the one who encouraged Ryusoo Jin to act against the previous leader of the Fire Vein Tribe was you, right?"

"Nonsense! You’re courting death!" Toyun Kangmin roared in fury, he was shocked beyond measure.

How did she see through it?

"Of course, for such a seamless setup, you’d need help from the inside too. Otherwise, you couldn’t have stayed hidden this long. Isn’t that right... Geumho Seungjae?" Amalia’s smiling gaze turned to Geumho Seungjae, who had remained mostly silent but had been vicious during the assault.

"I’d say you look more like a devil than anyone—sowing discord to reap the rewards while others fight," Geumho Seungjae said calmly.

For someone with only early Body Integration stage cultivation to provoke them was simply courting death.

Amalia wasn’t surprised, she still wearing her easy smile. "Then let’s see whether you kill me first... or we kill you."

"We?" Toyun Kangmin’s expression darkened.

"Of course. You don’t really think I’m the only one who saw through your lies, do you? If everyone else were that dumb, and ended up getting assimilated in the end, then they’d only have their own stupidity to blame. Don’t you agree, Elder Yeom?" Amalia looked toward Yeom Hwaryeon, whose face had grown increasingly grim.

"Elder, is this true?" Yeom Hwaun asked, confused.

How could Ryusoo Jin suddenly not be a devil?

Hadn’t they all been so certain before?

"I didn’t want to believe it at first either, but... what she said does make sense."

When Amalia exposed the truth, Yeom Hwaryeon immediately realized what had been bothering him.

Everything had progressed far too smoothly.

If Ryusoo Jin truly had been a devil, once the rumors spread yesterday, he should’ve known he’d become a suspect.

But judging by the Water Vein Tribe’s condition, they clearly hadn’t made any preparations.

That was not how a devil-corrupted Tribe should behave.

"If you still don’t believe it, then confront Ryusoo Jin directly. Wouldn’t that make everything clear?" After saying that, Amalia turned to Ryusoo Jin again. "They didn’t accuse you of being a devil just to destroy your Tribe—they really believe it. Because back then, you were the first one to suggest everyone to murder the previous leader of the Fire Vein Tribe."

Ryusoo Jin’s eyes widened.

Suddenly, he turned to look at a certain someone.

That person was not, as everyone assumed, Toyun Kangmin—but Geumho Seungjae.

"So it was you all along!" Ryusoo Jin’s eyes were bloodshot with rage.

Amalia spoke calmly, "Ryusoo Jin, back when the previous leader of the Fire Vein Trobe died, what exactly happened? Would you mind explaining to everyone?"

Ryusoo Jin clenched his jaw, grinding his teeth. "It was Geumho Seungjae who told me that the previous leader of the Fire Vein Leader had been corrupted by devils. He said the previous leader of the Fire Vein Tribe had frequently led people deep into the mountains, supposedly to rendezvous with those devils. He proposed we seal off the passage connecting mystic continent to the devil battlefield. But in truth, it was all a trap—he lured us there to wipe us out in one fell swoop—"

At that point, he abruptly stopped speaking, his pupils dilating in shock.

Amalia smiled. "Doesn’t it feel familiar? The tactics they used against you today... aren’t they oddly similar to those used against the previous leader of the Fire Vein Tribe back then?"

Indeed, back then, a group of devils had suddenly appeared to assist the Fire Vein Tribe, further cementing the belief that the previous leader of the Fire Vein Tribe had fallen under devils influence.