Just now, an invitation was sent by another lord whose strength is not weaker than the Wolf King Lord, and who is adjacent to this place, inviting the Wolf King Lord to attend a banquet in his territory.

From the soul of the Wolf King Lord, Ye Qiu had gained knowledge of this lord, and their strengths were quite evenly matched; otherwise, if one were significantly stronger, the other would have been annexed long ago.

However, for this equally powerful lord to invite the Wolf King Lord, it clearly isn’t for anything good, like a friendly chat.

It should be a Hongmen Banquet.

According to the previous personality of the Wolf King Lord, he naturally wouldn’t attend personally, at most sending a representative, such as the Think Tank with a fancy hairdo. Otherwise, if he went rashly, as a lord, he could easily be killed directly and his territory annexed thereafter.

However, the previous Wolf King Lord is already dead, and now it’s Ye Qiu.

No one anticipated this situation.

The other party is just a minor lord at the level of the Wolf King Lord. Honestly, Ye Qiu wasn’t particularly worried because he had never seen a peer who could kill him.

Moreover, Ye Qiu had just conceived a crazy idea; this Hongmen Banquet might not be a bad opportunity for him.

Two days later, the Wolf King Lord’s avatar led a squad of orcs and set out to another territory.

Ye Qiu naturally went along, as the avatar’s strength was limited, and with Ye Qiu there, he could better manage whatever might happen.

After a journey of approximately four hours, they reached their destination.

This lord is a Golden Leopard, known as Jin Bao Lord.

"Wolf King Lord, our master has prepared the feast and is waiting for your esteemed arrival."

As the footsteps stopped, an elder with grayed hair emerged from Jin Bao Lord’s base camp. He wore loose pants on his lower body, seemingly to conceal his true form. Ye Qiu couldn’t discern what ancient beast this guy was.

Such half-beast ancient beasts generally liked to use clothing to cover parts of their bodies that couldn’t transform into human form, akin to the primitive transition to civilization where people learned about aesthetics and liked to cover vital parts with leaves.

Ye Qiu did not recognize this elder’s identity, but surely he wouldn’t be Jin Bao Lord.

The Wolf King Lord’s avatar nodded without saying a word, walking straight into Jin Bao’s base camp.

Ye Qiu’s soul within the Wolf King Lord’s body naturally kept silent to avoid arousing suspicion from the opponent, so Ye Qiu still tried to mimic the original Wolf King Lord in terms of voice and speech patterns.

Ye Qiu followed behind, while the half-beast elder stared at Ye Qiu for a long while, then smacked his lips, even though he hid it well, Ye Qiu could still sense the elder’s thirst.

Apparently, knowing Ye Qiu was human, he showed a desire to eat him.

Ye Qiu didn’t speak and merely smiled at the half-beast elder. If things went south, he would show the elder what hard cuisine really meant!

The stone house of Jin Bao was noticeably more luxurious than that of the Wolf King Lord, differing greatly in size alone.

Inside the stone house, Ye Qiu saw a middle-aged man sitting centrally, with long, golden hair draped, sipping wine at ease.

This must be Jin Bao Lord. Ye Qiu’s heart stirred, and a voice emitted from the Wolf King Lord’s mouth, faintly: "I’m not late, am I?"

"Not late, not late," Jin Bao put down the wine glass in his hand, smiling.

Oh.

When Jin Bao’s gaze fell on Ye Qiu, he uttered a soft "oh" and chuckled, "Brother Wolf King, is this a delicious gift from you for me?"

Wolf King Lord blandly retorted, "This is my Think Tank, not food, Brother Jin Bao, don’t set your sights on my Think Tank."

"Brother Wolf King’s getting more interesting, using a human as his Think Tank, impressive, impressive!" Jin Bao laughed heartily, his gaze moved off Ye Qiu, clearly regarding him as mere food, a weak creature over whom he could exercise life and death, unable to sense Ye Qiu’s concealed strength.

Of course, it wasn’t that Ye Qiu hid all auras; he just maintained his power at the Void Realm level. To Jin Bao, everything below the Transformation Realm was mere ant-like, so he didn’t care.

"Brother Jin Bao, shall we begin the banquet?" urged the Wolf King Lord.

Jin Bao Lord chuckled, "Brother Wolf King, you’re too eager, let’s wait a bit, there’s another acquaintance of ours arriving soon."

Oh?

Wolf King Lord feigned surprise, showing reflection. "Brother Jin Bao invited others too?"

"Don’t mind, Brother Wolf King, it’s a feast, how could only you be invited, better more the merrier," Jin Bao smiled.

Since here, just go with the flow.

Wolf King Lord did not speak further, Ye Qiu and Taishan stood behind him in silence as well.

The stone house fell quiet, this silence lasted about half the time for an incense to burn, finally, Jin Bao’s aforementioned other person appeared.

As this figure appeared, Wolf King Lord showed a surprising look, which was feigned by Ye Qiu, indeed when Jin Bao saw Wolf King Lord’s expression, he smiled slightly.

Evidently, everything was within his grasp; he had anticipated Wolf King’s surprise.

"Jin Bao Lord, you..."

The later-arriving lord, Ye Qiu knew, was a nemesis of Wolf King Lord, initially defeated when Wolf King Lord rose to power by annexing this person’s territory, leading to his current achievements; unexpectedly, the opponent would show up here today.

"Long time no see." This person limped in, walking with difficulty. Ye Qiu further knew why this person was lame; it was Wolf King Lord’s doing.

This person, like the Wolf King Lord, was also a wolf, but while Wolf King Lord was the victor once, this person used to be the banished.

"Well, everyone’s here," Jin Bao Lord laughed heartily, ready to start the banquet.

Following Jin Bao Lord’s instruction, the previously welcoming half-beast elder shook a finger bell, soon more half-beasts appeared.

These half-beasts were unlike those Ye Qiu had seen before, as they were beautiful female half-beasts, each carrying a large stone mill plate covered with a lid.

They then walked to the three stone tables and gently placed them on top.

The large stone mill plate occupied nearly the entire table, with a strong aroma wafting from within.

Ye Qiu rubbed the tip of his nose; the scent of blood was rather pungent.

Just when Ye Qiu was curious about what this contained, the lid was lifted by the serving female half-beast.

Immediately, there was a churning feeling from Ye Qiu’s abdomen, a strong wave of nausea quickly surged.

The stone mill plate was filled with various human body parts, all being served as food.