The moment the Big Boss heard Zhao Shanshan's words, he knew things were about to go wrong. Sure enough, after Zhao Shanshan finished speaking, he could not help but answer again.
Hearing the Big Boss's reply, Zhao Shanshan and Mu Qingling exchanged a glance, both seeing delight in the other's eyes.
"Where did you see it, and who showed you the portrait?"
"It was..."
Pfft!
The Big Boss had only just uttered the word "was" when he spat out a mouthful of blood, then fell stiffly to the ground.
Zhao Shanshan's heart jolted. She hurriedly examined the Big Boss, and her expression changed at once, because he had already stopped breathing.
"Big sister, what happened to him?"
"He's dead."
"Dead?"
"Ling'er, could there be something wrong with your pill?"
Unable to determine how the Big Boss had died, Zhao Shanshan suspected Mu Qingling's pill. After all, Mu Qingling had developed it herself; perhaps it had some unforeseen aftereffects.
"No. Someone tampered with his soul. If he said something he should not have, his soul would be destroyed."
Just as Zhao Shanshan finished speaking, Little Black, who had still been in the form of a black dog, transformed into a human and spoke. Even Little Black was somewhat surprised.
It seemed that mysterious masked man was no simple character. He had tampered with the Big Boss's soul without even Little Black noticing.
"Y-you... it's you."
Looking at Little Black in human form, Zhao Shanshan said fearfully. She had recognized him—wasn't he one of the people who had killed Princess Zhao before?
No matter what, Zhao Shanshan had never expected that one of those three people had been Little Black in disguise. No wonder Little Black was so powerful.
Among the demonic beasts of the True Spirit Realm, those capable of taking