Luofeng Continent, Illusion Alliance Base.
Something felt off about today's council of elders.
[Rakshasa] was barely breathing, covered in wounds, and looked ready to kick the bucket at any moment.
[Blood Crow], meanwhile, seethed with resentment, faint signs of decline showing through.
As the Alliance Leader, [Heart Demon]'s aura was no different from usual, but the mask on his face had changed.
It was still a multifaceted mask bearing four expressions, but on closer inspection, the finer details of those expressions and the patterns on the mask seemed slightly different.
[White Crane] and [Yun Tian] exchanged glances, unsure what to say.
"Alliance Leader... that day, were you... all right?"
After hesitating for a long time, [White Crane] finally asked.
That day, he had distinctly sensed a trace of the Heavenly Dao's strange and powerful aura appearing in Luofeng Continent, precisely in the direction where [Heart Demon] had set up the Ten Directions Spirit-Subduing Array.
Everyone knew how the Fragment of the Heavenly Dao operated.
Recalling how the three members of [Last Dusk] had been caught cheating on the spot, it was not hard to guess what the Fragment of the Heavenly Dao had pursued them here to do.
"No harm done. I merely lost a clone."
That simple answer carried an entirely different weight in [White Crane]'s ears.
If a simple cloning spell could fool the Fragment of the Heavenly Dao, so many cultivators would not have revered him.
The force of that earth-shaking combined palm strike had been perceptible even at the Illusion Alliance Base.
It went without saying that [Heart Demon]'s strength and hidden trump cards were unfathomable.
[White Crane] and [Yun Tian] exchanged a glance and nodded to themselves.
They were determined to cling to this mighty pillar of support, [Heart Demon].
"That day, I caught a