And beside him was a young girl dressed in a purple gown. At a glance, she looked almost no different from a human woman; if not for the purest devil Qi enveloping her from head to toe, she could nearly have passed for the real thing.
This was a Devil Race member at the Nascent Soul Late Stage—and at the peak of the late stage at that, only one step away from Lihe.
Not only that, this woman was also rather beautiful. Ancient Devils were ever-changing in form to begin with, and among them were no few peerless beauties.
For example, Bingpo, who ranked among the nine True Devil Progenitors—when it came to stunning beauty, she had been inferior only to the Asura King and the Nine-Tailed Sky Fox of those days. The other so-called peerless beauties were nothing more than drifting clouds compared with this Devil Race Bingpo.
Of course, the purple-clad girl before him was merely passable; she was still a very great distance from the title of peerless beauty.
Hearing her ask, a trace of a cold smile appeared on the Iron-Winged Demon's face. "Don't worry. Those female cultivators of Horizon Sea Pavilion are carrying a large number of Top-grade Spirit Stones, as well as several hundred transformed Demon Cores. These things are all necessities for activating their Sect Protection Array. So no matter what, Horizon Sea Pavilion will never treat them as abandoned pieces. Liu Ying will most likely come personally. As long as she has no restrictions to assist her, without needing any other Ancient Devils to act, in a one-on-one fight, this venerable one will have not the slightest problem taking her down."
"My lord knows this so clearly—could it be that the Phantom Demons who infiltrated Yingzhou Island sent the intelligence back?"
"Correct.