"Venerable Kou?"
"How had he suddenly appeared here? Behind us? On the fourth floor of the Sun-Treasure Divine Pagoda?"
The moment that calm voice fell, whether it was Devil Ancestor Qianyun, whom Wei Tu had deliberately contacted through voice transmission, or Jiao Changyi, the bald-browed elder, and Heavenly Crane Ancestor, all were startled.
The former was shocked that Wei Tu had suddenly stepped in to save him just as he was nearing defeat.
The latter three, meanwhile, were shocked that Wei Tu was still alive.
After all—after killing the Nether Infant Buddha Tiger, they had clearly seen within its bones portions of Wei Tu's demon body that the tiger had yet to digest.
How could they not be utterly shocked by the sudden revival of someone who should already have been dead?
What they found even harder to understand was that Wei Tu had clearly seen through Devil Ancestor Qianyun's cultivation at this moment and knew that they, the pursuers, held an absolute advantage... so why had he rushed in without regard for his life to save him and obstruct them?
"This Kou is no ordinary figure either. His strength may well surpass that remnant soul of the Devil Ancestor," Heavenly Crane Ancestor, who was pursuing Devil Ancestor Qianyun, paused slightly in midair and cautioned Jiao Changyi and the bald-browed elder in a vigilant tone.
Though a Demon Venerable stood one major realm below a Devil Ancestor.
A peak Great Demon Venerable and a "remnant soul of a Devil Ancestor" naturally possessed vastly different strength.
Before they had tested each other in battle, no one could know just how terrifying the other's strength and hidden trump cards might be.
Just like himself, Devil Ancestor Qianyun had surely been quite confident when he launched his sneak attack on him... yet now,