Old Twilight's soul had already been divided into two parts. One part remained inside Old Twilight's body, while the other was stored in a string of skull prayer beads on Death Spirit General Nemor's wrist.
Nemor could communicate with Old Twilight through the prayer beads at any time. After learning of Old Twilight's entire plan, he looked at Mandin, the Dark Demon Clan chief kneeling before him, and said, "Infiltrate Xishi City and resurrect the Son of the Beast God within."
"Yes," Mandin replied respectfully. He transformed into a shadow, swiftly ran out of the cave, and headed toward an exit not far from the Shekou Defense Line.
Zheng Yuan and Zhang Zibo, who were patrolling outside Shekou, both sensed fluctuations of Dark Demon aura. They had long cultivated perception spells and had reached a considerable level. Alarmed and enraged, they hurried toward Mandin's location. However, it was already evening, and Mandin was extremely fast at night. Zheng Yuan and Zhang Zibo led their troops in pursuit for an hour without catching him. Eventually, they could no longer sense the Dark Demon's aura on a stretch of plains.
"Damn it!" Zheng Yuan cursed. "It must have been Mandin. I can recognize his aura. He actually dared to sneak over here. He must be plotting something."
Zhang Zibo said grimly, "Something's wrong. Let's go back and take a look."
"What is it?" Zheng Yuan asked.
Zhang Zibo asked, "How could a Dark Demon dare come over during the day? All the vegetation outside Shekou has been burned away. Where could he have hidden?"
Zheng Yuan suddenly understood. "He had been hiding there all along. There was a cave there?"
"Get back, now." Zhang Zibo called out and led his men running toward the spot where they had first sensed the Dark