"Ox-Head and Horse-Face" finally responded. "Really?"
Fleeting Smoke: "Naturally. This junior would not dare joke about something like this. I will send over the retrieved Soul-Snatching Rope right away."
Yunxi then moved her divine sense, took the box sealing the Soul-Snatching Rope from her Storage Bracelet, and sent it to "Ox-Head and Horse-Face" through the Chat Group. She also explained:
"Beneath this Evil Formation, there was a thread of the Evil God's soul hidden away. Nourished by the demon souls forcibly seized by the Soul-Snatching Rope, it has grown considerably stronger—slightly stronger even than the thread of the Evil God's soul that was previously inside the Soul-Collecting Mirror.
"As soon as this junior recovered the Soul-Snatching Rope, I intended to contact you, Senior. However, I had just rescued a batch of demon souls and needed to return them to their original bodies as quickly as possible, which delayed me. That is why I am only sending it over now.
"If this item is confirmed to have been lost by the Underworld, perhaps we can follow the vine to find the Evil God's Retinue hiding within the Underworld and eliminate this hidden danger as well."
"Ox-Head and Horse-Face" on the other end of the Chat Group accepted the item. He did not reply to Yunxi for a long time, but Yunxi was in no hurry and simply waited online.
She had not yet sent out the Soul-Collecting Mirror that held the Evil God's divine soul. Sending out the Soul-Snatching Rope was merely bait; sending out the Soul-Collecting Mirror was her true objective. After all, keeping that thing by her side was far too dangerous.
Only after a quarter of an hour did "Ox-Head and Horse-Face" reply:
"The Soul-Snatching Rope you sent back is a very important clue. The Underworld will follow