The other two devil cultivators chased after her. When they learned that Scorpion Granny had fled into the inner city, they too flew into a rage and casually snapped the substitute's neck.
But with matters having come to this, they did not dare set foot in the inner city. They could only leave bitterly.
Not long after Scorpion Granny fled into the inner city, several powerful auras fixed their sights on her.
Fear gripped her heart. She rushed into a courtyard without slowing, and only then did those gazes trained upon her gradually withdraw.
Scorpion Granny had barely recovered from her fright when she saw corpses strewn haphazardly across the courtyard and the walls that had long since collapsed. She was so terrified that she dared not move.
Xu Chunniang turned around and gave her wrist a light flick. The devil blood staining the long blade in her hand was flung away, leaving no trace behind.
Only after sensing the Demonic Thoughts lurking in the shadows recede like the tide did she calmly put away her blade and glance sidelong at Scorpion Granny, who was kneeling on the ground.
"Is there something you need?"
Scorpion Granny kept her head lowered, not daring to look at the corpses around her.
These devil cultivators were all dead, yet while alive, not a single one of them had been someone she could easily provoke.
She lowered herself as far as she could. "I beg you, my lord, save me."
Xu Chunniang raised a brow slightly. "Save you?"
Scorpion Granny's heart sank. During the day, she had merely moved her lips and led the way, yet she had received enormous benefits.
But those benefits had drawn others' envy and killing intent, becoming a talisman that summoned death.
Scorpion Granny knew well that, to devil