Are There Really So Many People as Cunning as Demons?

"Powerful enemies from the Demon Faction?!"

The other four exchanged looks.

"Steel Heart, after the turtle boat left the Black Mermen's Broken Island Reef, did you leave behind some kind of long-range surveillance method and learn what was happening there? Or do you have informants in the Demon Faction and learned their secret plan in advance?"

Leien spoke up. He truly could not make sense of it.

By now, the turtle boat was already dozens of kilometers away from Broken Island Reef. Even Liya could not predict the future across such a distance.

"It's normal that you couldn't figure it out, because you don't know what that awakened team from Star Plucking Tower has been up to."

Bai Pu briefly explained Star Plucking Tower's structure, then said, "Star Plucking Tower has a grudge against me. After I destroyed their foundation on our home planet—we call it 'Earth'—the remnants fled to the Silver Heart Great World. Others hid away in remote, hard-to-find places on Earth, colluding with foreign enemies to take my life. They're traitors to Earth."

After a pause, Bai Pu continued, "I have reason to believe these traitors are connected to Burning Ember's Brion team. Why else would they seize the Black Merman King Pearl from the Black Mermen? They even risked being discovered by the natives and earning their hostility. Judging from Bei Ming Ji Hu's reaction, the people from Star Plucking Tower definitely weren't carrying out a mission given by natives of the Guardian Faction."

The four looked at one another.

Salacia was the first to react. "They... were helping allies of the Demon Faction complete a mission? They were helping Brion's team!"

"Very likely."

Bai Pu concluded, "Since Star Plucking Tower's people failed, and the turtle boat has moved far away from Broken Island Reef... there's