Steel Heart, Your Life Is a Flickering Candle in the Wind!

Brion and the other three had already shown an initial willingness to form an alliance.

To demonstrate their sincerity, all four had chosen to remove their facial disguises during their meeting.

In other words, what they saw of one another were their real faces and clothing.

Yet in everyone else's eyes, the four still appeared in disguises and attire fitting the style of the Heart Demon World.

"Is this real intelligence, or a smokescreen?" Alvarez, his blond hair gleaming, asked with a frown.

"My ally in the Black Tortoise Oath faction sent me this exact message: 'The Black Tortoise Oath is pretending to attack the Spider Demon Cave, but their real purpose is to lure the Black Emperor into massing his forces in the north. The Black Tortoise Oath's true target is the Profound Water Palace.' As for whether it's true or not, you may judge for yourselves."

Brion's attitude was extremely sincere.

He had no choice but to be sincere. In the previous two battles, Kuzan, the third-ranking member of his team, and Luo Bu, the second-ranking member, had died one after another.

Brion's team had suffered a severe decline in strength. Moreover, Steel Heart's strength in both encounters had far exceeded Brion's expectations!

Fortunately, his plan to contact other newly promoted major generals and deal with Steel Heart together had gone smoothly. After arriving at the Shadow Island Chain, the many demon generals under the Black Emperor, along with vast numbers of elite demon troops, had restored Brion's confidence and allowed him to emerge from the shadow of his consecutive defeats.

"Brion, I heard Steel Heart rescued the Black Merman queen from your hands. That means the Black Merman King Pearl is highly likely being used by Steel Heart. This means the water-element terrain advantage of the Gate