Houtu's words exploded in Di Jun and Tai Yi's Heart Oceans like a soundless thunderclap!
The already vast sovereign pressure around Di Jun flickered violently out of control. For an instant, the very space within the chamber seemed to freeze, and the air turned viscous and heavy!
The fingers resting on the table had gone faintly white at the knuckles from the force of his grip.
Tai Yi sat up sharply as well. The True Sun Fire he had been keeping restrained flared and dimmed erratically across his body with a whoosh.
The phantom of the Chaos Bell behind him let out a low hum, its suppressive force spreading outward.
A terrifying gleam shot from both brothers' eyes as they locked their gazes firmly on Houtu!
"You met Nephew Lu Jun?"
Tai Yi's voice was as low as the cold wind of the Nine Netherworlds, every word laden with boundless pressure, each one like a sledgehammer striking the heart.
Lu Jun was at a critical juncture in Herding the Stars of All Heavens!
Yet Houtu had secretly gone to see him?
More importantly, what had she done when she met Lu Jun?!
Before the pressure of the two supreme figures of the Demon Race, which nearly seemed capable of burning away the void, Houtu's expression remained calm.
Meeting the almost devouring gazes of Di Jun and Tai Yi, she cast out a truth that shook their mind and spirit even more violently:
"I did, not long ago. And in fact, the ceasefire between the Witch Race and the Demon Race was also part of a transaction reached between the Sixth Prince and me."
A transaction?
Di Jun and Tai Yi were once again rocked by this succession of earth-shaking revelations. Though they had weathered countless storms, even they could not