Even so, Zhang Tianxin's palms were still drenched in sweat.
She silently recited the Mind Calming Incantation that Fellow Daoist Li Xuanxiao had taught her. At a time like this, she absolutely could not lose her head.
The Cult Master, whose body had been fashioned from white bones, said lightly, "I already know who among you betrayed me. Otherwise, I would not have specifically summoned all of you here today. As I said before, come forward of your own accord, and Heavenly Fiend Hall will forgive your crimes."
"Our loyalty to the Cult Master can be testified by heaven and earth, witnessed by the sun and moon!" someone immediately stepped forward and declared.
"Why are you panicking?"
Suddenly, a hand yanked someone from the ranks into the air.
The Heavenly Fiend Hall disciple who had been seized turned deathly pale. "Venerable Master, you personally recruited me into Heavenly Fiend Hall back then. It absolutely wasn't me who betrayed you!"
"Then why are you panicking? Why is your heart beating so fast? To my ears, your heartbeat sounds like a drumstick pounding a drum."
"Venerable Master, it truly wasn't me, it truly wasn't me! From beginning to end, I never—"
Pfft—
Aaaahhh!!
With a heart-rending scream, that demonic sect initiate was stripped of his entire skin on the spot.
He was then tossed aside, where he continued screaming.
Everyone watched with trembling hearts and quaking gallbladders.
"Cough, cough—"
A servant at the side announced loudly.
"Liu Chong joined Heavenly Fiend Hall ten years ago. He was in fact an undercover agent from the Profound Sword Sect."
"I know everything about you," the woman's voice rang out again. "The reason I did not expose you before was because I saw that you could still be saved. But now, if you do not