Ronan sat in the front passenger seat, listening intently.
Snake Tongue continued, "After making inquiries, all channels of information indicate that a considerable portion of this year's forty percent share was swallowed up by the Lost Kingdom."
Ronan clicked his tongue. "All right, Outer Earth really is a strange place. Even Evil Cult organizations here help each other out, huh?"
Snake Tongue shook her head. "Not at all. Even the Virtue Association and the Black Sun Sect compete for customers. It is only because the Virtue Association can provide higher-quality, irreplaceable products needed for Blood Sacrifice that their relationship gradually built up. If the Lost Kingdom—or any third party—could replace them, there is no way the two sides would have developed their current relationship."
Ronan caught the key point. "So, the Lost Kingdom couldn't provide these so-called Spirituality and Active Flesh products before, but suddenly can now?"
"Yes, that is precisely the key." Snake Tongue practically repeated Ronan's words. "The Lost Kingdom couldn't do it before, but suddenly can now. If they had possessed this technology all along, given their scale, the Virtue Association's business in East Asia would have collapsed long ago."
"So you suspect it is technology the Lost Kingdom acquired only recently, related to the Fusang Divine Tree Great Divine Treasure's Cross-Boundary infiltration, and related to 'spirits.' After all, it is Spirit Blood Flesh..."
"Yes, and there is another point. The Lost Kingdom has no reason to help the Black Sun Sect conduct a Blood Sacrifice, nor does the Black Sun Sect have any reason to use brand-new materials from the Lost Kingdom for such an important ritual."
Snake Tongue had arrived on Outer Earth more than half a month later than Ronan, yet her understanding of this place now seemed to surpass his. She had clearly