"What are you talking about?!" the demon demanded furiously, its claws already clamped around Zhao Xian'guan's neck, looking ready to kill him at any moment.
"Hey! Don't be so vicious! It hurts!" Zhao Xian'guan twisted his waist and shoved the ugly demon.
But the ugly demon showed no mercy, squeezing until Zhao Xian'guan's body went limp. Clearly, its strength far surpassed that of Zhao Xian'guan, who had already condensed an immortal body.
"He told you! The Wolf Emperor's Consort is injured! She's recovering outside!" Zhao Xian'guan could only glare resentfully at the ugly demon. I immediately signaled the Ghost Emperor to answer, sparing Zhao Xian'guan further bodily suffering.
"Huh? Recovering from her injuries?" The Ghost Emperor had no idea what was going on. After hearing the miserable cries, he quickly flew back to the passage entrance, but he did not know how to explain things.
Knowing that the Ghost Emperor would not dare speak carelessly, I said, "Just tell him what you saw."
Zhao Xian'guan began translating as well. After hearing the Ghost Emperor's words, the ugly demon immediately grew suspicious and asked me exactly how the mother beast had been injured. I replied at once, "Didn't she go to the stone forest? Something happened there, though I don't know what. She ended up like this after being surrounded and attacked."
Although I was deceiving him, I still had to make the story sound convincing. The moment the ugly demon heard this, he asked what had happened exactly. I described the multicolored dog, and the ugly demon's expression changed drastically. He hurriedly dragged Zhao Xian'guan and the Ghost Emperor inward, then stayed behind himself. Narrowing his eyes halfway, he said, "Take our Wolf Emperor's Consort back with you immediately. What's the point of leaving her outside?"
*He wants me to