Inside the prison cell.
Lin Bai suddenly felt a gaze upon him. He abruptly looked up and saw a pair of eyes peering through a hole in the cell door.
But the instant those eyes met his, the pupils immediately widened, revealing utter horror, and hurriedly darted away.
The eyes vanished from the hole.
"It seems my identity has already been exposed." Lin Bai withdrew his gaze, a smile curling at the corners of his mouth. "It probably wasn't because of Chen Yunjie. If Chen Yunjie told Madam Qianrou, she shouldn't have believed him completely."
"And now, the eyes outside the door probably belong to another martial artist Madam Qianrou brought here to confirm my identity."
"This person... probably isn't from Verdant City!"
Lin Bai noticed that when those eyes saw him, their pupils had widened in sheer terror. Clearly, the person had recognized his identity, which was why they had shown such worry and fear.
"If that's the case, then Verdant City isn't completely cut off from the outside world. They must have a sect or lineage outside with which they maintain contact!"
Lin Bai drew a deep breath. "But who could be acting as their liaison?"
There were countless sects and lineages participating in this Hunter's Realm hunt: the sixteen peak powers, the various warlords and princes of Chu, as well as top sects and lineages from all over the Devil Realm.
With so many sects and lineages taking part, slipping in a few unknown forces would be no difficult matter.
But suddenly.
A flash of lightning streaked through Lin Bai's mind, as if he had remembered something. His eyes narrowed at once, and he murmured four words: "Nine Underworlds Demon Palace."
If some sects or lineages had infiltrated the hunt, then as one of the most mysterious