Su Ming had noticed the strangeness of the tenth floor long ago.
No, it was not just Su Ming. Everyone who had come to the tenth floor would notice this strange sign, unless they were truly utterly heartless.
The team leaders and vice-leaders seemed to have suspected this for a long time. Upon hearing Xu Xiayan's words, they immediately began to speak.
"I've wanted to ask this for a while. Why hasn't even a single Phantom Demon appeared on the tenth floor?"
"The demonic nature is so intense, yet we haven't encountered a single Phantom Demon. Isn't that far too strange?"
"I thought Summer Chasing Smoke had arrived ahead of us and used some kind of Alchemy Tool in this area that could drive Phantom Demons away and keep them from approaching."
"Same here."
One after another, the others spoke up, causing a slight commotion.
"Could the current state of the tenth floor not be something your Summer Chasing Smoke deliberately arranged?" Qiao Zhi could not help questioning her. "If not, then what exactly is going on?"
Everyone turned to Xu Xiayan.
Under their gazes, Xu Xiayan's expression became more serious and grave than ever.
Then, the leader of Summer Chasing Smoke spoke.
"It isn't that there are no Phantom Demons on the tenth floor."
Xu Xiayan spoke in a heavy voice.
"It is simply that there is only one Phantom Demon here. The others don't dare enter this floor at all, turning it into that Phantom Demon's exclusive territory."
As soon as she said this, everyone present held their breath.
"Only one Phantom Demon?"
"The other Phantom Demons don't even dare approach?"
"An exclusive territory?"
Qiao Liang, Zhu Qian, Zhu Yun, and the others also changed expressions slightly.
That brief sentence had revealed an astonishing amount of information.
"What