"Ke ke ke..."
Xu Xiaoan's mouth curled into a grin, and she let out a strange cackle.
She had already guessed Doom's identity. That meant she had leverage, didn't it?
Shen Qiuyu's public identity was also as an Elemental Path user, which fell perfectly within the range of what Doom could disguise herself as. It couldn't be more plausible.
When they got back to Base City Number One, if she got the chance, she could even use this to threaten her!
That'd teach her to gobble up my stuff!
That'd teach her to treat me like nourishment!
She couldn't wait to see the look on Doom's face when she got put in her place.
Of course, as a crucial lead, she definitely had to keep this leverage under wraps.
As for Oblivion River? Let that guy figure it out for himself.
Xu Xiaoan tamped down the corners of her mouth and put the fact that Oblivion River had saved her out of her mind.
Everyone wanted to take a bite out of her. Only by being heartless enough could she survive among these monsters.
She looked at the black-and-red flesh clutched in her hand. A glimmer of red lit in her eyes as she injected some of her power into it.
The flesh immediately seemed to come alive, beginning to pulse slowly.
Black Chaos power spread through it. Then the whole mass contracted violently, condensing into a Chaos Core.
Xu Xiaoan opened her mouth and swallowed it without hesitation.
A few scattered memories followed.
It took her a long moment to come back to herself. Through layer upon layer of Mist, she looked south.
"So that's where it is."
Somewhere in the sky above the distant outskirts.
A powerful gust of wind carried the group through the Mist.
Before long,