After a brief but fierce struggle, the Deathmark Scroll unexpectedly fell into the hands of Wanwan, who had stayed out of the fray until the very end and snatched it from the others. Seeing this, Xu Ziling remained indifferent, while Shi Qingxuan continued to watch from the sidelines, clearly intent on having nothing more to do with the scroll. The rest—whether An Long, Yang Xuyan, or Hou Xibai, who had just tried to be the mantis—were all scowling, plainly unwilling to give up.
As for Princess Lianrou, the Western Regions woman standing beside An Long and seemingly connected to him in some way, nobody took her seriously. After all, she was the weakest of them all and posed no real threat to anyone. She was simply there to make up the numbers.
"An Long!"
After the group had faced off for a while, Wanwan considered the situation. Seeing that it would be difficult for her to force her way out, she gave a cold laugh and threatened and urged the sect leader of the Heavenly Lotus Sect, nicknamed the "Fat Merchant" and ranked fifth among the "Eight Great Experts of the Demonic Sect":
"I advise you not to get involved in this matter!"
"Otherwise..."
"Neither my Yin Kui Sect nor my Master Zhu will let you off!"
Of course, there was more threat than persuasion in Wanwan's words.
After all, among the Two Sects and Six Paths of the Demonic Sect, aside from the rarely seen and seldom active "Evil King" Shi Zhixuan, the Yin Kui Sect and "Empress Yin" Zhu Yuyan were the most powerful, whether in martial arts or otherwise.
So, if An Long didn't want the Yin Kui Sect to set its sights on the Heavenly Lotus Sect and the trading firm he ran, Hexinglong, or even