The old man could tell at a glance that Shi Lan was nearly at the end of her rope. Her life force was almost spent, and she could not possibly hold out much longer.
Watching Shi Lan dart at full speed into the depths of the boundless Demon Domain, the old man hesitated briefly, then concealed the fluctuations of his aura and led his people after her.
Unlike the old man and his men, Shi Lan made no effort to hide her trail. She streaked brazenly across the skies above the Demon Domain, the piercing sonic boom clearly audible hundreds of miles away.
"Is she trying to get herself killed?!"
The old man and his companions were both alarmed and furious at her blatant display.
Such a tremendous commotion was all but certain to attract some great demons—and bring disaster in its wake.
As she raced onward, her blood and qi surged through her body. Her head of silver hair had turned purple, and her aura had changed dramatically.
After setting her blood and qi in motion, Shi Lan immediately probed deep within herself.
Deep inside her body was still a mass of Demon Emperor's blood, wrapped in the Black Domain. With Shi Lan's current strength, she was nowhere near capable of refining it, but she could draw out a trace of its aura.
In an instant, demonic qi surged into the sky, and a faint imperial might spread across the wilderness. The scattered members of the Demon Race on the ground immediately fell to their knees, not daring to move.
"That young woman is of the Demon Race?!"
"Damn it! There's actually a demon of such exalted bloodline hiding in the Demon-Suppression Army. How did she deceive the human records?!"
"Yuhong mentioned before that Shi Lan carried demonic qi.