Only after the group had vanished from the ninety-ninth-floor hall did the deathly silence that had fallen when the Crimson Flood Dragon servant appeared begin to lift.
Whispers finally rose beneath the dancing girls' song.
"Interesting!"
Luo Yi watched the dancers without blinking, but his thoughts had already flown far beyond the hall.
The First Princess, whom he had never met, had already intervened once to stop matters from taking a more serious turn.
Now she had suddenly sent a servant to summon Ghost Child and his companions away on a casual pretext.
It was hard not to assume the worst.
Was the First Princess about to disrupt his plan to become acquainted with the Ghost Child Clan through a fight?
This was the first time Luo Yi had encountered a demon who liked meddling in other people's affairs without showing herself.
Besides, judging by the cultivation he had shown openly, he was only a cultivator at Great Vehicle Major Accomplishment.
His true combat strength might be considerably greater than his cultivation suggested.
But since he had never unleashed his full strength, the First Princess could not possibly know he could already match a third-stage Tribulation-Crossing Pseudo-Immortal.
As things stood, he might not be able to survive the ambush the Ghost Child Clan had prepared so carefully.
"Who exactly is this First Princess of the North Sea Dragon Palace trying to help?"
Luo Yi had arrived in the Northern Endless Sea only a few months ago. He certainly had no friendship with the First Princess, whom he had never met.
He had even less connection to the North Sea Dragon Palace itself.
And if he remembered correctly, the treasure she had mentioned for healing injuries to the Divine Soul was exceedingly precious. Even searching the entire Endless Sea would turn