"Hey, you're all such useless trash. I actually have to take care of this piece of garbage myself."
Tunbao sat on Giant Elephant King's back, swaggering and acting like she ruled the world as she scolded Xue Linglong and the others.
Xue Linglong and the others remained expressionless, sealing their hearing so they wouldn't have to listen to Tunbao's nasty words.
Shi Hao, the one they'd called a piece of trash, had already woken up, but he kept pretending to be unconscious as he eavesdropped on their conversation.
"So the one talking must be that little cat-like creature? What kind of creature is it? It can actually hit and scold Descendants of Divine Blood at will, and Xue Linglong and the others, with all their pride and arrogance, are putting up with it?"
Shi Hao's mind raced as he tried to figure things out.
"Lin Huang! Lin Huang! We're back. Look, we brought a Flame Lotus and captured a genius, too." Tunbao leaped down from Giant Elephant King's back from afar, putting on a sweet, obedient act. With Shi Hao in her left hand and the Flame Lotus in her right, she trotted up to Lin Huang and fawned over him.
"Lin Huang?! That name sounds familiar. Where have I heard it before?"
Shi Hao heard the ingratiating tone in Tunbao's voice and was startled again. He realized he had probably fallen into the hands of the real mastermind. Uneasy, he still didn't dare open his eyes.
Lin Huang remained expressionless as he accepted the Flame Lotus from Tunbao. Under Shihuo Aoren's pained gaze, he casually offered it up as a sacrifice. Only then did he nod in satisfaction. He flicked a finger, planting a restriction on Shi Hao, and said, "Good. We have enough offerings. Jin Guangba, tell me