After a long while, Varimathras was the first to speak, breaking the silence:
"Was this... caused by that giant cocoon?"
"The impact marks are obvious..." Hangenor stroked his thick chin and nodded. "If it wasn't that giant cocoon, then only a creature the size of a Sky-Roaming Leviathan could have made a crater this large."
"And if it were a Sky-Roaming Leviathan, it couldn't possibly have destroyed a prince's palace this thoroughly."
"So there's an eighty-percent chance that giant cocoon did this!"
"So it vanished from the battlefield earlier just to come to Flower Willow Grace Court and tear down Li Yun's house?" Varimathras muttered, his eyes full of incomprehension. "What was the point of that?!"
"If it had a grudge against Li Yun, shouldn't its top priority have been to kill him?"
"It ran off halfway through the fight just to tear down his house? What the hell was that supposed to mean?"
"Perhaps it got scared after being punched more than a dozen times by the Demon King?" A voice among the great demons ventured a guess. "The giant cocoon realized it couldn't defeat Prince Li Yun and the Demon King, so it simply disengaged and settled for the next best thing?"
"You mean the giant cocoon thought it couldn't kill Li Yun, so it tore down his house to vent its frustration instead?" Varimathras blinked, a hint of agreement appearing on his face. "That actually seems to make some sense..."
"But I still don't think such a simple motive holds up..."
"And how did this giant cocoon know that Flower Willow Grace Court was Prince Li Yun's residence?"
"And locate it so precisely?"
"Could it have informants in the Holy Domain?"
"Now that you mention it, it really does seem possible..." Varimathras narrowed his eyes, sweeping his