The demons stood there in a daze for a long while. It was not until Prince Dai Li and the two demon elders descended from midair that they suddenly snapped out of it.
Some of the more impatient ones had already crowded forward to question them.
They all looked desperate to learn what had been discussed inside the barrier.
Naturally, Dai Li, Thousand Faces, and Skull ignored their questions.
Their expressions were grim, as though they were still struggling to process the information they had just received.
Seeing that the three gave no response, the demons gradually lost their patience.
Impatient cries rang out:
"Would you three just say something already? What exactly did that guy Song Siming tell you?"
"Why are you all standing there like mutes?"
Dai Li slightly raised her eyes and looked toward the shouter, contempt glinting in her amber rectangular pupils.
"The information was obtained by the three of us at the risk of our lives. Why should we share it with you?"
"If you wanted to know so badly, why didn't you come with us earlier?"
The high-ranking demon who had shouted fell silent.
Yet, feeling that saying nothing would be too humiliating, he turned and began pressuring the other two demon elders instead.
"Thousand Faces, Skull, Dai Li is a prince, so she indeed has no obligation to share the information."
"But the two of you are elders!"
"Don't tell me you intend to keep it secret from the Council of Elders as well?"
Skull and Thousand Faces exchanged a glance, identical looks of refusal appearing on their faces.
"Whether the information is true or false remains unknown, so it is indeed inconvenient to reveal it."
"Fortunately, the verification period Song Siming gave us isn't very long."
"If the information proves true, then