Yan Chihuo stepped forward and bowed. "Greetings, Your Highness."
Heaven's End King said, "It is good that you have returned. I heard that four late-stage Harmony Dao Evil Ghosts were pursuing you, and I was quite worried. You do not have any hidden injuries, do you?"
Yan Chihuo said, "Thank you for Your Highness's concern. I am uninjured. Your Highness knows me well—while I could not possibly be a match for all four of them, it would not have been easy for them to kill me either. It is only that I am deeply ashamed. I fear my subordinates have been wiped out to the last man."
Heaven's End King said, "It is enough that you are unharmed. Though the loss of those loyal and valiant subordinates of mine is regrettable, it was by no means your fault, so there is no need to blame yourself. But how did those four find you?"
Yan Chihuo said, "That is also what puzzles me. Aside from Your Highness, only my subordinates knew of my temporary residence. It would seem that, somehow, one of them leaked its location. Yet what I find strange is that none of them had any chance to contact the outside world. Could it be that someone deliberately revealed my whereabouts?"
Heaven's End King shook his head. "I also sent people to investigate. Not one of your subordinates survived. If someone had deliberately betrayed you, he should not have perished as well. Could the enemy have killed him to silence him?"
Yan Chihuo was even more at a loss for words.
Heaven's End King asked again, "How did you escape?"
Yan Chihuo said, "I possess an Undying Body. After they killed me, I instead took the chance to launch a sneak attack on one of them and injure him.