In the blink of an eye, two days passed. Zong Kerui seemed to have vanished without a trace; there had not been the slightest bit of news from her. Even Shui Lingyun could not help muttering to herself, Could Zong Kerui's injuries have been too severe to treat, causing her to perish in the end?
Over these two days, Yan Chihuo had continued searching for Zong Kerui alongside Shui Lingyun. He had fought Zong Kerui before and knew full well how formidable she was. Without solid proof, he would never believe that Zong Kerui had perished.
In a mountain valley, Yan Chihuo and Shui Lingyun stood side by side, facing five demons. They were two lion spirits, two crane demons, and a jade scorpion spirit.
The two lion spirits were late Dao Integration Stage cultivators, while the other three were all middle Dao Integration Stage. One of the lion spirits said to Shui Lingyun, "Shui Lingyun, you possess nine Thousand Demon Banners. You must have brought harm to quite a few of our Demon Race, haven't you?"
Shui Lingyun gathered the strands of hair at her temples that the wind had scattered and said, "Not many, not many. One Thousand Demon Banner requires the souls of one thousand demons; nine banners make nine thousand demons. With so many demons in the East Sea, what does it matter if tens of thousands die?"
Seeing how lightly she spoke of it, utterly unconcerned, the five demons could not help feeling their rage surge. The jade scorpion spirit said, "Ordinarily, those words alone would be enough for me to teach you a lesson, so you would not strut around flaunting your might. It is only because His Highness the Dragon King issued an order."
"Likewise," Shui Lingyun said. "If I had not received