"Actually, I might know what this is all about."
Just then, a Crow Demon suddenly spoke up.
"Oh? What's going on? Hurry up and tell us."
The many demons all looked over at the Crow Demon, overflowing with curiosity.
"I only heard about it myself."
The Crow Demon said mysteriously, "A friend's relative's younger sister of mine works at that pretty boy's residence. She saw that Lady Monica was extremely invested in the pretty boy's mission and seemed to have given him quite a few treasures."
"Treasures? What treasures, exactly?"
A demon asked impatiently.
"I'm not sure exactly what they were. Apparently, she gave him seven or eight items in total. One was a treasure called the Nightmare Vine; there was also a one-use destructive fruit, the Ice Thorn Demon Fruit, and even an Abyss demon treasure like the Shadow Boots."
The Crow Demon blurted out everything it knew in one breath.
"Holy shit, the Nightmare Vine, a supreme Abyss Dao-protecting treasure!"
A demon's eyes widened. "They say this plant can only be born in the deepest parts of the Abyss. It combines offense and defense, possesses an undying body, and can regenerate endlessly.
"If one could refine a Nightmare Vine into one's own Dao-protecting treasure, it would be like gaining an extra life, as well as the most powerful thug imaginable.
"No wonder that pretty boy was able to kill the famous Sand Demon. He must have refined the Nightmare Vine, then controlled it to beat the Sand Demon to death."
Its guts turned green with envy.
"The Nightmare Vine alone might not have been enough. The Sand Demon was extremely cunning—if it sensed trouble, it could probably flee in an instant. Some ancient demons had tried to capture it before, but the Sand Demon escaped them exactly that