Although there was still no evidence that what had happened in the Thousand Forest Central Domain and Dark Valley was connected to the Hundred-Faced Devil Emperor, Zhang Tie had a powerful intuition that the shadows of the Hundred-Faced Devil Emperor and the Dark Emperor Temple lay behind both incidents from beginning to end.
The Thousand Forest Central Domain had originally been the territory of the Dark Emperor Temple's Azure Dragon Hall, while Dark Valley had even more stories buried within it. The Hundred-Faced Devil Emperor had invested no small amount of thought into both places. There was no need to mention much other evidence—one point alone made it clear. Judging by the timing, the incidents in both places erupted precisely after the Hundred-Faced Devil Emperor's arrangements outside Wa Emperor City had gone awry and he had lost track of Zhang Tie.
Would the Hundred-Faced Devil Emperor, unable to find him, continue waiting outside Wa Emperor City? That was certainly possible, but the more likely possibility was that he had swiftly left Wa Emperor City and begun making his moves in the Thousand Forest Central Domain and Dark Valley. That was the style of such peerless powerhouses. Since his original plan to kill Zhang Tie outside Wa Emperor City had failed, he would never waste more time; he would immediately push forward with his next move.
The time of great figures was precious, especially that of the Hundred-Faced Devil Emperor. No matter how great a threat Zhang Tie posed to the Devil Race, once he could no longer find Zhang Tie, he could not keep wasting time on him.
And while the events in the Thousand Forest Central Domain might have involved the covert meddling of the Hundred-Faced Devil Emperor and the Dark Emperor Temple, at their root, they were still