Zhang Tie slowly removed his hand from the head of a Demon Snake Island lackey. The moment he let go, the corpse of the lackey who had been hidden in a concealed lookout post crumpled limply to the ground.
Zhang Tie had not expected this tiny Demon Snake Island to be so heavily guarded. Concealed observation posts had been set up all over the island, ready to sound the alarm at the slightest disturbance.
Had he not been a Knight, those observation posts might have served an important purpose. But when a Knight flew over Demon Snake Island, his sharp senses instantly detected several hidden posts by the shore. Zhang Tie wiped out the Demon Snake Island lackeys in those posts as easily as swatting flies, then casually used the Blood Soul Temple's secret art to inspect their memories.
After advancing to Knight, the Soul-Seizing Forbidden Art Zhang Tie cultivated had long since reached perfection. Reading souls and extracting knowledge came as easily as turning one's hand over, and it was dozens of times faster than before. In the blink of an eye, he could browse through a person's recent memories.
After making a circuit around Demon Snake Island and eliminating every hidden sentry, Zhang Tie strode toward a spot near the still-smoking volcano on the island.
What slightly surprised Zhang Tie was that, through soul-searching, he learned there were unexpectedly few people on Demon Snake Island at the moment. Berlusken, the island's leader, had quietly departed two days earlier by ship with a large number of his men.
The lackeys did not know where Berlusken had gone, but one Round Table Knight was still on Demon Snake Island, guarding their old nest.
Before long, Zhang Tie arrived at the stronghold of the Round Table Knights on Demon Snake Island.