Five Fourth-Rank Demon Kings had vanished from the Demon Race at once, two of them even at the Fourth-Rank Late Stage. For a time, the demons near the Bingjin Mountain Range were as jumpy as cranes startled by the wind.
Even the other factions secretly went on guard, suspecting that someone was plotting something in the shadows.
The Thunder-Fire Poison Toad Demon King's disappearance and Jin Feng's flight were naturally counted among these incidents.
Before fleeing, however, Jin Feng secretly sent the Elephant Demon a warning: the Thunder-Fire Poison Toad Demon King had ambushed Jin Feng and was colluding with a powerful faction. Run!
That single warning terrified the Elephant Demon so badly that he fled that very night, leaving no trace behind.
As the affair unfolded, many cultivators took advantage of the muddy waters, until no one could tell truth from rumor.
"Things have been chaotic outside lately. Every ox-headed ghost and snake spirit has crawled out of the woodwork. Someone is clearly stirring up wind and rain behind the scenes."
Jin Feng, one of the instigators of it all, lay bored atop a pile of Spirit Stones in the cave dwelling. Listening to the reports from outside, Jin Feng could not resist a teasing remark.
"And that Elephant Demon got pretty lucky. With everything in such chaos, no one knows what happened. Too many cultivators have run into trouble."
Jin Feng spoke with amusement. Jin Feng had done more than enough for that little underling.
The Elephant Demon, convinced he had stumbled into a vast conspiracy, kept fleeing without looking back, especially as the storm continued to grow.
"You little rascal."
Beside Jin Feng, Red-Clothed smiled.
Meanwhile, inside a secret chamber of the cave dwelling, Lin Chang'an and his five incarnations were working together to refine Tribulation Crossing