"It's Yuguang."
Ibaraki-doji also noticed Yuguang Kaori. He nodded to her in greeting, but his gaze fell on Fang Cheng.
During the time he'd been revived, he had thoroughly familiarized himself with the situation at Iron-Cast Palace.
He had especially kept an eye on things when Oni Yunjie had used Fang Cheng's power to carry out a massive purge at Iron-Cast Palace.
He had no comment on his daughter's actions, but Fang Cheng's presence had caught his attention—and worried him greatly.
If Fang Cheng was ambitious, then the Iron-Cast Palace's long-established foundations would soon be handed over to someone else.
Now that he had suddenly encountered Fang Cheng, Ibaraki-doji wanted very much to talk with him, but this wasn't the right time.
Aside from the memories of her clone, this was also Tamamo-no-Mae's first time meeting Fang Cheng. His name had long been known far and wide, especially in Area 11.
Once the Lord of Ten Thousand Monsters was over, the two sides would have to meet, no matter what, and decide how they would get along from then on.
Area 11 wasn't large enough to accommodate too many powerful monsters.
Fang Cheng noticed Tamamo-no-Mae and Ibaraki-doji arriving. He gave them a cool look, his displeasure quite obvious.
The two were startled. They didn't think they had ever offended this "Blood Emperor."
Tamamo-no-Mae frowned and pondered. Could it be because of the Sessho-seki? Even then, that wasn't her fault.
From her clone's memories, Fang Cheng didn't seem like an unreasonable person.
If Shuten-doji, their enemy, hadn't still been there, they would surely have gone over to ask him what he had against them.
While the people above exchanged meaningful glances, Shuten-doji below was already preparing to make a run for it.
There were ambushers ahead and pursuers behind, all opponents