The Lord of the Ten Thousand Demon Hall had sent them in—he must have some way to leave the Dark Demon Small World, right?
Yet the expressions of the three men stiffened slightly. One of them gave a bitter smile and said, "If we want to leave the Dark Demon Small World, we can only wait for the Spirit Race to let us out. We can only leave once the trial ends."
The Beast-Form Spirit Shadow was taken aback, then said, "Without capturing me, the Shadow Moon Demon Rat, the trial cannot possibly end."
"It's not that I can't let you capture me, but can you guarantee that you can stop Zhe Ying from snatching me by force?"
"In the current situation, Zhe Ying will never let you become the winners of the trial."
Ling Zhe's original rule had been that whichever hall captured the Shadow Moon Demon Rat would end the trial. They could then crush the signal bead to contact the Spirit Race and have them take everyone out of the Dark Demon Small World.
But under the current circumstances, Zhe Ying could never possibly yield that credit.
Just as Zhe Ying had said earlier, once they ensured the Shadow Moon Demon Rat could not escape, they could start fighting over the credit.
"Unless the Broken Blade Hall can protect me against the siege of everyone else, there is no way forward," the Beast-Form Spirit Shadow emphasized again.
In other words...
If the three of them wanted to take the Shadow Moon Demon Rat out, they would have to join forces with the Broken Blade Hall and conquer every genius team in the Dark Demon Small World.
Including beating Zhe Ying into the ground.
The three looked at one another and fell silent at once.
With the Broken