"Save your complaints for later!"
Yu Ci did not waste a moment, charging headlong out of Cloud-Born Pavilion. His earlier long-range battle had relied on the primordial qi transmission of the first-layer seal, leaving an obvious trail. If the other side put their mind to it, they could easily locate him, so he had to move at once.
That word "complaint" made Xuanhuang lose considerable face. It was now roaring within the Inner Void, "It was all because of your rotten idea! Otherwise, how could they have had the chance to send the Plague Demon in?"
The intense thoughts echoed without end. When Yu Ci heard the term "Plague Demon" for the second time, the demonic soul within the core of the first-layer seal burst apart soundlessly. If abundant primordial qi was a river, then the seal core was its source. If one stretch of the river became fouled, at least the upstream remained unharmed. But if the source itself was tainted, the entire river would no longer be clean.
The Plague Demon was a mass of foul, virulent poison that had exploded at the headwaters of a great river.
Even if he reclaimed control of the primordial qi now, it would be useless. The primordial qi within the seal flowed constantly and at astonishing speed, able to circle the entire area in just a few breaths. In that brief opening, most of the outer regions of the secret realm had already been infected by this poison, which immediately began to spread.
Yu Ci stared in shock. "What the hell is this Plague Demon?"
Xuanhuang replied coldly, "Using one person's obsession to become the plague of ten thousand people. It turned Pan Chang's greatest obsession before death into countless seeds of disease, planting them deep within everyone's minds so they