Zhai Que'er and Elder Long carefully skirted the Great Heavenly Demon Tribulation in the central region. A journey of dozens of miles was covered in the blink of an eye.
Inside the black stone hall, the five Heavenly Demon Puppets had entered their final stage. One had already crawled out of its stone niche. Zhai Que'er and Elder Long knew Heavenly Demon Puppets inside out. The space within the niches was cramped; the puppet had crawled out rather than instinctively bursting the niche apart, proving that it had gained a measure of intelligence. The parasitic heavenly demon within was surely of no low rank.
Elder Long moved to stand in front, but she stopped him. "Don't move."
Still smiling, Zhai Que'er stepped forward slowly. A subtle, nearly imperceptible vibration swept through the void, reaching the level of heavenly demon perception. After all, the Great Heavenly Demon Tribulation was not directed at them. Though heavenly demons were by nature prone to mutual slaughter, with the Sovereign Sky Demon Soul Capturing Scripture, communicating with them went fairly smoothly.
Elder Long hesitated, but followed silently. If that puppet made any unusual move, he would be able to react.
Zhai Que'er brushed past the Heavenly Demon Puppet that had begun to walk. The two sides kept to their own waters and did not offend one another. The puppet strode straight out of the black stone hall and pounced toward the center of the Soul-Swaying Divine Light. Zhai Que'er, meanwhile, approached one puppet still seated within a stone niche on the left.
The puppet's eyes had opened, brimming with red light. Zhai Que'er stood before it and examined it closely. In the end, she even reached out to touch its skin, feeling for the course of its qi and blood.
"Elder Long, don't you think