Above the black water.
The Heavenly Demon Envoy's voice carried a bone-chilling cold, like an autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves. It made the listener shudder.
The figure trembled at those words. Killing intent seeped into his bones and surrounded him.
Even with his strength, he could not resist it.
Still, he forced himself to ask, "Why would reaching the One-Unity Realm after forging a Peerless Foundation mark his death?"
He could not understand it.
By all rights, they could never do anything that strengthened an enemy.
What the Heavenly Demon Envoy was doing brought a hundred harms and not a single benefit.
The Heavenly Demon Envoy swept a sleeve aside and sneered again. "Just do as you're told. What harm has ever come from doing what I ask? If there are consequences, I'll take responsibility. Why do you have so many questions?"
The words were spoken calmly, but a trace of impatience ran beneath them.
The figure came to his senses at once. Sweat beaded across his forehead as he realized he had overstepped.
What kind of person was the Heavenly Demon Envoy?
He was the being closest to the Heavenly Demon, practically the Heavenly Demon's representative walking this world.
How could the figure presume to question him?
After all those questions, the figure was lucky the Heavenly Demon Envoy had not slapped him on the spot.
With that thought, the figure nodded. He said nothing more and bowed respectfully. "Yes."
Only then did the Heavenly Demon Envoy clasp his hands behind his back and say, "Remember, give them to him in a way that seems entirely natural. Don't let him suspect a thing."
"He is the Savior, after all. I'm concerned something else might go wrong."
"Stay out of other matters for now. Let him have some peace,