"Flame Demon Sect's He Suo?" The man overlooking Demon Mountain Star slowly turned around. His voice was cool, betraying no obvious emotion.
"He was merely a pawn I placed on a whim. If he's dead, so be it."
"Wu Chen, you wouldn't have come in person just for that. What else happened?"
Demon Mountain Kui spoke in a low voice.
He Suo of the Flame Demon Sect was a worthless man with only Secondfold Limit Break potential, a hidden pawn Demon Mountain Kui had planted there on a whim.
He had more pawns like that than he could count.
The Demon Mountain Imperial Family ruled the Star Domain alongside the Thousand Sects, but it also had to guard against those powers rising too high. Naturally, it planted informants among them.
But He Suo's death alone was not worth a personal visit from Wu Chen, one of his most capable subordinates.
"Your Highness, the one who killed He Suo was Chen Yu, a new disciple of Divine Weapons Valley. He comes from... Crimson Radiance Star!" Wu Chen kept it brief. He trusted Demon Mountain Kui to understand what he meant.
"Crimson Radiance Star..." A strange gleam flashed in Demon Mountain Kui's eyes. Then he asked directly:
"What is this Chen Yu's connection to Fang Xiong?"
"Fang Xiong was Chen Yu's first martial arts teacher," Wu Chen replied gravely. "They're quite close."
"Chen Yu is no ordinary disciple, either. He has Martial Saint Bone Aptitude and Limit-Breaking Eighth Revolution potential. He's now Xiahou Qing's Closing Disciple at Divine Weapons Valley."
"But in his battle with He Suo, Chen Yu appears to have used the Weapon Disintegration Soul Devouring Technique. It depleted his essence and severely damaged his potential."
Surprise had flickered through Demon Mountain Kui's eyes at the mention of Limit-Breaking Eighth