Wan Demon King could no longer even crawl, so Lan Yu simply bound him into a cocoon, leaving only his head exposed.
"Hey, Wan Demon King, why did you come out instead of staying beneath the Lake of Life?"
"Who exactly are you? Why... do you know about the Lake of Life?"
"What's so surprising about me knowing about the Lake of Life? You don't seriously think you've hidden yourselves that well, do you?"
"Phew... what do you mean by that?"
"Exactly what I said. Do you really think the Divine Realm doesn't know the Silver Dragon King is hiding here? They just haven't had time to bother with you."
The moment Lan Yu mentioned the Silver Dragon King, Wan Demon King visibly lost his composure.
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible! How could the Divine Realm know where our lord is? And you... how could you know about our lord?"
"Enough stammering. You're an old monster who's lived for ages. How are you still this easily rattled?"
Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing were equally baffled by what they heard. They turned to Xiao Wu.
"Xiao Wu, do you know what they're talking about?"
Xiao Wu shook her head. "No. Before this Wan Demon King showed up, I always thought Daming, Erming, and I were the only three 100,000-year spirit beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest."
A place as vast as the Star Dou Great Forest certainly had more than three 100,000-year spirit beasts. The original story simply hadn't covered the others.
One could only assume that the other 100,000-year spirit beasts had gone into hiding.
After his initial shock, Wan Demon King finally calmed down.
"What exactly do you want?"
"Haven't you already seen it? Many of the spirit beasts in the Core Area of the Star Dou Great Forest have