"Where Nine-Headed Insect's demonic energy came from is unknown. Earlier, Senior injured him, yet after returning to seclusion for a while, he recovered completely. There may be something wrong with the place where he lives. Should Senior Ao Lie search it? Perhaps you might find something," Shen Luo said, recalling the faint unease he had felt when Nine-Headed Insect departed.
Little White Dragon was taken aback. He had not considered things so deeply, but Shen Luo's words made considerable sense.
"Very well." He nodded and shot toward the palace where Nine-Headed Insect resided.
Shen Luo had the Ghost General stand guard there while he transformed into a streak of crimson light and followed closely behind.
The two quickly arrived at the palace where Nine-Headed Insect lived. The demons there had mostly fled already, leaving only a few weak little demons. At the sight of the two men, those little demons scattered in all directions.
Neither Shen Luo nor Little White Dragon paid attention to them. Their Divine Senses spread out, searching everything inside and outside the palace.
Yet no matter how they searched, they found nothing suspicious.
"It seems the cause of Nine-Headed Insect's demonization is not here. Perhaps he was contaminated by demonic energy somewhere else," Little White Dragon said.
"Perhaps." Disappointment flashed through Shen Luo's eyes as he sighed.
Having failed to find what they sought, neither lingered there, and they soon departed.
At that moment, the Blood Pool beneath the palace had sunk nearly a hundred zhang. A white curtain of light enveloped the area around it, countless star-like runes flickering across its surface. It appeared to be an exceedingly profound Restriction, one that had somehow escaped both Shen Luo and Little White Dragon's Divine Senses.
Lianshan, Guizang, and two other Great Vehicle Stage demons stood around