The Azure-Furred Lion King and Bingbing Fairy rose to their feet almost at the same time and explained, "Fellow Daoist Cheng, I swear this was absolutely not the doing of our Lion Camel Ridge."
"Nor was it Spider Cave. After emerging from seclusion and learning of Fangcun Mountain, I imprisoned Hua Shiniang and everyone involved in the scheme. It could never have been them," Bingbing Fairy hurriedly explained as well.
Only the Kui Demon King rose slowly, rubbing his bald head as he said, "It wasn't Demon King Stronghold either. Heh, now that's strange. Who else would dare do such a thing? Could it be those fellows from Bottomless Cave?"
"Fellow Daoist Kui, just because Earth-Surge Lady isn't here doesn't mean you can make wild accusations," Hua Shiniang sneered.
Heavenly King Li Jing, the Pagoda Bearer, looked contemplative. He walked over to the pit and bent down to inspect it.
As they spoke, booming explosions rang out one after another.
Shen Luo frowned and gazed into the distant skies in every direction. Black smoke was rising from different parts of Chang'an City.
"What dense demonic energy!" Yuan Tiangang suddenly said with a frown.
"This demonic energy isn't pure. It contains even more baleful aura. It doesn't seem to belong to orthodox members of the Demon Clan, but rather to those underground evil demons." The Azure-Furred Lion King took a deep sniff of the air and spoke.
The Demon Clan itself was divided into various bloodlines, distinguished by how much of Chi You's demonic blood they possessed. The more they had, the more orthodox they were; the weaker their bloodline, the more mixed it was, and the less formidable they generally became.
Beyond them, however, there was another group of evil demons that lurked in the earth veins year-round. Their bloodlines