"You need not know our identities, Fellow Daoist Shen. We have already stated our purpose in coming here, so there is no need to repeat it. As for these scraps of Divine Thought, you may destroy them as you please." The hunched old man beside them spoke, and his voice was unmistakably Nether Spring's.
The cloaked girl said nothing the entire time, merely watching Shen Luo.
Shen Luo narrowed his eyes without speaking.
Destroying the three Divine Thoughts would have been all too easy for him. A sweep of Red Lotus Karmic Fire would burn them completely away. Yet he was interested in the Demon Clan's current movements and had wanted to gather some information from them, which was why he had not acted.
But judging by Nether Spring's attitude, there seemed to be little point in pressing further.
"Fellow Daoist Fire, is there any way to extract information from these three strands of Divine Thought?" Shen Luo asked Fire Spirit Child through voice transmission...
"If they were complete Divine Souls, I might be able to use the Soul-Seeking Secret Art to obtain some information. But a mere strand of Divine Thought will not do." Fire Spirit Child shook his head.
Shen Luo sighed helplessly, and the Red Lotus Karmic Fire suddenly closed inward.
"Shen Luo, you..." Red Grotto roared, but before he could finish, the Red Lotus Karmic Fire reduced him to ashes.
Nether Spring's Divine Thought was likewise incinerated. Only the cloaked girl's Divine Thought remained.
"You are quite bold, sir, to dare sabotage my clan's great undertaking. Since that is the case, why not destroy my Divine Thought as well?" the cloaked girl said coldly. It was Brocade Beauty's voice.
"Miss Ma, although we have gone our separate ways, we were friends once. Now that things have