[Death-Severing Baleful Fiend King] left.
Zhang Yuan remained where he was and sat down on the city wall, lowering his eyes in thought as he pondered what [Death-Severing Baleful Fiend King] had said.
Someone had come from the outside world. As long as they were not from the Dust-Dyed Realm's Five Surnames and Seven Great Clans, he would not have much to worry about. What he feared was an acquaintance from those clans, or a True Lord's pawn. If such a person saw him, his whereabouts would be exposed in an instant.
"The Demon King can't be trusted. I still need to have Zhao Lian look into it, lest trouble arise. One Ancient Lord is bad enough without drawing Old Ghost Jiguang and the other Devil Lords here too."
Zhang Yuan did not entirely believe [Death-Severing Baleful Fiend King]'s account. He would determine for himself whether the visitor had come from the Dust-Dyed Realm.
"The situation is getting more and more complicated..."
Zhang Yuan shook his head slightly, then vanished with a thought. Not long after he left, a figure visible only as a blur raced across the distant rooftops toward the spot where Zhang Yuan and [Death-Severing Baleful Fiend King] had spoken.
With the five-foot [Gazing into the Netherworld] sword on her back, Xie Jingxin gazed at the now-empty city wall. She paused briefly, then vanished.
She had arrived too late.
Elsewhere.
Grand Elder Ying Youzhuo carried Mo Huang and the others through space, escaping the reach of Zhang Yuan's divine sense before stopping on a street near Roselight Capital's outskirts.
"Grand Elder, that man..."
Lingering anger remained on Mo Huang's face, but Ying Youzhuo's actions had also left him bewildered and uncertain as he spoke.
Ying Youzhuo fell silent for a moment before saying:
"An expert."
Had