Hundreds of millions of light-years away, the Alien Domain Stellar Sea.
The void lay silent and soundless.
Ferocious shadows emerged from the darkness one after another, every face as gloomy as still water. Their scarlet eyes blazed with fury as they stared fixedly at a bloated figure.
"What are you looking at?!"
Under everyone's gaze, Jin Gui's fat quivered all over. Propping up his flushed, pudgy face, he forced out an explanation:
"Though this seat's greedy eyes burned like torches, who could have expected that old Zhihui to be so cunning, his acting so unfathomable!"
"Besides..."
As he spoke, his gaze swept across everyone present before settling back on Black Fiend, his spittle flying wildly.
"Was the information I gathered important?"
"Before setting out, you had already decided that Zhihui was acting as guardian for the Formless Sky Demon. I was merely the bait you used to confuse Zhihui!"
"Now that we were one move short and got played like a fiddle by that old Zhihui, you still have the nerve to pin the blame on me?!"
The more Jin Gui spoke, the angrier he became, and the more righteous he sounded. His flying spittle left Black Fiend at the forefront, along with the Deputy Executors behind him, speechless. They all fell silent.
Indeed.
Jin Gui's role had only been to serve as bait to confuse Zhihui!
No matter what information he brought back, they would inevitably launch a surprise attack on that newly born Pioneer Constellation!
After all, this concerned Divine Favor. So long as there was even the slightest possibility, they absolutely could not let it slip away...
"Brother Jin Gui, you misunderstand. We never meant to blame you... Hm?"
Black Fiend's voice abruptly stopped. He cut off his soothing words and turned to look toward the distant