At that thought, Xiao Fan felt as though he had caught hold of a thread!
Taking another step back!
Even if the Deputy City Lord really had betrayed them, could dozens of Tunling Clan experts have entered the Spirit World without anyone noticing?
In a place like this, even a single unidentified expert would probably have been detained immediately by the Spirit World's experts, let alone an entire company of intruders.
And after entering, they had somehow found Ding You's location with such perfect timing.
They had breached the Saintess's Palace outright.
Had Xiao Fan not intervened, Ding You would have died at the hands of the Tunling Clan experts back in the Courtyard.
Moreover...
Xiao Fan refused to believe that every expert in the Spirit World had just happened to be tied down by the enemy!
So... there was a traitor?
No!
Xiao Fan sensed the turmoil in the distance. Though shouts of battle still rang out, the fighting had already subsided.
Clearly, apart from the Tunling Clan experts before them, the uprisings elsewhere had largely been suppressed, even if they had not been completely quelled.
Then there was only one target...
Xiao Fan lowered his head and looked at Ding You in his arms!
Their sole objective was to kill Ding You!
And someone within the Spirit Clan probably wanted that outcome too. They had used the Tunling Clan's invasion to let the current carry Ding You toward her death, simply allowing the intruders to kill her.
Quite a few of the Spirit Clan experts present suddenly thought of this possibility as well, and their faces turned deathly pale!
"That's impossible!"
Someone cried out, then turned toward the beautiful middle-aged woman leading them and asked in a trembling voice, "Aunt Qing, this... this isn't true, is it?"
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