Spirit Dew

"Don't worry, Little Sister. I'm not that rash," Li Cunren said. "We won't stray too far from the city. The moment we can't prevail, we'll retreat back inside."

"If you stay too close to the city, they won't take the bait. They aren't fools either."

"I'm betting they won't be able to resist."

"What if they strike like thunder and give you no time to react? The Devil Race can do that."

"We have a treasure." Li Cunren took something from his sleeve and handed it to her.

It was a crystalline bead, the size of a dragon eye, perfectly round and flawless.

Li Miaotan accepted it.

Her jade-white hand held it up before her eyes as she examined it, channeling a thread of True Essence into it.

Yet there was no response at all.

She looked up in surprise. "It actually cuts off True Essence?"

Li Cunren smiled. "This is a Demon Repelling Pearl. It can sense devilish qi."

"That can't be possible, can it?" Li Miaotan's delicate brows drew together as she shook her head. "How could such a wondrous object exist in this world?"

If such a miraculous thing truly existed, the Outer Realm Battlefield could not possibly have lost so many spirit guards.

Most of them had died to the Heavenly Demons' ambushes and schemes.

"Of course, it can only detect devilish qi below the level of Heavenly Demons."

"Then what use is it!"

"Could all the Devil Race experts who come be Heavenly Demons? Impossible!"

Heavenly Demons were the nobility of the Devil Race. Every one of them was precious.

They would certainly be attended by ordinary devils to run errands and handle chores, and to use the Heavenly Demon Dismantlement technique at critical moments.

"Mm..."

"When there is devilish qi within one li, it