Cheng Xinzhan still did not know that most of the demon kings in the hall had been drawn by the king's commotion and were watching him. He continued to follow the principle of making his act convincing, summoning the mercury and opening a small hole in it. Blue-purple gang dew flecked with silver light flowed out, looking rather like a glutinous rice ball.
He took out a small lead bottle to catch it, silently counting himself lucky. There was a substantial amount of gang dew here, enough to fill almost the entire bottle. This thunder gang was rather light, however. Even compressed into shape by the mercury, it remained half liquid and half gas, like an exceedingly dense mist. Thus, although the lead bottle was full, Cheng Xinzhan weighed it in his hand and found it came to less than two zhu.
When he took out the lead jar and poured the gang dew from the bottle into it, pitifully little remained clinging to the bottle's inner walls.
Cheng Xinzhan put away the lead vessels and mercury and continued searching for his next target. To keep the Lightning King and Cold King from intervening, he still sought out demons from the Ink Abyss Sea and Sand Sea.
He again operated both eye techniques at once. Azure Clarity could see through layer upon layer of curtained waves and piled clouds, while Cinnabar Eye could search everywhere for demonic qi.
This was not particularly difficult. He only needed to look up, especially toward the purple clouds and brilliant lightning. Demons were certain to be waiting there.
Before long, Cheng Xinzhan spotted another. From a distance, he saw someone dressed entirely in red robes-a subordinate of the Sand Sea's Red King. Huang Yunying had warned him repeatedly that the Red King's subordinates were