After erasing their traces, Demon Phoenix and Huang Xiao immediately left the site of their fight.
They could not stay in one place for long, especially somewhere they had fought, as it could easily draw other people's attention.
Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix did not know that all ten Enlightenment Realm experts in the first group to emerge had died at their hands. They would be safe for at least the next four days; only on the fifteenth day would a second group of ten appear.
Of course, they knew none of this and remained extremely cautious.
Huang Xiao was mainly responsible for studying the formation and searching for the formation eye, while Demon Phoenix kept watch over their surroundings.
Another three days passed, and the two encountered no one else.
This left both Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix feeling uneasy again.
"Huang Xiao, don't you think something's strange here?" Demon Phoenix said. "We haven't encountered a single person these past few days either. Why do I get the feeling there aren't nearly as many people here as that old demon claimed?"
Demon Phoenix was not the only one who felt this way. Huang Xiao had felt the same for some time.
With so many people, even if they had banded together, surely it was impossible to go so many days without encountering any of them.
"You suspect there aren't actually a hundred Enlightenment Realm experts here?" Huang Xiao asked.
"It's been thirteen days. Almost half the month is gone, and we've only encountered ten people. What do you think?" Demon Phoenix asked in return.
"But the Patriarch said there were a hundred." Huang Xiao felt rather conflicted.
"Hmph, those were that old demon's words. Who knows which were true and which were false?" Demon Phoenix said. "If you ask