Harlan: "He also once ordered me to disguise myself as someone else and kidnap a little spirit beast."
"What little spirit beast?"
"It was Bifang's child."
The Bifang bird is the top boss among Damian Black's Ten Fiendish Elites.
Lily Bai clenched her fists, asking word by word: "Why kidnap him?"
Harlan: "No clue. All I know is, Bifang lost it and stormed the city with his demon army to get his kid back, but Lily Bai the Immortal showed up and kicked them out."
Lily Bai remembered that battle very clearly.
The demon troops stormed into the city, leaving countless dead and wounded.
She heard the news, rushed over, played her Entwined Heart flute, and sent those demon beasts packing.
After the demons retreated, Lily Bai saw the city littered with casualties and stayed mad for days.
So there was more to that story than she knew?
......
"Anything else?" Lily Bai asked.
"That's it," Harlan said. "We work hard guarding the mountain every day. We haven't done anything bad! We're good spirit beasts, honest! Please don't kill us!"
Even as he passed out, he kept begging for mercy. That guy's survival instincts are off the charts!
Too bad he's low-level—can't milk him for any more secrets.
Lily Bai stopped questioning and turned to Stone Zheng, now completely isolated by the crowd. "Lord Stone Zheng, will you talk, or do I need to bring out another Soulbinder talisman?"
Stone Zheng suddenly burst out laughing: "Nothing left to say! I own my actions! Yes, I followed Your Majesty the Demon Emperor. My emperor will one day unite the Three Realms and slaughter every last one of you—leave no survivors! Hahahaha!"
He laughed and laughed, then suddenly spat out a mouthful of black blood and collapsed.
The Spirit Alliance had sent a representative today as well.
The person who stepped forward was Master Victor Chung.
After examining the body, he shook his head and said, "Poisoned himself. Dead."
"Damian Black really is formidable—he even managed to suborn Lord Stone Zheng."
"The Stone Family is one of the top aristocratic clans, and Longride Celestial Sect is the most prestigious sect. What was he after? Why would he willingly serve Damian Black?"
"Damian must've put some curse on him!"
"Exactly! Damian Black is just vile!"
......
The immortals all began discussing in a frenzy.
"Unbelievable!" Harvey Yule looked grief-stricken. "My own wife's younger brother! I'm so ashamed!"
He turned to Leo Li and Henry Xiao, knelt down, and said, "Longride has produced a traitor. The blame is mine alone! Please, Fourth Divine Prince, Young Master Azure, punish me!"
"You should be punished!" Henry Xiao said. "You let Damian Black lure away someone right under your nose! His power is growing, and it's clearly because you're an incompetent Alliance leader!"
"Yes! I'm willing to resign as leader of the Demon Slayer Alliance and let someone more capable take over!" He kowtowed. "Let Lord Faustin be the new leader!"
Henry Xiao glanced at Lord Faustin, who was still 'asleep,' showing no sign of waking up.
"Enough! Now's not the time to talk about this! Breaking the Wildlands Tribulation Thunder Array is what matters! We'll see how you perform then!" Henry Xiao said.
"Yes!" Harvey Yule asked, "So, shall we continue?"
Henry Xiao nodded.
So Harvey Yule dragged himself to the front, threw up his arms, and roared, "Damian Black dared to mess with Longride Celestial Mountain! That's a slap in the face—a barefaced challenge! We have to hit back hard! Today, we'll spill Baxa's blood—"
His words cut off abruptly.
Then he suddenly cried out, "Where's Baxa?"
Baxa, who was supposed to be locked up in the cage, had vanished!
Gone!
Really gone!
Vanished!
!
The prison cage was perfectly intact—so where was he?
Leo Li and Henry Xiao were both shocked.
Just now, everyone was focused on Lily Bai interrogating Harlan, and no one noticed when Baxa disappeared.
"Hahaha!" Suddenly, Mirage's sparkly illusion popped up in midair. "Wow, you people are hopeless! My big bro Baxa slipped out ages ago! Try looking south, geniuses!"