With the aid of the gold-patterned dharma-robe, Shen Yi knew the position of every living thing around him like the back of his hand.

Apart from the lesser demons who'd come to gawk out of curiosity, the Thunder-Hoof Demon Emperor's furtively hidden form up in the sky had long since been laid completely bare.

What was rather puzzling was that no demon emperor from the top ten dens had come.

Were they unable to move freely?

A suspicion began to form in Shen Yi's mind, though he didn't relax his vigilance either.

The rooster demon's earlier furtive glance skyward couldn't possibly have been aimed at the Thunder-Hoof — perhaps that pack of great demons had other means of surveillance besides.

Which was rather a pity.

He'd originally planned to seize the opportunity to slaughter these two demons along with everything else.

Shen Yi didn't know what the Thunder-Hoof had prepared for him, but a moment's thought made it plain enough: across the whole of the Nanyang Sect's former domain, the only powers capable of threatening a demon emperor of the ten-odd dens were Wutong Mountain and Xuanguang Cave.

Yet even with the river-deer demon and its brother helping him, the Thunder-Hoof remained this certain.

Which ruled out Xuanguang Cave.

In all likelihood, he'd be seeing some familiar faces today.

Shen Yi had come to the Thousand Demon Den to hunt for treasure, not to genuinely slaughter human cultivators on this pack of demons' behalf.

So long as the Wutong Mountain disciples who came had some brains about them—

they ought to work it out the moment they saw the Dark-Tail Spear in his hand.

Either they'd guess he was connected to Great Qian, or they'd conclude that even Shen Yi, possessor of a ten-zhang golden body, couldn't protect his own spear.

Whichever conclusion they reached, it would be enough to make the group leave of their own accord.

Which was exactly why Shen Yi was sitting so brazenly atop the mountain peak.

Of course... if the one who came was Nie Jun or some expert of that order, then failing…