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But after the first wave of disputes among those three demon kings had drawn attention, the ownership of the Demon God Temple had already slipped from their grasp. Now everyone was waiting to see the outcome of the struggle between the humans and demons of the north and south, waiting to see when a victor would emerge.
With such speculation in mind, Li Fan surmised that the two serpent demons probably possessed some secret intelligence from within the temple, yet they were reluctant to share it with the other demons or to withdraw outright. They might even wait until the next opening of the Thunder Marsh or perhaps try to seize an opportunity during the grand battle between the two factions by sneaking in.