The surviving devils ran as fast as they could. They neither looked back nor stopped for a moment, fearing that the young man might change his mind and give himself a chance to catch them.
After running for about 15 minutes, they finally stopped, looked behind them, and saw that no one was following. They also couldn't sense anything within a kilometer, so they thought they were safe. The low Marquess-stage cultivator turned to his comrade.
"Who is he? How was our identity exposed?! We were sure we concealed our traces and identity perfectly. Even the Flamecrest family doesn't know about our presence in Flamecrest City, yet he knows?!"
"I don't know," the other devil replied, "but I think it has something to do with that bitch's announcement going off-script. There must be something we don't know—something that made her change her mind and disobey the plan."
"Did… did she know that Lord Lust is dead?"
