Count Theodore was dead. Anderson was dead too.
Their deaths were both unexpected to Yan Xing. Especially Anderson; as the key figure linking the entire Cloud Alliance, his death might be the last straw to break the Cloud Alliance. It would provoke Cloud Tower into taking military risks. This somewhat deviated from Yan Xing's estimates of the war's course.
Therefore, after attending Theodore's funeral, he bade farewell to Hibel and hurried back to the Eternal Domain. He then secretly proceeded to Heize City.
In a cavern excavated next to the Nine-Headed Dragon Cavern, the body of the Contrary Demon Sarlous was brought in. Standing ten meters tall, extensive scaffolding had been erected to keep it upright. Its reddish-brown body was covered with a layer of black keratin armor. A pair of tattered wings hung, broken and limp, behind it. A round hole pierced clean through its chest.
