358 Mind Search (1/2)

”This is really unexpected…”

The young face of Blade was greatly distorted by a big frown as he stared at the ground for a few seconds…

'It's indeed unexpected…'

I couldn't help but agree with Blade's statement deep down in my heart, what we found out was really a bit too exaggerated when compared to my original expectations.

'At least it's not too late…'

Since we managed to take hold of the Fire House's division master's clone, who seemed to go by the name of Crane, we moved on to the next step of the plan, information extraction.

A quick check using mental energy made it obvious that this clone was made using another human body as a vessel that was possessed by a completely separated part of Crane's mentality and altered to be similar to his own body so he could use it with ease.

In fact, according to Blade, this clone looked exactly like Crane, with the only difference being it had a beard of black hair instead of his original red, the method behind making this clone was probably one of the demons' secret methods, but the reason behind the construction of this clone was pretty obvious…

For a prominent division master of a top sect like the Elemental Blade Sect to act as a demon seed, it was obvious that he couldn't do so from within considering the great formation that put the whole sect under Blade's surveillance.

As such, and taking into consideration the clone's special ability of having a direct communication link with the original source of the mentality, this was simply the perfect tool of communication and taking care of his dirty work as a demon seed without being exposed.

Of course, once Blade found this place with Light's guidance, he had already sealed the whole underground space we were currently in with his own mentality, so the original Crane shouldn't know that he messed up for now as this clone of his acted independently and only used the mentality link to relay information and orders for most of the time…

This was in fact, just a small part of the information we have extracted…

”The only reason I gave you a chance to prove your assumptions was only because I have read about the existence of the ancient demons through the secret records of the sect, but to think they have been planning all of this under my nose…”

Looking at the clone that already had its eyes rolled as drool slipped out of its open mouth, Blade lamented as his frown only grew deeper…

He may have maintained his composure while he was executing his part of the plan till now, however, now that it worked out successfully, finding out the fact that Crane, who pretended to be a friend of his, had actually used his favor towards him to do what he wanted, eventually making the situation reach its current critical stage seemed to have taken a toll on his mind.