The two surviving members of the Demon Extermination Squad, feeling the terror of death, didn't dare to say another word and pointed in one direction, "He's locked in the secret room over there..."
With Miao Mountain's location confirmed, Ye Qiu casually tossed the two Demon Extermination Squad members aside. He just wanted to rescue Miao Mountain as quickly as possible, fearing that the commotion from the earlier battle might lead the Blood Cross people to kill Miao Mountain.
In less than half a minute, Ye Qiu found the secret room mentioned by the Demon Extermination Squad members, dealt with the Blood Cross members guarding it, and successfully rescued Miao Mountain from the secret room.
Ye Qiu didn't choose to leave the Blood Cross headquarters immediately but instead started searching the main building.
Although the operation had a certain advantage, he knew very well that destroying Blood Cross altogether was impossible, especially since Tian was in seclusion here.
However, Ye Qiu wouldn't pass up such a great opportunity to collect as much information about Blood Cross as possible.
After all, Blood Cross has to be eradicated sooner or later, and gathering enough information would greatly aid future actions.
Meanwhile.
In a basement within the Blood Cross headquarters.
In the dim space, Tian sat on the ground, his face incredibly gloomy.
He was indeed in seclusion, but the disturbance from the battle outside had also startled him. With a slight sense, he knew that Ye Qiu had come to kill, and also that Blood Cross suffered heavy losses.
Yet, even so, Tian remained motionless in his seat, with no intention of going out to deal with Ye Qiu.
"Let you be arrogant for a while; soon it will be your time to die!"
Tian stared intently ahead. In front of him, floating in mid-air, there was a transparent air mass. At its center was a drop of blood, flickering with a dark red glow, appearing extremely enchanting as if it contained unique energy.
Tian, with a gloomy expression, slowly extended his right hand and touched the transparent air mass. The air mass trembled twice, and the blood inside also quivered, then a thread as thin as a strand of hair extracted, merged with Tian's finger, and slowly integrated into his body.
At this time.
Ye Qiu, still accompanied by Miao Mountain, was searching inside the Blood Cross headquarters building, encountering numerous obstacles from Blood Cross members along the way. However, regardless of how many members Blood Cross deployed, they couldn't stop Ye Qiu's actions.
Ye Qiu's current strength was too powerful, advancing like a hot knife through butter. No matter how many Blood Cross members there were, they were nothing but insignificant obstacles in front of him.
Along the way, Ye Qiu broke into many important offices, obtaining a wealth of valuable information.
With this information, facing Blood Cross in the future would also be much easier.
"King, I think it's about enough." The previously silent Miao Mountain finally spoke, saying seriously, "We've collected so much information, which is an absolute heavy loss for Blood Cross.
After all, this is the Blood Cross headquarters, and with Tian in seclusion here, it's not wise to stay too long. We should leave as soon as we can."
Miao Mountain wasn't worried about his own safety. Having followed the Demon King Ye Qiu for so long, he had never been afraid of dying, having long since set aside concerns of life and death.
The reason for urging Ye Qiu to leave quickly was nothing more than fearing that Tian would suddenly appear to deal with Ye Qiu!
Miao Mountain didn't want Ye Qiu to lose his life here because of him.
"Keep searching!" Ye Qiu responded in a deep voice.
Miao Mountain was right; searching the Blood Cross headquarters building for so long and finding a lot of information was already adequate, allowing them to escape Blood Cross while Tian wasn't leaving seclusion.
But Ye Qiu didn't want to leave just like that!
There was still very important information he hadn't found!
Phoenix!
Phoenix had died under a Blood Cross siege back then. Ye Qiu didn't believe that an existence like Phoenix would leave no trace here in Blood Cross. His attitude was firm.
Search!
Relentlessly search!
He must find information about Phoenix, whatever it is, he must find it!
"King, look over there!" Miao Mountain shouted suddenly as Ye Qiu was engrossed in his search.
Miao Mountain stopped in his tracks, pointing to a small room beside them.
Ye Qiu looked over and saw through the window that a portrait was hanging on the wall of the room.
In an instant, Ye Qiu's expression changed!
The anger in his eyes vanished, replaced by intense shock!
Phoenix!
He had truly found a clue about Phoenix!
The person in the portrait inside the room looked exactly like Phoenix; who else could it be but Phoenix?
Moreover, what shocked Ye Qiu was not only these!
The portrait was actually a high-definition photograph!
The background was an unknown prairie, with Phoenix standing on it, gazing into the distance against the setting sun, seemingly searching for something!
Back when he was with Phoenix, Ye Qiu had a habit of collecting any photos related to Phoenix.
But this photo in front of him, he had never seen before!
Which meant, this photo was taken when Phoenix was not with him!
And after the photo was taken, they never met again!
Otherwise, how could Ye Qiu not have this photo?
Boom!
Suddenly, there was a huge explosion in Ye Qiu's mind, like a bolt of lightning on a clear day, leaving his mind blank.
His mouth also twitched involuntarily!
The never-before-seen photo stirred thoughts and feelings within Ye Qiu that he had never had before!
Phoenix might still be alive!
"King, there's a date on the photo, but the date seems incorrect..." Miao Mountain spoke again.
Ye Qiu's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly looked at the bottom right corner of the photo!
"There's really a date!"
In an instant, Ye Qiu was thrilled, his heart racing as it had never done before.
He even began to somewhat lose control of his emotions!
Ye Qiu was certain!
Phoenix didn't die!
Truly didn't die!
Because the date recorded on the photo was after Phoenix was confirmed to have fallen!
"Phoenix... where are you?"
Ye Qiu mumbled to himself, his emotions becoming immensely complicated, unable to comprehend why Phoenix's photo was here in Blood Cross, why she was alive but hadn't come to find him.
What had Phoenix been doing all this time?
And now, where was Phoenix?
"Phoenix, why don't you come find me? Why?" Ye Qiu continued to murmur, heartache twisting like a knife, struggling to accept that the woman he loved the most was alive, yet didn't appear before him to tell him she wasn't dead.
Ye Qiu's thoughts started to become chaotic. He was slipping into a very dangerous state.
His mind was full of Phoenix, lacking any sense of caution. If a sufficiently strong enemy came, they could certainly take his life in an instant!
Miao Mountain also noticed this, but he didn't say much.
As Ye Qiu's brother, he understood very well how important Phoenix was in Ye Qiu's world.
"Phoenix, where are you, exactly?"
Ye Qiu's mind was filled completely with that exquisite face.
As his thoughts were in turmoil, suddenly, a voice full of murderous intent came from outside the building.
"Demon King Ye Qiu, come out and meet your death!"