The tree ran.
And running with it,
was the Huang Family's secret leader, Huang the Ninth.
He had gone to great lengths to trick those old fossils of the Huang Family down from the tree, fooling them into surrounding and killing Hu Yun and the White Tiger.
Meanwhile, Huang the Ninth himself seized the opportunity to take the Blood Pool and the Demon Tree with him.
Of course, from Hu Yun and the Shadow King's perspective, it was the Demon Tree that had escaped.
Speaking of which, Hu Yun expressed great regret, "The Shadow King didn't tell me much, only that the Demon Tree left with the Blood Pool's seed. She said she had seen the Blood Pool before and that it was related to the Underground Demon race. She has no idea why it ended up in the Huang Family's hands!"
After the Shadow King killed a group of the Huang Family's old geezers and left to pursue the Demon Tree, Hu Yun returned.
She happened to run into the White Tiger, Crocodile Turtle, and the others nearby.
