Silver Crown Hermit's body fell limply to the ground. Layers of golden light receded from its surface like waves, and in the blink of an eye, vitality was drawn from the shell of flesh and dispersed into the air.
Zhou You put away his weapon and kicked the corpse aside, wary of any posthumous trick Silver Crown Hermit might have left behind.
Sure enough, moments later, golden light flickered several times from Silver Crown Hermit's Silver Crown Mountain, then went out like a candle flame in the wind.
Far away, atop Dayin Mountain...
The tiger corpse lowered its head to lick its whiskers, then suddenly sensed something. It let out a long roar that shook the four directions.
The Witch Clan Martial Artists besieging it were so startled that they hurriedly retreated. Two of them lacked coordination and actually crashed into each other one after the other, looking utterly bedraggled.
With that roar, the war clouds shrouding the sky above Dayin Mountain were cleared from an area spanning a hundred mu, revealing the gloomy heavens.
Not far away, Yan Baihu was sheathing his blade. He turned and looked skyward. "Ancestor, what is it?"
"What a pity. When I destroyed Silver Crown Mountain years ago, I left behind one remnant, intending for him to join hands with my descendants."
"That remnant should have been slain by your own hand, yet someone else got there first. One link in your opportunity has been lost."
Yan Baihu was unconcerned. "The world is vast, and these are troubled times. This junior need not worry about lacking worthy opponents."
Hearing this, the tiger corpse nodded. "So be it. But the Demon Tiger Talisman I left on him back then is an ominous thing. If anyone other than you obtains it, they will surely bring calamity