Core Formation Anomaly

"Brat, I'll remember you! The next time we meet, I'll make you beg for life and pray for death!"

A venom-filled roar came from the blood-red streak of light in the distance, echoing endlessly through the mountains. The bloody radiance twisted through the air, suddenly accelerating again as it was about to vanish beyond the horizon.

"There won't be a next time." Zhang Tie spoke calmly, his voice not loud, yet it carried clearly across the surrounding wilderness. Immediately afterward, he unleashed the Soul Piercing Thorn.

As his words fell, the blood-red streak that had already flown more than ten miles away suddenly stalled, as if gripped tightly by an invisible giant hand. Nie Ou Pin's escape light plummeted at an astonishing speed, drawing a shrill bloody arc through the sky.

Bang!

A thunderous crash rang out from the distant forest, startling flocks of birds into flight. The flapping of wings rose and fell, shattering the valley's silence. A few bolder birds circled in the air several times before eventually returning to the branches, seemingly curious about the source of the sudden explosion.

He turned to Guan Xuehan, who stood beside him with his jaw hanging open, and said evenly, "Guan Xuehan, trouble yourself to make a trip and bring back his corpse."

Only then did Guan Xuehan snap out of his shock. "Y-yes, alright!"

He hurriedly activated the White Jade Flying Boat and sped toward where Nie Ou Pin had fallen, though his heart churned like stormy seas.

What he had just witnessed was truly terrifying. Zhang Tie had killed a Late Foundation Establishment cultivator from afar. Such a method was simply unheard of. As he piloted the flying boat, he could not help wondering how Zhang Tie had done it.

After Guan Xuehan left, Zhang Tie turned and