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"Still, I felt like I'd seen these birds somewhere before."

Li Huowang frowned slightly as he stared at the vultures on the ground, racking his brains to remember.

Suddenly, his expression froze. He immediately recalled that, a few years ago, when he had left Qingqiu, he had encountered lamas accompanied by vultures!

"Was it them? Those lamas from Qingqiu who worshipped death? But why would they ambush the Celestial Surveillance Division for no reason?"

Just as Li Huowang pondered that question, he suddenly felt that something behind him was wrong.

When he reached back to feel for it, Li Huowang's face instantly darkened. Damn it! The Spine Sword was gone! These vultures had been nothing but a blinding method! Their target was my Spine Sword!

"My sword is gone!" Peng Longteng appeared beside Li Huowang, grabbed him, and hurled him into the air.

The higher one stood, the farther one could see. Burning with rage, Li Huowang frantically swept his gaze around from midair.

If they had merely come to ambush him and kill him, he might not have been this furious. But they had actually come to steal his Spine Sword! He would grind that person's bones to dust and scatter their ashes!

"Taoist! Your sword's over there! Look!" The monk behind Li Huowang happily reported his discovery.

The next moment, the monk's body solidified. Li Huowang grabbed his monk robe and yanked hard backward, using him as leverage to dive toward the direction he indicated.

Closer! Closer still! Li Huowang saw that it was a mountain goblin wearing a Buddha mask, clutching his Spine Sword as it fled swiftly through the forest.

This mountain goblin seemed to have practiced some kind of technique. It twisted, flipped, and darted through the woods with incredible speed.

"Still running!"

Li Huowang