The person emitting black qi never showed his face. He hid behind a shield at the city gate, waiting for an opportunity to strike.
From the fleeting glimpse Chen Sanshi had caught earlier—
This aura was no weaker than that of many Meridian Opening Realm commanders.
The Qi Observation Technique could not directly reveal someone's realm. It could only provide a rough judgment. Chen Sanshi was currently only at the Organ Tempering Realm, so his discernment was naturally limited.
If he was at the Meridian Opening Realm...
Zhang Haimin!
As a second-rate sect in Liangzhou, the Seven Absolute Sect had only one Meridian Opening martial artist and four Force Transformation martial artists from top to bottom.
It could only be Zhang Haimin.
Why was there black qi on this man?
And it surged forth at times before withdrawing again. It was not always present.
Had he obtained it by eating a poisonous beast?
Or was it caused by the source of power that turned fierce beasts into poisonous beasts?
Chen Sanshi did not approach.
Anything above the Organ Tempering Realm was beyond their responsibility. Besides, they had already gathered enough people. There was no need to show off and risk their lives.
He continued harvesting low-realm martial artists with his bow while using the Qi Observation Technique to inspect the others. In the end, he found that only Zhang Haimin had black qi—or rather, only Zhang Haimin had ever revealed it.
"Brothers, charge!"
"As long as we make it beyond the Great Wall, we'll become subjects of the Heavenly Tribe of the grasslands!"
Things had come to this.
The Seven Absolute Sect disciples had nowhere left to retreat. Surrender meant beheading anyway, so they might as well fight to the death and seize that final thread of life. The sect