Bastion of Light
Chapter 713

Fearless Sky Sheath Wielder

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"These dead people... the 'Sky Sheaths' inside their bodies have all been removed."

Mu Wanqiu asked in confusion, "Who would collect something like that?"

Most Transcendents preferred to stay as far away from Sky Sheaths as possible.

Even fragments were something they did not wish to touch.

After all, touching one meant risking infection by the Sky Sheath's power—

"There is one kind of person who collects such things."

Bai Xiu said calmly, "Those who have been pierced by a Sky Sheath."

"Right..."

Mu Wanqiu's eyes lit up. "If they already carry the 'Sky Sheath Curse,' then naturally they wouldn't care about the power of these fragments..."

"Most criminals who escaped Snow Prison fear no 'Sky Sheath Curse,' because they already carry curses themselves." Gu Shen rose to his feet and said slowly, "That is Han Dang's greatest source of confidence. He must have been wounded by a Sky Sheath as well, allowing him to extract fragments without restraint."

But the law enforcers of the Two Continents did not.

That was the real headache—

"If war breaks out, how are we supposed to deal with these 'Sky Sheath Shards'?"

Bai Xiu's expression became unusually grave.

With his strength, he could handle most ambushes and surprise attacks.

But the other law enforcers were another matter.

Those pierced by Sky Sheaths were destined to see their source matter dissipate. If they wanted to survive, they had to share the curse with others... If the criminals under Han Dang had mastered techniques related to refining "Sky Sheaths"—

Then when open war truly came, the price paid by the law enforcers would likely be far more devastating than originally expected.

Gu Shen stood in the Linden Tree Forest.

Looking at the corpses scattered across the ground, he felt a strange sensation slowly welling up

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