The towering baleful aura Lin Dong had acquired from slaying the Ancient Dragon Ape poured forth without reservation through that single glance, directly enveloping Gu Yan and the other two.
The three Qi Creation Stage experts all froze at once, standing dumbly in place like startled young beasts, their minds completely blank.
Yet Lin Dong seemingly had no intention of killing them. After that indifferent glance, he turned and left without hesitation, clean and decisive.
Only after a long while did Gu Yan's rigid body soften again. Like a survivor of a great calamity, he muttered, "Lin... Lin Dong. It was him. It was him."
"Good thing we did not rashly attack. Otherwise, the Ancient Sword Sect would have been wiped out from top to bottom. He killed the Ancient Dragon Ape with ease in the span of a gesture, yet suffered no injuries at all. Just what level of cultivation does Lin Dong possess? Could he be at the Creation Stage Great Accomplishment?"
"Anyone who can exert such pressure on us must be a Creation Stage Great Accomplishment expert."
The Great Elder and Second Elder of the Ancient Sword Sect exchanged glances.
"Let's go in and take a look."
When Gu Yan and the other two elders stepped into the valley that had nearly been flattened, they saw an enormous beast corpse lying quietly there. A savage, black hole in its forehead pointed straight toward the sky.
Not a drop of blood flowed from its body. Its corpse was shriveled and feeble, as though all of its vital blood had been extracted by some secret art.
Even in death, the massive creature still emitted a sky-reaching ferocious aura. But that pressure had weakened greatly, because Gu Yan and the other two elders knew that the Ancient Dragon Ape, the