His gaze swept over the battlefield. Aside from the powerful Spiritual Energy produced by the opponent's self-detonating Nascent Soul, some not-yet-extinguished Azure Flame still lay scattered around the area.
After carefully sweeping the surroundings with his divine sense and finding no unusual Spiritual Energy fluctuations, Song Qingming finally confirmed that his opponent had fallen and let out a slight sigh of relief.
"These flames really are rather mysterious. Without anyone controlling them, they can still burn the surrounding Spiritual Energy on their own. No wonder they can directly damage even Magic Treasures."
Though he had successfully slain his opponent, the formidable divine ability known as Azure Yang True Fire, which the Gray-robed Man had used moments ago, still left Song Qingming deeply wary.
Especially back in the passageway, Song Qingming had personally witnessed that when the Gray-robed Man and his companion joined forces, the Azure Yang True Fire could rival even a Late Nascent Soul Great Cultivator.
Fortunately, only the Gray-robed Man had come just now. His companion had not accompanied him.
Otherwise, if both of them had appeared here and attacked together, Song Qingming alone would likely have found it difficult to defeat them. His current circumstances would have been far more uncertain.
For the Gray-robed Man to cultivate such a formidable divine ability, his background was clearly extraordinary. What he had said at the end was probably true.
To be honest, after cultivating for so many years, Song Qingming had never been someone who liked to stir up trouble.
Whenever he encountered cultivators from major sects with powerful backing, he had always tried his best to befriend them and avoid leaving trouble for himself.
If the Gray-robed Man had not suddenly set his sights on him and insisted on seizing the spiritual items on his person, Song Qingming