Regulations

After giving him a slight taste of sweetness, Jiang Ping'an stopped releasing Nether True Qi and took Zhang Kaifeng into the Mystic Nether Spirit Controlling Banner.

He then began refining the five hundred Sword Wraiths he had just captured and handed the refined Sword Wraiths over to Zhang Kaifeng to command.

Over the course of the night, Jiang Ping'an refined more than a hundred Sword Wraiths.

The following evening, before the sun set, Jiang Ping'an arrived at Vengeful Sword Valley early.

He did not plan to capture any more Sword Envoy Spirits or Sword Wraiths tonight. Although he had won last night's battle completely, Xiao Duanyu and some of the Sword Wraiths had been injured, and their combat strength had dropped considerably. They needed to enter the black fog to recover their strength.

When the sun had completely set, Jiang Ping'an unexpectedly discovered that the black fog had not swept through Vengeful Sword Valley.

He waited for roughly another incense stick. The sky had turned completely dark, yet the black fog still had not appeared.

What is going on? Jiang Ping'an wondered. Is it because I captured a Sword Envoy Spirit last night?

Jiang Ping'an flew into Vengeful Sword Valley, heading toward its depths.

Along the way, he saw neither black fog nor Sword Wraiths, much less Sword Envoy Spirits.

However, when he reached the latter stretch of Vengeful Sword Valley, still three or four li from the valley floor, he stopped.

Aside from several Sword Envoy Spirits and several thousand Sword Wraiths in the deepest part of Vengeful Sword Valley, he worried that an even more formidable Ghost King might be hiding there.

There was no need for him to walk straight into the net.

*Even without the black fog, the mist contains some yin Killing Intent, enough for