"Senior Mo."
Xiong Shan had never expected to encounter Mo Bufan here. In fact, before entering this small secret realm, he had assumed that Luo Hong and the others had yet to emerge from the Great Thousand Illusion Array.
Of course, this was not his fault.
After all, by the time he emerged from the illusion array, Han Li and the other two had already gone to the left hall, while he had headed straight for the Lifeless Sword Sea. Naturally, he had not noticed anything at all.
Moreover, after Lu Yuqing lifted the second Reincarnation Restriction, her aura had changed drastically. Since Xiong Shan was unfamiliar with her, he naturally could not recognize her at a glance based solely on her back view.
Although Luo Hong was meditating not far away, the commotion around him was utterly inconspicuous compared to Lu Yuqing's side. Xiong Shan's divine sense could not detect him either, so his astonishment was only natural.
The instant he saw Mo Bufan, the viciousness in Xiong Shan's eyes abruptly faded, and he instinctively tried to retract his Life-bound Flying Sword.
But the next moment, an immense force came through his hand.
Although Xiong Shan promptly exerted force with his right hand, he still failed to keep hold of his Life-bound Flying Sword. It transformed into a streak of golden light and flew toward the white stone altar.
Immediately, several streams of crimson flames swept out from the mass of fire below the altar, wrapping around the golden flying sword and rapidly refining it.
In merely a few breaths, the sword was burned crimson and emitted waves of tremors resembling mournful cries.
Then, clusters of golden light orbs flew out from the sword body. These were precisely the pure Sword Origin of Xiong Shan's Life-bound Flying Sword!
"Puh!"