Star Dou's Lingering Traces Seek Da Ming's Trail, Badge and Burning Eye Patch Tell of a Heroic Soul

Tang San and Lin Zhixia had only taken a few steps when Hu Liena's weak voice suddenly came from behind them. "Wait... Did you kill the King of Slaughter?"

The two paused slightly. Lin Zhixia looked back, coldness in her starry eyes. "That is not something you should be asking." As soon as she finished speaking, Hu Liena propped herself up from the ground. The pain of her torn wounds made her frown, yet she stubbornly pressed on. "You clearly had the chance to kill me while I was unconscious. Why didn't you?"

Tang San turned his face slightly, his tone calm and unruffled. "Back at the exit of the City of Slaughter, you did not strike to kill me either." He paused, his gaze turning cold. "But from today onward, there is nothing between us but enmity." With that, he left side by side with Lin Zhixia without looking back again.

Hu Liena watched their figures vanish into the dense forest. Her fingers clenched the grass beneath her, and her eyes held a complicated mix of emotions—unwillingness, confusion, and a faint melancholy that even she herself had not noticed.

After walking a hundred meters, Tang San took Xiao Wu's body out of the Ruyi Hundred Treasures Pouch. The Blue Silver Emperor gently curled around her as he softly asked, "Back there, did you think we had gone soft?"

Xiao Wu's soul clung to her body, her voice carrying a smile. "No. I know you would never take advantage of someone in danger. That is the Tang San I love."

Lin Zhixia, standing nearby, could not help but laugh. "Xiao Wu understands him better than anyone."

Tang San smiled as well, then quickly grew serious and activated the Blue Silver Domain. Pale blue Soul Power spread like a spiderweb, covering