I came here to kill!
The murderous words made the woman grit her teeth. She said sharply, "The ancestor of Fengyin Mountain has already surpassed the Ninth Tier Peak and climbed the Divinity Staircase. Since you killed his Incense Bearer, he has marked you."
"And you still dare to boast."
"You don't even know disaster is about to befall you!"
"Do you know how many Ghost-Carriers the ancestor has devoured? And do you know how many top Awakened he has killed?"
"Foolish and fearless!"
The woman's voice rang like a great bell.
Surpassed the Ninth Tier Peak. Climbed the Divinity Staircase?
Jiang Qiao narrowed his eyes slightly.
He had not expected the old evil spirit in Fengyin Mountain to be a Divinity Ninth Tier existence. He simply did not know which step of the staircase it had reached. However, it could grant blessings to those at the peak of the Eighth Tier and help these two advance to the Ninth Rank through trickery.
It had probably already reached the latter half.
But...
So what?
"Is the ancestor of Fengyin Mountain a Mountain Ghost?" Jiang Qiao asked.
"That's right!"
"So you're not completely ignorant after all."
The woman said grimly:
"You're a Visitor from beyond the heavens and an Awakened. You have no inherent conflict with us. We could stay out of each other's way, and perhaps even find opportunities to cooperate. But you disrupted Fengyin Mountain's ritual and killed its people."
"Now you've even killed the ancestor's Incense Bearer."
"There's no possibility of settling this peacefully!"
"Stay out of each other's way? That sounds nice, but can Evolvers and Awakened really coexist peacefully?" Jiang Qiao sneered. "Your so-called ancestor can't frighten me. If he's truly that powerful, why is he still hiding in the mountains?"
"Are the days among the