"Did it work?"
There was no smoke, only grievous wounds.
The tragically beautiful woman frozen in midair—the final exquisite image personally left behind by the chief of the Darkness Division—stirred not the slightest pity in Xu Xiaoshou's heart. All he felt was boundless delight.
"She's dead!"
Ignoring his own injuries, Xu Xiaoshou looked toward Five Declines of Heaven and Man, speaking as though seeking confirmation, yet also hoping for it.
Bang! Night Owl's corpse finally fell, smashing heavily into the ground.
Having lost her control, the Three Calamity Gate had long since dissipated into spiritual energy.
The hungry ghosts summoned from the gate, the boiling broth, the Infernal Flame Soul Blade... all had vanished, leaving behind only a shattered battlefield that proclaimed everything that had happened before.
The verdant green plains had long disappeared.
All that remained in this patch of spacetime was endless desolation.
Five Declines of Heaven and Man gave no response. He descended soundlessly before Night Owl's corpse and silently examined it.
He had to admit that Chen Ruyi's supporting attack had allowed him to skip past the complicated course of battle and end this powerful opponent in one stroke.
In theory, as long as one was below the level of a Demi-Saint, no spirit cultivator who had taken such a massive dose of his decaying aura, followed by the final move, "Curse Kill," could possibly survive.
But then again, could Night Owl, chief of the Darkness Division, really die so simply?
Her Death God's Power had only had time to be unleashed by the tiniest fraction...
What she had displayed in this battle was frontal offensive power, yet she was, after all, an assassin skilled in stealthy killings...
Though Chen Ruyi's special attack had helped catch Night Owl off guard.
If the chief of the Darkness