The group walked together along the mountain road for some distance and arrived at the area Xiao Wangchuan had mentioned. Sure enough, more than a dozen corpses lay scattered along the roadside.
Judging by their poses, they had been fleeing in panic when someone dealt with them on the spot in an instant. Many still retained the postures they had assumed while running for their lives.
Luo Qingshuang's face turned pale. Staring at one of the corpses, she said with a heart-wrenching look, "They... should be from the Battle Sect. I was fortunate enough to meet that Martial Uncle with the goatee once when I visited the Battle Sect with my sister."
Lu Feng's expression grew even heavier at her words.
"They must have run into the bandits who abducted my sister and tried to help rescue her. That's why they died here!"
Heartbroken, Luo Qingshuang anxiously said, "We have to hurry. Those bandits must be headed for the Saint Fire Tower."
However.
Before they had gone much farther, the group came across the bodies of another party.
"They're from the Qingxiu Chan Sect!"
Everyone cried out in unison, recognizing the identities of those distant corpses.
As Lu Feng sensed the surroundings, scarlet flames seemed to surge through his eyes. From these corpses, he caught a trace of residual aura that those earlier bodies had not possessed!
Every one of their soul seas had been forcibly pierced through, their Soul Power's very origin drained away!
Such a method was unmistakably the work of Jun Zi Shuo's Evil Origin Fiend Heart Repentance.
But... the lingering aura on these corpses did not seem to have been left by Jun Zi Shuo.
A faint realization dawned on Lu Feng. Jun Zi Shuo... had likely passed this sinister technique on to his confidants, helping