At the same time.
Outside the Soul Burning Saint Fire Tower.
The encirclement formed by forces led by Sun Liuliu, Yue Yan, and the others had sealed off the entire Saint Fire Tower region so tightly that not even a fly could escape.
Just as everyone stood ready and waited for Lu Feng to emerge from the Saint Fire Tower.
The Saint Fire Tower's formation slowly pushed Jun Zi Shuo's corpse beyond the barrier before casually tossing it into a pit not far from Sun Liuliu and the others.
To better form their encirclement, they had previously cleared away a batch of miscellaneous corpses and piled them all into that pit. By now, the stench of decay filled the air, insects and flies swarmed everywhere, and the place resembled a filthy mass grave.
Seeing Jun Zi Shuo, normally so impeccably dressed and extraordinary in bearing, reduced to a cold corpse and thrown into a pile of bodies like rubbish, everyone who recognized him wore exceedingly complicated expressions.
Sun Liuliu in particular. Since they had known each other, the impact of this sight was no less than a hammer striking her heart.
The Jun Zi Shuo in her memory had possessed such power and brilliance, an existence even she had needed to look up to.
Yet now, he had met such an end.
It left her feeling somewhat dazed, as though it were unreal.
"How did Young Master Shuo die here?!" Mu Hongyin of the Herding Cloud Sect looked startled and uncertain, a trace of fear between her brows. "Did he die in the Soul Fire trial within the Saint Fire Tower? Or was he murdered by someone?"
At her words, Sun Liuliu's previously hesitant expression abruptly turned cold. With a wicked smile, she said, "He did not die in the