"Was it you who killed my father?"
Lian Erxiong knelt before Lian Taihe's corpse. Upon examining him, she confirmed that his Soul Consciousness had been extinguished and all life had left him. Grief and fury surged across her face, while intense killing intent blazed from her eyes.
Not far away, two elders of Giant Scythe Manor had chased after Lian Erxiong to this place. At the sight of Lian Taihe's corpse, their grim expressions instantly turned incomparably furious. They swung out their long scythes, one before and one behind, blocking Iron Toad's path of retreat.
Yet Iron Toad showed neither anger nor panic. Instead, he was quite pleased with the stance the three had taken.
"I am Iron Toad, an elder of Bone Toad Manor!"
After announcing his name, Iron Toad circulated his spiritual energy, and a phantom burst forth from his body—a massive toad. Having proven his identity through his cultivation art, he explained with a measure of grief and indignation, "I came to know Brother Black Sickle in Profound Gold City. We hit it off at first sight and got along famously, but I never expected..."
The two elders had already dismissed their suspicions. Though they had only just touched the threshold of the Heaven Soul Realm, they considered their eyesight far from poor. They could naturally see from the remnants of the battle that their manor lord had clearly been murdered by an expert swordsman.
Lian Erxiong's expression tightened as she asked bluntly, "Elder Iron Toad, did you see the true culprit who killed my father!?"
Iron Toad feigned a sigh. "I arrived one step too late. Otherwise, I certainly would not have let that thief escape!"
One of the older elders spoke up. "Does Elder Iron Toad know whether our manor lord had made enemies with