"Where's Bone Hermit?" The two tribulation cultivators activated their life-bound treasures, but their target was gone.
They hadn't dared use their spiritual sense to search for him earlier, worried Bone Hermit might notice. And now, after all that time, they had no idea where he'd gone.
"Big brother, are you sure your intel was right?"
"Of course it was. Bone Hermit was definitely here earlier!" the elder brother said with certainty. His source was absolutely reliable. "Looks like he moved somewhere else!"
"If he's not here, then he's not here. Let's go, big brother." The younger brother felt a chill crawl over him. Whether or not Bone Hermit had ever been here, the place gave him the creeps.
Though they were Spirit Transformation cultivators, they were nowhere near invincible. There were countless unknowns in the world, and the more you knew, the faster you died.
The elder brother refused to accept it and searched the cave inside and out, but couldn't find so much as a hair. He cursed in frustration. "Damn it, he cleaned up thoroughly. He didn't leave a thing behind. Forget it, let's go."
On the way back, the younger brother saw that his elder brother was still gloomy and tried to cheer him up. "Look on the bright side, big brother. It's lucky Bone Hermit wasn't here. If he had been, he might've used some sinister trick like a curse. Wouldn't the two of us have been done for?"
Although they were both Spirit Transformation cultivators and had the advantage in numbers, that alone couldn't completely decide the outcome.
For instance, someone like Lu Yang, with exceptional talent and the ability to fight above his level, or a cultivator who had mastered obscure arts like time or causality.
The elder brother waved him away impatiently. "Get