The Ancient Stone Forest battlefield lay beneath a knife-sharp wind that swept dust and still-wet blood across the ground.
Shi Hao stood quietly where he was, the Grand Unity Sword Embryo already sheathed.
The pure, flawless immortal aura made a circuit around his body before slowly sinking within, leaving him looking like an Exiled Immortal who had returned to simplicity.
The wreckage strewn across the ground and the broken magical artifacts bore silent witness to the brutality of the battle. Two of the Four Ancient Freaks were dead and two had fled; the ambush had ended with Desolate's absolute domination.
A ripple came from the space nearby, and Cao Yusheng and Taiyin Jade Rabbit ran out of a concealed array.
Cao Yusheng's rolls of fat jiggled with every step.
He looked at the shattered peaks around them and the pools of blood left by the ancient freaks, then couldn't help swallowing hard.
"You actually cut them all down." Cao Yusheng walked over to Shi Hao and looked him up and down, as if he were some unimaginable monster.
"That was the Dark God Son and Heaven's Number One Assassin—the apple of the eyes of the Sect Masters beyond this realm. And you chopped them up like vegetables."
Shi Hao turned and patted Little Fatty on the shoulder, a sunny smile—the same one he'd worn in the past—spreading across his face.
"They set a trap to kill me, so they should've been prepared to be killed in turn. Besides, I've cultivated immortal energy now. If I can't even deal with a few defeated opponents, wouldn't that let down Big Brother Ye Xuan and all he taught me?"
Taiyin Jade Rabbit blinked her ruby-like eyes and came up close to Shi Hao, sniffing around with her delicate nose.
"You're not hurt, are