These ten pills were all specialized in driving out curses, and every one of them was top grade.
Su Lijing didn't hesitate. He swallowed all ten pills, then circulated his cultivation method. As their medicinal power dissolved, his aura fluctuated continuously.
After quite some time, he finally managed to steady himself.
"A curse from the Void Return Stage can actually threaten me..."
"It seems he isn't just a Myriad Tribulation Deity Transformation cultivator. He's probably also reached Great Dao Void Return!"
"Still, after that palm of mine, even if he didn't die, he must be badly injured and unconscious for several days!"
"This newly appeared 'strange phenomenon' has conveniently helped me eliminate that brat without leaving a trace..."
With that thought, Su Lijing didn't linger. He couldn't stay away from the sect for too long, or Si Hong Qingyan and the Li Clan would surely notice something was wrong...
The next moment, he conjured a deep-gray flame. With a sweep of his sleeve, he vanished.
After he left, the deep-gray flame instantly became a surging sea of fire. Yet it burned nothing; it merely erased every trace and lingering aura Su Lijing had left behind. Then it went out on its own and disappeared without a trace.
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Chongming Sect.
The Zhen Shi Su Clan's ancestral grounds.
In a secluded forest rarely visited by anyone, a faint light flickered and space rippled. In the blink of an eye, Su Lijing silently appeared.
As soon as he emerged, he conjured the deep-gray spiritual flame just as before, burning away every arrangement in the area.
After straightening his robes, Su Lijing was about to take a step when he suddenly broke into a wrenching fit of coughs. "Cough, cough, cough..."
Su Lijing pressed a hand to his chest and finally managed to