"Fellow Daoist Yu, it seems you and I returned just in time. If we'd been any later, the Sky-Splitting Sword Sect would probably be in serious trouble."
Jiang Yan stood high in the sky and looked down. He hadn't expected to arrive just in time for such a lively scene.
Then his gaze shifted, fixing on the Dark Being. His eyes lit up, and he looked absolutely delighted.
"That's right. This power is indeed comparable to a Human Race Dao-Realm expert."
"Upstream on the Mother River, before the true calamity of world-ending destruction arrives, it seems creatures this large have never appeared. I wonder how many Anomaly Points it'll give me if I kill it."
"All in all, whether I can take a solid step forward on my path to the Dao Realm depends entirely on you."
The Dark Beings' incursions plagued the entire Mother River basin. They could be suppressed, but never wiped out.
At the same time, Human Race experts had no interest in eliminating this scourge.
As the saying went, the world bustled for profit, and all who hurried along did so for gain. Slaying a powerful anomaly was entirely a thankless task, because they yielded no precious materials.
But to Jiang Yan, a Dark Being like this was an unparalleled treasure of the world.
So when he saw such a powerful anomaly, one comparable to a Great Dao Lord, he was beside himself with joy.
Whoosh!
At that moment, Yu Qingjue took in the chaos below and furrowed her brow. Gripping the Sky-Splitting Sword tightly, she raised it and sent out a hidden streak of swordlight.
In an instant, a peculiar spatial ripple spread from her in every direction, reaching far, far into the distance.
Under the surging Sword Qi, the influence this Dark Being had