In an underground chamber, Leian and Sparrow sat facing each other.
"You still dared to follow me? Do you really think I won't kill you to silence you?"
Leian stared at Sparrow, his tone icy, as though he might strike at any moment.
Three days had passed since Leian slew Mosen. During those three days, Leian had traveled with his head down, scarcely stopping, until only now had he finally halted.
Along the way, he had encountered several bands of bandits, but he avoided them whenever possible. Even when discovered, he would accelerate and flee. Only when they refused to let him go did he ruthlessly kill them until they scattered in all directions.
The chamber where he now hid was buried beneath a desolate plain, more than a million li away from the mountain range they had previously crossed.
Inside the stone chamber, Sparrow gave a dry cough in the face of Leian's sudden hostility and said awkwardly:
"Do you have to be so ruthless? We went through life and death together, after all."
Three days ago, when facing Mosen, Sparrow had thought that he would become the main force in killing Mosen, then take Leian in as his subordinate and head to Mengshan City together.
After all, he was only a Midgod. Having one more person on the road meant one more measure of safety.
In the end, both Mosen's Soul Defense Artifact and Leian's Body as Sword had completely shattered his calculations.
At the time, Leian had not killed him, so he could have left alone. But in order to safely reach Mengshan City, he weighed the matter again and again before ultimately following Leian.
The reason Sparrow had dared to do this was because he could tell that Leian was not a bloodthirsty person, even though