Yan Chihuo was slightly startled. In the cultivation world, if the owner of a Magic Treasure was killed, there would be no such phenomenon when someone else refined it. Why had things changed in the Netherworld?
Still unwilling to believe it, Yan Chihuo sent in another stream of mana. This time, the resistance remained, but it loosened slightly. Delighted, Yan Chihuo increased the mana again, yet though the resistance gave a little, he still could not break through it.
Yan Chihuo increased his mana once more. At that moment, a sigh sounded by his ear. "I never expected Little Thirteen to provoke you. He was merely at the Tribulation Stage—how could he compare to a Double-Eyed Bird at the Origin Core Stage like you? But killing him just like that is rather too disrespectful of me, isn't it? What's more, after killing him, you even want to seize my treasure?"
Yan Chihuo was greatly alarmed. Looking up, he saw a sickly-looking middle-aged scholar standing languidly a dozen or so zhang away. Yan Chihuo recognized him at once and cried, "Heaven's End King!"
After searching through the Thirteenth General's memories, Yan Chihuo had already fixed Heaven's End King's appearance in his mind, so he recognized him at a glance. Moreover, this man's cultivation was unfathomable. To this day, Yan Chihuo had never seen anyone with such power. Who else could he be but Heaven's End King?
Heaven's End King smiled faintly. "I didn't expect you to recognize me."
Yan Chihuo bowed. "This junior once heard the elders of his family mention you, so I recognize you."
Heaven's End King's gaze flickered. "Your family elders know me? Whose junior are you?"
Yan Chihuo said, "My clan chief and Your Highness are both among the Nine Nether Kings. How could they not know