Pfft!
A crimson-red talisman abruptly rose from the corpse of that Black Blood Sect cultivator. It then split in two—one streak of light shot away in an instant, while the other bored into Aaron's body with lightning speed!
"This..."
Aaron watched it happen before his very eyes, then hurriedly examined himself. He found nothing unusual with his body; it did not seem as though he had been attacked.
But the moment he circulated his mana, his expression changed slightly. He sensed threads of bloody light mixed within his mana!
"That man claimed to be a true disciple of Underworld Peak... it seems he wasn't lying... What exactly was that talisman just now?"
Aaron's expression turned grave. He retrieved the storage pouch of that Qi Refinement Perfection cultivator and took out a jade slip to examine.
Then his face darkened beyond measure. He rapidly flicked out fireballs, reducing both the man's and Ye Jiuniang's corpses to ashes. After hastily cleaning up the battlefield, he sped toward the nearest Black Marsh Prefecture City.
As Aaron traveled, he recalled the information he had obtained earlier and quickly grasped his predicament.
'The Black Blood Sect is a Golden Core demonic sect of the Martial Kingdom. It is divided internally into three branches—Black Flame, Crimson Blood, and Underworld!'
'The Black Flame branch excels at controlling demonic fire, the Crimson Blood branch specializes in blood-path demonic arts, while the Underworld Peak branch cultivates the Underworld Demonic Art. The mark of a true disciple is a Hundred Ghost Banner!'
'The Hundred Ghost Banner is a high-grade artifact. Once further refined, it becomes a top-grade artifact—the Thousand Baleful Banner. Beyond that is the magical treasure only Golden Core cultivators may wield—the Ten Thousand Souls Banner!'
'That man did not deceive me. He truly was a Black Blood