In the air warped by high heat, he watched Chi Jiuyu's figure dissipate and the points on his personal panel rise. At last, he let out a breath of relief.
She had finally gone down. At this stage, defeating an opponent really wasn't easy.
Those Sword Sect brutes were far too troublesome. Better provoke them less in the future.
With that thought, he slowly rose from the ground and waved a hand, drawing over the storage ring Chi Jiuyu had dropped.
He then flung out a streak of lightning fire, erasing the scattered wooden puppet fragments, scraps of paper, and other items that might allow someone to trace his trail.
As for the storage ring he had obtained, he did not open it. Instead, he placed it inside a special jade box.
What if Chi Jiuyu had left some trap or nasty contingency inside the storage ring?
The odds were slim, but one still had to be on guard.
Better safe than sorry!
Very quickly, he cleared away every trace that might carry risk. His movements were extraordinarily practiced—who knew how many times he had rehearsed them...
Yet at the very moment he wiped away all the traces—
```text [Fifth-Round Safe Zone Update]
[The fifth-round safe zone update will be the final round of this Immortal Sect Grand Competition]
[The rules have been changed as follows:]
[1. Precise coordinates will be displayed once every 120 minutes, along with the participant's name, sect affiliation, current ranking, and points]
[2. The safe zone will gradually shrink and can be viewed through the real-time map]
[3. The same-realm pursuer attack mechanism has been canceled. Participants outside the safe zone will be directly eliminated]
[4. Auxiliary Module performance has been fully unlocked]
[5. The final ten surviving participants will receive ranking points according to