Whoosh!
Taishi Xuan moved like lightning, flying several hundred li ahead of Su Mo before coming to a stop.
The countless disciples who had followed him rapidly scattered, landing on more than a dozen islands.
"Su Mo, where are Zhao Cheng and Guo Jianqing? Are they dead?" Taishi Xuan stared at Su Mo and asked coldly.
Last time, he had sent Zhao Cheng and Guo Jianqing to hunt down Su Mo's group of three. Yet the two had vanished without a trace and had not returned for nearly two years.
Therefore, he had guessed that they were already dead.
Of course, he did not believe Su Mo had the ability to kill Zhao Cheng and Guo Jianqing. Saint Master Huoyuan must have meddled and saved Su Mo.
"They're both dead. You'll be joining them soon enough," Su Mo said blandly.
"Such shameless boasting!"
Taishi Xuan sneered upon hearing this. Then he turned his head slightly toward the group from the Taishi Family faction on the islands and asked loudly, "Everyone, Su Mo caused Zhao Cheng and Guo Jianqing's deaths. His crime is unforgivable. How do you want him to die?"
"Haha! Naturally, blast him into scraps!"
"Brother Taishi Xuan, blasting him into scraps is letting him off too easily. We should cripple his cultivation, extract his Battle Soul, and refine him alive into ashes!"
"He dared provoke our Taishi Family faction. We must suppress and kill him with absolute force to raise the prestige of our Taishi Family faction!"
"...!"
The members of the Taishi Family faction all spoke up at once, their voices overlapping in a chaotic clamor, each suggestion more vicious than the last.
Taishi Xuan's lips curled into a broad smile. Turning back to Su Mo, he said loudly, "Su Mo, did you hear that? If you