Heavenly Heart Sacred Ancestor's reminder sent another flash of inspiration through Hai Chongyin's mind, and then his legs suddenly began to tremble.
After a long while, he slowly exhaled five words. "Sikong Little Devil."
Across the Central Plains, other than Sikong Little Devil, there absolutely could not be a second young man so terrifying.
At last, Sikong Jing spoke again...
"Cave Master Hai, this junior Sikong Jing has paid his respects."
"But I still need to go kill Bald Thicket, so we'll leave the chatting for later. Heavenly Heart Sacred Ancestor will explain the particulars to you clearly."
With that, Sikong Jing flashed away and vanished from before the three of them, heading straight for Bald Thicket.
He left the instant he said he would, without the slightest bit of dragging his feet.
As Sikong Jing disappeared, the mountaintop fell into a terrifying dead silence. Hai Chongyin stiffly craned his neck, staring fixedly at Heavenly Heart Sacred Ancestor, unable to speak for a time.
In truth, he desperately wanted to ask...
How had he ended up following Sikong Little Devil? And how was the latter even more frightening than the legends said?
Just recalling the scene from moments ago made Hai Chongyin shudder countless times.
"Alas..."
Heavenly Heart Sacred Ancestor naturally knew what Hai Chongyin was thinking. With a long sigh, he said, "Cave Master Hai, let's discuss how to kill Ling Yusong. You needn't stare at me like that either—I'm far worse off than you."
Of course he was worse off than Hai Chongyin. Zhou Xiu's spirit image was still inside his Spirit Platform sea of consciousness, capable of taking his life at any moment.
No longer sighing over it, Heavenly Heart Sacred Ancestor began discussing matters with Hai Chongyin.
In fact, when he saw Sikong Jing leave, certain