Only when Sikong Jing's voice rang out did Cheng Yin suddenly come to his senses and turn around.
There, at some unknown moment, Sikong Jing's ferocious beast form had appeared behind him. Before Cheng Yin could react... Pff!
Beast-form Sikong Jing's claw had already pierced through Cheng Yin's head.
Cheng Yin exploded!
Even his spirit platform sea of consciousness was ripped to shreds by Sikong Jing.
His spirit shadow drifted out from his body. He twisted wildly as he stared at beast-form Sikong Jing, unable to believe it. "You killed me? You actually entered my Burial Emperor Tribulation just to kill me? Aren't you afraid—"
Before he could finish, Sikong Jing's beast body reverted to human form and cut him off blandly...
"What is there to fear?"
"Like you, I cultivated tribulation-breaking power. A punishment tribulation will descend upon me as well. Whether I interfere with you or not, a tribulation will come all the same. Of course I'll kill you first..."
As he spoke, Sikong Jing drew Cheng Yin's spirit shadow into his hand and looked toward the punishment tribulation that had originally belonged to Cheng Yin.
"Burial Emperor Rules, the person you wanted to save was killed by me."
"But this time, I had no intention of helping him overcome his tribulation. You shouldn't be able to double my punishment, should you?"
"I merely entered his tribulation and took him out."
"At most, you'll only stack on some tribulation power because I interfered with him, right?"
His voice came out cold and sharp. Then he raised Cheng Yin's spirit shadow high and crushed it outright.
This time, Cheng Yin was dead beyond all doubt, while Sikong Jing continued...
"Mystic Jade Emperor told me not to provoke the rules again, yet the rules refused to play by the book