The reason Li Shanchang did not kill him was that he was still useful—he was tied to Yang Xiu's opportunity. Two months later, Li Shanchang would launch a sneak attack on Yang Xiu, only to be killed by him in return.
In the end, Yang Xiu would use Li Shanchang to step into the realm of half-step True Immortal.
At that time, there would be plenty of room for maneuvering. Besides, Yang Xiu was already at the peak of the Heavenly Immortal realm. Even after killing Li Shanchang, he would only advance to half-step True Immortal.
That was enough to show just how worthless Li Shanchang was. Killing him now would be no different from wasting one of his precious slots.
"I hope so. Don't worry, I still trust you."
Ye Lin suddenly smiled, patted Li Shanchang on the shoulder, and spoke softly.
Li Shanchang, however, was utterly baffled. He was not that foolish, and neither was Ye Lin. There was no way Ye Lin would believe him and let him go based on just a few words.
How could that be possible? Yet Ye Lin truly had released him now. That meant Ye Lin definitely had other schemes in mind—it was simply that Li Shanchang did not know what they were.
Still, he was not worried. At the very least, he was no longer in danger.
Just then, a deafening boom came from ahead. A figure was sent flying violently backward before crashing hard into Mountain-Shaking City in the distance.
Half of Mountain-Shaking City was reduced directly to ash. Ahead, devilish qi surged into the sky. Dense, overwhelming devilish qi wrapped around Qin An's entire body, leaving only a pair of blood-red eyes exposed.
Within Mountain-Shaking City, Li Unrivaled planted his long sword beside him and used its blade