This was an expert from the School of Diplomacy in the Capital City.
A massive starlight chessboard directly covered an area dozens of li across.
Countless points of starlight flickered across the chessboard as one Anomalous figure after another died within it.
The starlight crisscrossed like rays of death. Wherever it passed, any Anomaly it touched was instantly sliced into countless pieces.
Death followed like a shadow, and in mere moments, all the Anomalies here had been wiped out.
Over a thousand Essence Stones of varying grades flew into the sky and fell into someone's sleeve.
This was an incomparably powerful being, radiating a heavy, oppressive might. He was at least a Primordial Spirit-level expert.
"What a nuisance. Large-scale Anomalies and spatial-temporal rifts have appeared in the Capital City."
Carrying deep concern, the man turned and vanished from the area.
Not far away, Li Qing glanced toward the direction in which the other man had disappeared, then slowly exhaled a breath of foul air.
"Good thing I left a step early. Otherwise, I would have been swept into this Disaster."
"A Primordial Spirit-level expert—the School of Diplomacy's killing spell, Great Starlight Chessboard."
"He harvested over a thousand Anomalies in such a short time. Terrifying indeed!"
Li Qing shook his head slightly and swiftly left, continuing toward the Capital City.
He arrived north of the Capital City and dug another underground hollow there.
After burrowing inside, he took out the remaining Essence Stones in his hand and rapidly absorbed them, converting them into magical power.
In the blink of an eye, several more hours passed, and the magical power in his dantian rose to fifty-five strands.
"Not enough. I need to find another resource site."
"I need to cultivate to the Heaven Soul level as soon as possible. Then the next