Lei Jingxiao could not help looking back. The man who had saved him at the cost of his own life was an elder of the Thunder Clan-Lei Miao!
That old man was one of the elders Lei Jingxiao disliked most, yet this time, he had stepped in front of Lei Jingxiao without the slightest hesitation. His somewhat gaunt frame seemed both familiar and strange to Lei Jingxiao.
The last thing he said to Lei Jingxiao was, "Jingxiao, you are the Thunder Clan's future. You cannot die here!"
There was only that one sentence because it was the last thing he had time to say.
Nine Phoenix's phoenix claws drove out souls and reaped lives. In practically an instant, he sliced the opponent who had intervened clean in half at the waist. Even his soul was annihilated at Nine Phoenix's hands.
Blazing lightning erupted in midair alongside a spray of blood. Lei Miao's blood splattered everywhere, a savage, cruel sight.
Lei Jingxiao stared wide-eyed, forced to witness it all. He clutched a bloodstained Spatial Storage Ring-the final keepsake Lei Miao had forcibly thrown to him in his last flicker of life, after Nine Phoenix had cut him in half and left him with only half a body. Slick with blood, the Storage Ring was already slippery. Veins bulged on Lei Jingxiao's hands, but he dared not grip it too hard, afraid he would destroy the last keepsake Lei Miao had left behind.
He stopped fleeing. After these two incidents, he had already seen through Nine Phoenix's intentions. Nine Phoenix wanted to torment them this way, to destroy them. If Lei Jingxiao tried to keep fleeing, he would certainly be allowed to do so, but he would suffer endless humiliation and torment. Anyone who dared help the two of them would be