A Sword as a First-Meeting Gift

The sword light plunged into the smoke and dust. Amid a thunderous roar, the mountain-sized corpse came crashing down.

Yet Ye Xiu's state of mind was not affected by the result.

At this point, how could he fail to see that the other party's methods did not lie in this Chimera beast?

"Hahaha, it's no surprise that Starfire has made such progress these past few years if it has talents like you."

The laughter rose from within. Ye Xiu instinctively raised his sword before him, only to feel an immense force crash down from above. He was forced back several steps, while the sword he had used to block shattered inch by inch.

"That mishmash of power reeks to high heaven. You condensed all the power from that Chimera earlier into yourself, didn't you?"

Ye Xiu stared straight ahead.

As the smoke and dust dispersed, a humanoid creature roughly two meters tall stood upright atop the massive corpse's chest.

Within the gaping, bloody hole, hundreds of tentacles could clearly be seen rapidly tearing into and devouring the giant beast's body.

"Sharp eyes."

Though his foundations had been exposed, the man showed no sign of panic.

Instead, he simply crouched down and sat.

"Since you can see through its workings, do you know who I am?"

Ye Xiu gave a scornful laugh. "Isn't the Kabbalah Order's disgusting corpse-eating ghoul routine all learned from that Pontiff? You take the foundational methods stolen from that sky-piercing tree, give them a new coat of paint and a different explanation, then call yourselves enlightened to the laws of the world. If you truly had such ability, why are you still hiding in the Church headquarters, too afraid to show your face?"

"A turtle hiding its head."

After being mocked so bluntly by Ye Xiu, the