In the dead silence before the hall, a bell suddenly rang from the summit of Five Viscera Temple, jolting everyone awake.
Bzzz!
This bell toll immediately drew Fang Shu's attention.
Without needing to think, his gaze fell upon Flame Crow's corpse on the ground. He guessed that the bell within the temple had been triggered by this fiend's death.
After all, Five Viscera Temple's Foundation Establishment Earth Immortals had attained their cultivation by harvesting spirit veins; their lives were linked to the spirit veins within the sect. Now that Fang Shu had suddenly killed one within the sect gates, it was only natural that it would cause a disturbance.
And the bell was merely a secondary matter. Before long, all sorts of people—and perhaps even the temple's Three Capitals—would likely descend upon Venom Hall to investigate.
Thus, taking advantage of the brief window before they arrived, Fang Shu glanced at the fire crows and fire sparrows soaring throughout the sky, but did not rush to gather up those Seven Tribulations pet beasts.
Instead, he formed a hand seal. The white light that had just slain Flame Crow suddenly leaped again.
It circled Flame Crow's corpse and pierced through it several more times, thoroughly pounding it into something like a heap of minced flesh.
Another scream rang out from within Flame Crow's corpse, then stopped abruptly.
That cry had come from Flame Crow's soul!
The man had been utterly destroyed in body and soul. Both his flesh and soul had died beyond death; there was no longer any possibility of revival or of gathering his soul for questioning.
Looking at the pool of flesh and blood on the ground, Fang Shu finally let out a breath of relief and recalled the bone pearl that had transformed into white light.
The instant