Death

Duan Chuan Feng Lan came outside the shop and discussed in hushed tones.

"Palace Master Feng, what do you think? Should we pursue them or not?" Duan Chuan asked, looking south.

"This matter is probably not as simple as it seems. I suspect that someone deliberately released the Dragon Scale Shield to attract our attention," Feng Lan said.

"Why would they do this?" Duan Chuan asked.

Feng Lan shook her head. "I have no clue about this either. Pang Heng was murdered, and the murderer must be at least Late Golden Core Stage cultivator, or even Peak Golden Core Stage cultivator. But the person who came to sell the Law Treasure was only a Foundation Establishment Early Stage cultivator. Either the murderer had accomplices, or the murderer was in disguise. If it's the latter, if we rashly pursue them, we might be in mortal danger."

Duan Chuan said, "Then I will report this matter to Palace Master Yun and let him make the decision?"

Feng Lan said, "Okay."

A moment later, Duan Chuan received a reply from Yun Cang, the Hall Master of the Law Enforcement Hall, and his expression was uncertain.

"What did the Palace Master say?" Feng Lan asked.

"The Palace Master wants you to go ahead and chase after the person who sells the Dragon Scale Shield. He will arrive shortly after," Duan Chuan replied.

"Then we have no choice but to pursue them," Feng Lan said somewhat reluctantly.

The two took to the air and fled south.

However, the two were not moving fast. As they fled, they released their Divine Sense to explore their surroundings.

They euphemistically call it "tracking down the suspect."

In reality, they were slacking off and waiting for Yun Cang to arrive.

After leaving the city, the two slowed down even further, their speed becoming comparable to that of a Qi Refinement cultivator.

Both of them summoned defensive Law Treasure, constantly on guard against any unusual changes in their surroundings.

When the two were less than twenty miles from the city, a figure flew down from the sky; it was Yun Cang, the Hall Master of the Law Enforcement Hall.

"Have you two tracked down the suspect?" Yun Cang asked.

Duan Chuan his hands in a fist salute and replied, "Reporting to the Palace Master, no trace of the suspect has been found yet."

Yun Cang said with dissatisfaction, "At your speed, the suspect would have already escaped."

Faced with Yun Cang's accusations, the two knew they were in the wrong and remained silent.

"Snort!"

Yun Cang snorted coldly, but did not continue to criticize.

He knew very well what the two of them were worried about.

"You two continue your pursuit southwards, and I will follow you high in the clouds. However, you two cannot continue to be as perfunctory as before."

"Yes!" Duan Chuan Feng Lan bowed and replied.

With Yun Cang, Peak Golden Core Stage cultivator, accompanying them, the two felt safe and secure.

This time, the two tracked the enemy much faster.

They activated their Divine Sense to the fullest extent, scanning their surroundings.

Soon, the two tracked the suspects down to a location a thousand miles away.

Sudden.

A figure in the woods below caught their attention.

The man was over six feet tall, shrouded in a black cloak, wearing a bronze mask, and possessed the cultivation level of the Foundation Establishment Early Stage.

It was almost exactly the same as the description given by the shopkeeper of the Law Artifacts.

Duan Chuan raised his hand and shot out a stream of Law Power, Law Power shot straight towards the suspected culprit below like an arrow.

The suspect below was powerless to resist the sudden attack from the Golden Core cultivator. Before he could even react, the Law Power had already struck him.

Seeing that the Law Power was about to pierce the suspect's head, a look of surprise flashed in Duan Chuan's eyes.

This suspect appears to be only at the Foundation Establishment Early Stage.

He quickly changed the direction of his Law Power and shot it past the suspect's shoulder.

The Law Power pierced the suspect's left shoulder, and blood gushed out.

The suspect was thrown into the air and crashed into a large tree about ten feet away before coming to a stop.

Duan Chuan unleashed another burst of magical Law Power, shattering the suspect's cloak and revealing his true face.

The suspect was a male cultivator, appearing to be in his forties, with a face filled with pain and terror.

Duan Chuan Feng Lan exchanged a glance, both looking puzzled.

This suspect is utterly despicable; could they have pursued the wrong person?

With this in mind, the two descended and landed beside the suspect.

"Who are you? Why are you here?" Duan Chuan asked sternly.

"Reporting... Reporting to Senior, I am Wang Cheng from the Wang Family of Jade Wave Island. I have come to Limitless Island to trade some pills with someone," the male cultivator said tremblingly.

The Wang Family of Jade Wave Island is a Foundation Establishment Lineage belonging to Limitless Island. There are many such Foundation Establishment Lineage under Limitless Island, numbering in the dozens.

As the deputy hall masters of the Limitless Island Law Enforcement Hall, Duan Chuan Feng Lan held high positions and wielded great power, so it was impossible for them to recognize all the cultivators from these Foundation Establishment Lineage.

Neither of them could immediately tell whether Wang Cheng's words were true or false.

"Then why are you acting so suspiciously, wearing a black cloak in broad daylight?" Duan Chuan continued to ask.

"I am carrying pills worth 100,000 Spirit Stone, which are essential for the cultivation of many members of my Lineage over the next few months. I am worried about being targeted by Bandit Cultivator, so I deliberately concealed myself," Wang Cheng said.

Duan Chuan raised his hand and summoned the storage ring from Wang Cheng's hand, which flew into the air and landed in Duan Chuan's hand.

Duan Chuan forcefully broke through the Divine Sense imprint on the storage ring and probed into it with his Divine Sense.

Inside the storage ring, Duan Chuan indeed found a large number of first and second-tier pills, as well as the Lineage elder token of the Wang Family of Jade Wave Island.

He instantly realized that he had indeed contacted the wrong person.

"When have Bandit Cultivator ever appeared near Shadow City! Which Bandit Cultivator would dare to act so recklessly here! Your secretive behavior will only lead to misunderstandings and cause you unnecessary trouble," Duan Chuan said in a deep voice.

Wang Cheng looked up at Duan Chuan and said, "Yes, this junior will remember your teachings, senior."

He had already realized that Duan Chuan Feng Lan had mistaken him for someone else.

He thought that after Duan Chuan finished lecturing him, he would return the storage ring to him and let him leave.

However, Duan Chuan's next words sent shivers down his spine.

"In your next life, remember to act with integrity, lest you lose your life in vain."

Duan Chuan finished speaking, he flicked his finger, and a stream of magical Law Power shot out.

Wang Cheng's head exploded instantly, splattering yellowish-white matter mixed with scarlet blood all over the ground.

Duan Chuan casually tossed out a fireball.

The flames instantly engulfed Wang Cheng's mangled body.

Duan Chuan shook his head, about to beckon Feng Lan to leave.

Sudden.

A flash of cold light appeared.

A short, curved blade emerged from the dense forest, hurtling towards Duan Chuan and Feng Lan with lightning speed.

Upon seeing this, Duan Chuan and Feng Lan's expressions changed drastically.

Although the curved blade was small, it exuded a power that made the two of them tremble.

Duan Chuan immediately summoned a flying sword and slashed at the curved blade.

Feng Lan then activated a shield, protecting the two of them.

Meanwhile, still feeling uneasy, the two each summoned an Early Third Rank Corpse Puppet to guard their sides.

"Clang!"

A piercing sound of metal clashing together rang out.

Duan Chuan's flying sword was easily knocked away by the curved blade, which continued its momentum and struck the shield activated by Feng Lan.

"Bang!"

The shield was slashed away.

The curved blade was also blocked.

Before the two could catch their breath, three thunder spears, each over ten feet long, shot towards them.

The two had no time to use any other methods, so they could only urge the two Corpse Puppet to stand in front of them.

"Boom!"

Three lightning spears struck the Corpse Puppet.

Lightning flashed, and the might of Heaven was overwhelming.

The corpse aura emanating from the Corpse Puppet was like the chilling air under the blazing sun; it was instantly shattered by the lightning and dissipated into the air.

The Corpse Puppet began to tremble violently under the impact of the lightning.

Then, both Corpse Puppet exploded simultaneously.

Before the lightning had even dissipated, a dark shadow, like a phantom, suddenly approached.

Two dark, withered claws suddenly shot out, piercing the chests of the two men and instantly killing them.

Then, the shadowy figure sealed the souls of the two men and casually stored their corpses in a storage ring.

It's a long story, but in reality, Duan Chuan Feng Lan were killed in the span of only a breath or two.

The entire process was smooth and seamless.

The shadowy figure's speed wasn't affected at all, and it had already slipped away.

Yun Cang, who had been lurking in the high-altitude clouds, only saw a fleeting afterimage before Duan Chuan and Feng Lan were already dead and vanished without a trace.