"If you must blame something, blame this immortal opportunity. Why was there only one fruit?"
The boy slowly collapsed, staring at his best friend in disbelief even as he died.
And as Xiao Kui clutched the Immortal Fruit and turned to leave the cave...
"Thank you, little girl."
An icy voice rang out from the void, and a withered hand descended out of thin air!
Xiao Kui and the Immortal Fruit were seized in an instant, leaving not even her bones behind!
"Sentiment, when immortality is at stake?"
"Heh. Naive."
"Hahaha! This is my immortal opportunity! Anyone who tries to steal it can die!!"
In the Western Desert, on the Yellow Sand Ancient Road.
An elderly, one-eyed rogue cultivator held an Immortal Pill aloft, throwing back his head in wild laughter.
He was only at the Great Sage Realm, yet treasure-seizing parties from three top-tier powers surrounded him, including several Saint Emperor Realm experts!
Countless waves of murderous intent locked onto him.
A ruthless gleam flashed in the old man's eye. He crushed the Immortal Pill outright and swallowed it!
"Want to steal it?"
"Then I'll help myself first!"
"But don't think you bastards will get off easy!"
His aura surged. Drawing on the Immortal Pill's power, he stepped straight into the Saint Emperor Realm, turned, and charged into the crowd!
Blood stained half the expanse of yellow sand red!
When everything finally settled, corpses littered the ancient road.
The old man, too, died of exhaustion, and the Immortal Pill's power dispersed into nothingness.
For a single Immortal Pill, three Saint Emperor Realm experts, seventeen Great Saints, and over a thousand cultivators died.
No one cared.
If the struggles between rogue cultivators were merely minor skirmishes,
then when the top-tier powers acted, the heavens truly collapsed and the