Even if it was only a wisp of true spirit, it was still an Immortal. An Immortal represented immortality, represented power on a higher plane.
Yao Shengxing and the others had just arrived and were about to intervene when Chen Xinghe stopped them.
Just moments ago, Chen Xinghe had worn an utterly confident expression as he told the two of them, "My two Deputy Hall Masters, you have traveled a long way and must be weary. Leave what comes next to us."
But now, sensing the emergence of that aura, Chen Xinghe panicked and immediately shouted, "My two Hall Masters, attack together!"
Yao Shengxing and the others did not need Chen Xinghe to tell them. They knew that if they did not act now, something terrible would happen.
At the same time, the Inspection Hall began to tremble violently, and a single character appeared before the eyes of the Inspection Hall Master.
Immortal!
Upon seeing that character, the Inspection Hall Master's gaze became exceptionally grave.
He styled himself an Immortal's servant, an Immortal's lackey. Now that he had seen the appearance of the character "Immortal," he felt somewhat flustered.
After all, in all his years as the Inspection Hall Master, he had never once seen this character appear.
What did this represent?
His heart could no longer remain calm.
Troubled times, a different era, opportunity, opportunity, opportunity... the Inspection Hall Master murmured inwardly.
He only dared say those words in his heart, only dared let himself hear them.
"Immortal-Slaying!"
Two more characters appeared. Those two characters stirred an indescribable terror in the Inspection Hall Master's heart.
This was not a prompt.
This was an order!
This was ordering their Inspection Hall to slay an Immortal!
Wasn't Su Qichen the Immortal Slayer? Had they not always intended to kill that so-called