As rogue cultivators who had risen to prominence in this cruel Cultivation World, the Bearded Man and his companions were naturally no ordinary men.
They dared not underestimate any opponent.
If they had not seen through Su Shi'er's identity and thought of the Great Zhao Dynasty's bounty for him, they might have chosen to leave out of caution.
After all, the feeling Su Shi'er gave them when their gazes met was clearly extraordinary.
Su Shi'er knew their purpose, but he did not care in the slightest.
Within the Phantom Star Sect, there were not many cultivators or elders who knew him well. The three elders of the Weapon Forging Platform might have had strange tempers, but they were all genuine people and had not been strangers to him.
But now... two of those elders had actually died at the hands of the men before him.
It was impossible for him not to be angry. Yet after the killing intent in his eyes rose to its peak, Su Shi'er instead became completely calm.
"Do you know... why the fellow cultivators from those two sects dared to leave without worry? Was it really just because they were concerned about their sects' circumstances?"
Su Shi'er abruptly changed the subject and questioned them.
The sudden question froze the smile on the Bearded Man's face, making his heart skip a beat. Before he could speak, however, his pupils contracted as ten thousand streams of sword qi came sweeping over, covering the earth and piercing the clouds.
"Hmph! A sneak attack? Such a method is simply courting death!"
"Wind Thunder Hammer—Unseal!"
With an angry roar, the Great Hammer in the Bearded Man's hand swelled against the wind. Wind and lightning force gathered around it, releasing a startling suction that drew in the incoming sword qi and