"Unfortunately... luck was not on my side. I never expected you to send a Nascent Soul Stage powerhouse."
"Hmph! A mighty Nascent Soul Stage powerhouse should have spent his life roaming freely in pursuit of immortality. To think you would bully the weak and slaughter the Phantom Star Sect's low tier cultivators! When your six-nine heavenly tribulation descends, I would dearly like to see how you survive it!"
"Now that I've fallen into your hands, I have only my own inferior skills to blame. Go ahead and strike!" Su Shi'er continued his furious denunciation without a change in expression.
As he spoke, he clenched both hands, inadvertently exposing the Lesser Zhou Heaven Storage Ring he had been wearing all along.
"Inferior skills? If my judgment is correct, the Six Fiends of the South Sea died at your hands, did they not?"
"And you never expected me to send a Nascent Soul Stage powerhouse? You're a clever man. Do you think I would believe that?"
Zhao Mingyuan narrowed his eyes. He did not believe a word of Su Shi'er's claim that he had known nothing about the Nascent Soul Stage powerhouse's involvement.
He also knew all too well that Su Shi'er's easy capture was probably another trap.
Could it be... that Shen Miaoyin has also condensed her Nascent Soul?
Shen Miaoyin obtained two Inheritance Stone Statues. Once she condenses her Nascent Soul, with the power of those two inheritances added to her own, her strength... would likely be considerable!
Zhao Mingyuan's heart skipped a beat. He warily watched his surroundings, but no matter how he probed, he detected no sign of any other cultivator approaching.
Then he reconsidered. Even if Shen Miaoyin had successfully undergone tribulation crossing nascent soul condensation, an early Nascent Soul Stage cultivator whose cultivation had yet to