,/.

After learning the reason, Ling Rushuang said coldly, "Kill him!"

Ling Jue was greatly shocked. "You..."

Slap!

Su Fan flicked his hand, sword intent surged forth, and in an instant, Ling Jue was annihilated.

He was not given the chance to speak.

He was directly erased until not even ashes remained.

There was no need to waste time, or waste land burying a corpse!

Seeing Su Fan act so decisively, Ling Rushuang was instead surprised. "You don't want to know where that Divine Realm Ancient Tomb is?"

That was a Divine Realm Ancient Tomb!

"It's only a tomb. What's so special about it? Even if a God Realm expert came, this young master would wipe him out with one sword!"

Su Fan said disdainfully.

It was just some lousy tomb. He did not care about it at all.

"What is your strength?"

Ling Rushuang was truly curious.

"Anyway, you only need to know that I'm invincible!"

Su Fan said, thumping his chest.

He turned back to look at the Sword Demon and beckoned. "Come here!"

The Sword Demon immediately shuddered. He forced himself to walk over and said, "I don't know anything about any Ancient Tomb. I only came to stand up for my junior brother!"

Su Fan circled around him once. This guy's strength was quite decent.

It would be a bit of a pity to kill him.

Besides, his status was not ordinary. The Sword Demon of the Devil Palace.

Outside, he was known as the Number One Sword Under Heaven.

"It'd be a bit of a pity to kill you!"

Hearing this, the Sword Demon hurriedly said, "Right, it would be a pity to kill me. I'm very good at getting things done. I can run errands and such!"

Chen Cang's face was full of disdain.

"You don't have a shred of backbone. You've disgraced all sword cultivators. No wonder you're such trash!"

The Sword Demon rolled his eyes.

Easy for him to say. Backbone?

Su Fan was a great terror. Talking about backbone in front of him?

What a joke!

Su Fan raised a hand and gripped the Sword Demon's head.

The Sword Demon's face turned deathly pale in fright.

It was over!

He was going to die!

But then he discovered that something even more terrifying than death had happened.

Strands of black worms actually emerged within his consciousness.

The Puppet Life Forbidden Art!

Leng Zhuī's Puppet Life had died.

The Sword Demon could become a new Puppet Life.

Whether in status or strength, he was far superior to Leng Zhuī.

He was much more suitable for handling matters for him!

After a while, Su Fan withdrew his hand.

He patted the Sword Demon on the head. "From now on, you'll continue being the Sword Demon!"

"Yes!"

The Sword Demon felt miserable inside.

This guy truly was a great terror.

What kind of method was this, that could directly control him!

There was simply no way to defy or resist it!

What was even more terrifying was that none of his outward appearance had been affected in the slightest.

Chen Cang looked at the Sword Demon suspiciously.

What had Su Fan done to him?

Since he was letting the Sword Demon leave, Su Fan must have done something.

Otherwise, the Sword Demon would not be so obedient.

Su Fan waved his hand and let the Sword Demon leave.

The crisis at Sword God Mountain had been resolved!

Su Fan alone had turned the tide!

He had slain powerful enemies!

"Cough, cough..."

Chen Cang suddenly began coughing, blood spilling from the corner of his mouth.

When he had saved Ling Rushuang earlier, he had taken a blow from Ling Jue and suffered serious injuries.

"Master!"

Ling Rushuang was alarmed and hurried to Chen Cang's side.

"It's nothing. I won't die!"

Chen Cang shook his head.

"Don't spread word of my affairs carelessly, understand?"

Su Fan looked at the Great Elder and the others, saying gravely.

"Understood!"

The Great Elder and the others tensed inwardly.

Though they did not understand why Su Fan did not want the news spread.

They did not dare go against his wishes.

"I'm going to catch someone!"

Su Fan moved. It was as though a flash of sword light flickered where he had stood.

He had already vanished.

His speed was beyond imagination!

Only now did Chen Cang realize that Bai Shaokong's incomparably powerful Sword Evasion Technique, as though he had achieved Man-Sword Unity.

Had most likely been taught by Su Fan!

Outside Sword God Mountain, in the small town.

Atop the newly built tavern, the black-robed man looked toward Sword God Mountain.

He sank into thought.

"The Sword Demon and Ling Jue both came for the abandoned princess."

"They made such a huge commotion, looking as if they wanted to tear all pretenses with Sword God Mountain. Just how important is the abandoned princess?"

It was he who had passed word of Ling Rushuang's presence at Sword God Mountain to the Yan Kingdom royal family and the Devil Palace.

His purpose had merely been to vent his anger, take revenge on Sword God Mountain, and seize an opportunity to have someone kill Su Fan!

Yet the result was!

Failure, again and again!

Even the assassin Leng Zhuī whom he had hired took the money but did not do the job, and even harbored ill intentions!

He had no choice but to kill him to silence him!

Ling Jue attacking Sword God Mountain had already greatly surprised him.

He realized that the abandoned princess was of utmost importance to both the Yan Kingdom royal family and the Devil Palace.

There had to be some unknown secret hidden behind it.

"What's that!"

The black-robed man noticed that an aura of death seemed to have emerged from Sword God Mountain.

His heart shook with horror.

He thought of a shocking possibility.

The Palace Master of the Devil Palace, Leng Tu, had personally acted!

And he had used the Demon Blade of Death!

Did Sword God Mountain actually possess such terrifying hidden reserves?

Enough to force Leng Tu to use the Demon Blade of Death?

The great battle seemed to have ended.

There was no movement from Sword God Mountain.

"Could Sword God Mountain have been slaughtered?"

He did not believe that the current Sword God Mountain could withstand Leng Tu after he had used the Demon Blade of Death.

"Should I go take a look?"

"No, it's too dangerous to go now!"

The black-robed man continued waiting.

The Sword Demon left Sword God Mountain with his disciples.

The black-robed man's heart stirred. He knew his chance had come.

Sword God Mountain had clearly already lost.

He would personally act and kill Su Fan!

Outsiders could not be relied upon. Only he himself could be trusted!

"Wait a little longer. Ling Jue still hasn't left!"

"Even if Sword God Mountain has been slaughtered clean, I still need to find Su Fan's corpse."

The black-robed man continued waiting.

A figure appeared behind him.

Yet the black-robed man did not notice at all.

Su Fan raised a hand, gripped his neck, and lifted the black-robed man up.

"It was you, wasn't it? Sending people to kill me time and again?"

He spoke with a savage grin.

The black-robed man was scared out of his wits!

He was horrified beyond measure, his eyes widening enormously!

All of a sudden, a hand had clamped around his neck.

And lifted him up.

He did not have the slightest power to resist!

Even more terrifyingly, he had not noticed when the other party appeared behind him!

"Su Fan?"

After hearing Su Fan's question, his face became even more incredulous.

This was trash!

Trash at the Mortal Sword Realm!

Who did not know that?

Who had not heard of it?

How could he be this powerful?

To subdue him soundlessly, he had to possess the strength of the Emperor Sword Realm!

How was that possible!

How old was he?

The black-robed man's face turned pale, his heart trembling.

He suddenly thought of a possibility.

Perhaps Tang Duan and Zhou Feng had not gone back on their word.

Perhaps Su Fan had killed them!

"It was me—the person you've been so eager to kill!"

Su Fan turned him around to face himself.

"How did you..."

The black-robed man was utterly shocked.

"Surprised?"

Su Fan sneered.

He shook the black-robed man and said, "Speak. Who ordered you to kill me? Who was behind it?"

The black-robed man had merely been carrying out orders.

The person who truly wanted him dead was not the black-robed man.

"I never expected you to have hidden yourself so deeply!"

The black-robed man looked miserable.

"The Emperor Sword Realm!"

It was too terrifying!

How old was Su Fan, anyway?

What kind of monstrous talent was this?!

"You will never know who wanted you dead!"

The black-robed man suddenly said with a calm expression.