Seizing by Cunning and Force, Decisive When It Was Time to Decide

Li Yizhen's corpse lay sprawled before the Imperial Demon Hunters Office. Yin energy, condensed almost into substance, coursed back and forth through his body, forming one ferocious, roaring ghost face after another.

Su Che stepped forward, lightly straightening his collar with his fingers.

The Imperial Demon Hunters released from the dungeon circled Li Yizhen's corpse once. As they looked at Su Che, complicated expressions showed in their eyes.

Li Yizhen was indeed their enemy, but he had also been an imperial envoy bearing the king's command, a dignified Circuit Inspector.

Under the Great Liang Code, Su Che was now a court criminal who had brazenly murdered an imperial envoy. The Imperial Demon Hunters present should have arrested and imprisoned him.

Yet by now, they had already been stripped of their spirit, vitality, and will.

Once upon a time, the Imperial Demon Hunters had regarded themselves as the embodiment of the court. Even when their conduct had been vile, they had believed that the court stood behind them.

But when this iron fist came down upon their own heads, who knew how many people's faith had shattered completely.

All that remained was emptiness.

Su Che beckoned. A stream of yin energy wrapped around the vital essence within Li Yizhen's flesh and returned it to the Yin Mountain Nether-Cavern Treasure Register. Within the radiance of the treasure register, the already-sprouted Ruomu swayed gently, swallowing every last trace of vital essence belonging to a Reverted Elixir cultivator.

Su Che could not directly make use of Li Yizhen's mana and vital essence.

For at its root, this essence did not belong to Third Young Master Su. This refined primordial energy had been accumulated through Li Yizhen's years of arduous cultivation, the condensation and concentration of his entire cultivation. In terms of principle, this refined