The atmosphere outside the Thirty-Fourth Post Station was decidedly strange.
The Demon Clan had just lost a commander at the late Supreme Unity Golden Immortal stage. Hundreds of Demon Soldiers wore grim expressions, yet not one dared utter another heated word.
The Witch Clan had initially felt vindicated.
But after Mysterious Abyss asked, "What are you laughing at?" the smile on Kua Yue's face immediately faded somewhat.
He glanced at the Cause and Effect Mirror, then cupped his hands toward the post station.
Kua Yue said, "Please forgive me, Emperor. I've fought Chiling many times, and quite a few of my clansmen died at his hands. Seeing that fiend executed just now, I couldn't help feeling a little pleased."
Mysterious Abyss said nothing more.
Chiling had injured a Post Station Guard Cultivator of Guixu.
He had already killed him.
That karmic debt was settled.
Whatever blood feuds remained between the Witch Clan and Chiling were their own business.
Lu Chen had no interest in settling them one by one.
Seeing that Mysterious Abyss would not pursue the matter, Kua Yue relaxed slightly.
But when he turned toward the Demon Clan's ranks, his gaze swiftly grew cold and fierce again.
The Demon Clan had lost Chiling, its strongest commander.
The situation had changed.
Especially since a Demon Clan commander he had been pursuing for a long time was still lying inside the Three Lives Post Station.
Black Feather.
His cultivation was at the peak of the Golden Immortal stage.
During the battle several days earlier, Black Feather had led a demon army in an ambush against the Witch Clan's rear and personally killed two of Kua Yue's younger clansmen.
The demon army had subsequently suffered a counterattack from the Witch Clan as well.
Severely wounded, Black Feather had actually entered the