Supreme Path VII

Kun Ji put away his arrow and gazed toward that distant direction. Lin Xin's aura was rapidly dimming, like a lamp being snuffed out.

"Then everything is over."

An arrow suddenly shot back from the distant sky and landed steadily upon the bowstring of the Golden Swallow Bow.

Kun Ji picked up the Golden Phoenix Dipper and examined it.

"I got my hands on quite a good magic treasure. It looks like it's probably fifth-grade. Not bad, not bad."

A smile spread across his face. Yellow light diffused beneath his feet and immediately climbed upward, swiftly enveloping him completely. Then his entire body vanished in an instant.

Ordinarily, after killing his opponent, he should have gone over to inspect the corpse carefully. But to avoid suspicion and prevent the Yuan Dou Demon Sect from becoming suspicious—

Not only had he not used his own Yuan Jing power to kill, he had also used the Golden Swallow Bow, which left no traces and could imitate the methods of any cultivation art, to finish his opponent completely.

Otherwise, there was no way he would have allowed Lin Xin to flee such a great distance.

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Several days later...

The Water Pool where Lin Xin was submerged suddenly churned with countless bubbles and currents.

It was as if something beneath the water was continuously boiling.

Splash.

A pale arm suddenly thrust out of the water and fiercely grabbed the stone at the edge of the bank.

The water parted, and a drenched young man with a head of black hair struggled out of the pool.

His face was deathly pale, devoid of the slightest trace of blood. His eyes were wide open, like the swollen eyeballs of some fish that had been soaked too long.

"Just as I thought... just as I thought..."