What Could Keep Them Alive

Crack—!

Like stepping on an overripe watermelon!

Black Snake's savage head exploded beneath Gu Sheng's foot! Red and white viscous fluids mixed with bone fragments, splattering in all directions!

The headless corpse slid limply to the ground, twitched a few times, then went completely still.

The consciousness of the evil cultivator youth attached to Black Snake's corpse let out a soundless shriek the instant the head burst, then was utterly annihilated!

The entire corner fell deathly silent! Only the faint sounds of filthy blood dripping and the corpse twitching remained.

That brief silence was soon broken!

"What was that sound?!"

"Sounded like... fighting? It came from behind the hall!"

"Lord Blood Jade?!"

"Go take a look!"

A commotion and startled cries came from the direction of the great hall!

Clearly, the muffled impact and the sound of bones breaking had alerted the Boundless Sect disciples inside the hall and nearby!

Footsteps and shouts rapidly closed in on the corner behind the hall!

Gu Sheng's gaze sharpened. He knew he could not remain here for long!

He swiftly withdrew the Southern Emperor Sword. After sweeping his gaze over the headless corpse and the mess on the ground, he flashed toward the eastern stone house where Gu Yuanyuan was being held!

He had to rescue Gu Yuanyuan and leave before the main force of the Boundless Sect could react!

The disturbance in the corner behind the hall was like a boulder dropped into a still lake, instantly shattering the silence of the Boundless Sect's temporary encampment.

The dull impact, the crisp crack of bones breaking, and the strange silence that followed made the low-level disciples in the hall, already unsettled by the changes in the secret realm, panic even more.

"What happened?!"

"Behind the hall! The sound came from behind the hall!"