Only after dispatching his opponents cleanly did Fang Qianyuan let out a long breath, his emotions settling somewhat.
This was his first time killing people. He had killed plenty of demons in the Demon Suppression Cavern, but people were different, after all.
Now that he thought about it, though, they were all enemies who meant to harm him. There really was no difference.
"You were already in that state, and you still wanted to turn the tables with a sneak attack. Weren't you just asking to die?"
Fang Qianyuan spat, but he still felt somewhat irritated.
That saber-wielding rogue cultivator at eight turns had probably still thought him weak. Even after he had caught them off guard and killed two of them, the man had likely attributed it to his taking the initiative, believing a successful sneak attack could turn the tables.
Had an expert of the same rank come along and dispatched his companions in a few swift moves, he would probably have fallen to his knees and begged for mercy long ago, not daring to try anything.
Still, this battle had also shown Fang Qianyuan that these men's cultivation was watered down. They were not as formidable as he had imagined.
Or perhaps he had already far surpassed ordinary experts, becoming someone second only to those at the tenth transformation.
He soon put this minor irritation behind him and began looting the rogue cultivators' belongings.
Their Storage Bags held plenty of odds and ends-dry rations, clean water, changes of clothing, and the like-but there were also several Spirit Creature cultivation manuals and cultivation secret manuals. The "Chaotic Cloud Saber Art" used by the saber-wielding rogue cultivator was among them.
This was one of the hardships of cultivation for rogue cultivators. An ordinary art that Fang Qianyuan considered of