"Who are you?" Ye'e Shilazheluō was startled by Fang Qianyuan. He had not sensed his approach at all. To his senses, the man seemed no different from rocks, grass, or trees, utterly devoid of any aura.
"Right, you're that Yaksha General who appeared in the Snow Realm before!" Fang Qianyuan said, realization dawning.
He remembered now. He had indeed heard this name before. Ye'e Shilazheluō was the invading enemy he had encountered by chance in the Snow Realm shortly after advancing to Earth Rank.
At the time, Immortal Maiden Wanji had said that the Snow Realm contained a Void Rift leading to the Yaksha Tribe's territory. Demons and Yaksha Warriors often slipped through it. The former tended to roam everywhere, corrupting and ravaging the ore veins and living creatures of the Snow Realm, while the latter openly burned, killed, pillaged, and plundered, seizing mines and carving into mountains. They were a scourge lodged deep in the Snow Realm's heart.
Her travels on the Dragon Turtle back then had actually been part of her patrol and garrison duties.
Strictly speaking, the Heavencrystal Snowfield was a lesser grotto-heaven born from the same fragment of the void as the Snow Realm. Thus, their world origins possessed similar properties, and their locations in the chaos void were extremely close.
That also explained why he had happened upon Ye'e Shilazheluō here.
Ye'e Shilazheluō's body trembled. Though the blood-colored flames obscured his expression, his movements revealed that he was gripped by profound shock and uncertainty.
He channeled his battle aura. Bloodfire surged, instantly becoming a pillar of raging flame that shot skyward.
But with a turn of Fang Qianyuan's palm, an immense, invisible force slammed down with a sharp crack.
The blood-colored flames and the figure within them instantly collapsed and disintegrated together.
"My lord, what