Liu Yu passed through the two formations and slipped out of the Spirit Herb Garden without anyone noticing, then resumed his pursuit of the Huang Household cultivators.
Before leaving, he carefully placed the spirit herbs he had gathered inside the Immortal Mansion, along with the storage bags tucked against his chest.
The entire affair had taken less than half a quarter-hour. He had kept the Spirit-Concealing Art active throughout, leaving not the slightest trace of his aura.
"Aaargh!"
Amid a piercing scream, a plainly featured Huang Household cultivator dressed in purple was reduced to ashes by the Azure Yang Demonic Flame on the woodland path below.
Expressionless, Liu Yu beckoned with one hand, drawing the pale azure Azure Yang Demonic Flame into his right palm. It hovered there, burning slowly and giving off a hazy green glow that looked deeply eerie.
After years of growth, the Azure Yang Demonic Flame still appeared pale azure on the outside, but more than twenty strands of deep azure now lay within it. The change was visible to the naked eye, a clear sign of the demonic flame's growth.
The green radiance illuminated his face, and the black robe added a touch of chilling ruthlessness, making him look just like the villains doomed to defeat in the tales of mortal storytellers.
Some time had passed since the formation was broken. The screams coming from the mountain woods were growing farther apart, proving that most of the Huang Household cultivators had already been put to death.
Cultivators possessed astonishing memories. Liu Yu remembered perfectly clearly that this was the sixty-third Huang Household cultivator he had killed.
The Huang Household had just over two hundred Qi Refining Period cultivators, and he alone had slaughtered more than a quarter of them. Saying that he killed without blinking