When he heard the name "Yan Liming" leave Sheng Hu's lips.
A trace of helplessness crossed Li Ping's face.
The Western Wasteland was simply too small. The Core Formation Cultivators all knew one another well. Aside from someone like him, who had only recently broken through and rarely fought anyone, their treasures and cultivation methods were hardly secrets.
A cultivator of the same realm could learn everything with a little asking around.
That was why, when Mysterious One wielded Yan Liming's Life-Bound Treasure, the Essence-Devouring Sword, both Shao Guang and Sheng Hu had recognized it.
If he used Zhou Lingyan's Lotus Radiance Mirror in battle someday.
Anyone who saw it would immediately guess that he had killed Zhou Lingyan.
Mysterious One remained unmoved by Sheng Hu's startled cry. He simply controlled the Essence-Devouring Sword, pitting it against the great Seal as explosive booms rang out continuously overhead.
When Sheng Hu first saw the Essence-Devouring Sword, he had received quite a fright, thinking demonic cultivators had laid an ambush to kill him.
But after exchanging blows, he soon confirmed that the cultivator before him was not Yan Liming. Yan Liming had practiced a blood-path cultivation method, while this man's magical power was exceptionally pure, without the slightest trace of blood.
Most importantly, he already knew that Yan Liming had been dead for over a century. There was no way he could appear here.
He retreated toward his sect, planning to enter the Sect-Protecting Grand Formation and borrow its power to resist this formidable enemy.
As he did, Sheng Hu pondered inwardly, Did this man kill Yan Liming and seize his Life-Bound Treasure? No, he isn't strong enough to kill Yan Liming. Perhaps he picked up the spoils...
While he fought and retreated, a cold voice suddenly reached his ears. "We've been