He watched the blood-red token in his hand crack.
The sinister young man in blood-red robes looked grave. "Kun'er's life token actually cracked. Who killed him? Could something have gone wrong over in Immortal City?"
Ignoring the gore in the palace, he took another life token from his Storage Bag, only to find that this one was still intact.
"Miao Rou is fine. Only Kun'er met with disaster." The gravity on the sinister young man's face did not fade. Instead, killing intent filled his eyes. "Did that wretched bitch betray me? Or was it something else?"
He knew how powerful Yan Kun was as a cultivator of both energy and body. With all the treasures he had bestowed on him, there were few in the Foundation Establishment Realm who could stop him from escaping.
Now that Yan Kun was dead, a Core Formation True Person from Immortal City had most likely taken action.
But with Yan Kun's ability to conceal his movements, coupled with his own cunning, he should never have fallen into a Core Formation True Person's hands.
The sinister young man snorted coldly. "Hmph! Kun'er carried the Blood God Mark placed by our cult. All I need to do is visit Immortal City, and I'll know exactly who killed him!"
The Blood God Mark was a unique secret art created by a Nascent Soul patriarch of the Bloodshadow Church. Only core disciples were eligible to receive it.
Once someone bearing the Blood God Mark was killed, the mark would attach itself directly to the killer's soul and could not be removed.
To cultivators of the Bloodshadow Church, the Blood God Mark was as conspicuous as a torch in the darkness.
The sinister young man was certain that once he reached Immortal City, he could easily find whoever had