Two bedraggled figures appeared somewhere in the mountains outside Cloud Province City.
Their auras were in disarray, and one had a fist imprint sunk deep into the flesh of his chest.
Black demonic qi surged around both of them.
These were the two Spirit Refining experts of the Blood Lotus Cult who had besieged Jin Yu in Cloud Province City. One was named Luo Yue, the other Liu Shan, and both held the rank of Protector.
"Jin Yu really is formidable. He nearly turned the tables and killed me," Luo Yue said, still shaken.
He was the one with the fist imprint on his chest, left there by Jin Yu.
Spiritual force imbued with Jin Yu's martial will clung to the wound, preventing it from healing.
"How could someone who has taught Junior Class A in the Lower Court all these years be easy to deal with? He's personally trained at least eighty Spirit Bone Prodigies, if not a hundred." Liu Shan shook his head.
"Did you kill Jin Yu?"
An icy voice rang out, followed by a ghostlike figure emerging from the shadows of the woods.
Liu Shan and Luo Yue shuddered mid-conversation, hastily turning and cupping their hands. "Greetings, Grand Protector."
This was Li Baichuan, Grand Protector of the Blood Lotus Cult. He was the one who had ambushed Chu Nangui and Martial Master Lieshan outside the Heavenly Strategy Academy as they rushed toward Cloud Province City. His cultivation was unfathomably deep.
Even after fighting Chu Nangui and Martial Master Lieshan simultaneously, he had escaped unscathed.
Li Baichuan nodded. "Is Jin Yu dead?"
Liu Shan's expression shifted slightly. Lowering his head and cupping his hands, he said, "The Demon-Suppression Bureau's chief commander arrived in time, so we failed to kill him. But he was grievously wounded, and Protector