Faced with Xu Taiping's accusation, Liang Chengshan merely smiled contemptuously, then said with an indifferent gaze:
"A bunch of mortal bones worth less than livestock-even without that fire, how many of them could survive the day your True Martial Heaven Barrier opens wide?"
"All I did was send them on their way ahead of time."
Xu Taiping's expression abruptly turned cold at those words. His gaze sharp as a blade, he stared at Liang Chengshan and said:
"Just answer me. Do you admit it or not?"
Liang Chengshan raised his long blade and flicked off the filthy blood staining it, then looked at Xu Taiping with an equally icy gaze.
"You aren't worthy of calling me to account, and they are even less worthy of making me, Liang Chengshan, guilty of any crime."
As he spoke, he raised the long blade in his hand and pointed its edge straight at Xu Taiping.
"You wield a blade, and so do I. Stop demanding an accounting. Come test blades with me instead."
Liang Chengshan's blade gleamed as clear as autumn waters. A qilin was carved into its pommel, and its hilt was inlaid with gems brimming with Spiritual Power.
Xu Taiping remained silent.
Seeing this, Liang Chengshan first glanced at the Beast Cage, then turned his gaze to the Red Lion Ghost King.
He looked at the Red Lion Ghost King and said:
"Your Beast Cage cannot kill me directly. It can only impose a rule on me, and that rule must leave me a way to survive. Am I wrong?"
The Red Lion Ghost King gave a derisive laugh and likewise said nothing.
But his eyes were filled with disdain as he looked at Liang Chengshan.
Yes, whether it was Red Lion or Old Smoky Ghost, this was how they looked