"So that's how it is..." After hearing the elder's explanation, the young man finally understood. So there was another connection behind all this. Listening from the shadows, Xiao Yan frowned slightly as well. Even he had never imagined that Qingtan harbored such a secret. Presumably, not even she knew about it herself?
Now that he had uncovered the secret behind this matter, however, Xiao Yan could no longer be bothered to remain hidden. He had come here to attend to something else in the first place, only concealing himself nearby because he happened to catch them talking. With the information he wanted now in hand, it was time to take the next step.
At that very moment, a string of screams suddenly rang out around the Ice Spirit Clan's camp. The Earth Supreme elder reacted immediately and hurried to his feet. A figure enveloped in black flames stood quietly at the edge of the camp, with dozens of corpses strewn every which way behind him.
"Who are you? How dare you run wild on our Ice Spirit Clan's grounds!" At the sight of those corpses, the elder felt not only fury but the sting of loss. Though these men were not Earth Supremes, they were all seventh- or eighth-tier Supremes with the potential to reach the Earth Supreme level someday. They represented a considerable force even for the Ice Spirit Clan, yet they had fallen here at this mysterious man's hands.
"Hmm... so everyone here belongs to the Ice Spirit Clan? Looks like I've come to the right place." A low chuckle sounded from within the black flames. Then the man leaped straight toward the elder, the pitch-black flames surging after him. Their searing heat made the elder's expression change.
Still, this elder was a veteran powerhouse, and he had