"BOOM-"
A path was blasted straight through the entire Iron Blood Sect, from its entrance to its far end, leaving devastation in its wake.
The Elder and the two old men behind him froze on the spot, their eyes fixed on where the middle-aged man had just stood. They had watched his child die right before their eyes.
A moment later, the Elder threw his head back and roared. Bloodshot eyes blazing, he lost all reason and bellowed, "You killed my son!"
His body rapidly swelled until he stood a full two and a half meters tall, his arms extraordinarily thick. Six Soul Rings appeared before him: one white, two yellow, and three purple. He was unmistakably a Six-Ring Soul Emperor, but he fell far short of Zhou Yi and the others. He did not even have a single Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.
With a sky-shaking roar, the Elder charged toward the entrance. His son had not even left a corpse behind. It had happened right before his eyes... he had been just a little too late!
The expressions of the two old men behind him changed as well. They hurriedly released their Martial Souls and followed close behind.
Back at the entrance.
One minute earlier.
Four Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings hovered before Gu Qingnian. Horror covered the faces of everyone watching, and the scene briefly descended into utter chaos.
Beside him, Jiang Nannan looked as though she had seen a ghost. She knew nothing of Gu Qingnian's secret, nor did she know the explanation he had offered, so naturally, she was utterly astonished.
The instant he released his Soul Rings, the fourth red ring before Gu Qingnian flashed, and a circular phantom appeared at his fingertip. Once he finished reciting its name, beams of light began appearing