Violent fire attribute energy erupted with a thunderous roar, surging out in all directions.
The blast gouged a crater over ten feet deep in the marsh.
Mud churned up and splattered everywhere.
As for Yang Xu, his body had long since been blown into countless pieces.
He Pingsheng drew a deep breath and dispelled the earth attribute shield around him.
These days, fighting no longer made him as nervous as before.
He was perfectly composed.
He had been utterly composed from the moment the fight began.
He Pingsheng cautiously leaped up, then landed where Yang Xu had just died.
There was certainly nothing left of Yang Xu's corpse.
Even his Daoist Robe had been shredded!
His Treasure Bag, however, lay on the ground completely unharmed.
Beside the Treasure Bag lay a tiny Flying Sword and a shield, both merely middle-grade magical artifacts.
Without standing on ceremony, He Pingsheng scooped up the little sword and shield and put them in his Storage Bag before opening the Treasure Bag Yang Xu had left behind.
There was little inside the Treasure Bag.
Yang Xu had spent all these days searching for him, leaving no time to gather heavenly treasures. Aside from a few changes of clothes, his Treasure Bag contained only a few Jade Talismans.
There were also roughly a hundred spirit stones.
Nothing else.
"Mine!" Without the slightest hesitation, He Pingsheng put away the spirit stones.
Next came the Jade Talismans.
A Teleportation Jade Talisman.
This was a fine thing. Crushing it would teleport him out of this world.
He pocketed it.
There was also a yellow talisman.
Two strange characters were drawn on it. He Pingsheng could just barely recognize them: [Heartbond].
"Is this... a Heartbond Talisman?" He Pingsheng was astonished.
He had read about Heartbond Talismans in the Cultivation Miscellany,