"Oh? These two fish seem to have something good inside them!"
By the stream.
After Xiao Tian Ce slit open the bellies of the two fish, he found nothing unusual. They were no different from ordinary fish.
Yet just as he was puzzling over this, he suddenly noticed what felt like a current of air passing through his palm and entering his body.
"So that's it. I wondered why I sensed something drawing me in earlier. It was spiritual qi."
As he spoke, he quickly cleaned the two fish, then built a fire and roasted them.
Having finished both fish, Xiao Tian Ce was about to get up and continue exploring this space when he suddenly raised his head and looked southeast.
Although he could see no one, his soul power detected more than fifty people abruptly appearing before rushing toward him.
A short while later, Elder Wu Yun of the Heavenly Mist Sect arrived before the Soul-Devouring Forest with several dozen divine soul realm disciples.
Looking at the Soul-Devouring Forest, which had already been reduced to ashes, Wu Yun immediately roared in uncontrollable fury, "What scoundrel dared burn down our Heavenly Mist Sect's Soul-Devouring Forest? Have you grown tired of living?"
His voice was so loud that Xiao Tian Ce heard him even from far away.
"So those 'Demon Trees' were called the Soul-Devouring Forest. That certainly fits. Those balls of light earlier were clearly the essences of spirit beasts.
"And the faction that owns this Soul-Devouring Forest is the Heavenly Mist Sect?" Xiao Tian Ce murmured to himself.
Of everyone he sensed, only the man who had just shouted in anger possessed strength that was even slightly worth looking at. The others were so weak that he could slaughter them all in an instant with a single finger.