"Hmm...?"
The sudden, icy voice sent an involuntary shiver through everyone in the cavern.
Sensing something, Gu Chenfeng abruptly looked ahead, toward the entrance of the passage through which everyone was about to retreat.
With a flash of gray light, a hunched, gray-robed elder appeared at the entrance, leaning on a bone staff, several masses of black qi swirling around him. He blocked their path.
The elder's aura was cold and chilling, and powerful fluctuations of Profound Meaning radiated from his body. He had actually reached the Late-Stage Saint Warrior level.
"High Person Guiku!"
Gu Chenfeng's pupils contracted at the sight of the newcomer.
Ling Wanshuang, Daoist Qingxuan, and Lei Qianjun were also greatly startled.
"Fellow Daoist Guiku, we have no quarrel with you or your Kindling Fire Sect. Why are you blocking our way?" Ling Wanshuang demanded.
The wrinkles on High Person Guiku's face bunched together into a sinister smile, but his gaze fell on Gu Chenfeng.
"Hehe... to think a mere True Saint cultivator could kill two of our sect's Vice Sect Masters without suffering so much as a scratch.
You certainly have impressive methods, young friend."
At these words, everyone present was taken aback and looked at Gu Chenfeng in shock.
Lei Qianjun could not help saying, "Fellow Daoist Guiku, is there some misunderstanding? Fellow Daoist Gu's strength is comparable to ours. How could he have killed..."
At this point, Lei Qianjun suddenly fell speechless, recalling the astonishing sight of Gu Chenfeng killing two Early-Stage Saint Warrior level refined corpses with a single axe blow.
The look in his eyes as he regarded Gu Chenfeng changed slightly.
"Could it be...?"
At that moment, rather than answering, Gu Chenfeng asked, "How can you be certain I killed them?"
"Hmph!"
High Person Guiku snorted coldly. "When Chu Zhusheng and