Upon hearing that Commandery Governor Huang had already suppressed Gu Chenfeng, the four white-robed Sword Cultivators all let out long sighs of relief.
On their way here, they had already learned that the mid-Saint Master Realm Killer from the Peerless Abyss Pavilion had actually failed in his assassination attempt, instead suffering severe damage to his Primordial Spirit at Gu Chenfeng's hands.
Their wariness and resentment toward Gu Chenfeng had both reached their peak.
Immediately, the four scattered to different positions, keeping watch over their surroundings as Protectors.
Commandery Governor Huang hovered above the Nine-Dragon Crown Flame Cover, continuing to empower the treasure.
This was a treasure the Second Prince had given him to deal with Gu Chenfeng, a "Dao Weapon" ranked above Spirit Weapons.
Even with Commandery Governor Huang's late-Saint Master Realm cultivation, he could not control the full might of this treasure. Using it to refine a Saint Master Realm cultivator was truly slaughtering a chicken with an ox-cleaver.
This showed how determined the Second Prince was to wipe out Gu Chenfeng.
Commandery Governor Huang had originally thought that he could completely refine Gu Chenfeng in a few breaths at most.
But to his surprise, dozens of breaths passed.
Through the Nine-Dragon Crown Flame Cover, he could still sense a faint, concealed aura, like tenacious wild grass stubbornly surviving amid a sea of flames. No matter how fiercely the nine Fire Dragons attacked, they failed to crush that trace of vitality.
"Why isn't this brat dead yet?"
Filled with doubt and alarm, he formed another series of seals and sent them into the flame cover, raising its power once more.
At that moment, at the center of the boundless sea of flames within the Nine-Dragon Crown Flame Cover.
A pitch-black wooden coffin wreathed in Thunder Runes floated quietly in