The middle-aged man's body turned to drifting ash.
A streak of blood light flashed through the air and vanished, appearing before Gu Chenfeng the next instant.
It was a translucent spike emitting a faint bloody glow, with a Storage Ring hanging from its tip.
This was the Blood Soul Spike Gu Chenfeng had brought out of the Ancient Ruins.
This was also the first time Gu Chenfeng had used it against a human martial artist.
He had never expected the Blood Soul Spike to be so astonishingly powerful, sucking even a late-stage Grandmaster martial artist to dregs in a single gulp.
Moreover, after it absorbed the man's Essence Blood and soul, Gu Chenfeng vaguely sensed that the bloody glow on the Blood Soul Spike had grown a little stronger.
This object seemed capable of growing stronger as well.
Surprise flashed through his mind, and Gu Chenfeng raised his hand to collect the burly man's Storage Ring and Spirit Weapon saber.
Then he turned to look at the ground a short distance behind him.
The woman in green lay there, unable to rise after being struck by the wave of Divine Sense.
The impact had been so fierce that blood seeped from her mouth and nose, leaving her dizzy and unable to move for a time.
Only now did her Primordial Spirit finally settle back into place, restoring her ability to move.
At this moment, the woman in green could spare no concern for her disheveled clothes and exposed flesh.
Her eyes went wide as she stared at Gu Chenfeng in terror.
Although the violent shock to her soul had left her unable to move, her consciousness and senses had remained normal.
She had seen him severely wound her companion with a single axe blow.
Then, by some unknown means, he