When she saw the young man emerge gracefully from the void behind Blood Refining Venerable,
Ling Qianxue, once the island master of Jade Balance Island under Star Luo Hall, now a commander in the Soul Devouring Beasts' camp,
her uncanny blood-red eyes trembled violently, revealing disbelief.
"Gu Chenfeng!"
Then, a sight that horrified her even more unfolded.
At the sight of Gu Chenfeng approaching, Blood Refining Venerable actually showed reverence and bowed.
"Master!"
"What!"
Lin Qianxue's eyes widened in utter horror.
She instantly realized something was wrong.
"Run!"
The men and women possessed by High-Rank Soul Devouring Beasts who had come with him immediately turned into streaks of escape light and fled in all directions.
Ling Qianxue also turned and fled at once.
Yet Gu Chenfeng did not even need to act.
Blood Refining Venerable swept his hand, and towering blood light surged out again in an instant, engulfing everyone's escape light.
Countless blood-colored threads wound around them, restraining them so tightly that they could not break free at all.
"Blood Refining Venerable, you... you actually submitted to Gu Chenfeng." Ling Qianxue was utterly shocked.
"Insolence! Do not disrespect the master!"
The blood-colored threads around Ling Qianxue tightened, cutting into her flesh and sending up billowing black smoke. The pain made her scream shrilly.
But Gu Chenfeng spoke from beside him.
"Now, you shouldn't be so rough with a beauty like Island Master Ling."
With a casual wave, he transformed a ball of scarlet-gold flames into a roaming dragon.
In a moment, it circled Ling Qianxue's body, instantly melting the blood-colored threads.
Blood Refining Venerable's pupils contracted as he watched Gu Chenfeng effortlessly melt his energy.
He grew even more certain that Gu Chenfeng was stronger than when he had defeated him.
Even as his heart reeled at the man's