Flying Bear True Lord snorted without answering, his round eyes roaming over Qing Chen, scrutinizing him carefully from head to toe.
He secretly calculated: Qing Chen and those two Nascent Soul Late Stage fellows really do have no trace of a fragment's aura on them. Of course, even with those Demon Banners backing him, his abilities are lacking. It stands to reason that he couldn't obtain a fragment. Three useless pieces of trash huddled together aren't worth worrying about. Letting them live a few more days will do no harm.
Qing Chen, however, had long since detected that unusual fluctuation coming from Flying Bear True Lord-
Although Flying Bear had buried it deep with his immense Magic Power, suppressing it until it was almost imperceptible, to Qing Chen's Divine Soul perception, it stood out as clearly as a solitary lamp in the pitch-black night.
That fluctuation was unmistakably the aura of a Rebirth Furnace Fire Seed Fragment.
Understanding immediately dawned in his heart.
No wonder the old bear had kept scrutinizing the three of them. He had come to sound them out.
Presumably, he had feared that they also had fragments and wanted to ascertain the situation before making his move.
Now that he had seen they were clean, without the slightest trace of a fragment's aura, they were no longer worth fearing.
Should I find an opportunity to finish him off here?
Hmm, but if I expose my true combat strength and the existence of the Fire Seed Fragments, Qing Sanxiao and Five Gu True Lord might not help me. They might even strike at me from behind.
Better to stay hidden and wait for an opportunity!
These thoughts passed through Qing Chen's mind, but his expression remained unchanged. He merely laid the Blood River God-Slaying Spear across his