As that sinister, chilling laughter echoed, the aura of a Foundation Establishment cultivator suddenly descended.
Lin Changsheng's expression changed sharply, and he swiftly looked up beyond the hillside.
A black shadow prowled like a specter along the formation's edge, each touch sending enormous ripples through the Cold Crow Formation.
There really is someone pulling the strings! And a Foundation Establishment cultivator at that! Instead, the heavy stone in Lin Changsheng's heart settled.
The deaths of the Qin Household had been far too suspicious, and the manner of their deaths had been somewhat strange as well, leading Duan Tianya to suspect someone else was behind them.
"The head of the Cao Household? Cao Yuan? How could he be here?" Liu Huaide, the Liu Household's second elder, and Sun Youcai, the head of the Sun Household, cried out almost simultaneously, their faces filled with disbelief.
Hearing this, Lin Changsheng, Duan Tianya, and the others were astonished as well, asking, "The Cao Household? The local Cao Household on Mysterious Constancy Island?"
"Hmph, playing at ghosts and shrouding yourself in mystery!" Jueqing snorted coldly. His figure flashed, and at some point, a High-Grade Magical Artifact saber radiating a piercing, cold gleam had appeared in his hand.
The flashing saber light carried incomparably fierce killing intent as it slashed straight toward the black shadow.
"First of the Three Blades of the Avīci Path: Infinite Hell Blade!" Killing intent poured from his body, and sinister demonic qi billowed.
Yet the black shadow seemed utterly unconcerned, allowing a ribbon of black light to strike toward his chest.
Shockingly, however, that ribbon of black light barely even shook the shadow's protective spiritual radiance. The shadow remained standing there, cackling coldly.
"You ignorant wretch, courting death! A mere seventh-layer Qi Refining cultivator dares swing a saber at me? In