"Senior Brother!"
Divine Sense laced with fury seemed to solidify as it blasted toward Li Xian's mental world.
But before that near-solid Divine Sense could damage his mental world, a Black Sun manifested above his head. Terrifying gravity warped the void, dragging at the incoming Divine Sense as well, twisting it apart and tearing it to pieces.
"Li Xian, you actually killed my senior brother here in my Ascending to Immortality City!?"
"Things have come to this. Why waste words? The sight of you and Di Que hunting me down back then is still vivid in my mind. Once killing intent rises, how can it easily subside? Why not simply cast aside your restraints, fight to your heart's content, and settle this with life and death!"
Li Xian manifested his Fuli True Body, pushing this supreme, wondrous art to its utmost. The Dark-Golden Stream of Light shrouded his entire form.
"All this endless chatter hardly befits your reputation as the world's foremost Rogue Cultivator."
Whoosh!
Gu Qianfan's figure manifested in the void.
Upon hearing Li Xian's words, the world's foremost Rogue Cultivator visibly paused.
He seemed to fall somewhat silent.
Only after a long while did he sigh. "Originally... it needn't have come to this..."
"When your heart began wavering, you already lost the right to say that."
Li Xian's voice rang out clearly. "The only reason you think it needn't have come to this is that the Nine Heavens Sacred Ground's terms failed to satisfy you. Or rather, you haven't obtained what you wanted, and your unwillingness to accept that is secretly at work!"
"You make it sound... so easy."
Gu Qianfan said heavily, "Of course. How could disciples of great sects like you understand the hardships of Rogue Cultivators like us..."
"Don't lay all the greed and evil