"Chu, Chu Kuangren?!"
Chu Kuangren's appearance instantly left everyone dumbfounded.
Why? Why had he appeared in the Soul Forbidden Zone? Why had Ziyue Changkong turned into Chu Kuangren?!
What on earth was going on?!
Everyone's mind was reeling, especially Lan Haifang, the Azure Sky Young Lord, and the others.
What had they been doing in the Spirit God Grotto-Heaven earlier?
Hunting Soul Beasts for Chu Kuangren and handing over soul crystals? Hadn't he been Ziyue Changkong?
"What a pity. I'd wanted to play a little longer."
Chu Kuangren stood in midair, surrounded by people from the Soul Forbidden Zone, yet he showed not the slightest panic, as though he were amid green mountains and clear waters rather than the world's most dangerous forbidden zone.
"Are you... are you really Brother Chang Kong?!"
Lan Haifang looked at Chu Kuangren, still unwilling to believe it.
Chu Kuangren's expression remained indifferent. "Your Brother Chang Kong was reduced to dust and ashes long ago."
Hearing this news, Lan Haifang's pupils contracted, and her entire body trembled uncontrollably. Then, with a long howl, she charged at Chu Kuangren with bloodshot eyes. "I'll kill you!!"
"Don't!!"
The expressions of the forbidden zone's higher-ups changed abruptly.
Chu Kuangren's strength was far beyond Ziyue Changkong's. Although Lan Haifang was far from weak, she was still like an ant before him.
Lan Haifang thrust out her palm, gathering countless strands of vengeful soul power!
An enormous black hand, wreathed in gusts of chilling wind and the wails of departed souls, swept toward Chu Kuangren. Yet he stood where he was, neither moving nor dodging. His gaze sharpened, and he casually raised a hand. Vast immortal essence erupted like raging waves, sweeping in all directions and forcibly tearing the enormous spectral hand apart!
Not only that, its remaining force still