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Hundreds of little flames gradually vanished, like sparks scattering in the wind.
That Evil Cultivator must have been someone quite famous. He had hidden at the bottom of Soul-Gathering Valley for years, gathering souls and refining artifacts, presumably with grand designs. Once he returned to the surface, he would likely have stirred up many storms.
Yet he had died beneath Jing Jiu's sword just like that, without raising the slightest ripple, without even leaving his name behind.
The thought inevitably stirred some emotion.
Watching the scene in the Lava River, Jing Jiu closed his eyes and remained silent for a long time.
It was not emotion. He had never had such superfluous, unnecessary, even harmful feelings for people he did not know. He was merely regulating his breathing and replenishing his Sword Essence.
Killing that sword cultivator had looked easy, but it had actually been very difficult.
That sword cultivator had possessed a profound Cultivation Realm, formidable demonic cultivation methods, and extensive knowledge of the underground caverns and the Lava River.
Even a Sea-Breaking Realm Elder of the Green Mountain Sect would have found it difficult to kill this man easily here.
Jing Jiu was at Wandering the Wilds, Middle Stage. Even if his actual fighting strength exceeded that, killing this Evil Cultivator had still been extremely difficult and had consumed considerable mental energy.
That mental energy was not Battle Intent, but nourishment for deduction and calculation.
When he picked up that Law Treasure, before the Evil Cultivator had even appeared, he had done two things.
He had sent Universe Edge