"Hmph, the Jiang Family alone runs the Heavenly Evil Sect now, but you wiped out the other three families. Was that really for the Heavenly Evil Sect? If their experts were still alive, our sect would be even stronger," Linghu Xiang said coldly. "With the strength your Jiang Family has shown, the other three families would surely have submitted. Why slaughter them to the last? Wasn't it simply your selfish desire to monopolize the Heavenly Evil Sect? Especially with the Demon Hall's Thousand-Year Period approaching, isn't this cutting off your own arm?"
"Keep them around? Would they obediently do as they were told? Who knows how much trouble they might stir up in secret? Better a short pain than a prolonged one. The Heavenly Evil Sect's strength has diminished a little for now, but before long, it will become even stronger," the man said. "You won't live to see it, though. People like you are no longer suited to remaining in the Heavenly Evil Sect. Linghu Xiang, you're the only one left now. Those old fellows knew disaster was upon them and used every means to raise your strength, but so what? You still won't escape."
By then, Fan Zhuolang and Zuo Qiu Shu had reached the area and could see six people there.
Five were together, surrounding another man whose injuries were considerable.
"Was his power forcibly increased? His aura still looks somewhat unstable, but it shouldn't leave any lasting aftereffects," Zuo Qiu Shu told Fan Zhuolang through a voice transmission after looking Linghu Xiang over.
Fan Zhuolang nodded, considering what that man had just said.
Clearly, someone had forcibly transferred power to Linghu Xiang. Generally, forcibly increasing someone's strength would damage their foundation, making further advancement difficult.
But if those transferring their power disregarded the backlash they themselves