"I had long guessed that the Reincarnation Netherkin would spare no cost to escort you back to the Great Dao River!"
Cang Xuanming stood with his hands behind his back, staring at Lu Ren. "That is why I returned to the Great Dao River ahead of time and arranged all this—for this very moment!"
"If you kill me like this, aren't you afraid the Great Dao Sect will investigate?"
Lu Ren's gaze was icy.
"Investigate?"
Cang Xuanming chuckled. "Do you really think Master took you in as a personal disciple because he valued your talent?"
"No, he merely intended to use you to bring me pressure!"
"In other words, you were nothing more than my whetstone!"
"The Great Dao Sect will not care whether a whetstone gets damaged!"
"After all, if one breaks, they can always find a second!"
"What they truly care about is whether I, this sharp sword, can become even sharper!"
Cang Xuanming smiled and turned to the Erosion Abyss Ancestor. "Kill him!"
The Erosion Abyss Ancestor frowned slightly and was just about to act.
But at that moment, Huang Quan Mie and Xiu Yanlu caught up as well.
"Cang Xuanming, wait!"
Xiu Yanlu shouted, "Cang Xuanming, you cannot kill him immediately. The Asura Path Heart Seal is very likely on him. We must force him to hand it over first!"
Cang Xuanming looked at Xiu Yanlu and said gravely, "Do you think he will hand it over?"
Xiu Yanlu said, "As long as the Asura Path Heart Seal is on him, there will be a way to force him to surrender it!"
"Exactly!"
Huang Quan Mie nodded in agreement. "Lu Ren has already been captured. He is like meat on the chopping block, at our disposal!"
"Lu Ren has too many tricks. Letting him live even