When the Corpse Puppet A Yuan saw the newcomers, he froze, then slapped his forehead.
He seemed deeply annoyed.
"How utterly foolish."
He had been so busy collecting the Heaven and Earth Bags for the Young Lord and Young Master Song that he had forgotten to deal with the bodies.
Mainly, since he could now benefit from these bodies, he had subconsciously thought he should not do this first.
That was how these outsiders had ended up witnessing this rather unseemly scene.
"Young Lord, Young Master Song, please forgive me."
Even as he spoke, he hurried into action. Before everyone's eyes, he dragged the corpses together, then casually kindled black flames in both hands.
The Corpse Sha Qi within them was extraordinarily dense.
The Black Baleful Fire fell onto the bodies and incinerated them one after another in mere moments, leaving scarcely any ashes.
From those many bodies, the Black Flame burned out a trace of unusual Sha Qi, which returned to A Yuan's palm along with the flames before vanishing.
Everyone present shuddered in alarm.
What a bizarre spell. Could he be a cultivator from the Demon Ruins?!
In fact, it was not just the Chu Kingdom. Several small kingdoms in the Border Region had also seen signs of incursions by Demon Ruins cultivators.
That included the Zhao Kingdom, where Wu Caidie and the others came from.
"Fellow Daoist Song, what is the situation here?"
Uncertainty and suspicion lingered between Wu Caidie's brows as her gaze moved back and forth between Sheng Nian and him.
Those two had been the first to attack, yet Song Yesheng's presence was somewhat unsteady, while Sheng Nian showed almost no signs of having fought.
That defied reason.
Song Yan stopped toying with the object in his hand and finally put it away, raising