The poorest member of the Imperial Guard, the Empress begged me to embezzle.

Within the black mist, Xue Li spread his own blood energy, merging it into the mist, allowing the murderous intent that had been hidden within the mist to be tainted by his blood energy, in order to probe its location.

In order to unleash his full power, Xue Li even abandoned his human form, transforming into the true form of a blood demon, growling and wary of his surroundings.

"What...what kind of creature is this?!"

Looking at the blood-red beast before him, its vital parts covered in solidified magma-like armor,

Hidden within the black mist, Kill Heart moved swiftly. This was the first time he had ever seen such a strangely shaped monster. Even after racking his brains, he could not find any known creature in his knowledge that matched what was before him.

He knew he had no chance of winning in a direct confrontation with this blood-red beast, so he remained hidden in the black mist, waiting for an opportunity to strike.

Unbeknownst to them, the blood aura emanating from Xue Li had already permeated the black mist that filled the cave, and the constantly moving Sha Xin had also been stained with her blood aura.

The next second, Xue Li suddenly turned around and pounced behind him.

Thinking he had found an opportunity to turn away from Xue Li, Sha Xin unleashed his strongest attack with his blade, only to be met with Xue Li's sudden turn around, roaring as he drew his giant claws toward him.

Killing Heart was startled by the aura of the Blood Demon transformed from Blood Ritual, and tried to withdraw his attack, but it was too late.

The Blood Demon, formed from Blood Ritual, roared angrily, allowing the Immortal Blade held by Killing Heart to pierce its chest. It then raised its claws and slashed down at Killing Heart's heart.

A sharp crack and the sound of flesh tearing rang out simultaneously.

The blade in Killing Heart's hand shattered as it pierced Blood Offering's chest, while Blood Offering's claws ripped open his chest, exposing a violently beating heart.

"Damn it!"

Only then did Sha Xin truly appreciate the hardness of Xue Li's armor.

Seeing that he could not contend with the ferocious beast before him, whether by facing it head-on or by assassination, Kill Heart glanced at the cave entrance and quickly gathered strength in his feet.

Xue Li, who had been keeping a close eye on his movements, immediately realized that he was trying to escape.

Blood Ritual let out a low growl, seemingly mocking the cowardice of the person before him.

Under the cover of blood energy, the magma armor attached to his body suddenly detached and disappeared into the ground.

The next second, a cage suddenly rose up beneath the feet of the murderous heart, enveloping him within it.

His murderous intent, focused solely on escaping, caught him off guard. Imprisoned in the cage, no matter how he attacked, he couldn't cause any damage to it.

Just as he was hysterically trying to break free of the cage, a terrifying pressure suddenly rose from the sea outside the cave.

Seeing this, Xue Li hurriedly fled the cave, leaving behind his murderous intent and the cage that imprisoned him inside.

Killing Intent halted its attack, warily eyeing the source of the terrifying pressure.

Above the sea, the thick fog seemed to be drawn by an attraction, constantly surging towards one direction, and within just a few breaths, it formed a vacuum within a radius of several hundred meters.

Chu Xiu, who had been knocked into the mist by Sha Xin earlier, was now hovering above the sea, drawing his bow, gathering his strength, nocking an arrow, aiming at Sha Xin in the cage, and swiftly shooting out an arrow!

Before Sha Xin could react, an arrow pierced through the void in its path, passing right through his chest and shattering the cage that bound him.

The arrow's light pierced the cave wall and traveled hundreds of miles before dissipating.

A look of extreme fear and disbelief appeared on Murderous Heart's face. He lowered his head tremblingly and looked at his chest.

The arrow pierced his chest and abdomen, leaving a bloody hole with charred edges; his internal organs had vanished without a trace.

"Do not……"

The glimmer of life in his murderous eyes vanished in an instant, and he collapsed into the cave.

Chu Xiu's arrow not only burned all of his vital organs, but also nearly destroyed his soul.

A ghostly spirit emerged from the corpse, attempting to escape through the passage created by the arrow's beam, using the lingering black mist within the cave.

Unexpectedly, Xue Li, now in human form, suddenly appeared at the entrance of the passage and grabbed the murderous soul in his hand.

Chu Xiu released the longbow formed from the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, came to Xue Li, and took the soul of the murderous intent from his hand.

"Wait! I am..."

Before Sha Xin could finish speaking, Chu Xiu directly searched his soul, taking all the memories in his soul into his sea of ​​consciousness. Then, he refined Sha Xin's soul, killing him completely.

He casually tossed the refined, pure divine soul power in his hand to Xue Li, who was looking distressed as he transformed the tattered cage into magma armor and retrieved it into his body, as compensation for shattering the armor.

Xue Li's eyes lit up with joy. He bowed gracefully to Chu Xiu, mimicking the way Cui Ming, the manager of the Jade Pavilion, greeted him. Then, he spat out the Demon Fruit from his inner universe and handed it to Chu Xiu along with Sha Xin's storage ring.

After retrieving the demon and examining the storage ring, Chu Xiu raised an eyebrow.

With a wave of his hand, a well-preserved female corpse wearing a Taoist robe and a male corpse wearing a mask appeared before the two.

The female corpse was none other than the body of the early-stage Qiankun Realm expert from the previous trade fair.

"So this body was photographed by the murderer..."

"And the owner of this corpse also fell victim to him..."

Chu Xiu clicked his tongue and shook his head, looking at the masked male corpse.

This person was weak and not very bright, yet he dared to reveal his identity in front of a group of powerful figures. It's no wonder he was intercepted and killed by them.

"In that case, I've gotten this body of an early-stage Qiankun Realm expert and these ten Reincarnation Pills for free!"

Chu Xiu was somewhat pleased. The physical body of this early-stage Qiankun Realm expert was useless to him, but he could resell it for a good price.

These ten Reincarnation Pills, however, could significantly boost his strength, given that his actual cultivation level was stuck at the late stage of the Reincarnation Realm.

"After returning, you can refine the ten Reincarnation Pills first, and then consume the Qiankun Dao Fruit given by Granny Yuan."

Just as Chu Xiu was about to collect the three corpses on the ground, the mask on the male corpse's face suddenly trembled and then disappeared on the spot.

But how could its escape speed compare to Xue Li, a late-stage Qiankun Realm expert?

Xue Li immediately reached out and firmly grasped the mask that was trying to fly out of the cave.

"This mask actually has a spirit, that's interesting."

Chu Xiu took the black and red ghost mask from Xue Li and examined it closely.

At that moment, fragments of memories from the source of his suicide attempt flashed through his mind.

"This is actually... the sacred relic left behind by the Asura clan—the Mask of the Asura Emperor?"

"A weak Reincarnation Realm cultivator actually wore a sacred artifact, a relic of the Asura Clan, right in front of an Asura Clan powerhouse?"

Chu Xiu found it inexplicably funny. This foolish man was really asking for death; he deserved to die.

However, his series of foolish actions made him very curious about the person's identity. He was able to possess two rare treasures, the Qiankun Realm corpse and the Asura Emperor's face, which were extremely rare in the world. This person's luck in treasure hunting could be described as being incredibly blessed.

Chu Xiu waved his hand, storing the three corpses along with the items from his Killing Heart Storage Ring into his own storage space.

Looking at the countless cultivation resources contributed by Sha Xin in the storage space, he planned to take inventory after returning to the Demon Yama Sect.

"Blood ritual, to erase the traces of the fighting here."

"Yes!"