Lin Xiao’s gaze swept towards the Purple Corpse Puppet that had fallen to the ground not far away, his brows furrowing slightly, and then he issued a command to the Purple Corpse Puppet.
The Purple Corpse Puppet immediately flew towards him.
After examining it up and down, seeing that the Purple Corpse Puppet was unscathed except for its clothes being burned away, Lin Xiao inwardly breathed a sigh of relief.
The defence of this Purple Corpse Puppet was indeed extraordinarily powerful; even the terrifying energy from the explosion of his Swallowing Heaven Gathering Spirit Finger, blasted by a ninth-level Martial Emperor, had not damaged it in the slightest.
He did not know whose body this corpse puppet had been in life, or how it had been formed over a long period.
Taking a piece of clothing from his storage ring and putting it on the Purple Corpse Puppet, Lin Xiao then stored the Purple Corpse Puppet back into his storage ring.
Afterwards, his gaze turned towards a spot outside the giant pit.
“Let’s see the storage rings of Shangguan Xiong and the two Martial Emperors!” With a sigh in his heart, Lin Xiao moved his figure and flew towards Shangguan Xiong’s corpse.
Shangguan Xiong’s corpse was not far from the giant pit; more precisely, it had been pushed to the periphery of the giant pit by the shockwaves.
Flying close to Shangguan Xiong, Lin Xiao moved his spiritual power, controlling Shangguan Xiong’s storage ring to fly towards him.
Taking hold of the storage ring, Lin Xiao probed his divine sense into the space within the storage ring.
Seeing the items inside the storage ring, Lin Xiao could not help but be somewhat surprised; Shangguan Xiong’s storage ring actually had very few things.
Not a single seventh-grade pill, and very few sixth-grade pills either, apart from several healing pills and dozens of blue spirit stones, there was nothing else.
Compared to Ouyang Kuo, Shangguan Xiong, as the head of a Spirit Controller family, was far inferior.
“A seventh-grade initial-level Spirit Controller, and moreover the head of a Spirit Controller family, it is impossible for him to be this poor, right?”
Lin Xiao could hardly believe it: “Could it be that Shangguan Xiong predicted he would face danger and handed over his wealth to the family?”
“However, from Shangguan Xiong’s manner, he seemed confident and should not have anticipated it; otherwise, with Shangguan Xiong’s wisdom, he certainly would not have come.”
Lin Xiao guessed inwardly: “Could it be that before leaving, he had made two preparations? To guard against unexpected events?”
“If that is the case, being so cautious and calculating in his actions, this Shangguan Xiong is indeed somewhat dangerous; fortunately, he was killed.”
Lowering his head to look again at Shangguan Xiong’s corpse, seeing that Shangguan Xiong’s chest had a large hole through it and his skeletal frame was no longer intact, Lin Xiao directly mobilised his spiritual energy to incinerate Shangguan Xiong’s corpse completely.
If his bones had still been intact, he could have kept them to refine into a combat skeleton; since they were already ruined, there was no use, so he directly destroyed the body and eliminated all traces.
Afterwards, Lin Xiao flew towards the corpses of the two Martial Emperors, taking both of their storage rings into his possession.
The two storage rings did not have much wealth either, after all, the two were not Spirit Controllers.
However, there was still a bit more than Shangguan Xiong’s, counting as a small harvest.
Taking out the Void Heaven Phoenix Wings and stepping onto them, Lin Xiao scanned the surrounding devastated area, thinking inwardly: “This place cannot be stayed at for long.”
Then, taking out a healing pill and swallowing it into his abdomen, Lin Xiao healed his injuries while inserting several useless fifth- and sixth-grade pills into the Void Heaven Phoenix Wings.
The Void Heaven Phoenix Wings flew towards Zong Yan City at extreme speed.
This place would certainly attract countless people.
Not only this place, probably the entire area was no longer safe.
After all, Nan Mu Ling had killed a ninth-level Martial Emperor; he did not know if her master’s owner would immediately come to kill.
Of course, it was also possible that the person would be wary of Nan Mu Ling.
However, no matter what, he must leave this area as quickly as possible.
By mobilising all his blue spirit stones and pill resources to power the Void Heaven Phoenix Wings, he could quickly cover a considerable distance.
However, to leave even farther, he would need to enter a teleportation array.
The distance transmitted by the energy of the teleportation array would certainly be much farther than what he could achieve with the Void Heaven Phoenix Wings.
Therefore, Lin Xiao had already made up his mind in his heart: directly force the city lord to activate the teleportation array by force.
From the previous situation where the Zong Yan City city lord had pursued him but then turned back, this city lord should be a cunning person.
Cunning people were the most shrewd; if he threatened with his strength and the Purple Corpse Puppet, perhaps without him even needing to act, the other party would directly activate the teleportation array.
But, he also had to make full preparations.
Because of Nan Mu Ling, he was somewhat wary of Zong Yan City’s city lord mansion.
He did not believe that every city lord mansion would have terrifying figures like Nan Mu Ling, but he also had to guard against it; perhaps there were some formidable characters hidden within.
Therefore, he needed to wait until his injuries were fully healed before going to force the city lord.
After taking the healing pill, with one night’s time, he should be able to fully recover; for now, the safest place was still Zong Yan City.
Therefore, Lin Xiao soon returned to Zong Yan City once more, sneaking into it and going back to the inn where he was staying.
Of course, what Lin Xiao did not know was that Nan Mu Ling also needed to enter the teleportation array.
Moreover, she had already entered the teleportation array.
In a certain inn within Zong Yan City, after Lin Xiao entered Zong Yan City, the Ouyang family elder who sensed Lin Xiao leaving and then returning was immediately greatly shocked again: “Did he not leave? He came back?”
The Ouyang family elder, who had only just begun to feel anxious, now felt excitement surging in his heart once more.
After all, with Lin Xiao’s speed, if the other party had truly left, he would not be able to catch up even if he tried, and could only wait for Lin Xiao to settle down before searching.
But now that Lin Xiao had returned to the city, when the Spirit Phoenix Valley elders arrived, he would be spared the trouble of finding him.
In Yang Province, in a place countless tens of thousands of li away from Zong Yan City, within a mysterious cave mansion, a white-haired elder with a youthful face jolted in his mind, his eyes suddenly opening wide, two beams of cold light blooming in his eyes: “My slave has been killed again?”
This was him sending a ninth-level Martial Emperor strong cultivator as a slave to carry out a task, and the task was merely to deal with a youth in his twenties, yet he was actually killed?
Who had such strength?
Immediately after, the final scene of the ninth-level Martial Emperor’s death transmitted into this elder’s mind, and the elder was immediately utterly shocked as he said: “Sacred Body, the Sacred Body has actually appeared!”
“Who would have thought that this kind of physique would actually appear!”
The white-haired elder with a youthful face was shocked repeatedly: “As expected of the legendary physique, able to kill a ninth-level Martial Emperor at third-level Martial Emperor; if the news spreads, probably the entire Yang Province will be shaken!”
“At that time, there will certainly be major powers to take her in; if not killed now, she will become a great threat in the future!”
As he spoke, the white-haired elder with a youthful face furrowed his brows again: “However, there is not much time left; the Spirit Controller Grand Competition is about to begin, and I must make the final breakthrough to have a chance at contending for the top spot.”
“Moreover, that slave’s strength is not much inferior to mine; if I go now, I may not be able to kill the Sacred Body.”
In the end, the white-haired elder with a youthful face made his decision: “For now, I can only endure!”
“Nan Mu Ling, wait until I come out, then I will compete with you!” A gaze of dark hatred appeared once more in the eyes of the white-haired elder with a youthful face.
