Mistaking the combined power of talismans and thunder beads as Xiao Shou’s own strength, Wang Weizhong hesitated outside the bamboo forest, unsure whether to proceed.

At that moment, he saw countless blade shadows that was weaker than before flash across the sky above the forest and fall.

After that, everything went quiet.

Had the Chen brothers’ friend won?

Or had the murderous cultivator prevailed?

Wang Weizhong speculated inwardly, though his expression remained calm.

Just then, the city guards arrived while carrying the Chen brothers.

Thinking of the overwhelming power of their friend’s techniques, the sharpness in Wang Weizhong’s expression softened somewhat as he said, "You have arrived. I was a step too late. By the time I got here, the battle had already ended. Let us go in together and take a look."

"We saw it from a distance as well. We did not expect the battle to be so intense." 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

Having witnessed the clash of the wind, fire, and lightning storm with the golden sword energy rising into the sky, Chen Zhiyi could not help but doubt his own vision.

Perhaps Xiao Shou was truly a high level cultivator.

But ever since awakening his special sight, it had never been wrong.

He glanced at Wang Weizhong again to confirm.

There was no mistake.

As the group drew closer, Xiao Shou finally noticed them while he was still busy with fusion.

Who were they? Where had they come from? Why were they here at this moment?

Were they Xiang Yu’s accomplices? Or had a Deity Transformation expert personally arrived to investigate his death? Or were they simply unrelated passersby?

Various possibilities flashed through his mind.

While staying on guard, he quickly took out a substitute puppet, a Tier 4 teleportation talisman, and a Dissolution Pill as precautions.

At the same time, he hurriedly checked the items scattered on the ground.

Anything that could reveal Xiang Yu’s identity, such as the identity token, clothing, technique jade slips, spirit tools, and magical treasures, had already been fused.

What remained were jade boxes, medicine bottles, talismans, and similar items.

The jade boxes were likely used to store spiritual plants and the bottles probably contained common cultivator medicines.

He quickly gathered all the fused items and stored them away, then used a Tier 3 trace erasing talisman to clean the surroundings.

Just as he finished, the group entered his line of sight.

Xiao Shou was surprised.

It was actually the Chen brothers who are accompanied by the guards of White Silver City.

But who was the person at the front who seemed the strongest?

Sixth layer of Qi Refining?

Yet the amount of spiritual energy in his dantian was already comparable to that of a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

How was that possible?

Yesterday, when he saw Xiao Shou return, his cultivation had been at the peak of twelfth layer of Qi Refining.

How had it dropped back to the sixth layer, while his spiritual energy had not weakened but instead grown stronger?

Recalling the power of the techniques he had witnessed, those were not something a Qi Refining cultivator could release.

Even Foundation Establishment would not suffice.

He himself had not reached the Golden Core stage, but he had seen Golden Core cultivators act near the entrance of that secret realm before, and they were nowhere near this powerful.

So it seemed his special eye simply could not see through Xiao Shou.

Perhaps Xiao Shou cultivated a special technique that could conceal his true cultivation and even temporarily alter his internal structure.

Just as Chen Zhiyi thought this, he suddenly noticed that Xiao Shou’s pupils had turned white.

At that moment, his vision ability could no longer penetrate Xiao Shou’s body.

Startled, he looked at Xiao Shou’s expression.

Seeing Xiao Shou frown at him with clear displeasure, he immediately withdrew his gaze.

When Xiao Shou’s expression relaxed, Chen Zhiyi understood.

Xiao Shou had noticed him using his special eye and had been displeased.

Moreover, Xiao Shou clearly had the ability to block such observation.

He simply had not used it before.

After just finishing a battle with that murderer, his mood was likely already poor, and being scrutinized like this only made it worse.

Thinking this, Chen Zhiyi felt embarrassed.

Ever since awakening his special eye, he had always believed he could observe everything without being noticed.

Who would have thought...

This was the first time he had encountered such a situation.

Feeling uneasy, he shifted his gaze and looked around.

Then his heart jolted again.

The surroundings were far too clean.

It was completely barren.

Aside from a number of jade boxes, a storage belt, medicine bottles, and talismans, there was nothing else.

No bamboo, no wild beasts.

Only a vast stretch of scorched, empty land remained.

The enemy was nowhere to be seen.

And Chen Yufei was not there either.

Seeing this scene, Chen Zhiyi suddenly felt that he did not even dare to ask about the outcome.

Compared to his cautious thoughts, Chen Qingzhi was much more straightforward.

After arriving, he looked around and when he doesn’t see Chen Yufei, he immediately asked anxiously, "Senior Xiao, where is Yufei? How is she? What about the enemy?"

"Yufei is over there, inside a formation. I checked briefly. She is not injured, just unconscious. As for the culprit... his belongings are all here."

Xiao Shou answered Chen Qingzhi. He pointed out the direction where Chen Yufei was, then glanced at the pile of items on the ground.

While secretly remaining on guard, he deliberately put on a composed and unfathomable demeanor.

At the same time, he was still shocked by what had just happened.

Earlier, when Chen Zhiyi arrived, he did not ask about Yufei or the culprit at all.

Instead, he immediately used his special eye to look at him, which made him feel displeased.

He had thought, it is just a special eye ability, I have one now as well.

With that thought, he instinctively channeled his divine sense into his eyes.