The room was quiet now. No screams echoed within it.

Xu Qing closed his eyes as he sensed the unique essence the golden crow had absorbed. There wasn’t enough of it to use the ability, but it could at least be used to get a fix on the next location even faster.

I bet... he’ll be terrified when he resurrects again. But not terrified enough. I’ll probably need to kill him a few dozen times before it gets strong enough.

Xu Qing opened his eyes and looked at his shadow.

The shadow was currently stretched out through the blood to the corpse. After a few breaths of time passed, the shadow returned, then sent pulses of emotions to indicate a new direction to follow. It also included a request.

“Pursuit... I’m skilled... bring prisoner....”

There were three reasons why the most recent kill lasted so long. One was that Xu Qing couldn’t dispel the ruthless fury in his heart. The second was that the golden crow needed time to absorb the essence. And the third was that the shadow needed time to consume the other...