After the azure figure forced back Han Li's trio, he didn't press his advantage. Instead, he descended beside the body of the white-haired elderly man, then swept a sleeve through the air to release a burst of azure light that enveloped the lifeless body, seemingly trying to save him.0

However, the white-haired elderly man's soul had already been completely destroyed, leaving only a spent husk behind, and he was as dead as dead could be.0

The azure figure turned to Han Li's trio with a look of thunderous rage on his face as he roared, "How dare you Transient Guild bastards come after members of our Immortal Palace!"0

Han Li's heart jolted slightly upon hearing this, and he turned to Qilin 9 as he asked, "What's going on here, Fellow Daoist Qilin 9?"0

Qilin 17 also turned to Qilin 9 with an accusatory look on his face.0

"Please don't misunderstand, fellow daoists, I wasn't aware of this, either, and I can assure you that I didn't try to intentionally deceive you. The person who released the mission never revealed the identity of our target to me," Qilin 9 said with a sullen look on his face.0

Han Li carefully observed Qilin 9's expression, and after determining that he didn't seem to have been lying, he immediately withdrew his gaze as he contemplated how to proceed.0

In the face of such a formidable foe, he couldn't afford to panic.0

Right at this moment,...0