After a long while, Du Chengfeng returned on horseback and looked at the massive carcass in the mountains, speechless for a moment.
Earlier, he had ridden away to retrieve the Heavy Great Saber he had flung out and also to leave Xiang Rong behind, hoping the latter and the monster would exhaust each other in a fight.
The monster should have been old Ruan, and even without Xiang Rong's reminder, he could guess as much. Since old Ruan had transformed into a monster and Xiang Rong had survived, he'd naturally leave Xiang Rong there so that the old classmates could have a good reunion.
But the outcome was far beyond his expectations.
That old Ruan would be ambushed was within his expectations. After all, after honing the Rectangular Sword, he learned about the past between old Ruan and Xiang Rong, and he knew that Xiang Rong had been skilled in using the Dark Sword to harm others since his youth—it's precisely why he swiftly returned to assess the situation.
