“Of course! You must have heard of the virtual number one expert Henry Grant announced on the official website of the True Xuan World, right? His cultivation has already been refined to the peak of Hua Gang, just one step away from entering the Dan Dao realm, forming the Dan vortex, with his aura circulating endlessly, endlessly regenerating, greatly enhancing his strength and lifespan. Countless players regard him as an idol, racking their brains to become his disciple, hoping to learn even a single move from him. But what happened in the end? Just because he offended our Shenzhou Alliance, wasn’t he surrounded and killed by the experts we gathered? Even the immortal sect inheritance he painstakingly obtained from the pre-Qin ruins fell into our hands. Now, quite a few experts in our Shenzhou Alliance have already started using the techniques from the immortal sect inheritance to break through to Lian Gang, Hua Gang, and even the Bao Dan realm. Such a figure, representing the pinnacle of player combat power and one of the top experts among the native inhabitants of all nations, still died at the hands of our Shenzhou Alliance. Just from this alone, you should realize how vast our influence is in Shenzhou, and how joining us would bring you tremendous benefits!”

“Shenzhou Alliance, huh…”

Ethan Clark’s gaze was icy, with a faint, mocking smile: “Do you know who I am?”

“You? Just an innate realm expert. Impressive, but in our Shenzhou Alliance…”

“I am Henry Grant.”

Just these four simple words brought Lily Carter’s attempt to boast about the Shenzhou Alliance’s power to an abrupt halt.

In the next instant, her eyes were filled with shock.

“You…”

“Shhk!”

A flash of sword light.

A streak of blood shot out from Lily Carter’s snow-white throat, scattering into the void…

“Give her my regards.”

“Bang.”

Lily Carter’s eyes were full of disbelief as her body, driven by the force of the sword strike, toppled sideways to the ground…

……

“Miss Carter!”

“Miss!”

Seeing Lily Carter, who had just been chatting with Ethan Clark, suddenly cut down by his sword, Julia Baker and the two maids who had come with Lily Carter cried out in shock.

The two maids, upon witnessing Lily Carter’s death, immediately charged forward at top speed, their eyes flashing with murderous intent as they shouted, “How dare you kill our young lady! You deserve to die a thousand deaths!”

“Shhk! Shhk!”

The sword flashed again.

Two bloody gashes appeared simultaneously at the throats of the two charging maids, both at the sixth level of Qi Refining!

The original Ethan Clark in this body could easily kill even a ninth-level Qi Refining expert, able to take down such an opponent in a single exchange.

The current Ethan Clark, though unable to use true qi, was even stronger than in the days of Henry Grant, thanks to the power and keen reflexes of this body. Instantly killing two ordinary sixth-level Qi Refining cultivators was nothing; even if a ninth-level expert came, the outcome would be no different.

“Oh my god, Miss Carter she…”

Julia Baker cried out in panic, hardly able to believe that Lily Carter had died right before their eyes. If word of this got out, what kind of furious wrath would their scattered sword sect face from Tianqi Prefecture?

“Don’t be rash!”

David Harris called out in a low voice, quickly stepping forward to stop Julia Baker from acting.

When Ethan Clark’s gaze swept in their direction, he hurriedly bowed respectfully and said, “I am David Harris from Kaifeng City, Yanhuang Star. Greetings, sir.”

“Hm?”

Ethan Clark, who had originally intended to kill the two of them as well, paused slightly upon hearing the man announce his name.

“Kaifeng City, Yanhuang Star?”

That city was not far from Changning City.

“You too?”

David Harris quickly nodded.

Ethan Clark looked at David Harris for a moment. Considering that reaching the ninth level of Qi Refining was no easy feat, he decided not to kill them all. Since the man had revealed his identity, he clearly wasn’t afraid of the Shenzhou Alliance’s retaliation.

After nodding to show he understood, he began searching Lily Carter’s corpse for valuables.

The True Xuan World was designed for realism: when a character dies, their body does not disappear, and their belongings can only be obtained by searching the corpse.

As Ethan Clark searched Lily Carter’s body, Julia Baker stood silently to the side, not daring to make a sound.

Although she had great confidence in her senior brother’s strength, she hadn’t even seen how Ethan Clark drew his sword just now. She understood deeply that this young man was likely even stronger than her senior brother—perhaps he had already broken through the innate realm and entered the Lian Gang realm…

With such a top-tier expert, not to mention her and her senior brother, even their entire scattered sword sect would not dare provoke him.

After searching for a while and collecting anything valuable, Ethan Clark prepared to gather his things and leave.