The bald elder surged forward in a powerful wave of sound, intercepting the attack and arriving before Liu Wuxie in a flash.0

At that moment, the Ghost Emperor's deadly soundwave attack was about to reach Liu Wuxie, but the elder's wave intercepted it, neutralizing it in midair. The two sound waves collided, canceling each other out.0

"Why did you intervene? He slaughtered thousands of my clan. I cannot allow him to leave alive," the Ghost Emperor growled, his gaze shifting toward the bald elder.0

"You cannot kill him," the elder replied calmly, rising with effort. His frail figure was hunched from ages of stillness. After ages without sunlight, his skin had taken on an eerie, deathly pallor.0

"You've been staying in this canyon all this time… just to wait for him?" the Ghost Emperor asked, frowning deeply. He had always trusted the bald elder's words, and he did not doubt him even now.0

"Yes," the elder said, nodding with certainty.0

"Who is he, truly? How does a human know so many powerful dao techniques?"...0