And that black shadow, seemingly sensing the powerful blood and energy on Li Daren, chose not to attack him.

The black shadow, in front of Li Daren, dissipated into wisps of black smoke, drifting toward the distant sky.

"This domain of the supernatural is truly terrifying!"

"Under its influence, even dangerous apparitions can ignore daylight and freely roam everywhere."

After casting a wary glance at the black shadow, Li Daren also left the place.

Within the county seat, inside a spacious mansion.

In the owner’s room sat a woman.

The woman was dressed with regal elegance, seated on a chair, holding a thick book, which she was carefully reading.

On the book were the four large characters: "Lu Family Prescriptions."

Thus, the identity of the woman before us is evident; she is Lu Jiahe’s younger sister, Lu Yee, and Liang Cheng’s mother.

This "Lu Family Prescriptions" was personally written by Lu Jiahe and given to Lu Yee.

At this moment, a slight breeze swept through a dark corner of the room.

From the dark corner, a black shadow slowly emerged, then without any hesitation lunged toward Lu Yee’s face.

Swish!

Just then, a figure like lightning appeared from outside the room.

"Hmph!"

Clang!

With a cold snort, the sound of a blade being drawn followed.

In the room, a surge of powerful blood and energy emanated from the newcomer.

The air in the room instantly became intensely hot.

As the fierce blade wind swept past, the black shadow was sliced in half by a large blade shrouded in rising white steam.

The bisected black shadow, under the terrifying blood energy of the blade, immediately turned into endless black smoke and dissipated into the sky.

This sudden scene fell into Lu Yee’s eyes.

Before Lu Yee could come to her senses, two more figures appeared outside the door.

These two figures were the most familiar people to Lu Yee: Liang Shanhai and Liang Cheng.

"Shanhai, Cheng, you..."

Seeing her husband and son, Lu Yee’s tense heart was instantly soothed.

The stranger’s arrival, and the mysterious black shadow floating in mid-air earlier, truly startled Lu Yee.

"Mother, no time to explain, come with me to Uncle’s place quickly."

Liang Cheng, without another word, dashed to Lu Yee, extending a hand to grab hers.

"Cheng, what’s wrong, why are you in such a panic?"

Being pulled up from the chair by Liang Cheng, Lu Yee felt deeply puzzled.

"Ma’am, there’s no time to explain; let’s go to big brother’s first."

"This is Mr. Qian, the one who acted just in time to save your life."

Lu Yee did not doubt her husband Liang Shanhai’s words and quickly bowed to Qian Hao, thanking him for saving her life.

"I, the humble woman Lu Yee, thank Mr. Qian for saving my life!"

In response to Lu Yee’s grand gesture, Qian Hao quickly acknowledged.

"Mm!"

Due to Lu Jiahe’s extreme concern for Lu Yee’s safety, he had Qian Hao accompany Liang Shanhai and the others back.

"Ghost!"

"Someone, help!"

In several places within the county seat, scenes like those at the Liang residence unfolded.

Some townspeople, having witnessed the black shadow firsthand, were scared out of their wits and dashed out the doors.

"Report to the authorities quickly!"

Some still-shocked townspeople ran in a frenzy toward the county office.

Inside the Lu Family’s main hall, Qian Hao and Li Daren both stood at the entrance with a solemn expression.

Within just two hours, several black shadows had already appeared at the Lu Family.

But these black shadows were all dealt with by Qian Hao and Li Daren.

As time passed, the pressure on Qian Hao and Li Daren increased.

They both sensed that the ominous aura enveloping the Lu Family was becoming more intense.

Outside the Lu mansion, a flame exuding an eerie blue light slowly appeared from the void.

Within the blue flame, there was a shifting, indistinct black shadow.

As the blue flame neared the tightly shut doors of the Lu mansion.

The doors began to wither and decay, turning into chunks of desiccated wood that danced into the air.

Once the gates of the Lu mansion completely collapsed, the blue flame seemed to determine a direction and sped toward the Lu main hall.

Standing by a pillar, Ye Qingshan seemed to sense something, casting a startled look outside the hall.

Ye Qingshan’s expression, as though facing a formidable enemy, simultaneously appeared on Qian Hao and Li Daren.

The three of them stared intently outside, their bodies trembling slightly.

Not far from the hall, a daunting and chilling aura of terror was advancing toward them.

"The real form of this uncanny entity has appeared; Li, quickly take Mr. Lu and everyone else away from here."

As Qian Hao’s words faded, a dazzling blue flame illuminated the hall.

Under the illumination of the blue flame, everyone present was instinctively filled with fear.

"Big brother, Shanhai, it’s so cold here!"

Lu Yee stood by Lu Jiahe’s side. Among everyone present, she was the weakest.

So, Lu Yee was the first to feel a chilling and creepy coldness rushing at her, causing her body to involuntarily tremble.

Seeing this, Qian Hao, Li Daren, and Ye Qingshan unleashed their blood and energy without holding back.

The aura of their combined blood energy filled the hall, somewhat alleviating the previous coldness.

However, this intense blood energy still appeared feeble and powerless against the terrifying chill—it was like a cup of water on a burning cartwheel!

It’s over!

This desperate thought surfaced simultaneously in the minds of Qian Hao and his two companions.

Confronting an ominous threat, merely at the Blood Refining Realm, they remained utterly helpless.

The adversary had not even appeared; just its aura pushed them to their limits, forcing them to exhaust all their energy to resist.

"Qian, it seems we won’t escape; we are not afraid to die, but we failed to fulfill Lord Xuan’s mandate."

Suddenly, a layer of roaring blue fire seemed to cover the ground outside the hall.

Most striking was the floating blue flame mid-air.

Within the flame was an abyss-like shadow with two eyes emitting a strange blue glow, indifferent as it scanned the hall.

The next moment, the blue flame, shrouding the shadow, shot forth a wispy blue aura with the speed of lightning.

The chilling blue aura surged with an icy bite, aimed at the hall’s depths.

And that direction was precisely where Lu Jiahe and Lu Yunqing, along with a few Lu Family members, were.

Ye Qingshan, close to Lu Jiahe, glimpsed the terrifying aura, a flash of conflict passing through his eyes.

It was definitely too late to dodge!

"Enough!"

Ye Qingshan quickly approached Lu Jiahe and his group, pushing them away with his right hand.

While Ye Qingshan’s right hand came into direct contact with the blue aura.

In everyone’s gaze, Ye Qingshan’s right arm instantly turned to ash, with a strange blue flame spreading toward his body.

"Beast, how dare you!"

Suddenly, a furious roar echoed from the sky above Lu’s mansion, striking like a thunderbolt!

Hearing this familiar voice, everyone present became immensely excited!

Lu Xuan!