"Quick! Quick!"

"This Demon Sect stronghold actually has a Demon General-level expert. There must be a lot of treasure collected inside. Now that the Blood Saber Demon General has been defeated, all this treasure is ownerless. Whoever gets it first can claim it. Don’t let others beat you to it."

"That’s right, with our strength, hoping to get rewards at the Hunting Conference is unrealistic. We can only try our luck here."

"If I could get a formidable martial arts secret manual, I might qualify for the next New Dragon List Tournament."

On Mount Heimang, shadowy figures were everywhere. Disciples from the Purple Extreme Palace, Yuangang Hall, Sky Sword Pavilion, and Linglong Hall formed a dense crowd, all rushing towards the mountainside at extraordinary speeds, unwilling to fall behind.

In the past, there have been cases where disciples attacked the Demon Sect stronghold and obtained high-level martial arts secret manuals and precious herbs, causing their cultivation to skyrocket. Nobody wants to miss such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to enhance their strength.

Soon, the crowd reached the mountainside and saw a black stone palace from afar.

The palace was extremely grand, with a massive platform hundreds of meters long in front of it. On all sides were eight gigantic stone pillars carved with various fierce and terrifying creatures.

The platform had split in two, clearly the work of the Blood Saber Demon General’s recent strike.

On the platform, there were also more than a dozen Blood Saber Guards and Sky Flying Demons. Upon seeing the Golden Palace disciples, they immediately turned and rushed into the palace.

"This palace should be the main base of the Demon Sect. Let’s go!"

The sight of the palace shocked everyone, and they immediately used their Qinggong to rush over.

Swipe!

Several figures took the lead, including Zhuang Fei and others from the Sky Sword Pavilion, with Lu Yun at the forefront.

He had seized the opportunity to move ahead when the Blood Saber Demon General left, gaining some distance from the others.

"The treasure inside is mine!"

Lu Yun licked his lips, showing greed in his eyes, and suddenly thought of Luo Feng, coldly smirking in his heart: Luo Feng, you’ve just made a breakthrough recently. In terms of cultivation, I am still a step ahead of you. You’re only relying on your impressive martial arts and cultivation techniques. If I obtain a high-level cultivation technique or formidable martial arts, I will certainly defeat you in the next New Dragon List Tournament. Then I will crush you under my foot, making you taste the bottom of my sole!

Luo Feng and Xia Yunjing’s group were in the middle of the crowd. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

Xia Yunjing noticed Lu Yun at the front and raised her eyebrows slightly, saying to Luo Feng:

"Junior Brother Luo Feng, with your Qinggong cultivation, you can surely catch up with them. You go first, don’t worry about us. This Demon Sect stronghold has a Demon General-level expert guarding it, so it must contain astonishing treasure."

Luo Feng was thinking about other things. Upon hearing this, he looked up at the palace ahead and shook his head:

"No need to rush. This palace is probably not as simple as it seems. Let’s assess the situation first."

"You mean there’s more danger?"

Xia Yunjing was a bit surprised. The dozen or so Demon Sect disciples who appeared earlier were merely at the fourth level of the Spiritual Rotation Realm, not worth mentioning.

Moreover, with Luo Feng’s strength, even if there were hidden disciples of the Demon Sect at the seventh level of the Spiritual Rotation Realm in this palace, he should have the ability to protect himself, unless there was another Demon General-level expert, which seems impossible.

Luo Feng said: "Most of the Demon Sect disciples here have already been wiped out. However, the dozen or so Demon Sect disciples just now, when they saw us, were not panicked but very calm. This is very unusual."

"Indeed! I didn’t even notice that."

Xia Yunjing’s eyes brightened. If she had only been awed by Luo Feng’s strength before, now she was filled with complete admiration.

Everyone, including herself, was blinded by the allure of treasure and rushed to the palace. Only Luo Feng remained so calm under these circumstances, noticing this anomaly.

Initially, Xia Yunjing had some envy towards Luo Feng’s frightening rate of progress, but now, that jealousy vanished completely.

Regardless of talent, his tenacity and resilience, undisturbed by external factors, far exceeded her own.

She lightly exhaled and looked at the palace ahead, about to speak.

Hmm?

Suddenly, Luo Feng’s brows furrowed.

"Junior Brother Luo Feng, what..." Xia Yunjing asked.

"Not good, retreat!"

Luo Feng, having already released his soul power, sensed a terrifying aura appearing inside the palace. This aura was even more formidable than the Blood Saber Demon General. With a long howl, he swiftly unleashed a wall of Gang Qi to block the way forward and urged Xia Yunjing and the others to retreat quickly.

Boom!

At the same time, the ground shook violently.

The next moment!

The huge black palace suddenly split into two, and a massive black demonic qi burst out, shooting towards the crowd.

Rumble...

The demonic qi pillar, about twenty to thirty meters wide, shattered the ground it passed. The air formed intense swirling vortices, and soon a black storm over a hundred meters tall, moving as fast as lightning, emitted an astonishing sonic boom, causing the entire mountain peak to tremble under this mighty attack.

"Ah! Run!"

"Escape!"

The storm of magic flames hadn’t even approached, yet the impending threat of death made many Golden Palace disciples shiver with cold and flee desperately in all directions.

"We’re doomed!"

Lu Yun was the closest; the immense pressure caused him to bleed from his seven apertures, never before had he felt so close to death, his hair standing on end and his blood running cold.

"Junior Brother Lu!"

At the brink of life and death, Zhuang Fei let out a wild roar and suddenly threw a punch at Lu Yun.

Lu Yun was taken aback, but immediately his eyes lit up, and he summoned all the Yuan Qi inside him, meeting Zhuang Fei’s attack with his own punch.

Boom!

The two fists collided, and within a few hundred meters around them, objects floated up. Then, a deafening roar followed, as both men spewed mouthfuls of fresh blood, their figures shooting backward like two meteors.

Crash!

Almost simultaneously, the storm of magic flames roared in, and the two Sky Sword Pavilion disciples behind Lu Yun and Zhuang Fei didn’t even have time to scream before they were swallowed, their bodies instantly turning into blood mist and eventually disappearing, leaving behind no traces.

Rumble!

The ground trembled, and the black windstorm extended straight past the platform, the strong Qi Force obscuring the view ahead.

A moment later, the black windstorm vanished, and the crowd regained clarity of their surroundings, stunned into silence.

On the platform, there was a trench several hundred meters wide stretching from the black palace to a kilometer beyond, resembling a chasm. Large swathes of forest and dozens of meters of soil had become completely void, including hundreds of Golden Palace disciples who hadn’t managed to escape in time; the wounded were numerous.

Luo Feng and Xia Yunjing’s group avoided the impact in time and were not affected by the storm of magic flames.

Scanning the surroundings, Luo Feng frowned slightly.

After the battle, there were originally close to six thousand people left from the four Golden Palaces, and now, nearly a quarter were lost in one strike — a terrifying figure considering they were elite disciples from the major Golden Palaces!

Aside from ordinary Golden Palace disciples, among the New Dragon List experts, Zhuang Fei and Lu Yun were covered in blood, unconscious on the ground, their lives uncertain; Sky Sword Pavilion disciple Wei Nanye was caught in the aftermath of the magic flames storm, his right arm bloodied to the point where bones could be seen, clearly heavily injured; Purple Extreme Palace’s Xue Ziyi also had a long bloody mark on her left hand, lightly injured. Other New Dragon List experts known to Luo Feng were unscathed.

"So many casualties..."

Though prepared internally, seeing the grim scene still made Luo Feng’s heart tighten. Wei Nanye and Xue Ziyi, both talents ranked around the top thirty of the New Dragon List, were severely affected by that strike — a testament to the unimaginable strength of the enemy.

What he didn’t know was, if not for his final alert, the casualty count would have doubled. Many only sensed danger after hearing his voice, ultimately avoiding catastrophe.

"Demon General-level expert, definitely a Demon General-level expert. How can there be another Demon General-level expert here..."

Xia Yunjing’s face was bloodless, her red lips tightly pressed together, her eyes displaying a hint of inexplicable panic.

Had Luo Feng not alerted them earlier, their group of five might not have survived in that terrifying strike.

Beside them, Nanxuan, Lin Yue’er, and Lin Xin were similarly cold-sweated.

Luo Feng gazed at the black palace, whispering, "Don’t act rashly."

"Haha, worthy of Golden Palace disciples, some managed to avoid my Gui Die’s attack."

Just then, shrill laughter echoed from the black palace, soaring high into the sky.

Clap! Clap!

Along with the laughter, heavy footsteps sounded, and a burly figure slowly emerged into everyone’s view.

The figure stood over two meters tall, with feet like bird’s claws covered in black scales, a bare upper body revealing jade-like skin, double horns on its head, blood-red eyes emitting a cruel and wicked aura, and a pair of large meat wings folded behind it.

"Asura!"

Seeing the figure, everyone on the platform had a tense expression, Su Rui, Xue Ziyi and several New Dragon List experts looked completely grim. They all knew what a named Asura represented.

An oppressive atmosphere enveloped the platform.

"The Asura Thorn is becoming an Asura Blade; this Asura is about to transform into a Great Asura. Junior Brother Luo Feng, we might perish here today."

Xia Yunjing looked at the appearing Asura, a wry smile appearing on her face.

Great Asura!

Luo Feng’s heart shivered slightly, his expression unprecedentedly grave.

A Great Asura is an existence capable of rivaling a True Yuan Realm Martial Artist, and though this Asura had not fully transformed into a Great Asura, it equated to a peak-level Spiritual Rotation Realm Martial Artist, beyond their ability to thwart.

"If necessary, we can only leave here first..."

With a flicker in his gaze, Luo Feng clenched his teeth, making a decision deep down.

With his character, even with a sliver of chance, he would not abandon anyone. Yet the current situation is ten deaths and no lives. Not even he, let alone everyone together, could be facing this Asura. Staying would be meaningless.

"Demon Sect monster, return Xiaoyin’s life!"

At this moment, a roar exploded above the platform, Ye Huan stomped the ground, rushing straight at the Asura.