Bang!

The spiritual pressure of a Core Master Stage cultivator burst out from Seraph, causing the surrounding buildings to crack and groan.

"Taken... by who?"

Seraph asked, his face devoid of his usual smile.

"This..." The disciple trembled, "It’s probably the Inferno Sect people. During the last battle over half a month ago, we noticed several disciples who disappeared mysteriously."

"These two girls, Noel, and a few others."

Seraph’s eyes narrowed. "Noel?"

He nodded. "Hm, h-honestly I don’t know how they disappeared."

Seraph released him, then marched up to the Core Court of the Winter Peak."

At this point, he couldn’t just enter as he wished. The two disciples guarding the gates immediately stopped him upon noticing that he wasn’t from Winter Peak.

"What are you looking for here?"

They weren’t rude, but they didn’t show him much respect either. After all, they were all equals.

"Tell disciple Fang that I’m looking for him."

The two disciples glanced at each other, then nodded. One of them went inside, while the other stayed to watch over Seraph.

The disciple who stayed behind began to grow uneasy. Seraph’s expression was blank, like his mind was not there.

Despite being at the Master Stage too, she couldn’t help but grow wary.

’Am I scared of him? What’s wrong with me? I should definitely be able to stand my ground against him. But... why is my body trembling?’

She gritted her teeth, feeling the tension heighten until her mate arrived with the black-haired disciple.

Fang appeared with a gentle smile, his eyes locking on Seraph immediately.

"Oh? Seraph. I didn’t expect to see you at all."

Usually, Seraph would have smiled. But today, he wasn’t in the mood.

"Where is Ariana and Tamar?"

Fang’s expression soured. "So you’ve heard, uh? It’s no doubt that they’ve been kidnapped by the Inferno Sect."

Seraph nodded. "And what exactly is the Winter Peak doing to find them?"

Fang’s smile faded. "We haven’t gotten any leads. Although we spoke with the Inferno Sect about it and asked them, they completely denied the accusation."

"Oh?" Seraph chuckled darkly. "Let me guess, Sera and Dera are fine, right?"

Fang blinked, then nodded softly. "You’re right. Those two, including my brother are safe."

Seraph gritted his teeth in frustration. "No wonder that old hag, Elder Mei, hadn’t flown into rage."

Fang’s eyes widened. "Seraph. Don’t say that. Everyone is already occupied with the attacks from the Inferno Sect. We don’t have enough manpower to search for them yet."

"Is that so? Then I’ll have to—"

Boom!

He paused, hearing a faint explosion at the base of the mountain.

"I’ll come back later. For now, I’ll have to go catch some bugs."

He turned around and dashed straight to the source of the explosion.

The two disciples guarding the gates wanted to stop him, but Fang held them back.

"Don’t worry. I’ll go ensure he doesn’t kill them too much." 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

"Alright, Brother Fang."

He smiled at them, then moved gracefully down the mountain.

Bang!

Seraph tore down the mountain, shooting straight at the base of the mountain. His heart was overflowing with rage and hatred, alright grabbing his weapon from the storage ring.

["You know it’s the Reapers who took them. Do you think it’s efficient venting your anger on these people? You were the one who wanted war, after all?"]

Seraph smiled faintly, then replied Halo. ’Is that so? I still detest these Inferno bastards enough to completely eradicate them.’

As soon as he got to the war front, he could see the disciples fighting against each other.

Fireballs and icicles were shot at each other, and the metallic clang of weapons clashing rang out loudly.

Seraph leaped over the Winter Peak disciples, landing in the midst of the Inferno Sect disciples.

Their attention was immediately turned to him, but all those who turned their attention to him immediately lost their heads to sharp wind blades.

"Die."

Seraph spammed wind blades and water blades, killing almost a hundred disciples in two minutes.

The Core Disciple who had come from the Inferno Sect immediately noticed the anomaly and rushed over to stop him.

"Stop! Fight me instead."

Seraph glanced at him, then dashed into the dense crowd of Inferno Sect disciples, ignoring the stronger opponent.

"What?! Stop!"

The disciple chased after him, while Seraph tore down the weak disciples who were only at the Peak Beginner Stage or the Core and Initial Advanced Stage.

"Elders! He’s not adhering to the rules!"

Frustrated, the Core Disciple turned to the elders who had accompanied them to this war.

Fang also arrived at that moment, stunned by how many disciples Seraph had already killed.

’I really thought I was fast enough.’

Pressing his lips into a thin line, he groaned and joined the battle too, blocking the path of the disciple chasing after Seraph.

"Another one?! You guys aren’t following the rules!"

The frustrated disciple was so angry that he coughed up a mouthful of blood.

Fang smiled apologetically. "You see, it’s not that we don’t want to adhere to the rules. It’s just that you guys made a mistake. You shouldn’t have touched ’her’."

He unsheathed his sword, facing the disciple while taking a graceful stance.

"Damnit! Then don’t blame me for killing you!"

Soon, the two Master Stage disciples clashed.

Meanwhile, the three elders from the Inferno Sect were a bit perplexed.

They were naturally angry that Seraph was killing a lot of their weaker disciples, completely ignoring the rule that stated only people of similar cultivation could battle in a war between sects.

"We can’t get involved, though?"

One of them asked, his expression dark.

The other nodded, her back hunched slightly. "If we make moves now, that woman will surely appear."

The third elder, a younger one, frowned. "What’s so scary about this Elder Mei who you guys are talking about? I’m sure the three of us can eliminate her."

Instantly, the other two elders glared at her. "What are you saying? We definitely can’t. The only reason we’re here is to stall her whenever we’re going to retreat."

"Then are we going to let him kill our disciples like that?!"

The younger elder asked in frustration.

Unexpectedly, the hunched woman smiled. "Don’t worry, I’ll send Little Bai to deal with him."