Counting it up, there are a total of four celestial-level powerhouses who have died at the hands of the mentor and disciple duo.

The fall of these four celestial powerhouses has also stirred an earthquake within the ancestral land.

A celestial level figure is a pillar of a sect; how many celestial-level figures can a single sect have?

Yet, in just a few days, the continuous deaths of celestial-level figures have made the sects behind them take it seriously.

What exactly happened on the Star River’s road?

Why are celestial-level powerhouses dying one after another?

Just to kill an indigenous Earthling, dispatching celestial-level figures is already significant attention, yet why did such a situation occur?

The sects behind the dead powerhouses are all puzzled.

They must investigate thoroughly and find out who the culprit is!

Sects like Donghua Sect and Shadow, being major forces, won’t just let it go. How can they remain indifferent to the deaths of their powerhouses? They sent people onto the Star River’s road again, even if it means paying a certain price.

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Inside the Star River Ancient City.

After another wave of demons receded, the young martial artists on the city wall seemed still eager for more.

Now, those who have survived are ones who have endured several demon waves. Their strength and mindset have become more robust under the fierce onslaught of the demon waves.

They are no longer afraid of the demon waves; on the contrary, they even look forward to the next attack.

Though the number of warriors keeps decreasing after each demon wave, the training they receive is evident.

Moreover, over time, the number of deaths has started to drop significantly.

This also means that the young martial artists now possess the strength to face the demon waves and survive.

Many have, under pressure, stepped from the Restoration Realm into the Saint Realm, and now, they are almost on the verge of stepping into the Supreme Saint tier.

Figures like Jin Shanshun and Qin Feng have long established themselves in the Saint Realm, rapidly enriching their martial arts experience, awaiting a day to erupt and advance further.

Beast God and Luo Fu, though at the Supreme Saint level, have polished this realm to perfection, silently accumulating strength.

Moreover, they have both redeemed the Golden Armor Battle Attire, unwilling to fall behind Tai Yi and others, aiming to confront the emperor demons.

The first echelon has seen the most power growth among figures like Tai Yi and Stone Demon King, who were the first to get the Golden Armor Battle Attire. Now, with it, they can fight a few bouts with the emperor demons.

This may not seem like much—just moving from passive defense to being able to strike back a few times—but don’t forget they’re in the Supreme Saint realm now.

Beyond that is the celestial level. Only those at this level know how difficult it is for a Supreme Saint to progress further.

A small improvement means getting closer to the celestial level, leaving other Supreme Saints of the same tier further behind.

If they can improve a little every day, it might not take a year to step into the celestial level.

A celestial-level figure in their twenties would be terrifying, countable on one’s fingers across the ancestral land.

Even throughout the universe, there are no more than ten of them.

Across countless life planets and innumerable martial artists, less than ten have entered the celestial level in their twenties—a ratio that’s already extremely rare, so rare that it’s almost uncommon.

It was precisely because of the progress of Tai Yi, Stone Demon King, and the Wanderer that other celestial talents felt the crisis, so almost all of them redeemed a set of Golden Armor Battle Attire to confront the emperor demons and hone themselves.

Fighting with emperor demons pressured them, but as long as they had the Golden Armor Battle Attire, even if they couldn’t win, the experience was enough to help them comprehend and break through under pressure.

Beast God, Jin Shanshun, and others, since knowing Ye Qiu was still alive, paused their thoughts of confronting Tai Yi and others, focusing all their energy on self-improvement.

However, ever since Ye Qiu appeared once, he never showed during subsequent demon waves, making the four somewhat worried.

Little did they know, the Ye Qiu they worried about was doing things beyond their wildest imaginations.

He and Miao Shan were stationed at a spot on the Star River’s road, lying in wait.

They continued to hunt celestial realm powerhouses.

The duo felt that searching everywhere for celestial powerhouses was too time-consuming. Having already killed several, based on their guesses, those forces behind them wouldn’t stop. They would definitely send more people, so if they stayed here, they might encounter these celestial powerhouses.

To better kill these celestial powerhouses, Ye Qiu began laying formations on the Star River’s road, preparing to give these guys a big surprise.

Of course, the Star River’s road is vast; the formations they set couldn’t be singular, but laid at every point. Any sudden appearance would trigger them.

At that time, the mentor and disciple duo would know immediately and could react accordingly.

To set these formations, the two had slain many abyss demons, taking their cores as the energy source for the grand formations.

To avoid provoking that black demon lord, they specifically targeted demons not attacking the Star River Ancient City during the demon waves, as every demon wave had three or two emperor demons leading, which the two could handle.

After days of demon slaughtering and core extraction, every spot on the Star River’s road where celestial powerhouses might first appear was laden with formations.

The number of demons they killed probably wasn’t fewer than what the combined forces of the Star River Ancient City had managed.

According to Ye Qiu, they were helping reduce the pressure on the Star River Ancient City.

It is estimated that when the next demon wave breaks out, the young martial artists on the Star River City will notice a significant decrease in demon numbers.

They had no choice; the mentor and disciple duo had been too ruthless, annihilating every demon squad and gathering all the cores.

Apart from the emperor demon cores kept by Ye Qiu, ordinary and king-level cores were all used as formation eyes, though Ye Qiu felt a bit pained since these were military merit points.

You probably won’t find another person across the Star River who uses demon cores like he does.

Armed with great formations and Ye Qiu’s current insights, the formations can’t kill celestial levels but can confuse and harass them.

Of course, the mentor and disciple’s goal was to use these formations to detect celestial level appearances instantly for a joint strike.

Once everything was ready, they began patiently waiting for the prey to take the bait.

Meanwhile, celestial powerhouses on the ancestral land stepped into the universe, pinpointing the Star River’s road, preparing to break into it.