Asura Mad Emperor

"Who are you? Why have you harmed our sect's disciples without cause?"

The Third Elder pondered while he spoke out interrogatively.

He had thought for a long time but ultimately could not figure out where these few people were from. He knew about all the famous surrounding sects and clearly, there wasn't anyone like Qinchuan and Ye Xuanji among them.

"Where I come from is none of your business, but if you don't clear the way and let us leave the city, I'm afraid the next time I take action, it won't be just injuries," Qinchuan replied slowly from beneath the city walls, his words laden with an unquestionable and defiant dominance.

Qinchuan had also recognized the Third Elder; he clearly saw a trace of greed flash in the elder's eyes.

He understood what the Third Elder was plotting.

"How arrogant can this kid be?" Qinchuan's words incited a boiling outcry and backlash among the surrounding disciples of the Flame Phoenix Holy Sect.

"The Third Elder is a Supreme Saint Early Stage powerhouse, and yet he dares to speak to him like that?" A cultivator frowned, not understanding where Qinchuan's confidence came from.

"This kid won't live long," another cultivator commented indifferently, speaking coldly.

"Scoundrel!"

A fierce glint flashed in the Third Elder's eyes.

He raised his hand, and around him, countless fiery Divine Flames blazed passionately, densely packed, and then transformed into a flaming phoenix spreading its wings, charging towards Qinchuan, Ye Xuanji, and the others.

Flame Phoenix Art!

This phoenix burned to the extreme in the void, radiating with Divine Flame, its light exceptionally dazzling and brilliant.

Formidable Great Dao Rune Patterns gathered together, as if an ancient phoenix had truly descended, possessing unmatched power.

"This is the Flame Phoenix Holy Sect's foundational Divine Skill, the Flame Phoenix Art! Those people are as good as dead!"

The many cultivators in Lindong City witnessed this ancient phoenix and paled, retreating in fear of being dragged into the impending battle.

"Once the Flame Phoenix takes flight, it burns everything, no one can withstand it!"

The faces of many cultivators from the Flame Phoenix Holy Sect also bore sneers.

These people were too ignorant, daring to provoke their Flame Phoenix Holy Sect in Lindong City.

"Young Master, do you want them alive or dead?"

Ye Xuanji stepped forward, mana surging out, and asked indifferently.

Qinchuan glanced at the Third Elder sideways and shook his head, "This old fellow harbors ill intentions, and I don't like it."

Ye Xuanji understood immediately.

Their conversation was not loud, but it fell clearly into the ears of everyone present.

This left the many cultivators of Lindong City and the Flame Phoenix Holy Sect once again astonished, and after reacting, they burst into a chorus of jeers and ridicule.

"Putting on airs!"

Ye Xuanji made his move.

He leaped high into the air, gazing upwards, as the Taiji Moon Wheel emerged above his head, emitting a faint silver glow, like an immortal bathed in moonlight, with a distinguished and dignified bearing.

"Yin-Yang Dual Polarity Palm!"

In an instant, Ye Xuanji's mana surged wildly, Great Dao Laws converged in his hands, and the black and white Qi of life and death reappeared, forming a Dual Polarity Wheel.

The silver light showered by the Taiji Moon Wheel turned into specks of starlight, merging with the Palm Imprint, and in a moment, the palm transformed into a dark Abyss, within which the breath of life and death surged, swallowing everything around it.

"Hum!"

The sky-full of burning Divine Flame Phoenix clashed with the Taiji Wheel, radiance flaring like fire, fiercely burning, and then with a roar, it burst forth into a thick beam of light shooting towards the heavens.

The next moment, everyone was shocked beyond belief.

Because they realized that the Flame Phoenix was disintegrating, it was being devoured by the darkness of the Abyss.

"How could this..."

"The Third Elder has been defeated by this Great Saint Late Stage cultivator?"

"It can't be, it can't be, the Third Elder must have underestimated the enemy!" the disciples of the Flame Phoenix Holy Sect cast out the thoughts in their minds, convinced themselves so.

But in the next moment, the Flame Phoenix, engulfed in towering flames, completely collapsed, and the Yin-Yang Dual Polarity Palm roared out, suppressing the Third Elder beneath it.

With a "bang," the body of the Third Elder exploded instantaneously, turning into a cloud of Blood Mist, even the True Spirit that had just drifted out was devoured and shattered.

Now that Ye Xuanji could even pluck a scale from the ancient dragon of Ninth Rank Divine Beast lineage from the sea beasts, dealing with a Supreme Saint Early Stage cultivator was far too easy.

Below the city, everyone fell silent, staring dumbfounded at Ye Xuanji with disbelief on their faces.

After a moment, someone roared first, "The Third Elder is dead!"

"The Third Elder is dead."

Immediately after, the crowd erupted, and countless cultivators of the Flame Phoenix Holy Sect were shocked; the Third Elder was the pillar of the Flame Phoenix Holy Sect in Lindong City, and now that he was dead, everyone lost the will to resist and dispersed like birds scattering.

Having slain his opponent, Ye Xuanji then leisurely walked back to stand behind Qinchuan and said in a low voice, "Young Master, there's no one left to block our way, we can leave now."

Qinchuan nodded and headed towards the outside of the city.

Leaving behind the cultivators of Lindong City who looked at each other and exclaimed, "Fuck, who is this guy, to have such a formidable Protector?"

This was Qinchuan's first time setting foot here, and even though the cultivators speculated, they did not guess Qinchuan's identity.

After Qinchuan and his party left, several shadows in Lindong City transformed into Divine Rainbows, shooting rapidly towards the south.

With the Young Master missing and the Third Elder dead, they had to relay the news back as quickly as possible.

After leaving Lindong City, Qinchuan and his party, driven by Ye Xuanji's Magic Artifact, headed southward.

The landscape of Nanchi Continent was vastly different from that of Dongju Continent; after leaving Lindong City, the surrounding trees gradually thinned, leaving nothing but yellow sand and brown boulders as far as the eye could see.

Looking around, all was desolate and barren.

"Hmm? What a strange scent!"

Not long after leaving Lindong City, Ji Huo'er twitched her nose. Fox Clan naturally had acute senses and at this moment, she sensed a strange odor in the air.

Ye Xuanji had also caught whiff of the unusual scent, looking moved; his Divine Sense was even stronger, recognizing the scent of fresh blood, the fragrance similar to orchid or musk deer, mixed with a hint of rot.

The combination of these scents became utterly bizarre.

"In that direction!" Qinchuan pointed in one direction and said, visibly moved, for he already knew where those missing children from Lindong City had gone.

Ye Xuanji changed direction, and everyone concealed their presence as they slowly approached that direction.

Before long, the group arrived within a desolate Earth City.

This city had already been in ruins for many years, shrouded in black fog and creepy ghostly aura.

Peering through the fog, they saw a golden radiance bursting forth from the center of the Earth City, as if Divine Fire was dancing.

Everyone completely concealed their presence and entered the Earth City; the strange odor became increasingly intense. Even Ye Shiyi could tell that the bizarre scent was a mixture of the fragrance of Heavenly Treasures Materials and the stench of fresh blood, very strange.

"What is inside here?"

Ji Huo'er's expression turned grave, the blood and scents of decay made her think of the recent disappearances of children in Lindong City, giving her a bad feeling.

Qinchuan's Innate Pupils had already seen clearly, his face ashen as he calculated in his mind, remaining silent.

Ye Xuanji, with his Heavenly Mystery Divine Pupil open, piercing light cutting through the mist, finally saw clearly what was in the center of the Earth City.

"That is... a Blood Pool and a Forest of Flesh!"

Ye Xuanji exclaimed, feeling a chill run down his spine.