Da Xuan Martial Saint

Xian Yuchen's departure went unnoticed by Chen Mu.

He practiced the Qiankun Artistic Conception and had extremely strong perceptive abilities, not inferior to an elder like Feng Hongsheng, but after all, he was human, not a deity. It was impossible for him to discern the breath of something miles, let alone dozens of miles away.

Such an ability had already exceeded the realm of Martial Arts and was not possessed by martial artists.

Soon.

After a large number of people from the Seven Profound Sect had gathered at the Border Pass, Shi Zhenyong finally gave the order. Accompanied by the slowly opening gates of the Border Pass, everyone made a significant move forward, stepping into the vast white expanse of Ice State's Frost County!

The Seven Profound Sect's strategy in the Ice State's battle was straightforward, dignified, without any scheming or trickery. They were led openly by two elders, Shi Zhenyong and Feng Hongsheng, to the Prefectural Government of Frost County, where they would meet up with members of the Heavenly Sword Sect and the Ice Extreme Palace stationed there. Then, with the Prefectural Government as the center, they would confront the Heavenly Demon and Heavenly Corpse within Frost County.

The crowd stepped into Frost County.

Traversing the direct path to the Frost County Prefectural Government.

The environment of Frost County, true to its name, was covered with frost, but the frost was not very thick, nor was there much snowfall. Still, many plants that were not afraid of the cold grew, and the scenery along the way resembled that of Yu State's winter solstice.

As the group from the Seven Profound Sect penetrated deeper into Frost County, after traveling a distance, some uniquely shaped buildings appeared on the side of the road, scattered behind wind-sheltered mountains. There were only a little over a hundred structures, most of which were ruins. In the frostbite, one could even see severed limbs and the remains of bodies, all frozen within the ice and snow.

Whoosh! Whoosh!!

Chen Mu, Murong Yan, and others, who were walking at the front of the Seven Profound Sect's column, took several steps down to reach the ruins, and just one glance around caused each of them to appear somewhat grim.

"..."

Even Chen Mu's eyes flashed with a hint of coldness.

In the constantly war-torn Ice State, scenes of a village's destruction were not uncommon. Though the Sky Demon Sect and the Heavenly Corpse Sect seldom carried out massacres on a large scale because they also needed materials for Blood Nourishment and Corpse Refinement, since they regarded the common people as nothing more than 'Blood Nourishment' and 'Corpse Refinement,' they naturally didn't care much either.

Chen Mu was not a saint who pitied the world. If it were times of chaos and conflict, with rivers of blood flowing between the two forces and corpses strewn across the fields, he wouldn't be much perturbed. Even the sight of demons devouring humans wouldn't incite anger in him. At most, he'd pull out the offending demon and dispatch it with his sword.

But the acts of the Sky Demon Sect were different.

These people were born human, yet conducted themselves like monsters. Chen Mu's tolerance toward the Sky Demon Sect was even lower than for the Heavenly Corpse Sect.

Looking forward, on the edge of a shattered wooden hut, a pale little hand could be seen. The hand was severed from the base, with bite marks at the point of separation. Judging from the size of the hand, the child could not have been more than seven or eight years old.

"A bunch of beasts."

Murong Yan's tone was extremely grim.

If the Heavenly Corpse Sect's use of human corpses for refinement was somewhat dismissive of morals and ethics, then the Sky Demon Sect's actions had completely reversed human decency. Born human yet degenerating willingly and fraternizing with monsters, these people were despicable.

Other protectors, including Shi Zhenyong and Feng Hongsheng and other elders, also had a glint of coldness pass through their eyes.

Martial individuals, no matter how high their status or how respected as grandmasters, were ultimately human. As humans, they could not accept the act of using humans as Blood Nourishment. This difference is what distinguishes humans from livestock. The human race rose in ancient times and gradually came to dominate the rivers and mountains, expelling and crushing the primordial demons, relying on the transmitted legacy of Martial Arts, knowledge, and willpower.

Demons, on the other hand, only believed in the law of the jungle, with no concept of legacy or philosophy, without cumulative development from one generation to the next. Even if the Sky Demon Sect, an evil path, had temporary momentum, it would never be able to rule the world.

The Seven Profound Sect's column did not stop, continuing forward on their journey.

Walking at the rear of the column, Shen Lin, Linghu Shang, and some stewards of the Seven Profound Sect passed by the ruined village, witnessing the appalling scenes, each filled with raging fury.

What followed was even more shocking and enraging: as they traveled towards Frost County, virtually all the villages they passed, whether they housed hundreds or thousands of people, were scenes of disaster. Many, according to the evidence, had only recently fallen victim to these events!

Moreover.

According to some scouts' reports, many towns in other directions were untouched, only along the path where the Seven Profound Sect's forces marched, almost all the villages had been slaughtered to emptiness by the Sky Demon Sect.

This not only infuriated the numerous disciples and stewards of the Seven Profound Sect, but even elders like Shi Zhenyong and Feng Hongsheng struggled to contain their anger. Clearly, this was an intentional provocation by the Sky Demon Sect, a show of force before their arrival in Frost County!@@novelbin@@

However, with so many villages decimated, so many lives wantonly slaughtered, laid before their eyes, such actions were simply out of bounds, intolerable to the heavens. Even with their grandmaster stature, they struggled to suppress their fury.

"Good, very good."

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Feng Hongsheng's gaze swept over another village wiped out by massacres; he slowly closed his eyes and upon reopening them, his eyes were calm as still water, but he had made up his mind in his heart. The Sky Demon Sect must pay the price for their actions.

Chen Mu, following behind Feng Hongsheng and others, also had eyes that grew colder and colder, but in the end, he took a deep breath, calmed his emotions, and slowly said, "The Sky Demon Sect is deliberately provoking us, aiming to enrage us without a doubt. The more they do so, the more we must not let ourselves become disorganized."