Xiao Lingchen asked, "Are there any disciples of the Supreme Mystical Sect ahead?"
The Tianhe Sect disciple quickly replied, "Yes, there are!"
"And quite a few!"
"Yes! I even saw Senior Brother Jiang from the Supreme Mystical Sect up ahead, fighting against the Demon Race!"
"Senior Brother Jiang?" Yun Zhanyi inquired, "Are you referring to Jiang Yu?"
Among the Supreme Mystical Sect disciples with the surname Jiang, the only one well-known to the outer sect is Jiang Yu.
The Tianhe Sect disciples nodded repeatedly, "Yes! It's Senior Brother Jiang Yu."
"To cover our retreat, he and several other senior brothers and sisters are fighting the demons."
"But the situation is not optimistic. When we left, Senior Brother Jiang seemed to be seriously injured!"
Hearing this, Yun Zhanyi dared not delay any longer.
After exchanging a glance with Xiao Lingchen, without saying a word, she rushed straight into the depths of the Dark Forest!
Along the way, the two encountered many disciples from various sects, either fighting or being pursued by the Demon Race.
They effortlessly killed those demons as they went.
After traveling another hundred miles, they suddenly heard the sounds of battle echoing through the sky.
As they approached, their view suddenly opened up.
They found themselves in front of a vast cliff.
There, countless demons had surrounded tens of thousands of disciples from various sects!
Looking around, Ning Huanhuan and Zhou Zhiyue from the Hundred Flowers Sect, whom Xiao Lingchen had met earlier, were among them.
Jiang Yu and several sect prodigies stood at the forefront.
The situation on the scene was dire.
The tens of thousands of sect disciples were all injured to varying degrees.
Especially the sect prodigies, who, despite being in the Breaking Illusions Realm, were the most severely wounded.
Jiang Yu seemed to have temporarily broken through to the Breaking Illusions Realm, but he was covered in blood, with one arm and one leg broken, and his aura was extremely weak.
On the Demon Race's side, there were also five cultivators in the Breaking Illusions Realm.
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They were all high-ranking elders of the Demon Race branch entrenched in the Dark Forest.
The strongest among them was a young man in the fifth level of the Breaking Illusions Realm.
His name was Ye Cangxuan, and he was their leader.
He wore black armor and a cloak, with two horns on his forehead, looking quite sinister.
With his command, the battle cries of the demon cultivators behind him pierced the clouds, and they charged towards the sect disciples!
Jiang Yu and the others looked grim, and upon receiving an order, they launched a counterattack.
However, they were already at the end of their strength, heavily injured, and no match for the demons.
Moreover, the Demon Race still had five Breaking Illusions Realm experts in peak condition!
The battlefield was almost a one-sided massacre.
Jiang Yu used his last strength to kill dozens of demon cultivators.
But in the next second, Ye Cangxuan broke his remaining limbs.
"What do we do now?" Yun Zhanyi asked anxiously, looking at Xiao Lingchen.
Having witnessed Xiao Lingchen's formidable power, Yun Zhanyi's regard for him had unconsciously risen.
Xiao Lingchen smiled slightly, "What do we do?"
"Naturally, we kill them and save my fellow disciples!"
With that, Xiao Lingchen drew the Phoenix Emperor Sword.
In the next moment, he used the Divine Movement Step to rush into the battlefield.
Seeing this, Yun Zhanyi steeled herself, drew her longsword, and followed him in!
Xiao Lingchen and Yun Zhanyi were behind the Demon Race, so they were completely unprepared.
Xiao Lingchen unleashed a powerful strike, instantly killing hundreds of thousands of demon cultivators!
This scene left Yun Zhanyi utterly shocked!
Not to be outdone, she activated her divine powers, conjuring hundreds of sword shadows around her, and attacked the demon cultivators ahead!
The sword shadows merged, increasing their power a hundredfold!
With one strike, thousands of demons perished!
The sudden turn of events threw the Demon Race into disarray.
The demon cultivators at the rear hurriedly turned to counterattack.
But below the Breaking Illusions Realm, almost no one could withstand the might of Xiao Lingchen's sword.
He charged into the crowd, swinging the Phoenix Emperor Sword with abandon, each swing killing at least tens of thousands of demon cultivators.
Blood splattered across the battlefield, dyeing him red, exhilarating him!
Soon, the demon elders and Ye Cangxuan at the front noticed the situation behind them.
When they turned to look, they saw a sea of blood.
Millions of demon cultivators had become corpses!
This scene pierced the nerves of the demon elders and Ye Cangxuan.
It also shocked the sect disciples fighting at the front!
At this moment, the battle abruptly paused, and everyone stared blankly at the man and woman holding swords at the rear.
A demon elder, furious, pointed at Xiao Lingchen and shouted angrily, "Who are you!"
Xiao Lingchen sneered, "The one who will kill you!"
As he spoke, Xiao Lingchen swung the Phoenix Emperor Sword towards him!
The demon elder dodged Xiao Lingchen's sword Qi, his anger reaching its peak.
"How dare you!"
"I'll make you pay with your life for my million kin!"
With that, the demon elder's body shone with black light, charging towards Xiao Lingchen!
At the front, Jiang Yu and the others recognized Xiao Lingchen and Yun Zhanyi.
Although they didn't know how they had just killed so many demon cultivators, they could see that Xiao Lingchen and Yun Zhanyi were only in the late Dao Palace Realm.
There was no way they could be a match for a Breaking Illusions Realm demon elder!
In a moment of urgency, Jiang Yu shouted, "Run!"
"You're no match for him!!!"
However, the demon elder had already reached Xiao Lingchen.
His speed was astonishing.
His figure was like a ghost.
He wielded a pair of black steel claws, slashing fiercely towards Xiao Lingchen.
Xiao Lingchen immediately raised his sword to block.
"Clang!!!"
The screech of the steel claws against the Phoenix Emperor Sword pierced everyone's ears.
Xiao Lingchen was also forced back hundreds of meters by the powerful force.
After repelling Xiao Lingchen, the demon elder turned with a sinister expression to attack Yun Zhanyi!
The terror of a Breaking Illusions Realm expert was such that Yun Zhanyi couldn't even react before the demon elder's steel claws reached for her delicate face.
Yun Zhanyi was momentarily stunned and panicked.
But just then, Xiao Lingchen flashed in front of her from a hundred meters away.
This was the Earth Grade Divine Power he had acquired from the Cauldron of Fate, besides the Supreme Vajra Fist, called the Instant Movement Technique!
Once activated, it allowed him to instantly appear at any location within a certain distance.
Its speed surpassed the Divine Movement Step by far, but it also consumed a lot of energy, so Xiao Lingchen only used it in critical moments like this!
The Fuguang Jade Mirror Sundial accelerated the flow of time, and the Shadow Assault Technique bound the demon elder's movements.
The Phoenix Emperor Sword's sword Qi and killing intent erupted simultaneously, aiming straight for the demon elder's heart!
The demon elder's eyes widened in shock.
He hadn't expected Xiao Lingchen to be so fast and agile, even surpassing him.
Most crucially, the sword in Xiao Lingchen's hand exuded a chilling killing intent that made him deeply uneasy.
After the sword Qi erupted, even he had to temporarily avoid its edge.
However, when he tried to dodge, he was shocked to find his body bound by something, unable to move!
Though he immediately used all his spiritual power to break free, it was too late to evade Xiao Lingchen's attack!
The Phoenix Emperor Sword pierced straight into his heart.
In an instant, the sword Qi erupted completely!
Shredding his heart into countless pieces!
The demon elder's eyes widened in disbelief.
But ultimately, without a heart, he could only fall to the ground in deep unwillingness, dead!
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