"Blood food?" Xiao Chen's expression changed sharply, and dread seized his heart. He had thought Xuan Yuan Shenyang, Xuan Yuan Taiyin, and the others had merely been imprisoned like Yang Ziang. That would have been fine; he could have rescued them all. He had never imagined they had been served to demons as blood food. This was trouble!
"Stay behind me. I'll fight our way in!"
Xiao Chen dared not delay. With one sword strike, he shattered the hundred-meter-tall golden palace gates, then charged inside with Lan Xiaodie and Yang Ziang.
The gates of the Golden Mantis Divine Palace were massive and imposing, their surfaces covered in layers of arcane patterns, divine mantis emblems, and blood-colored runes. Made primarily from supreme-grade golden stone, they were as hard as divine iron and shone even in the ink-black depths of night. Their value was immense.
Years ago, the Golden Mantis King had exhausted every scheme to gather enough primary materials from perilous places deep in the mountains to build the divine palace. Who could have imagined that Xiao Chen would shatter its gates with a single strike today?
"Who's there?"
"This is the Golden... Aah!"
After breaking through the palace gates, Xiao Chen charged forward like a savage beast, unchecked and unrestrained, killing every demon he saw!
One terrifying Golden Mantis Behemoth after another died beneath Xiao Chen's sword, collapsing into pools of blood.
The blood of the Golden Mantis Demons was rather unusual. Alongside its original crimson were strands of intensely eerie green, reeking of blood. As the two colors mingled, the eerie green actually overwhelmed the red, becoming the dominant hue.
"Who is this man? How can he be so terrifying?"
"He's an enemy the likes of which the world rarely sees! Retreat!"
"Quick, inform the captain!"
At first, the