Purple mist rose in Xiao Chen's eyes, and his gaze pierced across several thousand meters, instantly settling on the depths of the ancient forest.
Though the distance was immense, Xiao Chen's current combat strength was astonishing, and his five senses were extraordinarily sharp.
He easily saw everything happening there.
In Xiao Chen's sight, Wonderwood trees stood throughout the depths of the ancient forest, fallen leaves carpeting the ground. A black-clad young man with a mature-looking face was fighting a brown bear demon as enormous as a mountain.
A pretty young woman hid behind him in terror, crouching on the ground and screaming without pause. Fear had twisted her lovely features out of shape, while the exquisite longsword in her hand had long since fallen to the ground. She did not even dare pick it up.
The black-clad young man was covered in blood, several claw wounds on his body so deep that bone could be seen. Yet he still desperately swung the longsword in his hand, pouring all his strength into strike after strike against the humanoid bear demon.
Corpses lay scattered all around him. Judging by their attire, they should have been accompanying guards.
The young man's face was deathly pale, yet it carried a maturity and resolve that did not match his age. Even when facing a dead end, he had not given up fighting. But the bear demon was simply too powerful, its defenses astounding. No matter how the black-clad young man slashed at it, sparks flew everywhere, and he could only break its skin.
Before long, the light in the black-clad young man's eyes dimmed. He clearly knew his days were numbered!
The black-clad youth was Xiao Chen's old friend, Liu Qingfeng!
Back then, when Xiao Chen had suffered injustice, Liu Qingfeng had stepped forward and