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Seeing the scene before me, I immediately accelerated. Xijun, Long Yue, and Xiao Mengtong were each leading the Demon Race and the disciples of the Nine Firmament Divine Sword Sect they were responsible for, so they could not move very quickly. Besides, this place was still more than half a month away from the Great Wilderness. Considering their pace, along with the time spent intercepting enemies and avoiding dangers, Xiao Mengtong might already have reached the turbulent immortal-qi region at the border, while Xijun and Long Yue would still need at least several days to arrive. At my current speed, I should now be able to reach the border in no more than five or six days!
With that thought, I immediately flew toward the border at top speed. Along the way, I swallowed the demon essences I had searched from Lu Rouzhen and several high-ranking Dao Sect cultivators, beginning to activate my Demon Transformation Art and push my speed to its limit.
Two days passed quickly. I finally encountered several groups of straggling Demon Cultivators. I immediately descended to question the Demon Cultivator temporarily acting as their leader and learned that they had previously been led by Xijun and Long Yue. I was indescribably excited. Although they had gone through several great battles and encountered encirclements by Ninth-Stage Immortals once or twice, Xijun's eightfold phoenix power and Long Yue's Ninth-Stage Immortal strength with her Yinglong power had allowed them to drive off every attack with ease.
However, the words of the last group of Demon Cultivators instantly extinguished the fire of excitement that had just flared within me. "We originally thought we were safe, but later, someone dressed in black came and stopped the Phoenix Sovereign and Dragon Sovereign. He said we couldn't continue on like this. If