"Hoho, quite a lot of them came!" Dongfang Fu sneered. I glanced at him and said, "Old monster, your condition doesn't look too good. The heavy elemental energy here hasn't spread yet. Your cultivation was at the Sky Profound Realm before, but after fighting all the way here and pouring energy into Shanshan, you've fallen to the Earth Profound Realm. Can you handle this?"
"You're doubting your master's strength? Brat, apart from me, can you find anyone among your subordinates stronger than I am?" Dongfang Fu snorted.
I smiled. "All right, then take it easy, old man. This battle won't be easy."
Dongfang Fu, however, wore an expression that said I was about to have my eyes opened.
I looked at Zhao Qian and said, "I'll leave the task of locating the hidden passage to you. If things get dangerous, we'll abandon this area. It won't matter even if we can't go farther down."
"Okay," Zhao Qian replied.
Very soon, the Earth Profound Realm cultivator who seemed to be leading the other side floated over to us. He looked Dongfang Fu up and down before asking, "Are you a cultivator from the Jie Sect?"
"I'm from the Heaven Realm. What Jie Sect? Do I look that weak to you?" Dongfang Fu answered bluntly.
Upon hearing this, the opposing leader immediately sucked in a cold breath. But then he narrowed his eyes and said, "The Heaven Realm? That realm was devoured by the corruption qi many years ago. There are no longer any Heaven Realm cultivators in this world. Don't make up nonsense, or you'll cause everyone to misunderstand!"
"Heh heh, now that's absurd. It's true that our Heaven Realm was forced to relocate by the black qi back then, but most of its peak experts entered the cycle of reincarnation