Venerable Haoran and the others gazed at the distant horizon, their faces filled with bewilderment, yet their hearts roiled with endless emotion like storm waves crashing against the shore.
At that moment, the flames of war between Guangwu Heaven and the Shan Hai Realm were burning fiercely. The front lines had long since become gigantic meat grinders devouring living beings. Corpses lay everywhere, and rivers of blood flowed as far as the eye could see.
Even with the battlefield so horrific, Integration Stage cultivators possessed such profound cultivation that, under ordinary circumstances, they would not easily fall.
Yet they had just witnessed the Soul Devouring Old Devil's soul scatter and spirit disperse with their own eyes. The shock that rocked their minds was utterly beyond description.
"Senior Brother Haoran... just what kind of divine figure is that brat?"
"Exactly... I truly can't remember anyone like him in Guangwu Heaven..."
"Wasn't he only at the Void Refining Stage? How could he kill an Integration Stage Evil Path Old Devil as easily as lifting a finger..."
"That blinding radiance just now must have come from the supreme-grade magical treasure in his hand..."
The whispers of the fellow junior disciples beside him made Venerable Haoran furrow his brows tightly.
He had originally planned to use his power to pressure others and occupy this Cave Mansion marketplace as a base behind enemy lines. Now, however, it seemed that such a reckless move would not work.
The mysterious figure inside the marketplace was clearly far from as simple as he appeared.
Putting aside his unfathomably deep strength, until they understood his origins, it truly would not be wise to provoke a conflict lightly.
"Whoosh..."
At that moment, the sound of something tearing through the air suddenly rang out. A flying sword wrapped in dazzling thunderbolts