If not now, when?

The Demonic Sect female cultivator knew Su Fan was a Body Cultivator and didn't dare to be careless.

With a wave of her hand, she summoned her protective magic tool.

A giant skull with eerie blue ghost fire burning in its eyes appeared, blocking in front of her.

Su Fan didn't care if she was in the Late Qi Refining stage; he just hacked at her with all his might.

The Dao Seed within him exploded, and searing, blinding lightning wrapped around his magic sword. Pouring in almost all his strength, he unleashed a Nine-Sword Consecutive Slash.

"Headwind Slash..."

"Whirlwind Slash..."

"Sacrificial Slash..."

"Limitless Slash..."

"Tidal Slash..."

"Ghost Wheel Slash..."

"Rage Slash..."

"Ruthless Slash..."

"Void Slash..."

The purple current from the Lightning Dao Seed specialized in countering all sorts of evil spirits and ghosts.

With just three slashes, the skull with the eerie blue ghost fire in its eyes was shattered into pieces.

The female cultivator was stunned speechless. Her high-grade magic tool had only blocked three slashes.

Fortunately, she summoned another turtle shield burning with crimson flames, which barely managed to block his frenzied consecutive slashes. However, she was still sent staggering back over ten meters by a tremendous force.

Her high-grade magic tool, the "Ghost Fire Shield," was also rendered dim and lusterless by his slashes.

She finally regained her senses, gritted her teeth, and summoned two offensive magic tools. Just as she was about to counterattack.

Unexpectedly, the person opposite her flashed with yellow light and disappeared into the ground.

He ran...

Don't let Su Fan's previous domineering display, which forced a Late Qi Refining cultivator to retreat, fool you.

He knew perfectly well that he had only three powerful moves. He had taken advantage of her carelessness to catch her off guard.

Once she recovered, he would surely be the one to die.

If the person opposite him had been a Qi Refining Mid-stage Cultivator, and he had seized this opportunity, he might have actually been able to kill them.

But this woman was in the Late Qi Refining stage. Although she was caught off guard by his surprise attack, she had still blocked his three powerful moves. He definitely had no chance.

If he didn't run now, when would he?

The Demonic Sect female cultivator was utterly enraged. It had been years since she felt so humiliated.

To think she would be forced into such a desperate situation by a mere Qi Refining Third Layer cultivator.

Actually, she hadn't intended to kill Su Fan immediately. She just couldn't discern his origins and was curious about the source of his cultivation method.

She only wanted to capture him and interrogate him thoroughly.

She never expected to almost fall into this brat's hands due to a moment of carelessness.

"You want to run... It's not that easy..."

This brat was too detestable. She had to rip out his soul and annihilate it, ensuring he would never be reborn.

The Demonic Sect female cultivator's face turned grim as she waved her hand. A wisp of grey smoke separated from the black mist, transforming into a large-headed ghost infant.

"Hiss... hiss..."

The ferocious, large-headed ghost infant hissed and flew around the Demonic Sect female cultivator.

She extended a hand, releasing a wisp of her aura. The ghost infant circled around her before hissing and flying away.

The Demonic Sect female cultivator sneered, turned, and merged into the black mist, disappearing into the dark night in an instant.

"Phew..."

Su Fan, finally emerging from the earth, let out a long sigh of relief.

The "Earth Escape Talisman" truly lived up to its reputation as the ultimate escape artifact. He had managed to flee several kilometers in one go.

Those thirty Spirit Stones were absolutely worth it.

Su Fan didn't run outwards; instead, he fled towards the market town.

Even with the "Earth Escape Talisman," he couldn't outrun that Demonic Sect female cultivator.

The market town was crowded with countless rogue cultivators. Hiding there amidst the chaos was his only chance to escape her pursuit.

He was not far from the market town now. He cast the Light Body Art and fled towards it with all his might.

Just then, a piercing shriek echoed from behind him.

A grey shadow was chasing him, its speed incredibly fast. In the blink of an eye, it had caught up.

"What the...

What is this thing, so fast.

This is a Life-Reaping Ghost Infant that the female cultivator has nurtured for many years. Not only is it extremely fast, but once it targets you, it will pursue you relentlessly.

Su Fan immediately panicked and used the Light Body Art to flee towards the market town.

"Hiss..."

The Life-Reaping Ghost Infant had already caught up. Su Fan glanced back and his hair stood on end.

The ghost infant had a disproportionately large head, its eyeballs were white, and its entire face was contorted and twitching.

It opened its mouth, revealing two rows of dense, sharp teeth.

A chilling cold spread into all his pores, making him feel ice-cold all over.

Su Fan's scalp tingled, and a chill spread from the base of his spine to the crown of his head.

The Lightning Dao Seed within his body exploded with a roar, and a surge of scorching purple electricity surged out.

"Go to hell..."

Su Fan raised his magic sword and slashed down with all his might.

"Limitless Slash..."

Wrapped in dazzling electric light, the great sword instantly split the Life-Reaping Ghost Infant in two, and its shadowy form also turned to ash and vanished.

The female cultivator from the Demonic Sect lost the aura of the ghost infant and was so angry she almost spat out a mouthful of blood.

Her Life-Reaping Ghost Infant, which she had nurtured with her own blood for many years, was gone just like that.

Was this kid her nemesis?

In fact, even in ancient times, Demonic Sect Body Cultivators had never used a Lightning Dao Seed like this.

After establishing their Foundation with lightning, they would immediately cultivate the next stage of their cultivation method. How could they possibly use a Lightning Dao Seed as a power bank?

Su Fan finally escaped to the market town, but before he could catch his breath.

He heard a deafening "Rumble," and the market town's formation was broken.

"The formation is broken, charge in..."

"Kill them, let's rob them..."

"Ah... who ambushed me..."

The countless rogue cultivators gathered outside the market town had red eyes and were frantically rushing into the town.

Su Fan had no intention of joining the commotion. He found an empty house nearby.

He took out an Invisibility and Qi Concealment Talisman, slapped it onto himself, then used the Spirit Concealment Art, and found a hidden spot to sit down against the wall.

Now that things were so chaotic outside, he should be able to escape the female cultivator's pursuit, right?

At this moment, the tattered magic sword that Su Fan was tightly gripping trembled slightly.

A faint gray light flickered on the sword's body before returning to normal.

However, Su Fan was in a state of high tension and couldn't feel the change brought about by the magic sword at all.

Countless rogue cultivators had already rushed into the market town, but the scene before them left them dumbfounded.

The market town was in ruins, like the end of the world.

There were broken walls and ruins everywhere, and the incomplete corpses of countless Lesser Yang Sect disciples were scattered throughout the market town.

"Awoooo..."

A monster several meters tall walked out from a collapsed building and let out a sky-shattering roar.

The towering monster resembled a human in shape, with an inverted triangular head, strangely bulging eyes, and its entire body covered in pitch-black hardened armor, with sharp bone spurs growing on its back.

Two thick, pincer-like limbs were like giant scissors, opening and closing with a clacking sound.

"That's a Heavenly Demon... it's a Heavenly Demon..."

"Run... the Heavenly Demon is here..."

"We've been tricked, let's get out of here..."

The rogue cultivators inside wanted to escape the market town, but the people outside were rushing in like madmen, and the scene became chaotic.

The Heavenly Demon leaped dozens of meters and landed in the crowd. Several rogue cultivators were crushed underfoot, turning into meat paste.

Its two giant pincer-like limbs swept left and right, sending dozens of rogue cultivators flying. It then clamped its pincers around several rogue cultivators and stuffed them into its mouth, chewing them up.

The Heavenly Demon rampaged through the market town, and in the blink of an eye, hundreds of rogue cultivators died under its massive pincers.

The female cultivator from the Demonic Sect also arrived outside the market town. She scanned the area with her divine sense a few times but found no trace of Su Fan.

She gritted her teeth in anger and flicked her hand hatefully.

Several rogue cultivators who were desperately fleeing were entangled by a wisp of black smoke and instantly turned into a pile of white bones.

Just then, a black-clothed cultivator approached her.

"Senior Sister Qinghuan, the Heavenly Demon Talisman's time is almost up..."

The female cultivator from the Demonic Sect took a deep breath.

The immediate task was more important; that brat could have his fun later.

I've got your scent memorized. If I ever catch you again, I'll skin you alive.

She turned and glanced at the several black-clothed cultivators behind her.

"Hurry up, no more waiting..."

A Demonic Cultivator, nearly two meters tall, emerged from behind.

Beneath his hood was a terrifying face with only black eyes, lacking any other features, like melted wax.

He patted a long, black box at his waist, and several tall zombies clad in iron armor appeared out of thin air before them.

These zombies were exceptionally robust, wearing tattered iron armor. Their skin had a grayish-blue hue, covered in thick black and white hairs.

This black-clothed cultivator practiced the Demonic Sect's Zombie Path. To enhance his strength, he had even refined his own body into a zombie's physical form.

The black-clothed cultivator formed a hand seal, pointed forward, and the zombies roared as they charged towards the market town.

The zombies rampaged through the crowd, and countless Rogue Cultivators' corpses littered the ground.

The black-clothed man followed behind the zombies. More and more Rogue Cultivator corpses sprang up from the ground, transforming into living corpses that charged forward madly.

In a short while, hundreds of living corpses surged into the market town, charging at the Heavenly Demon and being torn to shreds.

The living corpses advanced relentlessly, making the Heavenly Demon even more frenzied. Its form grew increasingly ethereal.

With a loud "boom," the Heavenly Demon dissolved into dense black smoke and vanished with the wind.

The female cultivator from the Demonic Sect waved her hand and said sternly, "Work quickly. Those who delay will be executed..."

A dozen black-clothed cultivators, leading over a hundred hired Evil Cultivators, swiftly entered the market town and began a massive plundering.

She, meanwhile, oversaw the entire operation from above the market town.

The Demonic Cultivator practicing the Zombie Path controlled several zombies and hundreds of living corpses, blocking the entrance to the market town.

The Rogue Cultivators who had already fled, seeing that the Heavenly Demon had dissipated into black smoke, began to gather around the market town again.

"Let's charge together, break in..."

"Does anyone have a Corpse Suppressing Talisman? Let's deal with those zombies..."

"With so many of us, what are we afraid of..."

The Rogue Cultivators outside the market town shouted loudly, but few dared to charge forward.

Occasionally, a few Rogue Cultivators, blinded by greed, charged towards the market town like madmen.

They were either torn to shreds by the ferocious zombies or turned into piles of white bones by the female cultivator's Netherworld Ghost Luo Smoke.

Watching helplessly as the Demonic Sect cultivators plundered the market town, the Rogue Cultivators' hearts bled.

They beat their chests and stamped their feet, cursing the Demonic Cultivators for their greed and denouncing the Demonic Sect for their brutality.

At this moment, the female cultivator from the Demonic Sect in the air suddenly turned her head, looking towards the distant night sky.

"A Sword Maniac is coming. Everyone, speed up. I'll hold him off first..."

After speaking, she stepped onto black mist, stood against the wind, and calmly gazed into the distance.