"Of course it was us!"
Just then, a cold laugh rang out from outside the hall.
Everyone turned to look, only to see seven figures walking into the main hall.
There were five men and two women among the seven. The men were handsome and extraordinary, while the women were peerlessly beautiful. All of them looked like young people, yet their bodies radiated an intimidating, sinister aura.
In particular, black smoke constantly drifted around them, making them appear exceptionally demonic.
All seven wore faint cold smiles as they looked at Ke Ling with contempt.
"A person who has repeatedly brought shame upon the sect actually has the nerve to stand here and boast?" the leading man among the seven sneered at Ke Ling.
"How dare you!" Ke Ling roared. "I am the Holy Son of the Heaven and Earth Gate! Who are you to speak to me like that?"
The leading young man's lips curled into a contemptuous sneer. "If we hadn't all been cultivating the secret canon left behind by the Earth Demon Ancestor in the forbidden grounds, how could there have been a place for you as Holy Son?"
"Cultivating the secret canon in the forbidden grounds... You are..." A trace of fear gradually appeared in Ke Ling's eyes.
The forbidden grounds they spoke of were where the fragments of the Earth Demon's remnant soul were stored.
Many years ago, rumors had begun circulating within the Heaven and Earth Gate that several people had an extremely high compatibility with the Earth Demon's remnant soul. They had remained in the forbidden grounds for years, cultivating the secret techniques and scriptures they had obtained from the remnant soul.
These people had always been the Heaven and Earth Gate's greatest secret.
Even Ke Ling, as the Holy Son, had only heard