Tao Yaoye, Lu Yang, and the Great Elder

Seeing that Vice Master Shi was suppressing him in every way, the withered old man secretly thought that something was wrong. How could this young man be so powerful? It was completely beyond his expectations.

He was among the strongest of the Body Integration Realm demonic cultivators in the Great Yu Dynasty. The only ones who could put pressure on him were the top-tier Body Integration Realm demonic masters.

Damn it, what bad luck! I went out to refine a Myriad Soul Banner, only to create a bunch of beasts that don't understand commands, and now I've run into the most powerful demon in the Body Integration Realm.

The great struggle hasn't even fully erupted yet, and we've already encountered such an opponent?

If they keep fighting, he'll be the one to lose!

Run!

The withered old man, no longer willing to fight, turned and ran.

His extensive survival experience told him that being defeated now did not mean he would be defeated in the future. As long as he focused on his training and sought revenge in the future, who would laugh at his escape today?

He didn't set his sights on Lu Yang and Tao Yaoye. The two had solid foundations, but their cultivation levels were too low, so they were likely just rival disciples.

Those who cultivate the demonic path value themselves above all else; kidnapping disciples to threaten them is nothing but a joke in their Devil Cultivator.

The withered old man abandoned the six demons who tried to stop him, then transformed into a streak of light and fled.

"Damn it, that old bastard is shameless, running away like that!" Vice Master Shi cursed, showing absolutely no trace of the demeanor of a master.

Although he would have made the same choice if he were in the position of the withered old man.

Suddenly, ripples appeared in the space, and a figure appeared behind the withered old man silently. He held an object that looked like a brick and swung it at the withered old man.

The withered old man stumbled and fell from the sky.

"Who!"

He immediately went into a defensive stance, but the blow was too hard and the movement too practiced, leaving him dizzy and unable to stand steadily.

He realized there were other experts among them and prepared to flee again.

The figure holding the brick curled into a cold smile, sending chills down one's spine.

"You think you can run away from me, the Heavenly King?" The figure stared at the withered old man, who fell into a daze, unable to resist.

The withered old man was stunned for no more than half a second before quickly recovering.

However, during the Body Integration Realm, half a second is enough to accomplish a lot.

The figure kicked the withered old man to the ground, stomping him hard on the ground.

The withered old man tried to escape by burrowing underground, but the figure remained calm and pointed a finger at the ground. Instantly, the ground hardened like meteorite iron, becoming indestructible. The withered old man tried to smash his head into the ground, but he couldn't break through it.

"Turning the earth into steel?!"

The withered old man and the deputy sect leader spoke at the same time, recognizing this powerful Divine Ability that countered earth escape. This move was almost lost, and only the Five Great Immortal Sects and High Antiquity cultivators could use it.

The figure coldly stared at the withered old man, then pressed down harder with his foot, causing the old man to scream in pain.

"Who are you?" The withered old man stared intently at the figure that had suddenly appeared.

He would have run away long ago if the other party hadn't suddenly appeared.

However, he couldn't muster the will to resist; the methods the other party had just used were even stronger than those of Vice Sect Leader Shi.

Vice Sect Leader Shi also watched the figure with a hint of wariness. The fact that the other party made a move at a crucial moment meant that they had been following them all along, but he had not noticed it from beginning to end.

The art of concealment is incredibly profound!

The figure's eyes were as deep and unfathomable as an ancient well. He glanced at the withered figure lying on the ground, then looked at Vice Sect Leader Shi. His tone was calm, revealing arrogance and contempt.

"I am the Protector of the Heavenly Court, the King of the Underworld."

Vice Master Shi's expression changed slightly. Sure enough, the other party was a protector of the Heavenly Court Sect.

Furthermore, given the title "Netherworld," could it be related to the High Antiquity Nine Netherworlds?

The withered old man looked bewildered. What kind of organization is the Heavenly Court Cult?

He'd investigated all the major powers of the time, and he'd never heard of a sect called the Heavenly Court Cult.

Lu Yang and Tao Yaoye watched as the Grand Elder stepped on an ancient Nascent Soul cultivator, disregarded the Vice Leader of the Demonic Body Integration Realm, and acted arrogantly and unruly, barely suppressing their urge to complain.

Given the danger of Lu Yang going to see the Vice Leader of the Demonic Sect, the Ask Dao Sect naturally had to send someone over.

Originally, Lu Yang hadn't planned to have anyone follow him, but the Grand Elder somehow heard that he and Tao Yaoye were going to see the Petrified Bone and offered to protect him.

It's still in the name of protecting the future of the Ask Dao Sect.

Seeing the Elder's behavior, Lu Yang realized that the Elder's act of protecting him was a pretense; his real intention was to show off.

After confirming that the Grand Elder was an ally, Vice Master Shi felt relieved, squatted down, slapped the withered old man twice, and demanded an explanation.

"Tell me, why did you kill so many livestock!"

The withered old man was furious, feeling that Vice Sect Leader Shi was insulting him. "Am I crazy to kill livestock? I'm Devil Cultivator, not a slaughterhouse owner! If I knew that the source of that bloody smell was the slaughterhouse, would I have bothered to refine the Myriad Soul Banner?"

The petrified bone thought the withered old man's words made sense, so it slapped him twice more.

"Tell me, how did the villagers disappear!"

"What villagers? There was nobody there when I went!"

The withered old man was puzzled. He had no grudge against the petrified bone, so why was the other party targeting him?

"That can't be right, you didn't do it?"

"No!"

Vice Sect Leader Shi could tell that the withered old man wasn't lying; they were all Devil Cultivator, so there was no need to hide anything about killing.

"Strange thing."

The Ask Dao Sect, the Immortal Breeding Farm.

The former leader of the Immortal Cult gazed at the endless farmland, where cattle and sheep grazed leisurely, a scene of peace and tranquility, and sighed softly.

"My lord, what's wrong?" The three female ghosts, Little Five, Little Six, and Little Seven, stepped forward to show their concern when they saw their leader sigh.

"I was just reminded of the time when the cult leader ran a slaughterhouse."

"You even ran a slaughterhouse?"

"What are you saying? Everyone has their own hobbies."

"I haven't told you guys before, but before I joined the Immortal Cult, my family ran a slaughterhouse. Later, I was wanted by the government for tax evasion. The Immortal Cult saw that I was a talented person, so they recruited me."

"He just kept at it, and eventually became the leader of the cult."

"After I became the leader, I always reminisced about the days when I ran the slaughterhouse. My subordinates were all stupid as pigs and caused me a lot of trouble. Since we Immortal Cult members were few, it was hard to find subordinates. So I bought a lot of puppets and built a small village in the wasteland, which I named Huai'an Village."

"I controlled the puppets, disguised them as villagers, and opened a slaughterhouse. I slaughtered pigs every day, treating it like killing subordinates. I did this for three or four hundred years, and eventually it became a well-known, long-established slaughterhouse in the area."

"Later, I was captured, the slaughterhouse was confiscated, and all the pigs, cattle, and sheep inside were sold by the imperial court. The court ordered me to stop all the puppet's actions, and then the puppet was also taken away by the court."

"Huai'an Village is now just an empty shell, nothing but a useless stench of blood. The imperial court doesn't know what to do with it, so it's just left there."

"Won't the stench of blood be exploited by demonic cultivators, for example, to refine into the Myriad Soul Banner or something?" Xiao Qi worried, as they had almost been refined into the Soul Banner themselves.

The cult leader laughed heartily.

"How is that possible? What foolish Devil Cultivator would use such a bloody aura to refine the Myriad Soul Banner?"