At the core of Xuanling Cave Heaven stood an enormous pitch-black cavern.
It was like the gaping maw of an abyss, devouring every ray of light and every trace of life force.
"Ke ke ke..."
A spine-chilling, grotesque laugh drifted from the depths of the cavern, as though an evil ghost from the Netherworld were shrieking.
A terrifying demonic might suddenly erupted from within the cavern.
A hundred-zhang-tall Demon Shadow slowly emerged.
Its entire body was pitch-black, and its form had solidified considerably. Its blood-red eyes were like two blood moons, radiating a savage gleam that seemed ready to devour anyone it chose.
"A bunch of ants dare trespass into this seat's resting place?"
The Demon Shadow's voice was grating as metal scraping against metal, brimming with disdain and arrogance.
"Xuanba Sword Sect? Heh heh. In this seat's eyes, you're nothing more than a herd of domesticated blood food."
"After a hundred thousand years of infiltration and a hundred thousand years of waiting, this seat has finally waited for the finest 'nourishment' to walk straight into the trap."
It opened its enormous mouth and greedily inhaled the surrounding air, as if savoring some delicacy.
"Not bad, not bad. Souls filled with despair and fury—that is precisely the flavor this seat likes most."
Under that terrifying demonic might, many of the weaker disciples among the people of Xuanba Sword Sect were already trembling, their faces drained of color.
Boundless fear surged over them like a rising tide.
At the same time, raging fury burned in their chests, mingled with a thread of helplessness.
And the humiliation of being treated as blood food made their eyes bulge with rage.
"Demon! Cease your arrogance!" Xuan Tianba roared.
The aura of a Divine Sect Realm powerhouse erupted, barely resisting the erosion of that demonic