You Qi's shock, a probing attack from the Devil Race

His voice was quiet, but everyone in the passage heard him.

The gazes around you instantly converged.

You did not stop walking.

"Move aside."

You gave him a cold glance.

The young man of the Devil Race did not move aside.

Instead, he blocked your path and tilted his head.

"Our Devil Emperor said you were interesting. Let me see just what makes you so interesting."

As his words fell, You Qi moved.

He threw a punch, purple-black devil energy surging with its force straight toward your face.

It was fast, his Immortal Emperor Peak Stage cultivation unleashed without restraint.

Space inside the passage was limited, leaving little room to dodge.

He had chosen this place to attack, having calculated the advantage the surroundings gave him.

You did not dodge.

Chaos power gathered in your right arm, and you raised your hand to catch his punch.

His fist struck your palm.

The devil energy exploded.

Chaos power devoured it.

Within a single breath, that mass of purple-black force vanished like mud sinking into the sea, shredded completely by the gray vortex in your palm.

You Qi's smile froze on his face.

You closed your fingers around his fist.

Then you flung him aside.

You hurled his entire body into the passage wall, and eerie power immediately surged toward him.

His expression changed drastically. He hurriedly summoned devil energy to protect himself, scrambling to spring away from the wall.

A sorry sight.

An utterly sorry sight.

You withdrew your hand and continued forward.

Silence fell around you for a moment.

Then you heard a human cultivator murmur behind you.

"Such tremendous strength."

You did not look back.

The end of the passage was already in sight.

Gray-white light appeared once more.

You crossed the first dead zone and stepped onto the