Heavenly Demons Hit an Iron Wall

Li Mufeng and his group skirted around the unsettling swamp and ventured deep into a shadowy forest before finally stopping to rest.

He Ling let out a long breath, his expression grave. "That Zhang Shuai... the killing intent around him was truly intense. He must have noticed that I was using the Mystic Glazed Dao Eye to observe him."

Li Mufeng gave a bitter smile and continued, "No wonder a figure like him prompted the Purple Firmament Saint and the Myriad Forms Sacred Ancestor to jointly issue a bounty of one billion Chaos Crystals! His strength is simply unfathomable... Brother He, do you think we should report his whereabouts to the Violet Firmament Palace?"

Upon hearing this, He Ling shook his head without hesitation. "Report him? Why do something that harms others without benefiting ourselves? There's no reward for reporting him, and we'd only offend such a terrifying enemy for nothing. Zhang Shuai holds no grudge against us. Better to avoid trouble than invite it."

"Brother He is right." Li Mufeng nodded. "Besides, the prerequisite for claiming that one-billion-Chaos-Crystal reward is to 'capture' him, not kill him. With the heaven-defying strength Zhang Shuai displayed just now, he could probably confront a Primordial Saint head-on without losing. Capture him alive? Heh, I'm afraid it would not be easy even if the Purple Firmament Saint came in person."

"Of course. How could such a sky-high reward be so easily claimed?"

Meanwhile, in the center of the swamp, Zhang Shuai still sat cross-legged above the three Pure World White Lotus plants. Like an old monk in meditation, his aura merged with the pure lotus fragrance drifting up from below as he waited in silence.

At that moment, a six-person human treasure-hunting team passed through the swamp. However, after seeing the lone Zhang