Summer was short and winter long; time slipped away in silence, and in the blink of an eye, ten years had passed.
Deep within the Great Void, crimson fire spread, burning through space itself.
At a certain moment, three streaks of sword light tore through the air.
"This is Senior Brother Wu's sword. We came too late..."
His true body solidified. Pulling a broken sword from the raging crimson flames, the middle-aged Daoist's face darkened to the extreme. He was Cheng Qi, the Sword-Wielding Elder of the War-Stopping Immortal Abode. He had come to join forces with another elder and besiege the Red Demon, yet he had arrived one step too late.
Hearing this and witnessing the scene before them, the other two men's expressions became exceptionally grave as well.
Elder Wu was a Celestial Phenomenon cultivator of the War-Stopping Immortal Abode. The fall of such a figure was truly heartbreaking. More importantly, it fully proved that the Red Demon had grown even stronger than before.
"Chilianzi is deeply scheming. Everything before this was likely just a disguise, meant to make us misjudge him."
"We absolutely cannot give such a demon another chance. Otherwise, he will surely become a great calamity."
His words struck the ground like iron nails as someone voiced his opinion.
Hearing this, Cheng Qi took a deep breath and steadied his mind.
"You are right. Chilianzi truly cannot be allowed to live. Though he caught Senior Brother Wu off guard this time, he himself did not escape unscathed."
Grasping the broken sword and sensing it with his divine ability, Cheng Qi immediately saw many things. Though Senior Brother Wu had died, he had still left behind quite a few traces.
"Chase him. This time, we must kill this demon."
Locking onto a certain direction, Cheng Qi