Daytime arrived.
Xu Changqing and the others left the gathering place and continued toward Huang Yuanhua's Cave Abode.
This time, it was not just them. Several other Demon-Hunting Teams were also headed for the same destination.
And sure enough, the Black Forest during the day was much safer than it was at night.
Although they occasionally encountered demons, most posed no great threat.
The moment those creatures saw cultivators, they turned and fled, not daring to linger at all.
Several more hours passed in a blur.
As the black trees obstructing their view grew fewer, a gigantic stone mountain appeared ahead.
The entire mountain was an irregular cone, its surface covered in spiderweb-like cracks. Dark-yellow Earth Qi seeped from those fissures, forming a layer of yellow drifting smoke around the mountain.
On the western side of the mountain was a natural depression shaped like an open serpent's maw. The entrance seemed to have been shaped by someone, carved into the vicious face of an Earth Dragon.
Two thick stone pillars stood at either end of the entrance. Chains strung together from the shed scales of Rolling Earth Dragons coiled around the pillars, producing a rustling scrape whenever the wind blew past.
"This is Huang Yuanhua's Cave Abode!"
"We finally made it!"
"It really looks impressive!"
Though they had not yet approached, Xu Changqing and every other visitor around him were deeply shaken by the sight.
It had even greater visual impact than the Golden Core True Person's cave abode they had imagined.
Red Tiger said, "Although it looks dangerous, True Person Wang has already led many Demon-Hunting Teams in clearing out the inside, so it is very safe."
Their team was one of the "participants" in the previous operation.
The situation back then had been extremely perilous.
If True Person