Thank heavens, neither Chunchou nor Chen Zui was hurt, but... it somehow seemed even worse, because the scorching, bizarre scene before him made his scalp tingle. What was more—
"Master!"
His master truly had been held back by this demonic weapon. He had imagined many possibilities, but never one this terrible. The Demon Seed seemingly had not parasitized any of the artifact refiners. They were all using their lives and cultivation to nourish the unfinished demonic weapon, and within that blazing fireball—
Wen Xu felt the Golden Light within him twitch. It was its unique ability to sense the Demon Seed.
It had actually parasitized an inanimate object. If such a weapon were successfully forged, who in this world could possibly wield it? Most likely, the weapon would wield the person, rather than the person wielding the weapon.
Upon seeing his disciples, Cheng Wei remained as calm as ever. He sent a thread of divine sense drifting before his three young disciples. "Frightened?"
The three said nothing, but they clearly were.
After all, there was some logic to demons going mad, but could so many artifact refiners really have all fallen into evil and madness together? One had to know that this place likely contained nearly half the renowned artifact refiners in the world.
"Don't be afraid." Cheng Wei spoke to reassure them. He was exceedingly composed in the face of such a scene. Taking ten thousand steps back, if this Crooked-Neck Sword truly was completed, then at worst, he would perish together with it, containing all the damage within Rongyuan City. By then, even if Rongyuan City alone had to be sacrificed, at least the impact on the Cultivation Realm would be reduced to its minimum. But that was the worst-case scenario. The situation was still far from the