For a moment, the sight of the shriveled corpses on the ground, reduced to nothing but skin and bones, sent chills down their spines.
"Heavens, these people had all surpassed the Heavenly God Realm. That elder of the Wei Family even had one foot in the Supreme realm, yet he still died here."
Lan Xin covered her little mouth, utterly shaken.
The Wei Family in question was one of Emperor City's three great Immortal Families, equally unmatched in strength and enduring through the ages, no less formidable than those of the Nine Heavens.
Yet an elder of such stature had been drained of his blood essence and died in an exceptionally gruesome manner. It was simply inconceivable.
"It must have been the Blood Demon Race. Only they kill in such a depraved way," Xu Chengdao concluded.
There were no major wounds on the corpses, only a tiny hole at the crown of each head. The culprits were obvious.
What none of them had expected, however, was that powerful experts still lived among the remnants of the Blood Demon Race from the Foreign Realm.
Otherwise, they could not have killed elders of the Wang Family, Wei Family, and the others.
Clearly, a drastic upheaval had occurred here. Something shocking had happened, claiming even the lives of Cult Masters.
"We'd better not explore any farther. We should retreat."
Xu Chengdao gradually cooled down from his initial excitement at discovering an immortal's sanctuary, and a trace of unease even rose within him.
"I'm afraid that isn't up to us anymore!"
Lin Fan spoke and looked back. At some point, the mountain path had vanished, covered by terrifying Dao patterns and chaos.
"We're finished! We're all going to die here!" The little princess of the Lan Family paled and cried out despite herself.
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