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"Crack!"

"boom!"

Zhang Xiaoshan once again used all his strength to display his great magical power of freezing.

A "buzz" sound!

A long ice sword with a flashing cold light floated out into the air, carrying endless biting cold air, and suddenly slashed on the shield of the defensive formation again.

"Crack!"

A crisp cracking sound was heard, and the formation was instantly shattered. The powerful impact force made a violent sound that echoed all around.

"How can this be?"

The cultivators from the Xinghuo Sect and other sects hiding near the formation were all dumbfounded and stunned, unable to help but exclaim in surprise.

They really didn't expect that there was actually someone who could break the defensive formation that Lord Xinghuo had set up.

Seeing the formation broken, Zhang Xiaoshan raised his lips slightly and said, "Fortunately, although this formation was extremely difficult and thorny, I finally succeeded in breaking it."

As he spoke, he walked towards the cave at the foot of the mountain ahead.

"Ta Tata..."

Suddenly, many cultivators from the Xinghuo Sect around the mountain came out from the darkness, quickly came to the front of the cave, and blocked the road tightly in the middle.

Seeing this, Zhang Xiaoshan glanced at them fiercely and said in a cold voice, "Get out of the way, or don't blame me for being rude."

Zhang Xiaoshan took a quick look at the group of people and found that almost all of them were cultivators in the Nascent Soul stage, with only four or five cultivators in the early stage of the Spiritual Transformation stage.

In his eyes, these people were weak and not worth mentioning at all.

He also didn't want to kill people easily, so he just gave a verbal warning.

"We will never give way!"

One of the middle-aged monks with a weathered face opened his eyes wide and said, "If you want to enter this cave, you have to step over our corpses!"

Zhang Xiaoshan glanced at the group of people calmly and said in a calm tone: "I am here to find the treasure of True Lord Xinghuo. I have no interest in fighting with you.

As for you, I advise you to just get out of the way. I don't want to cause any more killing."

"Humph, the treasures of Master Xinghuo were left to us, his disciples and grandchildren. How can an outsider like you get your hands on them?"

A young monk with an immature face snorted coldly and spoke.

Zhang Xiaoshan's eyes turned cold, and he said indifferently: "Since you won't move aside, don't blame me for being rude."

As he spoke, Zhang Xiaoshan's mind moved, and an extremely powerful aura of spiritual pressure suddenly emanated from his body.

This aura, like a surging wave, descended from the sky and instantly enveloped the entire group of monks.

"Ah..."

Suddenly, the bodies of this group of monks began to tremble violently out of control. Some of them were even directly knocked to the ground by this extremely powerful spiritual pressure, and let out miserable screams.

However, even so, the thousands of cultivators of the Starfire Sect still gritted their teeth and persisted, with no intention of giving in.

“I swear to protect the remains of True Lord Xinghuo until my death!

We swear to never let outsiders enter the Xinghuo Mountain Cave."

Thousands of cultivators from the Starfire Sect shouted loudly.

Their voices were in unison and firm, echoing for a long time in the dense woods.

Zhang Xiaoshan frowned, his eyes widened, and he shouted, "Do you really want to die?"

The sound was like a huge bell, shocking and thrilling.

Then, Zhang Xiaoshan slowly raised his hand, spiritual energy surged around his body, and he was ready to display his great magical powers.

"Please wait, sir."

At this moment, a steady and powerful voice came from the cave.

Then, a white-haired old man was seen slowly walking out of the Star Fire Cave.

"Ok?"

Zhang Xiaoshan was slightly stunned, feeling somewhat confused, but he still stopped the action that was about to display his magical powers.

"Master, why did you come out?"

Suddenly, the people of Xinghuo Sect retreated as if they had been pardoned, and quickly rushed to the old man, shouting anxiously.

The old man looked calm and waved his hand gently, signaling everyone not to speak. In an instant, everyone quieted down and dared not say anything more.

"Sir, since you want the treasure of True Lord Xinghuo, just go directly into the cave."

The old man slowly walked up to Zhang Xiaoshan, his eyes as calm as water, and spoke lightly.

"Just now you tried your best to block my way, obviously you didn't want me to enter the cave, why are you letting me in now?"

Zhang Xiaoshan looked at the old man in front of him with sharp eyes, a little puzzled, and said in confusion.

"When True Lord Xinghuo established this Xinghuo Secret Realm, he once said that if our descendants do not live up to their expectations, we will never be able to see the treasures he left behind."

The old man sighed slightly and said slowly: "Thousands of years have passed, and none of the younger generations of my Xinghuo Sect can meet his requirements, so they have no chance to receive his treasure.

If you hadn't appeared today and broken the formation, we would never have let you enter this cave.

But I know that it is better to let you go directly than to keep it like this."

Zhang Xiaoshan nodded and said, "Senior, you know how to advance and retreat. In that case, I will go in."

The old man nodded and said, "Go in, I'm sure there will be the treasure you want inside."

"Master, this is not possible."

In an instant, the people from the Xinghuo Sect and others nearby showed anxious expressions and spoke one after another.

The old man's face darkened and he waved his hand. Immediately, everyone fell silent again and dared not say anything more.

Zhang Xiaoshan hesitated slightly, thinking to himself, "This old man is so generous to let me in, there won't be any problems, right?"

After thinking for a while, Zhang Xiaoshan whispered to himself, "I am now at the initial stage of fusion. No one here can match me. Even if there is any danger in this cave, it should not be a problem for me."

After thinking about it, Zhang Xiaoshan no longer hesitated and walked directly towards the cave in front.

Entering the cave, Zhang Xiaoshan saw clouds and mist lingering in the cave. He only felt that the spiritual energy in the cave was rich and extremely active.

However, Zhang Xiaoshan ignored all this and went deep into the deepest part of the cave. Suddenly, he saw a formation with flashing silver light in the depths of the cave in front of him.

However, when Zhang Xiaoshan was about to attack the formation, he heard a rough voice coming from the formation, saying:

Finally, a decent talent has arrived.”

Zhang Xiaoshan frowned, stopped using his magical powers, and looked carefully, only to see a shadow slowly floating out of the formation.

This phantom was dressed in a red Taoist robe. He had an extraordinarily handsome face, sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes. He had a majestic aura and looked imposing.

Zhang Xiaoshan asked, "Who are you?"

The phantom was slightly surprised and said slowly: "You don't even know who I am?"

Zhang Xiaoshan rolled his eyes and said, "Are you the True Lord Xinghuo?"

The shadow nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, I am True Lord Xinghuo. What you see now is just a wisp of my soul."