I asked you to go down the mountain and get married, not to shock the world!

The dark red crystal sensed an unprecedented and deadly threat, throbbing wildly. All its tentacles retracted desperately, layering in front of the crystal in an attempt to build a final defense.

However, all resistance was futile in the face of the fiery tornado of crimson gold, which combined wind and fire!

"boom--!!!"

The crimson fire tornado slammed violently into the dark red crystal!

Instead of the expected explosion, the crystal was instantly engulfed by a crimson-gold flame, as if a hot knife were cutting through oil!

The vein-like patterns on the surface of the crystal flickered wildly, trying to absorb the power of the flames, but the flames contained not only the violent power of the fire spirit, but also the purifying power of the Earth Fire Red Lotus and the indestructible nature of the Golden Flame Fruit!

“Crack…Crack…”

A tooth-grinding cracking sound rang out, and countless spiderweb-like cracks appeared on the surface of the dark red crystal. The viscous, blood-like light inside tried to escape, but was firmly sealed and burned by the crimson flames!

"Roar--!"

A silent roar, filled with pain and violence, seemingly from the ancient wilderness, violently impacted Ji Zhou and Ye Chuhan's consciousness on a spiritual level!

Both men groaned simultaneously, blood trickling from the corners of their mouths, but their eyes grew even more determined.

"Give it the final blow!" Ji Zhou endured the excruciating pain in his mind and clasped his hands together tightly!

Ye Chuhan also exerted his strength at the same time, pushing the power of the Wind and Fire Wheels to the limit!

The crimson-gold fire tornado suddenly contracted, compressing all the fire's power to its limit, and then—

"Extinction!"

With Ji Zhou's low shout, the extremely compressed crimson-gold light cluster suddenly collapsed inward, then transformed into a pure white light pillar that burst forth from inside the crystal!

"Om-!"

Where the white light passed, all evil and filth vanished into nothingness!

The dark red crystal, along with the remaining tendrils around it, melted and vaporized rapidly in the all-purifying white light, like ice and snow under the sun, leaving not a trace of dust behind.

The deep heartbeat and the chilling, consuming aura abruptly ceased.

A deathly silence fell over the cave.

Only the Wind and Fire Wheel slowly stopped spinning and fell back into Ye Chuhan's hand, along with Ji Zhou's slight panting.

The two were exhausted, their spiritual energy and mental strength were greatly depleted, and they were almost completely drained. But when they saw that the place where the crystal had been was now empty, a huge weight was finally lifted from their hearts.

"It's...it's over?" The Qingcheng Yufa Sect disciple who had been rescued collapsed to the ground, staring at the empty scene before him, and murmured in disbelief.

Ye Chuhan plopped down on the ground, wiped his sweat, and grinned: "Otherwise what? With me personally handling this, what can't I handle?"

Jizhou remained vigilant, carefully sensing his surroundings to confirm that the eerie will had indeed completely disappeared before slowly exhaling a breath of turbid air.

He walked over to Ye Chuhan and patted him on the shoulder: "Well done. Without your Wind and Fire Wheels and Wind Control Technique, my flames alone would probably not be able to completely destroy it."

"Hehe, same to you!" Ye Chuhan raised his chin smugly, then made a bitter face, "It's just that this treasure has consumed too much energy, I need to nurture it for a while."

Just then, with the destruction of the core crystal, the remaining black tentacles in the cave seemed to have lost their source of life, quickly becoming dry and fragile. Then, like a weathered sand sculpture, they collapsed and turned into ashes with a soft rustling sound.

The cocoons that had been encasing them fell away one by one, revealing the cultivators inside, some already dead, others still clinging to life...

As Jizhou looked at the scene before him, a slight tremor rose in his heart.

This small area alone has consumed so much of their strength...

I dare not imagine how terrifying it would be if they continued to go deeper inside.

Ji Zhou took a deep breath and suddenly realized that the current situation was not something that he and Ye Chuhan could completely control.

He turned to look at Ye Chuhan: "We need reinforcements."

"Reinforcements?" Ye Chuhan jumped up immediately. "That won't do! We're doing this to help you build your reputation, just like Mingchuan said. If you get reinforcements, won't your reputation be divided up by others?"

Jizhou frowned and fell silent.

Indeed, as Ye Chuhan said.

It was also because he had relied on Mingchuan too much in the past... At this moment, his first thought was to let Mingchuan help him under the identity of "Cang Zi'ang".

But that would indeed defeat their stated goal of promoting Kizilsu Kyrgyzstan.

Ji Zhou sighed and turned to look at the Qingcheng Yufa Sect disciple beside him.

At this moment, the person was lying weakly on the ground, clutching his chest.

Seeing Jizhou's gaze sweep over him, his heart pounded wildly. He looked at him with a terrified expression and asked, "You... what do you want to do? You just rescued me, are you trying to kill me again?"

Ye Chuhan laughed: "Look at your cowardly appearance. We don't have the petty mind of your Qingcheng Yufa Sect. You actually sent people to deal with us at such a critical moment."

"Look at you... you tried to steal a chicken but lost the rice instead!"

The disciple's heart skipped a beat, and his face showed even more astonishment: "How did you know that the sect sent us to deal with you?"

Ye Chuhan rolled her eyes: "Who else could it be but you guys?"

Upon hearing this, the disciple felt an overwhelming sense of sorrow...

Damn it, they had been hiding so secretly to avoid revealing their identities, but Ye Chuhan and the others had already guessed it.

Seeing that the man was in low spirits, Ye Chuhan had no intention of continuing to argue with him. She turned to Jizhou and said, "What did you think of? Tell me quickly."

Ji Zhou's gaze swept back and forth between the two of them before he said to Ye Chuhan, "I think that if we don't call for additional reinforcements... then we will have to join forces with the Qingcheng Yufa Sect."

"Otherwise, we won't be able to continue our investigation on our own."

"What!?" Ye Chuhan immediately bristled. "They chased us so fiercely just now, and now you're saying you want to join forces with them!?"

Jizhou gave a wry smile: "There's nothing I can do about it."

Ye Chuhan looked unhappy and paced back and forth for a long time, but finally gave in, "Fine, fine, whatever you say."

Then, he turned to the disciple and said, "Hey! We'll take you out, and you take us to find the senior brother who brought you out this time!"

"No!" the disciple refused righteously. "I would never betray Senior Brother Luo Yang!"

"Oh~ So it was Luo Yang who brought you out this time." Ye Chuhan chuckled. "Alright, I know Luo Yang too. I'll take you out as a hostage later, and then I'll talk to him about the rest myself."

"You...you...you despicable scoundrel!!!"

The disciple wailed and cried out, but it was to no avail.

In the end, he was tragically punished by Ye Chuhan, and then he and Ji Zhou dragged him out.