Once I enter the pass, great Confucian scholars will surely debate the classics for me.

Fifty miles from the battlefield, Ye Tingxiu carried the mutilated Lan Yintang, with Duan Hongsu and Tantai Minglan close by. The Lan Yin squad was in hot pursuit, trying to rescue Lan Yintang.

Anyone who took to the air to pursue them was immediately shot down by Duan Hongsu using the calamity-level magic weapon 'Sun and Moon Demon Wheel'. Tantai Minglan held her bow and arrow, constantly turning around to shoot out smoke arrows to obstruct the enemy's vision behind her.

The Blue Silver Squad couldn't get close at all, and they were afraid of killing the heavily injured Blue Silver Tang by casting spells from a distance. They could only keep up the chase, spreading out their forces to surround Ye Tingxiu from all sides.

"Big brother, second brother, save me, save me~~~" Lan Yintang's pitiful cries for help kept coming through the communication bracelet, making his two older brothers, Lan Yinhuang and Lan Yinwen, feel heartbroken and furious.

What's infuriating is that my third brother is such a useless piece of trash; in a three-on-three battle, he still managed to get captured alive.

My heart aches because my younger brother is suffering.

Because they had to save their third brother, Lan Yintang, the Lan Yin team missed the best opportunity to enter the fray.

However, there was nothing that could be done about it. After all, they were brothers born of the same mother. While it was important to climb the Heavenly Ranking, it was insignificant compared to the lives of their own brothers.

Even though Lan Yinhuang and Lan Yinwen looked down on their third brother, thinking him both stupid and incompetent, and often insulted and beat him, their third brother was still their third brother. Blood ties were established at birth and could not be changed.

If it were anyone else, Lan Yinhuang and Lan Yinwen would have abandoned them without hesitation.

Crying for help? You messed things up, you're incompetent, you deserve to die, and you still have the nerve to lick your boots and beg for help? Just kill yourself.

But damn it, it was my own brother who was captured alive.

Damn, if he dies, how will he ever have the nerve to go home and explain himself?

Before his parents left, they repeatedly told him that as the older brother, he must protect his younger brother.

Enraged, Lan Yinhuang shouted into his communication bracelet as he gave chase: "Damn it, you piece of trash, you piece of trash, shut the hell up, I'm already saving you!"

"Big brother, help me~~~"

Lan Yinhuang ignored his brother's pleas for help and instead warned him sternly, "Fuck you, whoever you are, release my brother now, or when I catch you, I'll cut you into a thousand pieces and tear your soul out of your body."

Ye Tingxiu's mocking voice came through Lan Yintang's communication bracelet: "Idiot, if you have the guts, come and catch me. If you dare to come within a hundred feet of me, I'll kill him first. At worst, we'll go our separate ways. I'm not afraid of death."

If you try to be aggressive with someone like Ye Tingxiu, he can be even more aggressive; if you try to be ruthless, he can be even more ruthless. He has never known the meaning of fear in his life. Threats and intimidation are meaningless to him, and he might even want to laugh.

He's truly willing to go all out. Whether it's one against one or one against ten, killing him is fine, but making him bow down and admit defeat is impossible. Besides, he's climbed over the Five Hells Mountain of Knives, so being torn to pieces is nothing to him.

It's just risking your life, so let's play it and see who dies first.

Suppressing his anger, Lan Yinhuang forced himself to calm down and said, "If you release my brother, I'll immediately take my men and leave. The three of us brothers are done playing. You can fight however you want, okay?"

Ye Tingxiu scoffed, "Heh, no way."

As soon as he finished speaking, he disconnected the mana transmission from the communication bracelet belonging to Lan Yintang and received new instructions from the captain on his own communication bracelet.

Upon hearing this, Ye Tingxiu immediately replied, "Understood, I'll be there right away."

Ye Tingxiu quickly turned around and rushed towards Zhou Qingfeng's location, his speed as fast as lightning. Duan Hongsu and Tantai Minglan followed closely on either side, blocking and covering each other to delay the enemy's pursuit.

In the blink of an eye, Ye Tingxiu had arrived at the ambush zone. He suddenly turned around and stopped, standing a hundred feet away from the Blue Silver Squad. Under Ye Tingxiu's threat, the Blue Silver Squad really dared not cross the hundred feet.

Blue Silver Yellow grinned menacingly: "Not running anymore?"

“There’s no need to run.” Ye Tingxiu grinned and, in front of Lan Yinhuang and Lan Yinwen, cruelly twisted Lan Yintang’s head off: “Come on, today we will settle our differences and fight to the death!”

Lan Yintang was already severely injured. Now, with his head twisted off, he died instantly. His expression was filled with fear, but he remained frozen in place forever. Ye Tingxiu then flung his head out into the air.

The bloodied head rolled on the ground and slowly came to a stop at Lan Yinhuang's feet.

Lan Yinhuang saw his younger brother's head roll to his feet. Those once vibrant eyes were now empty and lifeless, and his face was frozen with the terror and despair of death. His body trembled violently, and anger and grief surged like a tide, overwhelming his reason.

He knelt down in disbelief, his hands trembling as he cradled Lan Yintang's head, and cried out in a hoarse voice, "No! How could this be!"

Tears mingled with sweat, sliding down his blue, silver, and yellow cheeks and dripping onto his younger brother's cold face. The pain in his heart was indescribable, as if the whole world had collapsed at that moment.

Lan Yinwen stood there dumbfounded, unable to hide the shock and heartache in his eyes, even though he was usually cold and aloof.

The three brothers grew up together. Although he often scolded Lan Yintang, the blood ties between them were irreplaceable.

"Useless trash! You damned piece of trash!" Lan Yinhuang suddenly roared, transferring all his anger onto Ye Tingxiu, as if only in this way could he slightly alleviate the immense grief in his heart. "I will kill you! I will make you pay with your life!"

The other members of the Blue Silver Squad were also shocked by this sudden turn of events. They knew that today, whether for the sake of the deceased Blue Silver Tang or for the sake of the competition, they had to settle things with Ye Tingxiu and his group.

Ye Tingxiu stood not far away, his expression cold and stern. He had his own principles and views on life and death.

Faced with Lan Yinhuang's roar, he simply responded coldly: "Lan Yintang's death is a lesson for your underestimation and negligence. You have no one to blame but yourself."

These words struck Lan Yinhuang and Lan Yinwen like a heavy hammer, forcing them to confront the harsh reality amidst their grief.

But the torrent of emotions was hard to quell. Lan Yinhuang suddenly stood up, his eyes bloodshot, his whole body radiating intense fighting spirit. He faced Ye Tingxiu and almost roared, "A lesson?! A lesson that will cost you your life! Today, it's either you or me who dies!"

With Blue Silver's roar, the battle between the Blue Silver Squad and Ye Tingxiu's group was about to begin.

"Then come on, let's have a good fight!" Ye Tingxiu grinned ferociously, crossed his hands and gripped the swords at his waist, one hand holding the 'Stay' sword and the other the 'Wait' sword, and led Duan Hongsu and Tantai Minglan to counterattack.

As soon as he finished speaking, the battle situation changed drastically. Xiao Hongyun, Du Yanran, and Cheng Wuquan, who were lying in ambush nearby, attacked together and, in the blink of an eye, took the lead in killing the three food-disaster realm cultivators of the Blue Silver Squad.

"Not good, retreat quickly!" Lan Yinwen was anxious to save his brother, his mind was in turmoil, and he realized that they had fallen into someone's ambush. He turned around and grabbed his elder brother Lan Yinhuang to run away, but it was too late.

Zhou Qingfeng had already secretly placed the Three Calamities Annihilation Banner around him, and activated it by forming a hand seal with one hand.

When the Three Calamities and World Destruction Banner was unfurled, it was as if the sky and earth were plunged into darkness, and the entire world's energy was shaken.

This flag is not merely a magical artifact, but a calamity-inducing entity carrying the most yin and evil power in the world. As Zhou Qingfeng infused his magic power and activated the hand seals, the true power of the Three Calamities Annihilation Flag began to manifest.

First, there was the "Plague Disaster." With a slight shake of the flag, it seemed as if an invisible pathogenic stench spread with the wind, filling the air with a putrid smell that made people want to vomit and feel disoriented.

The members of the Blue Silver Squad felt their bodies go limp, as if their life force had been drained in an instant. Large areas of black spots and sores appeared on their bodies, signs of the plague's erosion.

Next came the "Famine Disaster." The flag flipped, and an invisible suction force suddenly appeared, as if it wanted to draw away all the flesh, blood, essence, magic power, and even the nutrients of matter itself.

The Blue Silver Squad members felt unprecedented hunger and weakness, and some even began to hallucinate, seeing endless desolation and despair before their eyes.

Finally, there was the "Blood Calamity." As the flag was waved, it seemed as if thousands of weapons resonated in the void. The killing aura condensed and did not dissipate, transforming into beams of materialized blade light that attacked from all directions, tearing through the air and heading straight for the Blue Silver Squad.

Wherever the blade flashed, everything was cut to pieces.

Defensive artifacts and mana shields proved extremely vulnerable to such an attack.

The Blue Silver Squad was no match for the Three Calamities Annihilation Banner.

They were either ravaged by plague, weakened, or scarred by bloodshed.

Zhou Qingfeng, wielding the Three Calamities Annihilation Banner, seemed to have become the Lord of Calamities, controlling life and death. Every move he made carried the power to overturn the battlefield, causing the originally balanced confrontation to tilt instantly.

Under this terrifying power, the battlefield turned into a living hell, and Zhou Qingfeng and the others were like death gods emerging from hell, reaping all the lives that dared to stand in their way.

The Blue Silver Squad was instantly brought to the brink of annihilation, with only Blue Silver Yellow remaining.

Blue Silver Squad's most powerful captain, Blue Silver Yellow, held the seals in both hands, struggling and roaring: "Tortoise shell without a trace, heaven and earth without a harm, tortoise shell without a trace, heaven and earth without a harm, tortoise shell without a trace, heaven and earth without a harm..."

His blue, silver, and yellow eyebrows and hair instantly turned green, and the lush green tortoise shell pattern covered his entire body, withstanding the attacks from all directions. This was the top-tier defensive spell 'Tortoise Shell Without Trace', ranked 65th in the Disaster level.

This tortoise shell is not a physical object, but is formed from pure magical power. It can not only resist physical attacks, but also effectively weaken the invasion of magic and spirit.

Xiao Hongyun, Ye Tingxiu, Du Yanran, Duan Hongsu, Cheng Wuquan, and Tantai Minglan all attacked Lan Yinhuang together. Zhou Qingfeng controlled the Three Calamities Annihilation Flag to attack in turn, and in no time, he beat Lan Yinhuang to death.

The battle ended very quickly. Even if the Blue Silver Squad had many powerful trump cards, they had no chance to use them because it was an ambush. The Blue Silver Squad was wiped out in the blink of an eye.

With the deaths of Lan Yinhuang, the battlefield returned to calm.

This also officially marked the annihilation of the Blue Silver Squad.

"Clean up the battlefield and retreat." Zhou Qingfeng calmly gave the order, forming a hand seal to summon back the Three Calamities Annihilation Banners. The three small banners floated in his palm, and he casually tossed them into his storage bag.

He was not blinded by victory and quickly ordered his squad to clean up the battlefield.

Not a single body was left behind; they were all taken away.

The battle here was so massive and its impact so widespread that within a hundred miles, the area was riddled with holes, and the area within dozens of miles of the core battlefield was completely turned into a dead zone, with not a soul left.

And this was all caused in the short time it takes for an incense stick to burn. If the battle between the three teams becomes stalemate, then most of the living beings within a radius of a thousand miles, no, ten thousand miles, will be wiped out because of the battle between the three teams.

For ordinary mortals, cultivators who practice longevity cultivation, or even low-level demons and monsters, the battle between the three teams is a battle between immortals and demons. Even if they are only slightly affected, they will be instantly killed by the aftershocks of the magical power.

The sect closest to the Burning Lamp Sect was the first to notice the anomaly and the first to flee.

Let's rewind to before an incense stick had burned.

The damage assessor quickly went to the Bright Lamp Hall and reported to the sect leader: "Sect leader, the immortals have suddenly left Little Spirit Peak."

The sect leader, the Lantern-Carrying Ancestor, was greatly alarmed and abruptly stood up: "What's going on?"

The expert, clasped his hands in a fist and said urgently, "I don't know, but I saw the immortals rush into the forest."

Upon hearing this, the sect leader, the Lantern-Carrying Ancestor, paced back and forth anxiously, gripped by panic. He wondered if he had done something wrong, and that there must be a reason why the immortal had left without saying goodbye.

Perhaps the immortal had important matters to attend to and did not have time to say goodbye, perhaps the immortal left in anger because of poor hospitality, or perhaps it was because his disciples had offended the immortal—there are too many possibilities.

We must catch up and find out the truth. In short, if they are guilty, they should be confessed; if they are innocent, they should still be escorted away.

"Quickly, summon all the sect elders above the Nascent Soul stage to accompany me to send off the immortal."

The Lantern Ancestor quickly summoned all the sect elders and rushed after the immortal in the direction he had left. However, they soon stopped in their tracks due to fear.

A thousand-foot-tall demon god suddenly appeared dozens of miles away.

One of the immortals was a fellow Daoist of Immortal Ye, and it seemed that he was fighting against a demon god. Even though they were dozens of miles apart, they could feel the terrifying aura and the earth-shattering power.

The sheer force emanating from the center of the battlefield was enough to make them vomit blood.

"Retreat!!!" the Lantern Ancestor shouted in terror, leading the elders in a swift retreat.

When they stop.

Suddenly, infernal flames erupted from the sky, sweeping across a radius of twelve miles, as if the end of the world had arrived.

Within a radius of twelve miles, everything turned to deathly silence.

Twelve miles away, the Lantern-Carrying Ancestor and his companions were also hit by the heatwave and suffered severe injuries.

"Ah~~~" The Lantern Ancestor and the elders of the sect screamed in agony. They only saw their eyes melt because they could not withstand the heat, and their skin melted as quickly as candles because it could not withstand the aftershocks of the heat.

The Old Ancestor Ran Deng screamed, "Run! That's a war between immortals and demons!"

They were, after all, cultivators who had reached the end of their lifespan, possessing exceptionally strong vitality. Relying on their cockroach-like resilience, they withstood the aftershocks of the Purgatory City Burning Technique and quickly fled back to their sect, activating the sect's protective formation.

Only then did they feel a sense of relief, a tiny bit of safety.

The Lantern Ancestor broke out in a cold sweat and quickly figured out the cause and effect based on the situation: "It turns out that the immortals discovered the demon god's descent and went to surround and kill him. Fortunately, we didn't chase too close, otherwise, we would all be dead."

The elders were still shaken: "Is this the war between immortals and demons? It's terrifying."

"Sect Leader, will the battle between the immortals and the demons affect our sect? Should we relocate the entire sect?"

"We must relocate. It's too dangerous. Who knows how long the war between immortals and demons will last?"

"Yes, if immortals and demons were to attack us here, it would be a catastrophe."

"Relocation? That sounds nice, but how are we going to move? The sounds of battle can be heard for miles around. If we go out now, we could be killed by the aftershocks of the battle at any moment. It's better to stay here and rely on the sect's protective formation to hold our ground."

Upon hearing this, Patriarch Lantern gritted his teeth and made a decisive decision: "Immediately notify all disciples of the sect to evacuate immediately. Take what you can with you. Escape as many as you can. Don't waste any time that could be used for your escape."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Qingfeng and his group returned in Xiao Hongyun's Immortal-Slaying Gourd.

They easily penetrated the protective formation of the Burning Lamp Dao Sect without lifting a finger.

Standing atop the Immortal-Slaying Gourd, Zhou Qingfeng looked down at the Lantern-Carrying Ancestor and numerous sect elders outside the Bright Lantern Hall, holding over a dozen severed heads in his hand, and smiled faintly: "The eighteen demon gods who invaded from the Upper Realm have been annihilated by me. Where is Sect Leader Lantern going?"

Upon hearing the sound, the Lantern-Carrying Ancestor and the many elders looked over and were immediately shocked, gasping in unison: "Hiss..."

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