I tricked you into thinking you had the makings of an emperor, but you actually did it?

A hint of regret flashed in Cang Qing's eyes. She was still thinking of launching a counterattack and making this human's efforts all in vain.

This human's combat experience is completely inconsistent with his age, yet his insight is so sharp.

Without further hesitation, they grabbed the Chain of Cause and Effect with the little demon god beside them.

As if entering a teleportation array, the two little demon gods appeared directly outside the sword formation.

With a strong pull from the outside, the causal chain located inside the mountain peak began to swing.

"Retreat!" Shen Ming signaled to the other humans to prepare.

Everyone else became alert and quickly hid at the foot of the mountain.

With a loud bang, the Chain of Cause and Effect exploded, turning the mountain peak at the same height into dust. The entire mountain trembled and began to crumble.

"Luckily, they didn't get close."

Shen Ming couldn't help but feel fortunate that this divine chain was no ordinary object.

The divine chains were retracted, and the sword formation closed again, isolating the inside from the outside.

The human cultivators in the mountains erupted in cheers.

Shen Ming successfully thwarted Cang Qing's fierce offensive, and they all managed to save their lives.

Then, one by one, they came to Shen Ming to express their gratitude.

Unexpectedly, in a flash, Shen Ming appeared directly outside the sword formation.

Shen Ming had no intention of ending it there. All the sword array patterns gathered around him, their power continuously accumulating.

"Formations aren't a panacea; if you're so capable, then go after them to the very end!"

Cang Qing wouldn't be foolish enough to continue fighting, so he quickly retreated and escaped the range of the sword formation.

The sword formation was built on a mountain. Once it went beyond a certain range, all the sword formation patterns returned to their original positions.

However, Shen Ming continued to pursue the matter relentlessly.

"You're willing to leave the safe zone to pursue him?!" Cang Qing was both shocked and furious. The mountains were teeming with demons, yet Shen Ming dared to shift the battlefield.

Shen Ming had considered this as well, but he was blinded by rage.

Or rather, if one were to take another Black Gold Demon Core, one could reach the Heavenly God Realm in one fell swoop.

"You hold him off, I'll go find the lesser demon gods from the other celestial realms," Cang Qing instructed, then flew directly to the left.

Chi Lan's expression was ferocious; this was clearly an abandonment of him.

Outside the formation, Shen Ming's combat power was unaffected; he was no match for him at all.

Chi Lan's eyes turned bloodshot, his demonic power surged, and his body trembled violently.

He refused to accept his fate and slammed his palms into the void. The space in front of him suddenly twisted, and the water surged, turning into a vortex in an incredible way that instantly swallowed his figure!

Yuanliu is reborn!

It can travel thousands of miles in an instant to escape pursuit.

The price is burning away a portion of one's own life force.

Within the vortex, his figure had transformed into a streak of blue light, swift as lightning!

Shen Ming's sword energy slightly condensed, and a set of Daoist-inspired runes appeared behind his immortal heart.

A sword light, as bright as an eternal galaxy, shot straight into the vortex!

With a sound of tearing through the void, a flash of sword light arrived, and Chi Lan let out a heart-wrenching scream.

The escape technique went out of control, and the world before his eyes spun around him.

Just as he was about to give up, he was thrown out and crashed heavily onto a mountain.

Chi Lan was bleeding profusely; if it weren't for the vigorous vitality of the demon race, she would have died long ago.

He disregarded his own safety, looked around, and found himself in another area of ​​the Tianqi Mountains.

Since they didn't see Shen Ming, they could say they had gotten rid of him.

Even if he didn't travel thousands of miles away, he could teleport to another place out of thin air, so Shen Ming probably wouldn't be able to catch up.

Just as Chi Lan was about to breathe a sigh of relief, she felt a suffocating sword aura approaching.

"impossible!"

Chi Lan was incredulous. His escape techniques were difficult to track, and what's more, if something went wrong, he himself wouldn't even know where he was.

How could Shen Ming possibly find him?

Soon, Chi Lan discovered that it was not Shen Ming who had arrived, but another human sword cultivator.

A suffocating pressure condensed in the void, as if the entire world had frozen in that instant.

Chi Lan looked up, her pupils suddenly contracting.

"Wen Qingshu!"

This is a renowned human swordsman in the Demon Court.

Compared to Shen Ming, Wen Qingshu's indifference made Chi Lan feel incredibly oppressed, even like an ant that could be crushed into dust at any moment.

Chi Lan could only blame her bad luck for running into this person.

Wen Qingshu frowned slightly; she had come over after hearing the commotion.

I never expected to run into the little demon god who was barely clinging to life.

She was no stranger to Chi Lan. In this Tianqi Mountain Range, there were no more than five people, including herself, who could injure this little demon god so badly.

"Who hurt you?" Wen Qingshu asked.

"Why do you ask?"

"I have to return your demon core," Wen Qingshu said bluntly, his every word and action befitting a sword cultivator.

Chi Lan wanted to say that he was still alive, so he gritted his teeth and, intending to stall for time, slowly recounted what had just happened.

Wen Qingshu was not anxious and listened silently.

He was slightly moved after hearing that a young swordsman had single-handedly defeated and injured both Chi Lan and Cang Qing.

"When did such a figure emerge from among the nine sects of the human race?" Wen Qingshu couldn't help but wonder.

Cang Qing and Chi Lan sought out Shen Ming for revenge, unaware of Shen Ming's true identity.

Wen Qingshu never imagined that his junior brother, who had just started his training, would have such strength.

At this moment, a look of wild joy appeared on Chi Lan's face.

In the void, countless arcs of electricity exploded, and a spiritual being emerged from them.

It's Cangxiao, the minor demon god of the Eastern Heavenly Domain!

"Hahaha, I wasn't meant to die!"

Chi Lan burst into laughter, thankful that she hadn't despaired and had managed to stall for time until her savior appeared.

"Stop him! I'm going first!"

After saying that, Chi Lan flew towards the demonic clouds in the sky.

Suddenly, a flash of sword light appeared, as if tearing through time and space, and pierced straight into Chi Lan's chest.

Chi Lan felt his demonic aura freeze instantly, and a bone-chilling pain swept through his body. His eyes were filled with disbelief and astonishment.

Wen Qingshu stood in place, expressionless, and retrieved his natal flying sword.

"Why……"

Chi Lan wasn't looking at Wen Qingshu, but at the little demon god Cang Xiao.

Cang Xiao snorted coldly, too lazy to answer.

Before the hunt began, the Western Heaven Domain was aggressive and provocative towards him.

Why would they offer help now?

Even if this exacerbates the conflict between the two celestial realms, he doesn't care at all.

Finally, Chi Lan transformed into a black-gold demon core, which Wen Qingshu accepted.

“Even if you intervene, you can’t stop me from killing him,” Chi Lan said.

Cang Xiao nodded and continued, "The Western Heaven Region suffered heavy casualties today, all because of the person he just mentioned."

"Oh? Who is it?" Wen Qingshu became interested.

"do not know."

"Where did the battle take place?" Wen Qingshu asked.

Cangxiao thought for a moment and then told him the location.

"Shall we make a move?" Wen Qingshu was about to leave when she remembered something and asked the question.

Cang Xiao shook his head, indicating he had no such intention.

"It's impossible between you and me."

Wen Qingshu left after saying those words.

"I know."

Cang Xiao watched her retreating figure and uttered a silent sentence.