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"You guys are really impatient. Couldn't you have waited for us to go a little deeper before coming out?" Fan Tong looked at the five people in front of him, somewhat annoyed by their lack of composure.

Not long after separating from Ma Qiduo, Fan Tong felt a warning from the Yama Ancient Sword. He originally wanted to find the Demon Clan, but they delivered themselves to his door.

"Enough with the nonsense. You're going to die anywhere, so there's no need to pick your grave!" The leader of the men in black smiled cruelly and charged forward first.

Looking at the five demons emanating black energy, Lai Fu's face became extremely solemn. Although they were all at the fifth level of the Human Spirit Realm, demons were generally stronger than humans. Even at the sixth level of the Human Spirit Realm, he couldn't handle so many demons.

"Young Master Fan, you must leave quickly! I'll hold them off first, you go back and get reinforcements!" Lai Fu stood in front without hesitation, trying to stop the five men from attacking.

"Those five little devils aren't enough to make me, Fan Tong, flee in panic. Lai Fu, you stay on the sidelines and watch how I deal with them!"

Fan Tong smiled confidently, stopped Lai Fu, and made him move aside. Then he calmly took out the Taiyi Ancient Sword from his backpack.

With a push of his left foot, he charged forward, unleashing the Qiankun Heavy Sword, which sent the leader flying backward. He then used the Dragon Elephant Charge to knock another man in black away.

In no time at all, Fan Tong easily knocked the five men in black to the ground.

"A bunch of trash, trying to pull off sneak attacks like everyone else? You're really asking for it!" Fan Tong sheathed his Taiyi Ancient Sword, dusted off his hands, and said with obvious disgust.

"This...Young Master Fan, your combat power is actually so high!" Looking at the five people groaning on the ground, Lai Fu smacked his lips, his face full of disbelief.

He never expected that Fan Tong would be able to defeat five demons of the same cultivation level at the same time, and do so so calmly.

"Five little devils, what's so surprising? Take them away first, find a secluded place, and I'll see if I can extract anything from them!"

A meaningful glint appeared in Fan Tong's eyes, and he quickly urged them on.

"Yes! Yes! This is of utmost importance! There's a secret chamber in the city lord's mansion further in; let's go there!" After saying this, Laifu tied up the men and dragged them ahead to lead the way.

Before long, Fan Tong and his companions arrived at a hidden cave. Lai Fu tapped on it rhythmically a few times, and an exit appeared.

At first it was extremely narrow, barely wide enough for one person to pass through, but after walking several dozen steps, it suddenly opened up into a bright and spacious place!

Inside is a hidden stronghold that Huo Kong has built over the years, prepared in preparation for an unavoidable disaster.

"Laifu, you stay outside and keep watch. I'll go inside and question him!" Fan Tong stopped Laifu, who was about to step forward to interrogate him.

"Yes, Young Master Fan! Please feel free to call me if you need anything!" Lai Fu didn't pry too much. Having lived to his age, he naturally knew what he should and shouldn't ask.

Hearing Lai Fu leave, Fan Tong turned to look at the five men in black who were still wailing.

"I have a bad temper, so tell me everything you know. Otherwise, don't say I didn't give you a chance!"

"You little brat, don't think you're so tough! You'd better let us go right now, or you'll regret it!" Before the leader of the men in black could speak, one of his henchmen jumped out and shouted.

"You won't shed a tear until you see the coffin!" Fan Tong was too lazy to waste words with them and grabbed the man in black who had spoken.

The restless Yama Ancient Sword could no longer contain itself. A suction force emanated from the ancient sword, and accompanied by the black-clad man's shrill screams, the demonic energy within his body was forcibly devoured by the ancient sword.

"Holy crap! Boss, what's going on?!"

"That looks terrifying! I need my mom!"

"What the hell? Is he a demon or are we demons?!"

"That bastard Ma Qiduo, didn't he say it was a simple task?! What a fucking bastard!"

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Seeing Fan Tong surrounded by demonic energy, the remaining four men in black robes were immediately terrified, unable to distinguish who was the demon.

Sometimes that's how it is; people who seem incredibly fierce can become utterly intimidated when they encounter someone even more ruthless.

A quarter of an hour passed quietly amidst the black-robed man's wails and fear.

As the last scream ended, the black-robed man, who had been held by Fan Tong, fell to the ground and turned into a pile of dust, with only a set of clothes remaining on the ground.

The bodies of these inferior demons have long been corrupted by demonic energy, and once they lose that energy, they will vanish with the wind.

Just as Fan Tong was speaking, he sensed that the Yama Ancient Sword had finished absorbing the demonic energy. Suddenly, he felt a massive golden spiritual power emanating from the Yama Ancient Sword and instantly merging into his dantian.

Without time to say more, he quickly sat cross-legged, fully activated the nameless cultivation technique, and focused on making the spiritual energy vortex in his dantian rotate at full speed.

With a loud boom, the spiritual energy vortex trembled, its diameter surging to 60 meters, and his cultivation directly broke through to the sixth level of the Human Spirit Realm.

"At least you have a conscience, you know to give me a sip of soup!" Fan Tong stood up excitedly, his eyes shining as he looked at the four men in black robes in front of him.

His expression was like that of a big bad wolf observing a group of little white rabbits!

"Hehe! Are you going to tell me or not?" Fan Tong asked again.

"We'll talk! We'll talk!" The four men in black robes felt a chill run down their spines as they looked at Fan Tong's excited eyes.

"Then you can speak one by one, you go first!" Fan Tong waved his hand, knocked the other three unconscious, and then signaled them to start speaking.

"We were developed into the demon race by Ma Qiduo three years ago. This time, we are also under his orders to come and eliminate the master, saying that the master may be an uncertain factor and that we must eliminate the hidden danger!"

The man in black robes shuddered and began to ramble on, recounting everything from being beaten for peeping at Xiaohua taking a bath next door, to his wanton revenge after becoming a demon, and now serving Maqiduo.

He was truly terrified, afraid of missing anything. Now he wasn't afraid of dying, but rather of being reduced to dust like Xiao Wu after he died—that was too terrifying!

"Then tell me what your purpose is?" Fan Tong asked, turning around as he sat down in his chair.

"The main purpose of our infiltration of the city lord's mansion this time was to obtain the Fire Clan's inherited secret technique, the Concealing Breath Technique, but that good-for-nothing Ma Qiduo has not succeeded yet."

"Perhaps the higher-ups were pressuring him, which is why he started preparing to transform Huo Kong into a demon servant. Otherwise, who knows how long it would have taken."

The man in black robes was filled with regret. If he had known things would escalate and attract this great demon, he would have thought of another way to obtain the secret technique sooner.

"Up? Who are you under? How many people are still in Skyfire City?" Fan Tong asked again.

"I don't know exactly who it is. Each time, it was Magidol who secretly went to see the envoy. Besides Magidol, there are five other demons in Skyfire City. That's all I know. Please, have mercy on me!"

The man in black robes pleaded desperately, tears streaming down his face, only to be met with a powerful blow from Fan Tong, which knocked him unconscious.

Suppressing the urge for the Yama Ancient Sword to devour again, Fan Tong woke up the other three demons one by one, questioning them about the situation, and finally learned the whole story.

"Since that's how things are, and that's the situation, let's get started on the show!"

Upon receiving the news, Fan Tong no longer suppressed his impulse to use the Yama Ancient Sword and reached out to grab the man in black robes.