I long to return home!

The disciples on the square kept gathering around. Listening to what Gu Qingcheng said, they couldn't help but feel terrified. With the Hundred Weapons Valley collapsed, the fire beasts attacking, and a purple-winged thunder eagle, they all believed that Xue Wu was most likely in grave danger.

While some were sad, others were happy. Huang Jun chuckled coldly, cleared his throat, and spoke in a booming voice.

"The Hundred Weapons Valley Trial happened suddenly, and I am very sorry for the loss of most of the disciples, but the culprit behind this incident... is the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect."

"The other side has repeatedly harmed the talents of our various peaks in the valley. Wang Can, a disciple of Zhiqing Peak, was seriously injured. Now, Elder Lin's beloved disciple is trapped in the valley and unable to escape..." He sighed softly, then continued, "But... all of this is irreversible. Now, all we can do is mourn our fallen comrades, strive to improve our cultivation, and in the future, demand an explanation from the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect and avenge your comrades."

Huang Jun raised his arm and spoke with great enthusiasm and conviction, and most of the disciples raised their hands in response.

"We swear to avenge our fellow disciples and eradicate the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect!"

Huang Jun chuckled a few times upon hearing this, but his expression quickly turned sorrowful as he approached Lin Mubai, softly lamenting, "Elder Lin, please don't grieve. Everyone has their own destiny. What's done is done, and there's no going back. Alas..."

Lin Mubai had things to say but couldn't express them. He stood there quietly, his eyes vacant, his heart being tormented.

A mocking smile inadvertently appeared on Huang Jun's lips as he hypocritically said, "If Elder Lin is still clinging to hope, the news of the surviving disciples of Hundred Weapons Valley will be released in half a month. Elder Lin may as well wait and see." With that, he turned and left, leaving Lin Mubai and the others alone in their grief.

...

A few days later, the teleportation array still showed no signs of activity. Mo Yuchen left to take care of Wang Can, and Gu Qingcheng and Ye Yingfeng, having waited for several days without any hope, comforted Lin Mubai and then left as well.

Over the past few days, fewer and fewer disciples have gathered to watch, as they have no hope of a miracle. Lin Mubai stands alone in the square, looking lost and dejected, but fortunately, Jin Lingjiao, Su Yifeng, and Su Changfeng are by his side.

To alleviate his grief, Xu Tao repeatedly went to Yinfeng to cause trouble, blaming Li Yunfei for the incident. Every time he saw Li Yunfei, he would beat him up, and he would often wait in the square.

...

Days passed, and only a few hours remained until the closing of Hundred Weapons Valley. Perhaps for the sake of excitement, the square became crowded again, with disciples who were not on missions coming to watch.

Gu Qingcheng and others from the past all arrived, while Liu Yusheng was unwilling to waste time in seclusion at Yin Peak. Huang Jun was also quite interested and arrived with ill intentions, eager to see the result of Lin Mubai's many days of waiting.

Lin Mubai could be seen sitting next to the teleportation array in the square. He had lost his former arrogance and looked so disheveled and lost that it was hard to believe he was the same person.

He had wanted to enter the Valley of a Hundred Weapons, but it was protected by a restriction that prevented all cultivators below the Qi Refining stage from entering. Even those at the Qi Refining stage who did not enter on the day the valley opened could not enter now.

Perhaps clinging to a sliver of hope, he stared intently at the portal for those last few hours, hallucinating in his eyes that Xue Wu had emerged from it unharmed.

Time passed second by second, and the final stretch before the valley closed was fleeting. Everyone remained united, quietly watching the teleportation portal.

when!

A loud bell rang out, signaling the closure of Hundred Weapons Valley.

Lin Mubai's eyes regained hope as he stared intently at the portal. After a long while, it remained empty. Then, under his gaze, the portal began to close.

His heart was completely dead. The onlookers sighed and gradually left. Huang Jun stood high in the hall, beaming with joy. Now he had no worries. As long as Shangguan Tou reached the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment, he could not only break through to the Golden Core stage with the help of the Five-Colored Koi, but also obtain a new attribute spiritual root.

Just as the situation seemed settled and the portal was about to close completely, a familiar scream rang out.

"Heaven-Burning Slash!"

After a shout, the closed portal unleashed a burst of fire that slammed into the stands, while a blood-red halberd flew out from within, reopening the portal.

Huang Jun was startled, then rushed out of the main hall in a panic. Looking down from the top, he saw the blood-red halberd staining the entire square before finally returning to the teleportation portal.

Amidst the astonished gazes of the crowd, Xue Wu held countless beast cores in his hands, all of them third-tier beast cores. Among them, a purple beast core emitted a lightning aura, which was the beast core of the fourth-tier magical beast, the Purple Winged Thunder Eagle.

He slowly walked out, dragging the blood halberd with his other hand. His whole body was surrounded by blood energy, and the entire sky seemed to be dyed red with blood. The crowd on the field suppressed their breathing and listened to the demonic sound of the blood halberd cutting through the ground. He was like a blood demon.

That blood-red halberd is therefore also called the "Blood Demon Halberd".

Everyone noticed that Xue Wu, who had just emerged, was terrified. His hair was completely gray, his face was bloodless, and his clothes were stained red with blood. Behind him swirled the malevolent aura of a dead demon beast, which was howling in agony.

Especially when he saw that blood-red halberd, he felt fear, as if his consciousness had fallen into a pool of blood, struggling in terror.

Xue Wu walked straight past Lin Mubai, who was waiting anxiously, and sighed deeply. His eyes were filled with bloodlust as he looked at Huang Jun in the main hall, making Huang Jun feel fear, as if he were being stared at by the Grim Reaper.

He sighed, turned around, and left the scene.

After Huang Jun left, he leaned on his Blood Demon Halberd, collapsing to his knees like a candle in the wind, coughing up blood that gushed from his mouth like a burst dam. For days, he had fought demonic beasts relentlessly, without sleep or rest, driven to a frenzy. A relentless barrage of third-tier demonic beasts and Purple-Winged Thunder Eagles swarmed him, nearly destroying his body. Even when his true energy was exhausted, he still forced himself to wield his Blood Demon Halberd, exchanging blows for kills, relentlessly plundering and killing.

After the demonic beasts were all killed, he examined the broken teleportation jade slip. The runes on it were broken, and it was impossible to teleport. His hatred for Huang Jun erupted like a volcano, turning into overwhelming ferocity.

After recovering from his shock, Lin Mubai helped the seriously injured Xue Wu back to his spirit dwelling to transfer spiritual energy to heal his wounds.

Upon seeing this, the disciples scattered like startled birds and beasts. In the following days, the entire sect would be abuzz with news of Xue Wu and his blood-stained halberd.

Yunfeng Lin Mubai's Lingzhai.

Lin Mubai was transferring spiritual energy to Xue Wu, while Xu Tao and the others watched quietly from the side. The murderous aura emanating from Xue Wu and the blood halberd filled them with lingering fear.

As the spiritual energy was transferred, Lin Mubai's consciousness also entered Xue Wu's spiritual sea.

The entire spiritual sea was shrouded in malevolent energy, like a sky covered by dark clouds, and the water surface was blackish-red, as scarlet as blood. The moment it saw Lin Mubai, the malevolent energy in the water became excited, transforming into the demonic beast that Xue Wu had slain, baring its fangs and claws as it attacked him like a vengeful ghost.