But there were also bold cultivators flying towards this direction. They were all ferocious people. Such a big commotion made them all think that some rare treasure was being born, and they wanted to see if they could get lucky.
And just as this anomaly occurred, several figures had already shot up into the sky from "Sacred Demon City" and were rushing towards the source of the loud noise.
Some other powerful auras in "Sacred Demon City" immediately disappeared after sweeping over these figures.
Not long after, four figures appeared in the sky above the collapsed mountain range.
And on the distant horizon, more brilliant lights were flashing this way. Around the mountain range, some cultivators' figures had already appeared. They were constantly using their Divine Senses to scan the depths of the earth.
The aura that could destroy everything that erupted from the mountain range below made every one of these cultivators' hearts tremble.
This included at least seven Golden Core cultivators. They kept their distance from each other vigilantly and only dared to stay hundreds of li away.
In the space at the center of the collapsed mountain range, four figures slowly solidified. It was a beautiful woman in palace dress, a handsome young man, and two burly old men.
Seeing dozens of Divine Senses wandering around, and more auras flying towards this place from afar, the handsome young man suddenly shouted lightly. Although his voice was not loud, it rippled far and wide.
"The 'Sacred Demon Palace' is conducting business here. You all leave quickly, otherwise, you will be killed without mercy!"
At the same time, the aura from his body instantly spread out in all directions.
After feeling this pressure, all those cultivators' faces changed drastically.
"It's a Nascent Soul cultivator! A Nascent Soul cultivator from the 'Sacred Demon Palace'!"
Their figures fled backward at a speed even faster than when they came.
In front of a Nascent Soul cultivator, they didn't even have the thought of staying for a moment. These people killed like scything hemp, one colder and more ruthless than the last. To give a warning now was already considered a great act of kindness.
This was not because these Nascent Soul old monsters were benevolent, but because this was near "Sacred Demon City," and the White Demon Clan was unwilling to kill randomly here.
Although there might be some rare treasure appearing here, it was no longer something that mid-to-low-level cultivators could covet.
Let alone them, even other Nascent Soul cultivators were unwilling to provoke the Nascent Soul old monsters of the "Sacred Demon Palace."
The beautiful woman in the palace dress was precisely Shanggong Changge. She had been cultivating in her cave residence just now when she suddenly sensed a world-destroying power erupting violently six thousand li away.
'A high-level cultivator dares to fight near "Sacred Demon City"!'
She sensed that this was a violent power emitted by a cultivator's Spirit Power. As a general who had guarded the border for a long time, she was very sensitive to this.
The next moment, Shanggong Changge had already flown out of "Sacred Demon City." Flying up with her at the same time were three other White Demon Clan Nascent Souls who were drinking and discussing the Dao together.
Just as the auras of the four of them flew up, nearly twenty other Nascent Soul auras fluctuated in "Sacred Demon City."
This included the other five Nascent Souls of the "Sacred Demon Palace." But with a sweep of their Divine Senses, they saw that Shanggong Changge and the other three Nascent Souls had already left the palace, and the auras of these "Sacred Demon Palace" Nascent Soul cultivators quickly subsided.
Four Nascent Soul cultivators going out at once—unless the Forsaken Continent was about to be destroyed, there was no point in more people going.
As for the other dozen or so powerful auras among the other Nascent Soul cultivators, they were the powerful existences in the first-rate sects or families in the city. From this, one could see the strength of "Sacred Demon City."
They also saw the "Sacred Demon Palace" Nascent Souls in action. Although they were curious, they did not follow.
However, their Divine Senses still re-covered the area six thousand li away, paying attention to the situation there.
Because they had already sensed that it was not some rare treasure being born there, but just the eruption of a Nascent Soul cultivator's aura.
If someone was fighting, they just needed to send their Divine Senses over. No one wanted to get involved.
Although they seemed to be powerful sects, each a first-rate sect, usually a sect only had one Nascent Soul cultivator. They were very cautious in their actions.
A single misstep, even the loss of their physical body, would be the most severe blow to the entire sect. Their own sect could be carved up by others within half a day.
The number of Nascent Soul cultivators on the Forsaken Continent seemed to be much higher than on other continents.
This was related to its special formation. Many Nascent Soul cultivators here had come across realms to escape disaster.
These Nascent Soul cultivators had not ascended here. One reason was that the Spirit Qi or Demonic Qi on the Forsaken Continent was much richer than on other continents.
On the Forsaken Continent, the suppression of the shackles of heaven and earth on Nascent Soul cultivators was less than ten percent. Even advancing to the Spirit Transformation stage would have a slightly higher chance.
The second reason was that it was unknown how the Forsaken Continent was formed. While heaven had blessed it with the ability to connect to many realms, the passage to ascend to the Immortal Spirit Realm was extremely difficult to find and very unstable, making it very easy to be swept into a chaotic flow space.
Therefore, the Nascent Soul cultivators here had no confidence at all of ascending to the Immortal Spirit Realm without cultivating to the Mid-stage Nascent Soul.
Like Shanggong Changge, although she had been a Mid-stage Nascent Soul expert for many years, she was still searching everywhere for a suitable ascension passage. There were many Nascent Soul cultivators like her in "Sacred Demon City."
And the Spirit Transformation cultivators left behind in the "Sacred Demon Palace" were either willingly guarding the Demon Clan or had failed in their ascension and were in seclusion to recover from their injuries.
So these Spirit Transformation cultivators, unless an external enemy invaded the city, would not show themselves.
Otherwise, what was the use of the Nascent Soul and Golden Core juniors below? They simply couldn't be bothered with other matters.
The distance of over six thousand li, Shanggong Changge and the others soon arrived above the mountain range that had collapsed for over three hundred li.
At this time, the sky below was already filled with smoke and dust, and the rumbling sounds were gradually disappearing from various places.
"Did you notice just now? Within a three-thousand-li radius of here, apart from one thousand four hundred and fifty-one mid-to-low-level cultivators, only the magic power fluctuations of one Nascent Soul cultivator appeared. And... this aura..."
The handsome young man spoke. They had already locked their Divine Senses on a range of several thousand li on their way here.
Because they had come too quickly, the vast majority of the cultivators who were originally close to here had not even flown a thousand li.
But as he spoke, his expression had already changed.
"There is only one second-rate sect nearby, and the eight hundred and thirty-six cultivators in the sect are also mid-to-low-level cultivators. Senior Brother Yang is saying that the aura below is very similar to Dongli Qing's, right?"
A burly Nascent Soul old man withdrew his carefully sensing Divine Sense, and a strange expression also appeared on his face. He sensed that the violent aura emitted was like Dongli Qing's.
It was just that these auras revealed more of a sense of decay, more like something emitted by a thousand-year-old corpse. And only this one person was underground.
"Quick, that person's aura started to dissipate as soon as we arrived!" Shanggong Changge pointed to a place one hundred and seventy li away from them. As she spoke, her figure had already disappeared.
In the dilapidated and collapsed cave deep underground, which had already become a ruin, Dongli Qing's body was leaning against a cave wall, his breath almost completely gone.
He had fallen into a killing trap that Li Yan had meticulously planned for several years. A total of twenty-six potent poisons had entered his body.
These poisons had seeped in through various means, with only a minuscule amount entering each time, to ensure that he would not be detected at the first moment.
When dozens of potent poisons finally erupted together, it was already a miracle that Dongli Qing could live until now.
At this moment, the powerful physical body he had always been proud of had become a broken sack. His body was covered with rotten small holes, from which a foul-smelling fluid was flowing.
His jade-like face was left with only a few large, dark holes, incomparably ferocious. Streams of thick green liquid trickled out.
Under the onset of the advanced "Flirtatious Glance," he had lost his final sanity and also finally lost the chance to escape with his Nascent Soul.
After exhausting all his Spirit Power, the other toxins in his body could no longer be suppressed and erupted in full force. Dongli Qing had reached the point of an extinguished lamp. This was an outcome that could not have been predicted.
Even Zhao Min was prepared to die with Li Yan.
At this time, on the verge of death, Dongli Qing's mind had instead recovered its clarity, but he no longer had the strength to send a message.
So he tried his best to gather the little remaining Spirit Power on his finger. His two dark eye sockets looked forward, and he wrote a few crooked words on the ground.
"Black Demon... Jiao... go..."
But before the words were finished, his breath had already been cut off.
Three breaths later, several rays of light flickered indeterminately in the dilapidated cave, and then the figures of Shanggong Changge and the other three appeared.
After they found something was wrong, they immediately arrived via Earth Evasion, taking less than half a breath. Then the four of them saw a terrifying corpse that was already impossible to distinguish as a person or a ghost.
"Is this Dongli Qing?"
But they quickly recognized his identity from the few remaining clothes on him. The other party was a Sacred Demon Palace cultivator.
What made them finally confirm the other party's identity was the half-inch-tall Nascent Soul with closed eyes, already more than half-rotten, in his disemboweled abdomen.
Because all of a Nascent Soul cultivator's lifelong refined essence and qi were in the Nascent Soul, even though Dongli Qing had exhausted all his Spirit Power, more than forty percent of the Nascent Soul still remained, resisting the final corrosion.
From the remaining half of the face, the few of them recognized Dongli Qing's appearance at a glance.
In an instant, the four of them felt a chill run down their spines. The auras on their bodies surged uncontrollably. A Nascent Soul cultivator had died right in front of them like this, making them feel for a moment that this place was fraught with danger.
Although Dongli Qing's cultivation was not as good as any of the four of them, his Nascent Soul clearly did not even have a chance to escape.
What did this mean? The other party's cultivation was so powerful that it could trap his Nascent Soul. This should require the strength of a Late-stage Nascent Soul.
The auras on Shanggong Changge and the other four became even more condensed. They subconsciously gathered their backs together, and their Divine Senses simultaneously began to probe the surroundings inch by inch.
They would never have known that all of this was caused by Dongli Qing's carelessness and underestimation of his enemy. Otherwise, at least his Nascent Soul could have escaped.
In the Divine Senses of the four, apart from Dongli Qing who was leaning against the cave wall with no aura at all, there were no other Nascent Soul cultivators.
"Did that person leave, or is he hiding?" the handsome young man asked in a low voice, looking around with extreme vigilance.
Looking at Dongli Qing's tragic state, even with his cultivation, apart from waves of bone-chilling cold, there was also a sense of unease.
But it was good that he was not alone here, which prevented him from immediately leaving to gather reinforcements.
"There is no one else here, at least I can't sense them!" Shanggong Changge replied.
"From the moment we sensed an abnormal power here, our Divine Senses have not left this place. If a cultivator fought with Dongli Qing, we would have caught them at the first moment, unless... unless the other party is a Spirit Transformation cultivator..."
The two burly old men looked at each other and said, their voices revealing a trace of nervousness.
Up to now, none of them dared to go over and investigate Dongli Qing, but instead focused all their attention on the surroundings.
"There can't be a Spirit Transformation cultivator here. If that were the case, it wouldn't be our turn to come out!" Shanggong Changge shook her head, directly refuting this speculation. The other three thought about it and agreed.
As long as a foreign Spirit Transformation cultivator appeared within a hundred thousand li of "Sacred Demon City," a Spirit Transformation cultivator from the palace would directly emerge swiftly to block them. It might not even require the two Supreme Elders to act.
The possibility of a Spirit Transformation cultivator appearing was almost non-existent.