114: This child must not be allowed to live!

The Demon God Cultist took a deep breath and slowly said, "This time, the Four Great Sacred Cults acted simultaneously, and a total of thirty-six people came."

"Our Demon God Cult, along with the Ghost God Sect, the Monster God Hall, and the Strange God Tower—these four major forces—each sent nine people. All of them are at the Middle or Late Stage of the Spirit Soul Realm, and the four leaders are all at the Peak of the Spirit Soul Realm."

Hearing this, Chu Xuan Ning was startled. These four evil cults had truly made a grand move!

Chu Yuan narrowed his eyes. "How did you enter, and how will you find them?"

The Demon God Cultist answered without hesitation, "We had previously located the existence of this Secret Realm. This time, the four God Realm Experts of our Four Great Sacred Cults acted simultaneously, opening a reverse passage the moment the Secret Realm exit appeared."

"Entering through the reverse passage causes us to randomly appear at any one of the exits of the Nine Great Secret Realms."

As he spoke, a hint of unusual light flashed deep within his eyes, and he continued, "As for how to find the others?"

He tossed over a compass-like object and continued, "This is a positioning compass. All four Sacred Cults took one before entering, and it can locate the position of the other positioning compasses."

"The direction the pointer indicates is the location of the nearest compass."

"Once that compass is placed inside a Spirit Treasure-grade sumeru ring, it will begin locating the other compasses."

Chu Yuan used spiritual energy to hold the compass, not taking it directly.

Watching the compass point southeast and rotate slightly, he seemed to understand something.

Afterward, he casually tossed the compass into his sumeru ring before looking back at the Demon God Cultist.

"The questioning is over. Let’s fight first, and let me see my current strength!"

The Demon God Cultist's eyes flickered, and he said in a low voice, "As you wish, I am happy to oblige!"

With that, he formed hand seals, and spiritual energy surged around him. A massive demonic shadow emerged from behind him and lunged toward Chu Yuan.

Chu Yuan's eyes sharpened, and the spiritual energy within his body circulated. A fierce sword light slashed toward the demonic shadow.

The sword light and the demonic shadow collided, erupting in a strong energy fluctuation.

Chu Xuan Ning watched anxiously from outside the barrier, her eyes filled with worry.

Soon, the sword light and the demonic shadow both dissipated, showing that they were evenly matched.

Seeing this, the Demon God Cultist's expression changed drastically, his eyes filled with disbelief.

"How is this possible?"

"You are not at Spirit Crystal Realm Perfection at all. Are you hiding your cultivation Realm?"

Hearing this, Chu Yuan shook his head and chuckled, "Hiding my cultivation? There's no need for that!"

As his voice fell, Chu Yuan's figure suddenly flashed, appearing beside the Demon God Cultist.

"Silver Frost Glimpse of Shadow!"

A sword light slashed toward the Demon God Cultist; its speed was so fast that it was nearly impossible to see clearly.

"Clang!"

The Demon God Cultist reacted extremely quickly, a silver spear appearing in his hand, which he used to block the strike.

Both were forced back, their strength surprisingly equal, neither gaining an advantage.

"You still say you aren't hiding your strength? How could a Cultivator of the Spirit Crystal Realm possess this kind of power?"

The Demon God Cultist looked astonished, unusual light flickering in his eyes as he raised his spear and advanced again.

"Then I wouldn't know!"

Chu Yuan chuckled, raised his sword, and moved forward to engage in close combat.

The two exchanged blows, sword shadows and spear light intertwined, seemingly tearing the surrounding air apart.

Chu Yuan grew braver the longer he fought, and the spiritual energy within his body flowed even more smoothly and agilely, like surging river water.

He constantly evolved his sword moves using the four forms of the Ice Soul Sword Dance, and every sword strike contained considerable power.

Although these sword moves were slightly inferior in power compared to the Silver Frost Glimpse of Shadow, they were still extremely formidable.

As time passed, both of them had accumulated quite a few wounds, minor or otherwise.

Comparatively, however, Chu Yuan had sustained far fewer injuries, while the Demon God Cultist's injuries were slightly more severe.

At this moment, the Demon God Cultist was starting to feel exhausted, and fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.

When he looked at Chu Yuan, his eyes were full of astonishment and disbelief.

He was merely a Cultivator at Spirit Crystal Realm Perfection, so how could he be evenly matched with a Cultivator like him, who was at the Peak of the Spirit Soul Realm?

This was abnormal!

Too abnormal!

He looked at Chu Yuan, and the terror in his heart spontaneously arose and intensified.

This child must not be allowed to live!

A vicious intent rose in his heart, and he wondered whether he should use that Blood Burning Secret Art to directly annihilate this person.

But just as he thought this, he suddenly remembered something and quickly stopped the inappropriate thought.

Evenly matched?

This was happening while the opponent was holding a Yao Beast with one arm and fighting him with the other.

If the opponent let go, or if that mysterious Yao Beast made a move, he would surely die.

The bizarre deaths of those five people earlier were the clearest proof.

Thinking of this, the Demon God Cultist suddenly broke out in a cold sweat on his back.

He began to fully defend himself, only occasionally launching attacks to neutralize Chu Yuan's offense.

"Your Excellency, you are very strong. I am no match for you, and I am willing to concede."

Hearing this, Chu Yuan shook his head and smiled, "You haven't used your full strength yet, and I still don't know where my limit is."

"End what?"

Before Chu Yuan finished speaking, his figure suddenly vanished, using the Silver Frost Glimpse of Shadow once more.

"Clang!"

The Demon God Cultist desperately blocked the attack, his body being forced back dozens of feet.

His expression was solemn, and he spoke again, "Your Excellency, I concede!"

Hearing this, Chu Yuan stopped moving.

This battle was a significant refinement for him, and he did gain something from it.

At the very least, he knew that an ordinary Spirit Soul Realm Peak Cultivator had battle strength comparable to his own.

Perhaps the opponent was hiding something, but had he used his full strength?

"Alright, you can scram!"

Hearing this, the Demon God Cultist's face lit up with joy, and he raised his hand to point at the barrier of light.

"Your Excellency, please remove this barrier!"

Hearing this, Chu Yuan suddenly curled his lips into a wicked, charming smile.

"Xiao Bai, cripple his cultivation. I'll add ten extra spirit origin pills this month!"

"Roger that!"

Xiao Bai happily agreed.

Hearing this, the Demon God Cultist's expression changed drastically, and he cried out in shock and rage, "You swore not to kill me! Aren't you afraid of the oath backlash?"

Hearing this, Chu Yuan looked at the opponent playfully, his voice teasing:

"I said I wouldn't kill you, but I never said I wouldn't cripple your cultivation, did I?"

"Moreover, my name isn't Chu Er. The oath is useless against me. Are you really that easy to trust people?"

Hearing this, the Demon God Cultist shook his head, his face full of disbelief. "Impossible. That wisp of profound aura just now clearly validated the oath."

"You mean that?"

Chu Yuan smiled and teased, "That was just Xiao Bai casually conjuring something up to fool you when it heard me use a fake name. Did you actually believe it?"

"Of course, seeing as you tried so hard to spar with me, I won't kill you."

Hearing this, the Demon God Cultist's expression became extremely ugly.

Just then, Xiao Bai opened its mouth and spat out a faint light. The light was unremarkable but arrived instantly.

"No!"

The Demon God Cultist screamed in terror, desperately trying to dodge, but it was useless.

In just an instant, that faint light pierced through his Dantian.

With his Dantian destroyed, the spiritual energy inside the Demon God Cultist's body rapidly leaked out, and his Realm plummeted wildly.

"No!"

The Demon God Cultist desperately covered his Dantian, roaring in fear, yet it was useless.

Furthermore, he felt that the faint light had actually erased the divinity within his Divine Soul.

With his divinity erased, his Divine Soul would revert to his Soul, and if his body died, his Soul would also dissipate.

"Damn it, you will regret this!"

His eyes were full of despair as he glared fiercely at Chu Yuan and spoke.

Chu Yuan chuckled, "Whether I regret it or not is something you won't know, because while I won't kill you, in this perilous Secret Realm, I doubt you'll survive."

"Maybe living will be worse than death!"

"No, wait!"

"Perhaps for someone like you, who once possessed powerful cultivation but lost it all overnight and can never recover, even living is worse than death."

Hearing this, the Black-Robed Figure's expression froze, and he slowly closed his eyes in despair.