135: Their expressions change faster than turning the pages of a book; they wanted to run away as soon as they arrived?

However, before he could think for too long...

At that moment—

"Step, step, step!"

A series of hurried and chaotic footsteps suddenly came from a passage at the edge of the plaza.

The footsteps approached from afar, sounding quite rushed, and there were many of them.

Chen Nian slowly turned around, his gaze calmly casting toward the direction of the sound.

From that dark passage, a large group of people suddenly surged out.

Leading them were several elderly men in gold-trimmed robes.

Each of them had a powerful Aura and sharp eyes, their bodies surging with evil energy fluctuations no weaker than the previous High Priest.

Clearly, these were Elder-level figures with esteemed statuses in the Eternal Life Cult.

Behind them followed a large number of elite, fully armed Black-Robed Cultists.

These cultists had fanatical looks in their eyes, holding various strange weapons and Magical Artifacts, looking as if they were facing a formidable enemy and preparing for a major battle.

As soon as this group rushed out of the passage, the leading Gold-Robed Elder shouted aggressively with an imposing Aura:

"Bold scoundrel! How dare you trespass into the Sanctuary and disturb the sacred heart!"

"Kneel and be bound at once, and pray for our Lord's forgiveness!"

"Otherwise, your Divine Soul shall be utterly destroyed, and you shall never be reborn!"

His voice was loud, filled with condescending arrogance and threat, as if he had already taken control of the whole situation.

The other Elders also wore sinister grins, evil Qi surging around them, in a posture ready to suppress him at any moment.

They had obviously received the alarm that the headquarters was under attack and rushed over to support, preventing the heart of the evil god from being destroyed.

In their view, the intruder might have some strength to be able to kill his way here.

But facing the joint efforts of so many Elders and elite cultists, there was absolutely only one path—death.

They had even thought about how to torture his Soul to please the evil god once they captured this reckless fellow.

However, their arrogant bluster did not last long.

The next second, when they saw the scene in the plaza clearly, all sound stopped abruptly.

As if an invisible hand had choked their throats.

Time seemed to freeze at this moment.

The pupils of those Gold-Robed Elders suddenly contracted, and the sinister grins on their faces instantly froze.

The elite cultists behind them were even more like they had been hit by a freezing spell, standing stiffly in place, unable to move.

What did they see?

The originally solemn and heavily guarded plaza had now turned into a Shura Hell.

The ground was cracked and charred black, with huge craters and traces of devastation everywhere.

Thick, undried blood gathered into streams, flowing freely on the ground, emitting a bloody stench so thick it was nauseating.

Severed limbs and broken internal organs could be seen everywhere, almost covering every inch of the ground.

And on that bone altar, which was regarded as the core of the Sanctuary, it was now completely empty.

The heart of the evil god that they were ordered to protect with their lives... was gone!

Only some black ash that had not yet dissipated remained, along with the heart-palpitating destructive energy fluctuations lingering in the air.

The heart of the evil god... was destroyed?!

This thought was like a bolt from the blue, striking hard at the hearts of every Elder.

Making them tremble violently, as if falling into an ice cellar.

"No... impossible..."

One Elder muttered to himself in despair, his voice trembling uncontrollably.

"The sacred heart... how could the sacred heart..."

"Who did this?! Who on earth did this?!"

Another Elder let out a hysterical roar, his eyes filled with madness and fear.

The destruction of the heart of the evil god meant that the Eternal Life Cult's hundreds of years of hard work had gone down the drain, and the Foundation of their faith was shaken.

This was simply a catastrophic disaster!

They could not imagine what a terrifying scene it would be when the Cult Leader and the evil god unleashed their wrath.

Just then, their gazes finally fell on the only standing figure on the altar.

That person had his back to them, standing tall and straight, wearing clean casual clothes, completely out of place with the surrounding bloody Hell-like environment.

There wasn't a single bloodstain on him, and his Aura was calm and indifferent, as if he were just a tourist visiting.

However, when those Elders saw the person's face clearly, they all froze on the spot.

The Elders, who were incredibly arrogant just a second ago, were now filled with terror.

A name that made their Souls tremble uncontrollably surfaced in their minds.

The most prominent, notorious, cruel, and ruthless Fiend in Donghai City recently.

Chen Nian!

It was actually him who had fought his way in!

"It's... it's him..."

One Elder's face was pale, his lips trembling as he squeezed out a few words through his teeth.

"Chen Nian... he's Chen Nian!"

"What?! Chen Nian?!"

"How could he be here?!"

"It's over... everything is over..."

Confirming the identity of the newcomer, all the Elders and cultists were instantly struck by lightning, the color draining from their faces.

Boundless fear flooded them like a tide, making their hands and feet cold and their bodies weak.

The Eternal Life Cult reinforcements, who were aggressive and arrogant just a second ago, completely lost all will to fight in the next.

Looking at the figure on the altar who was like a god or demon, only one thought remained in their hearts—

Escape!

Escape from here immediately!

The further away from this monster, the better!

Even the heart of the evil god was destroyed by him, and even the High Priest and thousands of cultists were slaughtered; with their small numbers, would they even be enough to fill the gaps between his teeth?

"Retreat! Retreat quickly!"

The leading Elder reacted the fastest, letting out a terrified scream, and turned around without hesitation, wanting to flee toward the passage they came from.

The other Elders and cultists also woke up instantly, like birds startled by a bowstring, crying for their parents as they turned and bolted.

At this moment, they only wished their parents had given them two more legs, wanting to teleport away from this nightmare land directly.

However, they had just turned around and stepped out.

A calm voice with a hint of playfulness, like a ghost, clearly entered everyone's ears.

"You want to leave just after arriving?"

"Did you ask me?"

The moment the words fell.

"Buzz—!"

An extremely terrifying pressure suddenly descended, like a ten-thousand-foot mountain, pressing hard on all the members of the Eternal Life Cult.

"Thud! Thud! Thud!"

Those cultists with weaker strength didn't even have time to groan before they were crushed into meat paste by this pressure, their bodies exploding.

Several Elders also shook violently as if struck by a heavy blow, their running movements suddenly halting, as if they had fallen into an invisible quagmire, making every step difficult.

They looked back in horror, only to see that Chen Nian had turned around at some point and was standing at the edge of the altar, looking down at them from above.

His face carried a hint of a contemptuous smile, and his eyes were as cold as ten-thousand-year-old ice.

"Weren't you very arrogant just now?"

"Wanting to run right after arriving?"

"Are you people of the Eternal Life Cult all such spineless trash?"