Soul Emperor Martial God

In the high sky, Xiao Yi was flying rapidly with Huoo Linlang.

Huoo Linlang's face was full of reluctance, occasionally casting a scornful look at Xiao Yi, her thoughts unknown.

Suddenly, Xiao Yi's gaze fixed downward.

The entire Mist Mountain Range was completely shrouded in dense fog.

Even as Xiao Yi flew high above, the dense fog still obscured his vision, and the view below was a vast expanse of white.

Yet his sharp eyes remained tightly focused downwards.

Because he clearly perceived that weak breaths were emanating from below.

His perception here had diminished greatly, unable to sense who it was.

However, from below the dense fog, wisps of ethereal aura suddenly drifted up, converging into a mysterious pattern.

"It's the signal from the Demon Hunting Hall." Xiao Yi squinted his eyes.

Swoosh… In a flash, he descended from the high sky.

After setting Huoo Linlang down, in front of him were a dozen or so severely injured Martial Artists.

Xiao Yi immediately recognized the attire of these Martial Artists; it was indeed the Demon Hunting Hall's uniform.

Counting the numbers, it happened to be a Law Enforcement Team, a Deacon, and a Chief Steward.

"Who goes there?" The group of Martial Artists, seeing Xiao Yi suddenly descend from the sky, instantly became alert, showing vigilance and gathering energy in their hands.

"Demon Hunter, Yi Xiao." Xiao Yi said indifferently, holding out a Token from the Demon Hunting Hall.

"Demon Hunter?" Upon hearing this, the group of Martial Artists breathed a sigh of relief, though they still wore expressions of caution.

"Hmm? Miss Linlang?" The people saw Huoo Linlang behind Xiao Yi and recognized her at a glance.

They were ordered to come to the Misty Mountains to find Huoo Linlang, so they naturally knew her appearance.

"Demon Hunter, Yi Xiao?" Several members of the Law Enforcement Team frowned at Xiao Yi.

"Did you find Miss Linlang? To dare to venture into the Misty Mountains must mean you're not weak."

"Which branch hall's Chief Steward are you? Or should we say, which large demon hunting team are you from?"

"None of the above." Huoo Linlang interjected, "Just an ordinary solo Demon Hunter without a title."

"Oh?" The crowd looked at Xiao Yi in surprise and doubt.

"Hmm? No way." Suddenly remembering something, the leading middle-aged man exclaimed.

He was the leader of this Law Enforcement Team, holding the title of Chief Steward.

"Yi Xiao? I heard that in the past month, a crazy Demon Hunter emerged in our Fangcun Territory."

"In just over a month, you swept through the major Demon Beast Forests."

"Are you the one called Purple Flame?"

Xiao Yi nodded.

This Law Enforcement Team had entered the Mist Mountain Range three days ago and had since gone silent.

So they were unaware of the events that transpired in Fangcun City during those three days.

Such as Yi Xiao's battle with Ran Qi and the Ice Venerate Token recognizing its master.

However, they had heard about Yi Xiao sweeping through the major Demon Beast Forests.

Xiao Yi glanced over this Law Enforcement Team and found that each of them was injured and visibly carried a lingering fear.

"What exactly did you encounter in the Mist Mountain Range?"

"On my way here, I saw a lot of Martial Artists' corpses, each with mysterious causes of death."

"Oh?" The leading middle-aged man asked anxiously, "Did you find any other comrades?"

Xiao Yi nodded, "Yes, but all of them are dead."

"The other five Law Enforcement Teams, 16 Deacons, and 2 Chief Stewards, all their bodies appeared outside the mountains within a ten-thousand-mile range."

"All dead?" The leading middle-aged man was struck as if by lightning, closing his eyes with a complex expression.

The other members of the Law Enforcement Team wore faces filled with panic and grief.

"What exactly did you encounter?" Xiao Yi pressed on.

"Demon beasts? But on my entire journey here, even as I'm about to leave, I haven't found any particularly strong demon beasts."

"As for Martial Artists, I haven't encountered a single living person."

"Living person?" The leading middle-aged man let out a bitter laugh, "Right now, in the entire Mist Mountain Range, besides us, where are there any living people."

"As for demon beasts." The middle-aged man shook his head.

"As Demon Hunters, what we fear least are demon beasts."

"But... what we encountered... we don't know either."

"Don't know?" Xiao Yi frowned.

"Hmm." The middle-aged man nodded, "Three days ago, we received orders to enter the Mist Mountain Range to find Miss Linlang."

"A full team of three Chief Stewards took the lead, followed by 18 Deacons, and six Law Enforcement Teams were dispatched."

"We made our way forward without encountering any danger, but neither were we able to find Miss Linlang."

"We searched for more than two whole days without results."

"Then, we speculated that Miss Linlang must have gone more than ten thousand miles deep and got lost within."

"Otherwise, she couldn't disappear tracelessly."

Xiao Yi nodded.

These individuals were indeed elite Martial Artists of the Demon Hunting Hall Main Hall, their thoughts aligning coincidentally with Xiao Yi's previous speculation.

"And then?" Xiao Yi asked in a deep voice.

He had a lingering feeling that something was off.

"And then..." The middle-aged man's words suddenly stuck in his throat.

"And then... then... the nightmare happened."

The middle-aged man and the present Martial Artists' expressions turned extremely panicked.

"When we ventured beyond ten thousand miles, the entire Mist Mountain Range suddenly went berserk."

"We don't know what we saw, only that suddenly everything went black, and the entire world transformed into..."

"The abyss." The middle-aged man uttered these two words with difficulty.

"The abyss?" Xiao Yi's brow furrowed tightly.

"Hmm." The middle-aged man nodded heavily, his tone somewhat hurried.

"Nobody knows what happened, just that the Martial Artists' instincts told us we were going to die."

"We began to flee... panickedly fleeing..."

"We couldn't see the path ahead, couldn't see the surroundings, we moved forward in darkness, running blindly in panic."

"We didn't know how long or how far we ran, only that when we reached the point of exhaustion, the darkness suddenly disappeared, and everything returned to normal."

"The darkness disappeared, and returned to normal?" Xiao Yi questioned, "When did this happen?"

The middle-aged man thought for a moment and said, "Several hours ago, probably half a day ago."

"When we calmed our inner panic, we found ourselves severely injured."

"We stopped here, sent out signals, and waited for rescue."

"Judging the time, we've been waiting here for about half a day."

"About half a day?" Xiao Yi pondered.

Calculating the time, it was just when he entered the Mist Mountain Range.

At that time, he also just suddenly smelled an extremely strong scent of blood, then came to investigate this place.

But by then, all abnormal phenomena had disappeared, no wonder he found nothing.

However, if he himself were to encounter this bizarre situation, could he handle it?

Xiao Yi didn't know, but the Mist Mountain Range increasingly felt off to him, even instilling a sense of dread.

"Let's go, it's not suitable to stay here for long." Xiao Yi said while taking out a dozen High-grade Healing Pills to the Law Enforcement Team warriors.

After the group took the Elixirs, their injuries visibly calmed down.

"Thank you." The group expressed their gratitude.

"Let's go." Xiao Yi turned around.

"Wait." The leading middle-aged man said, "Can you lead us out?"

"The Mist Mountain Range, from sometime on, has changed. Without an Array Master guiding us, we fear we cannot get out."

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First update.