Wait a minute, where is my master?

At the same time.

A mass of cyan-black aura appeared on the fingers of the Demon Realm Origin and heavily tapped onto the golden spiritual power shield.

"Boom!"

Accompanied by a loud noise, a blast of air arose from the spot.

The soil and the skeletons of the Purple Spirit Elephant Clan within a large surrounding area were blown away by this powerful force.

And under this intense tumult,

there was also a sound of bones cracking that, if not listened to closely, would have been overlooked mixed in it.

After a while,

the blast of air dissipated, and the spot where the Demon Realm Origin stood had sunk by a full three feet.

At that moment, he was staring in astonishment at his own fingers, which were bent out of shape.

The tiny eyes of the elephant were filled with disbelief.

"Hiss~"

The Demon Realm Origin subconsciously sucked in a breath of cold air and, not believing in evil, channeled twice as much cyan-black aura onto the index and middle fingers of his other hand before tapping towards the golden spiritual power shield enveloping the spatial passage once more.

"Boom!!!"

This time the explosion was louder, and the blast was more fierce.

Similarly, his fingers were even more thoroughly shattered this time.

During the first strike, the fingers of the Demon Realm Origin had only broken and twisted, but at least they were still there.

But with the second strike, after channeling even stronger and more cyan-black aura, the index and middle fingers of his other hand were directly shattered by the rebound force!

"...What the hell kind of evil spiritual power shield is this!?"

The Demon Realm Origin looked at the remaining three fingers in his palm, fell silent for a while, and eventually couldn't help but burst out with an expletive.

He knew the Human Race cultivator who had penetrated the interspatial passage was strong and also suspected that the cultivator might have come for him. Thus, after confirming that the cultivator had not closed the spatial passage, he immediately devised a plan.

Whether the cultivator was coming for him or not, he had to find a way to return to the Nine Provinces through that spatial passage and rescue his true body from its seal.

Until just now, his deceptive plan had been going exceptionally smoothly. The Fire Crow, gifted with the Black Phoenix Bloodline, had indeed slowed down the Human Race cultivator's pace.

But now...

The Demon Realm Origin knew the Human Race Taoist was strong, but he had occupied the essence of this small world for a millennium. Although encumbered by the shackles of his physical body, his strength would at most exhibit seventy or eighty percent of its capacity.

But he couldn't even break through the spiritual power shield laid down casually by the opponent.

That was rather unreasonable!

After exploding with expletives, the Demon Realm Origin fell silent for a moment, then fixed his attention on the territory of the Purple Spirit Elephant Clan a few hundred miles away.

He now had the feeling that just before crossing the threshold, he suddenly couldn't make it.

So... he might need to leverage some external forces.

"I originally planned to spare you for the time being, after all, you might all be my subjects in the future. But now... heh, blame your own bad luck."

While the Demon Realm Origin was talking to himself, his nostrils uncontrollably quivered.

For some reason, he suddenly felt this object was ominous. Consequently, with a frown, he used his relatively intact hand to brutally tear off the trunk.

"Pfft"

The Demon Realm Origin casually threw the scarred, severed trunk on the ground and disdainfully spat, then his figure instantly disappeared from the spot.

...

...

Within the territory of the Purple Spirit Elephant Clan,

In the center of several houses built from Pu Ling Grass and Wood, a few demon cultivators with elephant heads and human bodies were sitting together chatting about something, while nearby, several unhaped-shifted young elephants were frolicking, spraying water at each other with their trunks.

Swish.

The figure of the Demon Realm Origin suddenly appeared in front of a house.

The nearby Purple Spirit Elephant Clansmen were initially startled, then instinctively stood up and assumed a defensive posture.

However, the next moment, a female demon cultivator gasped in shock and pushed her way forward from the crowd.

"Guitang, what happened to you! Your nose is..."

Following the words of the female demon cultivator, the members of the Purple Spirit Elephant Clan around them recognized the blood-covered figure; it was the Eighth Elder, who was in charge of punishment in the clan.

"Eighth Elder, what happened to you?"

"Quick, get the medicine for the wounds!"

"But did the Red-eyed Ghost Leopard Clan attack us again? Quickly find Xiang Ze and Xiang Long to send a message to the Clan Leader."

The nearby members of the Purple Spirit Elephant Clan immediately started running about noisily.

Although hurried, they were not in disarray.

By this time, the female elephant-headed demon cultivator had already approached very close to the origin of the Demon Realm.

A Little Purple Spirit Elephant, who was originally playing with its companions, also hurriedly dashed toward the injured figure upon recognizing it as its father.

"Guitang, are you in pain? I have some leftover medicine from before, you first..."

As the female demon cultivator spoke, she hurriedly fumbled for something in her bosom. However, in her frantic actions, her eyes suddenly met her "husband's" gaze, and her movements abruptly ceased.

"No, who are you!?"

The elephant-headed female demon cultivator asked sharply, instinctively retreating backward.

At the same time, she also tried to send a telepathic warning to her child not to come closer, as the blood-stained figure was very likely not her father.

But the origin of the Demon Realm did not intend to give her that opportunity.

"Huh, quite keen instincts."

As it spoke, a burst of blue-black energy suddenly exploded from its body, swiftly sweeping over the female demon cultivator.

Swept by the blue-black energy, the mother from the Purple Spirit Elephant Clan, still in the midst of turning, turned into a skeleton.

It then fell to the ground, shattering into a heap of dust.

The Little Purple Spirit Elephant, which was running, lost focus for a moment at this scene, stumbled, and fell into a nearby ditch.

The members of the Purple Spirit Elephant Clan, who had been running around hurriedly, were also unexpectedly stopped in their tracks.

A moment later.

An aged voice suddenly roared from the crowd.

"Take the kids and run!"

The Purple Spirit Elephant Clan members around them quickly resumed their actions.

And amidst the escaping figures, dozens of evidently aged and staggering figures moved against the stream, charging towards the origin of the Demon Realm.

It seemed that these aged elders of the Purple Spirit Elephant Clan, already nearing the end of their lives,

were planning to use their lives to buy some time for their clanspeople to escape.

"Ah, quite a decisive race, but unfortunately...

"It's all in vain."

The origin of the Demon Realm watched these counter-flowing figures, commenting lightly.

A mass of blue-black energy erupted from its body, violently sweeping around in all directions.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

"..."

The figures of the Purple Spirit Elephant Clan that moved against the current chose to self-destruct decisively and ruthlessly,

trying to block this life-consuming blue-black energy.

And following the first few dozen figures, another hundred or so continued to appear in succession.

However, their action,

just as the origin of the Demon Realm had commented earlier,

was futile...