The mountain range where the Heavenly Xuan Saber Sect is located is known as having a million mountains. Although that's a bit of an exaggeration, it is indeed a place where peaks gather and mountains stretch endlessly. Looking down from the ninth heaven, it's as if the earth suddenly grew countless thorns.
But at this moment, the verdant mountains on the periphery were stained with a strange aura of darkness. This dark aura seemed to have the effect of corroding everything. Any vegetation that was touched withered and died instantly. On the contrary, those wild beasts, under the erosion of the dark aura, actually gained intelligence and evolved from wild beasts into demon beasts.
Or rather... magic beasts!
The dark aura continued to spread towards the core of the million mountains. Suddenly, the surrounding peaks flashed with bursts of golden light. The formation of the Heavenly Xuan Saber Sect had been activated. However, when these dark auras encountered the golden light, they only slowed down their spread. They were slowly devouring the formation of the Heavenly Xuan Saber Sect.
Behind the great formation, there were already many people present when Lu Chengfeng, Gu Huaiyu, and Yu Shui arrived.
"Greetings, Peak Lord Lu!"
These people included disciples from other peaks and sage elders from other peaks as well. But at this moment, upon seeing Lu Chengfeng, they all respectfully saluted her.
Lu Chengfeng nodded lightly and asked, "Who is the enemy?"
"The enemy is not human!"
The enemy is not human? What does that mean?
Just as everyone was puzzled, the person who spoke earlier stepped forward. He was one of the elders responsible for maintaining the formation. He waved his hand, using the power of the formation to display a picture in front of everyone. He said, "Peak Lord Lu, please take a look!"
Everyone couldn't help but look.
"This is... demonic energy?"
Lu Chengfeng's expression was surprised. She exchanged glances with Gu Huaiyu and Yu Shui, their eyes filled with unspoken meaning.
The others didn't know that there was a demon in their Lihen Peak, and a great demon in the Immortal King Realm at that. Therefore, they couldn't understand the meaning in their eyes. They simply assumed that although they were powerful, they were only a thousand or two years old, still young and inexperienced, hence their confusion.
The elder guarding the formation said with a solemn expression, "Peak Lord Lu is right, this is indeed demonic energy."
Demonic energy, it was actually demonic energy!
The others also paled upon hearing this.
"What should we do?" someone asked, his face filled with worry. But no one blamed him at this moment, because many people's expressions changed upon hearing the words 'demonic energy'.
Demonic energy, a unique energy of the Demon Realm.
The Demon Realm was notorious among the myriad realms. Besides the Demon Realm itself being extremely powerful, demonic energy also played a major role. If beings from other worlds were contaminated by demonic energy, they would easily have their souls eroded and turn into demonic creatures!
And the wild beasts in the outer mountains were corrupted by the demonic energy and became magic beasts.
However, some people raised doubts, saying, "Ancient books record that creatures eroded by demonic energy will become mindless, bloodthirsty monsters. But I see that these wild beasts have not only not become bloodthirsty, but have also gained intelligence and retained their consciousness. Why is this?"
"What you're talking about is only low-level demonic energy."
Just then, the Blood Drinking Peak group, led by Rong Bing, also arrived at the scene.
The Blood Drinking Peak's formation was large. Besides Rong Bing, whose cultivation had also reached the Saint Realm, there were also four young men whose cultivation had also reached the Saint Realm. They were all direct disciples of the Blood Drinking Saber Master. The other disciples of the Blood Drinking Peak, including Cheng Hou, who had been killed by Gu Huaiyu, were only considered nominal disciples of the Blood Drinking Saber Master.
In addition, several elders above the Saint Realm from the Blood Drinking Peak also came, including Cheng Fei. Because the Enforcement Hall was temporarily under the control of the Blood Drinking Saber Master, Cheng Fei also served as an elder in the Enforcement Hall, so he was very close to the Enforcement Elders.
Now, the Blood Drinking Peak, except for the Blood Drinking Saber Master who was always in seclusion, could be said to have come out in full force.
When everyone saw Rong Bing and the others, they greeted them one after another. At the same time, they also paid attention to the expressions of Lu Chengfeng and her group. Everyone knew about the grudges between Lihen Peak and Blood Drinking Peak. Not long ago, Gu Huaiyu had even killed Cheng Hou, and in their opinion, the grievances between the two peaks had undoubtedly deepened again.
They saw Rong Bing walking towards Lu Chengfeng and her group, and their hearts were shocked. Were they going to fight when the sect was facing an enemy attack?
Rong Bing walked up to Lu Chengfeng, her voice as cold as ever, "Should I call you Senior Sister Lu, or Peak Lord Lu?"
"Call me whatever you want," Lu Chengfeng said calmly.
"I want to call you Senior Sister Lu, what do you think?" Rong Bing asked.
Lu Chengfeng smiled upon hearing this and said, "Didn't I just say that? What are your ears for?"
Everyone's expression changed slightly upon hearing this. Lu Chengfeng's words were clearly barbed. Could it be that the grievances between Lihen Peak and Blood Drinking Peak had reached a point where they could not be resolved? Were they really going to fight at this time?
But to their surprise, not only was Rong Bing not angry, but a smile appeared on her cold face. She said, "Senior Sister Lu!"
What was going on?
Not only the others, but even some people from Blood Drinking Peak were confused.
But for Lu Chengfeng and Rong Bing, this was just a joke between them.
The reason why Rong Bing asked this was to ask Lu Chengfeng if she still recognized her as her junior sister, and Lu Chengfeng's answer made her happy.
Rong Bing ignored the reactions of others. She looked at the picture displayed by the great formation and said, "Low-level demonic energy will cause creatures to lose their minds and become bloodthirsty monsters that only know how to kill. But the demonic energy we are facing is very high-level, at least a demon in the Immortal Realm can possess this kind of demonic energy."
"What, Immortal Realm?"
Everyone was shocked. The strongest person in their Heavenly Xuan Saber Sect, the Sect Master, was only in the Supreme Realm. If the enemy was in the Immortal Realm, even the lowest-level True Immortal in the Immortal Realm, they would not be able to deal with.
"What's the panic?"
Rong Bing shouted coldly and continued, "If the enemy really had the strength of the Immortal Realm, they could slap us to death. Would they need to go to so much trouble?"
The panicked people immediately calmed down upon hearing this. Rong Bing was right. If the enemy was a True Immortal, they wouldn't need to use demonic energy to attack them. One slap would be enough to destroy not only a million mountains, but even ten million mountains.
Rong Bing glanced at Lu Chengfeng and her group. She found that they had not shown any panic from beginning to end, and she couldn't help but admire them. As expected of Senior Sister Lu.
"Then these demonic energies..."
"Rumble!"
Just as someone wanted to ask where these demonic energies came from, everyone felt a tremor.
"Not good, someone has tampered with the mountain protection formation!"
The expression of an elder responsible for maintaining the formation changed.
Everyone was shocked. The formation core of the mountain protection formation was set up inside the sect, and coupled with the sudden and unannounced attack of this demonic energy, it made them think of a terrible idea.
"There's a traitor!"
Gu Huaiyu shouted loudly.
Everyone was startled. They all looked at Gu Huaiyu. Eh, why did they seem to see excitement in Gu Huaiyu's eyes?
"Girl, restrain yourself a little!"
Lu Chengfeng transmitted her voice helplessly.
"Oh, oh!" Gu Huaiyu's expression returned to normal, as if he wasn't the one who shouted just now.
"Everyone, the situation is urgent. Now that the mountain protection formation is damaged, I'm afraid it won't be able to withstand the erosion of the demonic energy for long. Everyone, we will go to the formation core first to see if we can repair the formation. The sect will be left to you!"
After the elder responsible for maintaining the formation finished speaking, he took a few disciples and left first.
At the same time, at the place where the formation core was located, three Saint King Realm elders were lying weakly on the ground. They looked at the person in front of them in disbelief.
"Why do this?"
