"Good!"
Ye Fan shouted excitedly, "Sixteen thousand six hundred and sixty-six evolution points! That's an enormous amount!"
"With this, my evolution points have reached three hundred and thirty thousand! I'm so close to evolving into an upper-grade magical weapon!"
Ye Fan thought to himself, "Now that Lin Li has wiped out all of the high-level members of this Demon Sect branch, there's still a significant portion of unexplored areas left. If Lin Li continues to clear out the beasts and zombies in the residences of the Demon Sect disciples, it shouldn't be hard to gather enough points for me to evolve into an upper-grade weapon!"
Huff, huff!
As Ye Fan was filled with anticipation, Lin Li stood atop the giant toad's head, panting heavily.
Although Lin Li didn't lack spiritual energy thanks to Ye Fan's feedback, the continuous battles since entering the Hongjiang region had been an immense physical and mental challenge for him.
Now that the strong enemies had been dealt with, the tension that had been holding Lin Li's nerves tight finally started to relax.
At this moment...
The Three Great Daoist Sects, who had been preparing to retreat, returned.
Although they felt they couldn't help Lin Li, they still wanted to check on how he fared after being pursued.
Since most of the high-level members of the Demon Sect had already been killed, they believed that keeping their distance would keep them safe from danger.
They couldn't help but feel guilty about completely abandoning Lin Li.
However, in the next moment, they witnessed something that utterly shocked them.
In the distance, when the members of the Three Great Daoist Sects saw Lin Li standing on the corpse of the giant toad, gasping for breath...
Everyone was astonished!
"How is this possible?!"
"This is simply unbelievable!"
"Could it be that... the entire Demon Sect branch..."
"...was wiped out by him alone?!"
The crowd exclaimed in disbelief.
Reflecting on their previous attitudes toward Lin Li, apart from the disciples of Xuantian Sword Sect, the other two Daoist sects' members felt a deep sense of shame.
Even the members of Xuantian Sword Sect were deeply shocked!
"Wasn't Lin Shidi already severely injured earlier?"
"How could he still manage to slay the guardian beast and the two protectors?"
"Let's go! No more talking—let's go assist Lin Shidi! He must be at his limit by now!"
Wei Heng urged everyone to hurry and help Lin Li.
However...
Just then, a fierce wind suddenly swept through!
The crowd felt an unexpected surge of confusion.
They looked up, and...
"Gasp!!!"
"What is that?"
They were utterly shocked!
They saw a giant roc, with a wingspan of several dozen meters, descending from the sky.
On the back of the massive roc stood a two-story building, about five to six meters tall.
In front of the building stood four figures.
Two beautiful women, a handsome young man, and...
An elderly man with snow-white hair, wearing a yellow robe and holding a staff—an unmistakable priest!
"That's..."
As the vanguard leaders of the Three Great Daoist Sects, Wei Heng and the other two captains were more knowledgeable than the other disciples.
After getting a good look at the four people on the roc's back, the three leaders were stunned and terrified.
"Captain, what's going on?"
"What's the situation?"
The disciples asked anxiously.
Wei Heng swallowed hard, fear gripping his heart. "We're doomed... Lin Shidi... he's truly beyond saving now!"
"What a pity... our Xuantian Sect's once-in-a-millennium genius is going to fall here today."
"Captain, what exactly is going on?"
The disciples pressed, desperate for answers.
"Do you know who those people on the back of the roc are?"
"What identity do they hold?"
The disciples were extremely tense.
"That handsome youth is none other than the Demon Sect's young master!"
"And that yellow-robed elder holding the staff is the priest of the Demon Sect!"
"What?! The Demon Sect's young master and the priest?!"
In an instant, everyone's faces turned deathly pale!
Even though they weren't as knowledgeable as their captains, they knew what these two figures represented.
The Demon Sect's young master was a once-in-a-millennium genius within the Demon Sect!
His cultivation had already reached the peak of Foundation Establishment, at the False Core stage, and he was renowned as the most likely person in Zhao Country to reach the Core Formation stage at such a young age!
And the Demon Sect's priest could only be someone who had already reached the Core Formation stage!
In other words...
Regardless of the cultivation levels of the two beautiful women, just the young master and the priest alone meant one False Core and one Core Formation-level foe!
Moreover...
What would happen when they found out that Lin Li had destroyed the Demon Sect branch?
How furious would they be when they learned that the blood altar had been destroyed?
Lin Li...
How could he possibly escape from such opponents?
After all, while Lin Li was powerful, they had all clearly seen that he was still in the Foundation Establishment stage.
Facing a Core Formation-level enemy, Lin Li stood no chance of survival!
"Sigh!"
"We should leave before they notice us."
"Wei Heng, my condolences."
The members of the other two Daoist sects shook their heads in pity.
Wei Heng clenched his teeth, unwilling, but he had no choice. "Let's go! We must return to our sect and report this!"
...
The nerves that Lin Li had just relaxed suddenly tensed up again!
He stared at the massive roc descending before him, feeling a chill in his heart.
Even though he hadn't recognized the identities of the Demon Sect's young master and the priest, he could sense...
The giant roc alone was far stronger than the giant toad beneath his feet!
So...
He couldn't even defeat their mount, let alone the masters themselves.
Although Lin Li had gradually been influenced by Ye Fan's demonic sword, becoming more ruthless, he wasn't foolish!
In just half a breath's time, Lin Li made a quick decision: run! Run as fast and as far as possible!
In an instant, Lin Li re-entered his slaughter state!
But this time, it wasn't to fight—it was to flee!
In a flash, Lin Li transformed into a blood-red blur and fled at lightning speed!
The giant roc had landed in the southern direction.
Thus, Lin Li had no choice but to flee deeper into the Demon Sect branch, heading toward the direction of the blood altar.
Meanwhile, the four figures on the back of the roc smiled faintly as they stepped out of the small building.
"Priest, this Hongjiang altar is the last of the eighteen southern altars," the Demon Sect's young master said. "Once we finish..."
Before he could finish, he spotted the corpse of the giant toad, riddled with sword wounds.