Everyone's eyes widened, eager to see what would be the fate of that Martial Artist.

Moments later, they saw a flash of white light pass over that Martial Artist, who then stopped in his tracks, his eyes glazed over, and his body bizarrely stepping forward.

"Terrible! That person has been possessed by a Ghost Soldier!"

The Martial Artists present shook their heads, feeling that it was his own fault, and he had no one else to blame.

"Purely seeking death!"

The same thought flashed across everyone's minds.

15 minutes later, the temperature in the surroundings finally rose, and the presence of those Ghost Soldiers was no longer felt.

Some Martial Artists locked their Divine Sense onto the possessed Martial Artist, only to find that he had turned into an Ice Corpse.

A self-made path to death!

Many people inwardly passed the same judgment on that Martial Artist.

The team continued to advance.

After about a kilometer, they saw many white flowers appearing on the flat land ahead.

The flowers were very thin and very small, all of them pure white.

Duan Gujin let out a heavy breath, feeling that it was very likely that the flowers ahead were Netherworld Ice Flowers.

Upon closer inspection, he confirmed that those flowers were indeed Netherworld Ice Flowers.

"Everyone, does anyone know what this is?"

The elder immediately asked the others.

Seeing that no one responded, Duan Gujin's eyes flashed as he spoke, "Elder, I know what's ahead."

"You know this too?"

The elder grew interested again in Duan Gujin, a young man from Yuanzhen Continent.

"Yes, I know, if I'm not mistaken, those should be Netherworld Ice Flowers!"

Duan Gujin stated.

"Netherworld Ice Flowers! I've heard of them!"

The elder thought for a while, his eyes suddenly brightening as he remembered.

"These Netherworld Ice Flowers are poisonous, although not very toxic, but everyone must absolutely not touch these flowers here!"

Duan Gujin warned, his eyes flickering as he thought of an issue.

"Could this be related to Fire Cloud Continent? Why are there Netherworld Ice Flowers here?"

He thought that Netherworld Ice Flowers must grow in extremely cold places, which are often very close to Ghost Soldiers.

This is a very peculiar natural phenomenon, it is said that underneath where Netherworld Ice Flowers grow, there is Netherworld Water.

"Everyone be careful, don't casually approach those Netherworld Ice Flowers!"

The elder spoke.

He glanced at Duan Gujin and felt that this person could be recruited into the Blood Killing Sect.

The team moved forward for a while when suddenly, countless white lights burst from the void ahead, and the two Blood Slaughter Sect Disciples at the front of the team along with five ordinary Martial Artists screamed tragically, struck by a white Ice Arrow.

The Ice Arrow pierced through their bodies, killing them in less than ten breaths.

"Everyone, retreat!"

The elder panicked, immediately ordering everyone behind him to retreat rapidly.

The Martial Artists behind, seeing their comrades all killed, retreated hurriedly like startled birds.

"Enemy attack!"

Fear struck all the Martial Artists; they wished they had more than two legs to run faster.

However, they didn't flee far before the elder ordered them to stop retreating.

Those Martial Artists did not dare to run wildly in the thick fog, knowing the place was extremely dangerous, fearing that if they did, they wouldn't even know how they died.

The most important thing was that they understood that probably only the Blood Killing Sect's elder could lead them out of here.

The elder and several Blood Slaughter Sect Disciples behind him had their expressions drastically changed, and they quickly summoned all their treasures to block in front of them.

Should an enemy attack from up front, they could immediately counterattack.

The elder checked the disciples who had been struck by Ice Arrows, frowning deeply.

"Who is the demon here creating illusions?"

The elder thought hard for a while but couldn't come up with an explanation.

"Duan Gujin, do you know what's going on?" The elder then turned to Duan Gujin, seeking his opinion.

Duan Gujin examined the Ice Arrows and reached a conclusion.

"Elder, I sensed a faint demon energy in these Ice Arrows! I think these Ice Arrows are very likely released by the Devil Clan!"

"Yes, I also sensed the faint demon energy!"

The elder let out a heavy breath, having sensed the demon energy in the Ice Arrows just as Duan Gujin had.

However, he hadn't previously connected the Ice Arrows with the Devil Clan because he believed that only the Human Clan should be able to enter here.

Despite this being the Demon Saint's Treasure Vault, this intel was deduced by their Blood Killing Sect.

What the truth was, even the people from the Blood Killing Sect couldn't give an accurate answer.

Perhaps, the treasure vault they were enteringh belonged to the Human Clan.

The Blood Killing Sect deduced from various signs that the treasure vault they were searching for was most likely the Demon Saint's Treasure Vault.

Although the people from the Blood Killing Sect wanted to keep the situation under wraps, the flattening of Ten Thousand Demon Mountain caught the attention of many Martial Artists from the Jiuzhou Continent.

The people of the Blood Killing Sect knew about the appearance of thick fog in this place, and surely all the Martial Artists on the Jiuzhou Continent would know that it could not be concealed.

So, they decided to strike first.

Now, the elder understood that it was very likely that the Devil Clan was ambushing them.

Therefore, he hurriedly launched a signal flare into the sky.

With a loud boom, a bright white light lit up the sky.

However, to the disappointment of everyone present, that white light only stayed in the sky for less than ten breaths of time before it extinguished.

Seeing the signal flare extinguished in the sky, the elder's heart sank, suspecting that the thick fog in this area caused the signal flare to extinguish quickly.

Generally, the signal flare he released just now could stay in the air for 15 minutes.

The elder exhaled a turbid breath, and once again sent a signal flare into the sky.

Just like the previous signal flare, this time, the one he released only stayed in the sky for less than ten breaths.

"Bad news!"

Upon seeing this, the elder felt his heart pounding violently.

Realizing the urgency of the situation, the elder hurriedly asked the Martial Artists behind him to gather together, to prevent the enemy from sneak attacking.

The next moment, everyone felt numerous powerful energy fluctuations appearing in the void in front of them.

"Enemy attack!"

One Martial Artist exclaimed, and the others immediately became highly alert.

The next moment, everyone saw numerous white lights appear instantaneously in the void ahead.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!

The crowd dispersed quickly, dodging to the sides, just in time to avoid the Ice Arrows.

However, some Martial Artists in the team, being weaker, couldn't dodge the Ice Arrows and were killed instantly upon being hit.

The atmosphere at the scene suddenly became tense again.

The elder panicked, he had the group of Martial Artists behind him continue to retreat, facing the enemy's repeated sneak attacks.

The elder's expression became very tense, he released his Spiritual Power outwardly, trying to find the murderous killer.

However, still, he could not find those enemies.

Duan Gujin furrowed his brow tightly; this time, he noticed some clues.

"Those enemies are actually lurking near us, using some sort of special Dark Weapon to shoot arrows at us, could they be from the Devil Clan?" he thought to himself.

"Elder, should we retreat immediately?"

A Blood Slaughter Sect Disciple asked anxiously.

"Alright, we can only go back!"

The elder pondered for a while and felt they should give up advancing.

The current situation was very unfavorable for them; they could not spot the enemy at all, unable to even find a shadow of the enemy, which made it impossible to confront them.

"But I'm not willing to go back like this! I came here with great difficulty! I don't want to return without achieving anything!"

After a while, the elder asked, "Does anyone have a way to locate the enemy?"

The scene fell silent for a while.

Duan Gujin said: "Reporting to the elder, I have a way!"

"Oh, tell me!"

"Elder, I deduced that those enemies must be lurking nearby; I sensed that they might be using a special type of Dark Weapon, enabling their Ice Arrows to quietly shoot us!"

Hearing Duan Gujin's words, the elder's eyes flickered; he had thought of this possibility before but had quickly dismissed it.

"How is that possible?"

The elder exclaimed in surprise.

Hearing the elder's exclamation, Duan Gujin immediately understood that perhaps the elder didn't have much experience and couldn't make an accurate judgment.

"Elder, focus your Spiritual Power within a radius of 100 meters, and pay careful attention to all energy fluctuations within that range."

Duan Gujin suggested.

"Okay!"

The elder readily agreed with Duan Gujin's suggestion.

Time passed little by little.

After a while, the elder indeed sensed some anomalies within a radius of 100 meters.

He had previously focused his attention within a 500-meter range, believing the enemy's strength must be much stronger than theirs.

Therefore, he hadn't focused his attention within a radius of 100 meters.

Duan Gujin suggested focusing on the 100-meter range because he had previously sensed some unusual energy fluctuations within that distance.

He felt those unusual energy fluctuations must be emitted by those enemies lurking in the dark.

This time, they had specific targets and also locked down the approximate positions of the enemies.

Even though those enemies were hiding very deeply, they had already been locked down by Duan Gujin, the elder, and Tie Yi, and their every move was under their surveillance.

Moments later, Duan Gujin saw those enemies put a slender bamboo-like object into their mouths and then sprayed some Ice Arrows from the bamboo's tip.

Realizing this, everyone suddenly became enlightened.

"So that's how it is! What kind of Devil Clan are they?"

Duan Gujin's eyes flickered, and he quickly thought of a type of Devil Clan.

"It's the Dwarf Earth Demon!"

This type of Dwarf Earth Demon is a very special Devil Clan; they are no taller than one-tenth of a zhang, they resemble the Human Clan in appearance but differ significantly from ordinary humans.

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