"Haha, human flesh is really amazing. I can't seem to get tired of it." The skinny man laughed while patting his stomach.

"But I blew up this whole city," He muttered and gazed at the ruins all over the place.

"I'm sure this would have caught someone's attention. But nobody has come here. Especially the disciples. Was this destruction not enough?" he pondered as he was told that the disciples might come here and he would have to take care of them.

"Humph, it seems like I have to turn another city to dust." He made up his mind and was about to leave when suddenly he sensed a dangerous aura coming from above.

He looked there and saw a hawk diving down at a tremendous speed. Not only that, snowflakes were being formed around him and he could feel the surroundings becoming colder in an instant.

"Are they here?" He channeled his spiritual energy in response and clapped his hands.

A large stone wall formed ahead of him and the hawk crashed on it.

"BAM"

An explosion took place and the wall began cracking but it didn't completely break apart.

Seeing this, he scoffed, "You dare to sneak attack and this is all you can come up with?"

However, his expression changed instantly as he found a layer of ice appearing on the wall.

"This.." he wanted to back away immediately but the ice spread in the blink of an eye and covered him wholly. This didn't end here, and it continued to enlarge.

A few minutes later, one could see everywhere in a hundreds of meters radius frozen with no signs of life.

"I underestimated the attack power of this spell." Davion landed on the ground and thought. He had never imagined this spell could be so horrendous.

"Maybe it is because I'm too strong?" While thinking about this, he came infront of a frozen figure and looked at it coldly.

"I know you are in there," he said. Nonetheless, there was no reaction coming from it.

"I can feel your breath," Davion spoke again. He was sure this skinny man was faking his death.

"Crack"

Eventually, there was some movement coming from it. The ice slowly broke into pieces, and the skinny man emerged into his vision. Right now, he was shivering and many blue spots could be seen in his body. It seemed like his injuries were quite heavy.

"You have angered me." The skinny man bellowed and began transforming. Strange brown scales appeared on his skin and his body expanded. His legs disappeared and instead of them, a long tail was formed. Next, his face became uglier and took the shape of a snake.

A while later, a bizarre fifty-meter-long snake with two broad arms and huge muscles stood ahead of him. There were strange tattoos on its back too.

"These tattoos seem similar to the ones in the faces of the three old men who had ambushed us on the way." Davion keenly observed him.

"Moreover, he is not a devil but rather a demon beast. But I can feel a strong devil essence inside him." He was confused. So, he asked, "Are you related to the Heavenly Demon Sect?"

Since he heard from Aiden that this sect was behind all the mess here, he was sure such lunatics could only be from that evil sect.

"Of course," The snake proudly agreed.

"As I thought, the subordinates of Conard are from both the devil world and that mysterious sect." He had a solemn look on his face.

"Are you terrified?" The snake laughed when he saw his face. He knew everyone had this expression when they heard about his sect.

Davion shook his head and took out his halberd from his spirit ring.

"Eh! what do you want to do?" The snake panicked. He didn't want to fight against him as he couldn't even take his single blow earlier. Although he was strong in this form, he wasn't sure about his strength. So, it was better to be careful.

"I think you should know." He smiled and released his multicolored aura. The aura was so vigorous that the snake was pushed a few meters back and found difficult to stand on the ground.

"Damn, they told me that all disciples are at the middle stage of the Nascent Soul Stage. But why is someone so strong here? If I knew it, I would definitely not agree to come here." The snake cursed inwardly.

Like him, many demons were sent here to finish off the disciples. They were all at the middle stage of the Nascent Soul State too like those disciples. This was because they didn't want to scare away the disciples with their strong cultivation base.

Not only that, they didn't want to attract the hidden experts at the late stage of the Nascent Soul Stage of the Thunderbolt Sect. These experts were all in seclusion in the Sect Master's Peak and were trying to break through the Domain Realm with the help of the strong aura of heavens and earth there.

But even without the late-stage experts, these demons had the confidence of taking down these disciples. This was all due to their demon form and the devil essence of the hall master inside them. With this surprise move, taking them down was quite easy.

Nevertheless, this was not the case for the person infornt of him. He was too strong, and his energy seemed to reach the peak of the Nascent Soul Stage. Thus, trying to fight him was just seeking death.

So, having these thoughts, he suggested, "Stop! Why not we have..."

He didn't even have the chance to finish his sentence when he saw the halberd already coming to his head.

"Fuck" he yelled and channeled his Qi onto the ground. A hole was formed at once, and he slithered into it.

"Bam..bam.."

Davion paused, and he could clearly hear these sounds coming from inside the ground.

"Hehe, trying to escape like this.." Davion chuckled and lifted his right arm. It became bigger and afterward, he smashed his halberd downwards with all his strength.

"BOOM"

A frightening explosion took place, and all the ice formed just a while ago all disintegrated. Only a pit who knows how deep was formed instead of it.

"It's done." Davion withdrew his halberd and rushed inside the pit.

He then found a squashed bloody body in the pile of rubbles. Afterward, he dragged him out with his huge hand and looked at his eyes with a stone-cold gaze.historical

"Who..are you?" The snake spoke with great difficulty. He couldn't believe the person ahead of him could ever be a disciple. After all, who could have this ugly devil arm?

"You don't need to know. Just tell me more about the Heavenly Demon Sect and I will let you live," Davion ordered.

"Do you think I will.."

"Ahhh" The snake was interrupted as he felt his body being squeezed.

"Please stop. I will tell you." He begged as he couldn't take it anymore.

"Good" He threw him to the ground and asked, "Are you all working for Conard?"

The snake nodded.

"How many of you are here?" He questioned. He also wanted to know what they wanted from the Thunderbolt Sect. But he knew it was useless to ask about it to a small fry.

"Counting the devil kings, we are thirty in all total." The snake replied.

"Thirty?" Davion muttered and recalled the number of the disciples.

"We are at most twenty. It looks like they are well prepared." He thought and asked again, "Now, tell me everything you know about your Heavenly Demon Sect."

"Only someone in the Nascent Soul Stage is eligible to join the sect. There are not any requirements except for giving away a part of your soul and a few drops of blood," He paused after reaching there.

"Why did you stop? Don't you want to live?" Davion threatened.

"It's not that I don't want to. I simply can't. We would die instantly if I leaked any information about the sect," the snake answered.

"That's why the soul and the blood should have been kept." Davion believed what he said.

"However, I can reveal something more to you." The snake suddenly said.

"Oh!" Davion exclaimed with surprise.

"But don't forget your promise," The snake reminded him.

"Of course," Davion agreed without hesitation.

"We who have just joined are classified as the apostles and belong to the lowest class of the sect. Here, we are provided with fewer resources and have lesser rights. Or you can simply consider us as cannon fodders. Only when we have achieved the Domain Realm, can we escape from this and have some power and prestige." The snake explained and he continued.

"One is labeled as an Elder in this stage. Now he can recruit the apostles and form his own group. In addition to it, the strongest ones among them are chosen to become Hall Masters. These Hall Masters have enough power and subordinates to go head-on with the middle-grade sects."

"My God! How many Hall Masters are there?" Davion had his mouth wide open. He had never imagined these hall masters could have such capabilities. Just one Conard was enough to trouble them all. Who knew what would happen if all the Hall Masters teamed up?

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