At that moment, a tall and well-built young man descended silently onto the summit of Little Radiant Mountain like a phantom.

His white hair resembled a blanket of snow, glaringly conspicuous in the brilliant sunlight, like a cold frosty mist exuding an indescribable strangeness.

What was terrifying was that his eyes were entirely blood-red, like two flaming seas of blood, from which emanated an endless aura of ominous presence that seemed capable of consuming all life around.

"Food!"

The young man's blood-red eyes shot out an exceedingly greedy gaze, locking fiercely onto a beautiful maid.

Before the words were fully spoken, his figure flashed abruptly, disappearing instantly, leaving only a faint ripple of sinister aura in the air.

In the next moment, the youth had ghostly appeared beside the maid.

He extended his long, cold hand, grabbing the maid tightly.

In an instant, the maid's face was covered with terror, her mouth opened wide, yet before she could emit even a trace of scream, she was drained of blood, turning into a lifeless husk.

....

Meanwhile, inside the cave mansion within the mountain.

"Three friends, please!"

Gong Yang's face was filled with a warm smile, his hands steadily holding a wine cup, preparing once more to offer a toast to Xu Ping, Duan Shuang, and Song Qiwu.

"Please, Friend Gong!"

Xu Ping, Duan Shuang, and Song Qiwu also raised their wine cups, ready to down the spirit wine in one gulp.

At that moment, Xu Ping, who was initially smiling, suddenly changed his expression.

His gaze turned sharp, fixed firmly on the outside of the cave mansion, his voice turning extraordinarily serious: "Friends, there seems to be something unusual outside."

His divine sense spread outward, but found that the entire Little Radiant Mountain seemed wrapped in a cold aura.

This cold aura is... an evil presence?

As soon as Xu Ping spoke, Duan Shuang, Song Qiwu, and Gong Yang were slightly taken aback.

After exchanging glances, the three immediately released their divine senses, instantly detecting the cold aura permeating the entire Little Radiant Mountain.

"This aura is... an evil presence?" Gong Yang's face instantly changed, a trace of panic flashing in his eyes.

He truly could not understand what method this evil presence used to silently penetrate the protective array without drawing any attention.

No time to ponder more, Gong Yang flipped his palm, and a control token for the array, flashing faint spirit light, appeared in his hand.

Immediately after, he quickly formed a seal with his hands, magic techniques rapidly launched from his fingertips, with boundless mana continuously pouring into the token.

Buzz!

In an instant, the array on Little Radiant Mountain blazed with radiance, fully activating, emitting a low humming sound, starting to search for the evil presence's traces with all its might.

Everyone waited anxiously, but after thoroughly searching the entire Little Radiant Mountain.

Aside from discovering several withered corpses, proving that indeed an evil presence had invaded this Little Radiant Mountain, it was impossible to find even the slightest trace of the evil presence.

"An evil presence invaded my Little Radiant Mountain, yet the array cannot detect its traces!" Gong Yang's face turned extremely grim.

"In that case, let's go out and take a look!"

Xu Ping's expression was serious; he slowly put down the wine cup in his hand and stood up.

He vaguely felt that the evil presence this time seemed significantly different from those encountered before, but at the moment, it was not the time to sit idly by.

Gong Yang, Duan Shuang, and Song Qiwu all nodded, and the four headed towards the entrance of the cave mansion.

Just stepping out, after a few steps, a strong cold aura rushed towards them, causing a shiver.

Raising their eyes, they saw not far away a youth surrounded by sinister aura, with white hair and blood-red eyes, tightly grasping a maid.

In the blink of an eye, the maid lost all life in the youth's hands, her blood drained completely.

The oppressive aura emanating from the youth was suffocating, as if an invisible mountain weighing down on their chests.

"Gold... Golden Core evil presence!!"

Duan Shuang's face instantly turned pale as paper, his voice trembling.

Gong Yang and Song Qiwu also looked extremely frightened; they knew very well how terrifying a Golden Core level evil presence was, with their current strength, they were utterly incapable of contending against it.

No wonder the array couldn't detect it, although Golden Core is only one realm higher than Foundation Establishment, the difference is like heaven and earth.

Even if the four joined forces, facing this Golden Core evil presence, it would be like striking a stone with an egg, with absolutely no chance of victory.

"Run!"

Gong Yang decided immediately, without any hesitation, directly using magic to open the array.

The four hurriedly set up their escape light, fleeing wildly outside the cave mansion like startled birds.

At present, only by desperately fleeing might there be a slim chance of survival.

In the midst of the frantic escape light, Xu Ping inadvertently glimpsed Duan Shuang and Gong Yang flying in different directions, causing a hint of hesitation.

If the Golden Core evil presence targeted them, should he reveal the Cyan Profound Divine Thunder Talisman to save them?

However, very soon, he no longer needed to be troubled by this.

Because after draining the maid's lifeblood, the Golden Core evil presence slowly turned its head, its blood-red eyes revealing endless greed and savagery.

It paused slightly, as if capturing something in the air, then transformed into a jet-black light, swiftly chasing after Xu Ping.

In its perception, Xu Ping was much more enticing than the other three!

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