The people present suddenly turned stern.

Huo Yu's eyes flashed with a chilling glint, "Someone's causing trouble? Good, let them know that Piaomiao Palace...is not to be trifled with!"

The others also nodded angrily and stood up one after another.

Even though they had not truly joined yet, their hearts were already aligned with this side.

This scene, witnessed by Yang Xuan, Li Zhongyuan, and the master of Elixir Sect, elicited sighs from them.

Afterward, everyone walked outside. Chu Mo instantly saw his master, the Demon Lord, engaged in fierce combat with someone high above in the sky!

A sharp, icy light suddenly flashed in Chu Mo's eyes. He watched quietly, then began walking towards the high heavens, step by step.

The moment he moved, the group of important figures beside him all followed, surrounding him like stars around the moon, and headed up to the high skies together. Many onlookers showed thoughtful expressions.

Clang!

The Demon Lord's ancient long saber collided with the opponent's weapon, creating a piercing loud noise.

The Demon Lord's figure was forced to retreat seven or eight steps backward, but the person clad in armor was pushed back several hundred feet!

Clearly, in terms of realm, he was far inferior to the Demon Lord.

But he seemed utterly fearless, still charging towards the Demon Lord. The Demon Lord snorted coldly and swung his saber, sending out a dazzling blade light. Like a long rainbow, it sped towards the armored cultivator with astonishing velocity.

The cultivator let out a low roar from his throat, like a ferocious beast, ignoring the saber qi and continuing to rush towards the Demon Lord.

"Master, be careful!" Chu Mo suddenly shouted a warning, then flew straight towards that person.

The Demon Lord also realized something was amiss; his blade light directly bisected the man at the waist. But the man's two halves... miraculously fused back together in an instant!

Demon Clan!

Someone behind Chu Mo muttered in a deep voice.

Indeed, this kind of technique was common among the Demon Clan. But the issue was, the Demon Clan had vanished from the Immortal Realm for many years. Why would they suddenly appear at this time?

At that moment, the armored cultivator had already reached the Demon Lord's side, his body suddenly bursting forth with a force completely uncharacteristic of an ascendant-stage cultivator. The entire heaven and earth began to destabilize, as the laws of the Great Dao crazily converged towards that location.

Obviously, the aura from his body had already exceeded what the world of the Immortal Realm could withstand.

Moreover, he intended to self-destruct!

"Master, step back!" Chu Mo bellowed, running the Phantom Wind Step to its limit. Almost in an instant, he reached the man's side.

The Demon Lord also let out a low roar, "Danger, fall back!"

Chu Mo didn't retreat, and neither did the Demon Lord. The bond between master and student required no words to describe.

The Demon Lord fiercely jabbed his saber towards the man's elixir field.

However, Chu Mo, seizing the initiative from the Demon Lord, executed the Daoism's Nine Word Mantra, combining the Dou Character Mnemonic and Lie Character Mnemonic together. At this moment, a faint resonance emerged between all the Great Dao laws of heaven and earth and Chu Mo. At that moment, Chu Mo seemed to represent the "Dao" of this world. At the same time, time here momentarily froze, and although it still slowly flowed, the speed... was slowed to the extreme! Space began to warp, and a single misstep... could transport one millions of miles away!

This was the power of Daoism's Nine Word Mantra. Chu Mo at this point, to say he had mastered it would be an overstatement; he had barely skimmed the surface. But his perceptiveness was exceptionally high! Even those cultivators who knew a few of the Nine Word Mantras had never been able to combine them for use like Chu Mo did.

It was not that they hadn't thought of it, but that they simply lacked the insight! Even if they thought of it, they couldn't use it!

The monk dressed in armor had his aura ascended to the pinnacle of a great immortal. Yet, he was instantly frozen in place, unable to move. A pair of eyes behind the metal mask betrayed a look of baffled incomprehension. Notably, there was no fear!

"Damn Demon Clan!" Chu Mo couldn't help but curse, then with a wave of his hand… a ray of light beamed from his palm. It was not any technique, but a Supreme Art. It directly beheaded the armored monk.

The head was instantly crushed by the laws of the Great Dao contained within the Supreme Art, and with a bang, exploded into fragments in midair.

Next, Chu Mo thrust another strike into the monk's elixir field, turning it into a complete mess.

The headless body plummeted downwards through the sky.

A sect leader behind Chu Mo caught the body, hoping to find some evidence on it.

Gradually, the aura in the void returned to normal. Many people looked at Chu Mo with even greater reverence. Their gazes had changed from just moments ago.

How strong the armored man really was, every monk above the level of Mahayana could sense. The very moment he tried to self-destruct, the burst of aura was something that the surrounding Heaven and Earth could not withstand!

It was at least the aura of a Great Immortal!

Yet such a terrifying existence was subdued by Chu Mo in the blink of an eye, not even having a chance to self-destruct before being killed!

"Truly terrifying!"

"There is no unsung heroes under a great reputation!"

"Young Master Chu… really impressive!"

"Today, I finally saw his methods, he's really amazing!"

Many people had expressions of relief after a narrow escape, and couldn't help but discuss amongst themselves.

In that instant just now, if the man had managed to self-destruct, nearly everyone present today wouldn't have survived.

The Demon Lord's strike ultimately didn't go forth, but he had no complaint, and looked at Chu Mo with satisfaction, whispering, "Well done!"

Chu Mo also wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and asked, "What's going on? All of a sudden... why did such a creature appear?"

The people around couldn't help but roll their eyes, thinking to themselves that he was the biggest monster of them all.

The Demon Lord said, "I don't know where he came from. He arrived demanding to see you. I had just asked who he was when he attacked immediately."

At that moment, the sect leader who had caught the armored monk brought back the headless body, laid it on the ground, and personally removed the man's armor. After prying it open, everyone was shocked.

"A puppet!"

"A fake person?"

"This was actually a decoy?"

Everyone stared dumbfounded at the headless body, too shocked to speak. It was hard to believe that such a powerful monk was not a real person.

Under the armor, there was actually a straw man!

"This is a provocation," Yang Xuan said solemnly from the side. "The one being provoked might be just Young Master Chu, but in reality, it means all of us are being dragged into this. If this thing had managed to self-destruct today, all of us... heh."

Yang Xuan sneered, then stopped without continuing.

At that moment, the sect leader suddenly pulled a letter from the straw man and handed it to Chu Mo, saying, "This is for you."

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