Middle of the Hongduan Mountain Range.

This place is the territory of the Golden Core sect, the Long River Sect.

At this moment, two figures stood under the shade of a tree.

One of them, with black hair and eyes, was a young man with a rather sinister appearance.

If Ji Haoyuan were here, he would recognize this person at a glance; it is none other than the Golden Core of the Netherworld Sect, Master You Ying.

Next to him stood a middle-aged man dressed in a long robe, with a few strands of beard under his forehead.

This person is a Golden Core True Man of the Long River Sect, Wan Changkong.

Logically speaking, Master You Ying belongs to the Demon Dao, and the Long River Sect is a righteous sect.

These two people shouldn't be mingling together under any circumstances.

Even if they gathered, it would never be in such harmony.

But today, they happened to gather together, and judging from their interactions, they seemed to be quite amicable, even exhibiting a tacit understanding.

All of this is because of one person.

That person is Ji Haoyuan, who is about to pass through here soon.

When the Thousand Streams Secret Realm opened, not a single person from both sects who entered returned afterwards.

This made the Golden Core True Men of both sects quite furious.

Especially Wan Changkong.

It should be noted that his direct disciple had fallen in the Thousand Streams Secret Realm on that day.

However, due to the unique nature of the Thousand Streams Secret Realm itself, even if they wanted to find the culprit, it was extremely difficult to determine the scope and lock down the identity of the adversary.

But once they received news through their channels about Ji Haoyuan's promotion to Golden Core, they immediately felt an intuition.

There's a possibility their people might have died at the hands of Ji Haoyuan.

At the very least, he must be involved with the incident.

After all, who managed to obtain the greatest benefits from there? It was you.

The Cultivation Realm is sometimes like this.

Evidence doesn't matter much.

Just a suspicion is enough.

Of course.

Now that Ji Haoyuan has advanced to Golden Core, as cultivators of the same realm, neither Wan Changkong nor Master You Ying were inclined to fight him to the death.

Even if he is a newly promoted Golden Core.

In their view, Ji Haoyuan couldn't possibly be a match for them in terms of Magical Power or combat methods.

Yet, they still wouldn't choose to fight to the death.

After all, if they pushed him too hard and he fought back desperately, even a newly promoted Golden Core might cause them significant trouble.

This would not align with their own interests.

Nor could they simply let this matter go.

One way or another, they had to teach Ji Haoyuan a lesson.

And their target was those Foundation Establishment cultivators accompanying Ji Haoyuan this time.

Rumor has it you're planning to lead people to new territories for exploration and establish a new dojo, right?

Heh heh…

At that time, we'll target the low-level cultivators by your side, causing you heavy losses.

Let's see how you can use people to assist you in exploration then.

"Hmm…"

As they were calculating in their hearts, their Spiritual Sense seemed to be activated, and their gazes suddenly shifted towards the distant sky.

There.

Several flying ships, gleaming with spirit light, were coming swiftly towards their direction.

"Wan…"

Master You Ying suddenly turned to Wan Changkong.

Wan Changkong's eyes slightly darkened.

He spoke calmly, "Don't worry, they won't pass."

As he spoke, several array flags suddenly flew from his hand.

In an instant, invisible barriers appeared in the air.

This was the No-fly Restriction.

Although the rank was only a second-tier top-grade, it couldn't affect Golden Core True Men like them.

But it was more than enough to deal with those flying ships and the people on them.

At the same time, the two showed no intention of hiding their figures anymore.

In an instant, the pressure belonging to their respective Golden Core burst forth.

In the sky, a circular magic ring, deep as ink, as if to swallow all the surrounding light, suddenly fell fiercely towards one of the flying ships.

Clang!

At the same time.

A long blade, shimmering with unending sharpness and dazzling magical light, abruptly manifested from Wan Changkong's hand.

This was the Heaven-Sundering Blade, Wan Changkong's Lifebound Magical Treasure.

With a single slash, not only would that mere flying ship be split in half, even a mountain would be sundered.

Their attack showed no mercy.

Plus, it was extremely swift.

Even an ordinary Golden Core, if able to react, couldn't possibly assist in rescue.

Because right after those two attacks, Master You Ying and Wan Changkong each released two third-grade spells.

One was the Netherworld Sect's Netherworld Demon Flame, and the other was the Long River Sect's Surging Waves Seal.

In the sky, a deep black flame, as well as a river like surging waves, suddenly swept towards Ji Haoyuan standing on the foremost flying ship.

As for Ji Haoyuan.

From the moment Wan Changkong set the No-fly Restriction, he had already sensed it.

This was thanks to the Blood Demon Celestial River Array he had studied earlier.

This array had made him particularly sensitive to various restrictive formations.

Thus, before the adversaries attacked, he had already preemptively ordered to change the flying ship's direction, escaping from the area enveloped by the No-fly Restriction.

Otherwise, if these ships accidentally fell into that No-fly Restriction, most onboard would likely be killed.

Especially when unable to escape the void, falling from such a high altitude.

The physical bodies of low-level cultivators would definitely be unable to withstand it.

At least most Qi Refining cultivators would struggle to avoid this disaster.

From this, it could be seen how malicious the intent behind this move was.

This caused a hint of coldness to appear in Ji Haoyuan's eyes.

"I wondered who would specifically target me here.

Turns out it's you, You Ying.

Perfect, the grudge from the pharmacy garden back then; it's time to settle it today."

As the words fell, a jade-colored lamp suddenly appeared in his hand.

On the lamp, an orange flame gently flickered.

Ji Haoyuan lightly blew towards the lamp.

Boom!

In that instant, the small orange flame expanded fiercely.

It surged out, transforming in the air into a massive, lifelike orange fire Jiao Long.

Each scale on its body seemed real.

Seeing this, Master You Ying and Wan Changkong's eyes narrowed.

But the next moment, their faces couldn't help but change dramatically.

As the fire Jiao Long passed, both the black demon flame and the surging river were instantly engulfed and evaporated.

Soon after, the fire Jiao Long spun its tail in the air, directly heading towards the magical treasures summoned by the two!

Rumble!

A loud crash suddenly erupted in the sky.

A powerful shockwave shook the surroundings.

"How is this…?"

Master You Ying and Wan Changkong's expressions changed again.

"No good! That's Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fire!"

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