"Useless! The Sect Leader doesn't have time for you, so I'll deal with you. Let's finish this quickly; I have other opponents to face!" After Zhen Dali's words were spoken, a second-rate person beside Zhang Youji spoke up.

At this moment, Zhen Dali's anger reached its peak, and a murderous aura erupted from him out of nowhere, twisting his face.

Feeling the change in Zhen Dali, everyone was suddenly stunned. Then they saw Zhen Dali, who was known to be hot-tempered yet honest and upright, suddenly emit an aura denser with evil qi than those of the Demon Sect. The people beside him quickly held onto him and began chanting a spell.

The person chanting the spell gradually emitted a golden glow, which shone onto Zhen Dali and slowly dissolved the evil qi and murderous aura emanating from him.

"Who would have thought that the most upright Dali Sect would conceal someone practicing our Demon Sect cultivation technique, someone even more like a Demon Sect member than us. Yet, here he stands pretentiously alongside you righteous folks to fight against us. Why not join us instead? I guarantee you'll have a seat as a Hall Master." A Guardian beside Zhang Youji naturally mocked upon seeing Zhen Dali in such a state.

"Shut up!" Jia Dali, who was still holding Zhen Dali and dispelling his evil qi, roared angrily upon hearing the Demon Sect member speak this way.

"What, you're not allowed to speak the truth? How hypocritical of the righteous path." The Guardian scoffed.

"What's going on here?" Ping Chu Zhenren squinted his eyes slightly and said.

Though it's certain the truth isn't as the Demon Sect claimed—that Zhen Dali practiced the Demon Sect's cultivation technique—an explanation is necessary for everyone. Otherwise, if everyone behaves this way, what becomes of the righteous path?

"Here's the situation: Senior Brother Zhen Dali was struck by the Demon Sect Leader Zhang Youji over ten years ago, half of his neck blown apart by an exceptionally vicious move. Senior Brother Zhen Dali was barely alive but survived through sheer willpower. However, the wound was too long-standing and too close to the brain, so his mind was quickly invaded by demonic qi. Although we've sealed it with our Dali Sect's secret technique, whenever Senior Brother Zhen Dali gets too agitated, the seal cracks, causing him to lose control like just now. Fortunately, our Dali Sect's spell can purify it." Jia Dali explained to everyone.

"I see, seems this is indeed the handiwork of the Demon Sect fiends!" Ping Chu Zhenren nodded, evidently satisfied with this explanation.

As everyone sighed with relief after hearing the explanation, suddenly two beams shot from the Demon Sect's side, taking advantage of the apparent relaxation on the righteous side to launch a sneak attack.

Seeing these two beams, Ping Chu Zhenren and Tian Chu Zhenren snorted coldly, flicked their sleeves, and used the Taichu Sect's secret technique to block them.

The righteous members, seeing the audacity of the Demon Sect's sneak attack, charged ahead without a word.

Thus, the first conflict began.

Of course, the conflict was not limited to just fighting; insults from the Demon Sect were interspersed throughout.

"Baldie, let grandpa give your little bald head a rub, see how it feels."

"Shameless scoundrel, prepare to die."

"Hey! Pretty lady, be my 176th wife!"

"Demon sect fiends, everyone must destroy them, spewing foul words, take this!"

"This gentleman here, quite good-looking..."

"Shut up, take this!"

"Woman, I haven't even finished talking yet!"

Ye Tianfan also charged forward, targeting a sallow-faced individual who only cast spells from the back causing significant casualties among the righteous side, so Ye Tianfan directly went for him; even if he couldn't kill him, he had to interrupt his spellcasting.

Ye Tianfan, wearing the Xuanhuang Tower, summoned the Fire Lotus Sword, chanted a few spells, and charged at the sallow-faced man.

Ye Tianfan moved with great speed, using the 'Wind Travel a Thousand Miles' from the Ye Family's seventy-six techniques, and in the blink of an eye, he arrived before the sallow-faced man, wielding the Fire Lotus Sword with a flourish. Yet, the sallow-faced man remained unperturbed, simply raising his right hand and chanting a few spells.

After chanting, the sallow-faced man's entire right hand began shimmering with light, blocking the path of the Fire Lotus Sword.

Though Ye Tianfan did not know what magic the sallow-faced man used, he understood it was undoubtedly a defensive technique against his Immortal Technique, but by now Ye Tianfan's momentum was unstoppable.

Ye Tianfan swung the Fire Lotus Sword embedded with technique striking fiercely at the shimmering arm of the Demon Sect member.

In an instant, the scorching Fire Lotus Sword struck down upon the shimmering arm of the Demon Sect member, and all at once, the field was engulfed in a blinding light emanating from where the Fire Lotus Sword clashed with the arm, illuminating the entire battlefield.

Though none knew what transpired within the light, everyone had glimpsed the Fire Lotus Sword striking the arm before the luminescence.

All fighting ceased, for the light was too dazzling, slightly affecting everyone's Divine Sense, and significantly, both sides' higher-ups felt it was merely probing, not a do-or-die situation, so they paused.

A moment later, the light dimmed, revealing the outcome: the sallow-faced man stood unfazed, gripping Ye Tianfan's Fire Lotus Sword with his glittering hand, rendering Ye Tianfan powerless to move the sword.

The man chuckled dismissively at Ye Tianfan, saying, "A mere ant of the Myriad Profound Realm dare lay hands on me. Though killing an ant is beneath me, leaving you a lesson is permissible."

With that, the man swung his right hand swiftly, tossing both sword and Ye Tianfan into the air, then with his right hand's radiance thrived, he smashed towards Ye Tianfan.

Tian Chu Zhenren, seeing this, narrowed his gaze sharply, leaped upward, caught Ye Tianfan in mid-air, and struck at the man's fist with the Great Fire Sword.

A resounding 'thud!' was heard, both parties retreated several steps!

"My disciple isn't for you to touch, but since you've acted, I, his master, cannot feign ignorance, let's have a go then!"

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