“Elder Xavier!” Billy greeted Elder Xavier as he landed on the ground.
Aubree and Opal also greeted Elder Xavier simultaneously.
“Not bad, you’ve broken through to the fifth rank so quickly!” Elder Xavier sensed Billy’s aura and was slightly surprised.
“At this rate, it won’t be long before even I am no match for you.”
“Elder Xavier, you’re too kind!” Billy smiled and said, “Elder Xavier, you don’t need to go. The Institute…”
“Let’s go! Stop wasting time!” Elder Xavier interrupted him and headed towards the Teleportation Array.
Billy thought for a moment but didn’t argue further. He led the group and followed closely behind.
“Elder Xavier, I’m really sorry. This time, it’s my fault for dragging the Institute down…” Billy said as they walked.
“It’s not your fault!” Elder Xavier interrupted him directly.
“The Holy Ghost Tribe’s target is the entire Akabuchi star domain. Even without your involvement, they would still attack the Institute!”
“Only by dealing with the Institute first can they move against Akabuchi Star Palace!”
“Elder Xavier, how is the dean’s injury?” Billy asked after exhaling deeply.
“He is seriously injured. It will take at least a month for him to recover!” Elder Xavier replied.
As they talked, they arrived at the Teleportation Array.
Barrendemon City was not far from Canyon View City. Even using the Teleportation Array, it took nearly three hours to reach the eastern outskirts of Barrendemon City.
Barrendemon City had no city walls and was much smaller, about one-tenth the size of Canyon View City.
The buildings inside were quite different from those in Canyon View City. The structures were oddly shaped, many had collapsed, and there were ruins everywhere.
At the far end of their sight, there was a cluster of castles with black outer walls and snow-white tops.
“Let’s go. That’s the City Lord’s Mansion!” Elder Xavier pointed to the castle cluster.
“Elder Xavier, are we just going straight in?” Casey asked.
“We can’t avoid a fight, so there’s no need to be sneaky!” Elder Xavier replied and flew towards the castle cluster.
Billy and the others followed closely behind without saying anything more.
“Why is there no one in the city?” Amber asked in surprise as they flew over the city.
As she said, the entire city was empty, not a single person in sight, like a ghost town.
“They must be waiting for us!” Billy squinted his eyes slightly. “Be careful!”
Just as Billy finished speaking, a ripple appeared in the void a thousand meters away.
A group of flying beasts as large as White Feather quickly approached them, darkening the sky.
Billy roughly assessed the strength of these flying beasts. The weakest were at the level of advanced Holy Beasts, with half possessing Otherworldly Realm combat power.
With their appearance, a murderous aura filled the entire void.
Seeing these flying beasts, White Feather screeched and charged forward.
It opened its mouth and unleashed violent gusts of wind.
In an instant, blood mist exploded in mid-air, colorful and dazzling.
These flying beasts were strong but were no match for White Feather now. None could withstand even a single blow from it.
In about five minutes, nearly a hundred flying beasts were all obliterated, and the void returned to its original state as if nothing had happened.
After flying forward for a while, tens of thousands of black arrows shot towards them like a torrential rain from a distance.
The arrows were dense and impenetrable, creating black holes in the void with their formidable momentum.
“Tricks of a small fry!”
Aubree said in a deep voice and waved her hand, immediately forming a barrier wall a hundred meters ahead of them.
The Chi-powered arrows collided with the barrier wall one after another and exploded without exception.
In about two minutes, all the arrows vanished into thin air, leaving the barrier wall unscathed.
The attacker was clearly weaker than Aubree.
“Impressive! Try to take this!”
As Aubree withdrew the barrier wall, a man’s voice echoed through the void, its source indiscernible.
As soon as he finished speaking, a hundred-meter-long phantom blade appeared in the void around Billy and his group, seemingly slicing the void into four parts.
“Pathetic!” Elder Xavier said in a deep voice.
He quickly flashed to the left while waving his hand to form a barrier around Billy and his group.
The four phantom blades struck the barrier and exploded without causing any damage.
“Ah…”
At the same time, a hysterical scream came from the left. Shortly after, Elder Xavier returned from that direction.
“Holy Ghost Tribe cowards! We are here now. Are you still going to hide?” Elder Xavier shouted into the void ahead after removing the barrier. His voice, amplified by Chi power, echoed across Barrendemon City.
“A defeated foe dares to boast here. Aren’t you ashamed?”
A voice responded as nearly a hundred figures flew from the castle cluster into mid-air. Leading them was Ace Hatfield.
Beside him stood a gaunt old woman with disheveled hair and beast-like eyes that occasionally flashed with ferocity.
Her aura indicated that her cultivation was on par with Ace Hatfield’s.
Behind them were six black-robed elders, all at Entering Dao Realm cultivation. The strongest was fifth-rank Entering Dao Realm, while the weakest was first-rank Entering Dao Realm.
Following them were over a hundred Holy Ghost Tribe elders and Savage Demon Tribe members, all at Otherworldly Realm cultivation.
Among them was a familiar figure to Billy and his group: Noah Knapp, former vice-president of Canyon View Institute!
“Did you capture Harleen and Ivy?” Billy asked coldly as he glanced at Noah Knapp and then at the gaunt old woman.
He had learned from an Institute elder that an old woman at late-stage Entering Dao Realm from the Holy Ghost Tribe had slaughtered nearly two thousand people at the Institute and captured Harleen and Ivy.
He scanned their group and recognized her immediately.
“Are you those two girls’ man?” The old woman asked indifferently.
“You look decent. No wonder they chose to kill themselves rather than burden you!”
Hearing this, an extremely violent aura erupted from Billy’s body.
Everyone at Otherworldly Realm shivered simultaneously, their faces showing involuntary fear.
“What did you say? Say it again!” Billy demanded word by word as he looked at the old woman.
“Heh, can’t understand my words?” The old woman sneered coldly.
“They killed themselves to avoid burdening you!”