The next moment, the phantom hand exploded, and the mark continued its momentum, crashing heavily into the leading elder.
The elder spat out a mouthful of blood and was thrown back several thousand meters, his bones and veins completely shattered, leaving him with no chance of survival.
A soul escaped from his body and shot into the sky, his face full of horror. Destroying his body in one move, the attacker must be at least at the late stage of Returning Source Realm.
What terrified him even more was that before he could see who the attacker was, a chilling aura enveloped him. Without thinking, he shivered and quickly fled backward. However, despite his speed, Dark Puppet was faster. In a few blinks, it caught up to him and absorbed him into its body.
Dark Puppet had recently devoured many Returning Source Realm souls, significantly increasing its level. The elder’s soul had no chance of survival.
“Sir!” the others exclaimed in unison. Without hesitation, they fled in the direction they came from. But Billy had no intention of letting them go. With a slight squint of his eyes, Dark Puppet quickly chased after them.
“You go first, we’ll hold him off!” shouted a man and woman at the third rank of Returning Source Realm, charging at Dark Puppet together.
“Since you’re here, stay!” Opal shouted as she chased after those at Prime Source Realm. Harleen and the others followed closely behind with their swords.
Billy didn’t make a move. He could tell that with Opal and the other three’s strength, taking down those people would be no problem.
The man at Returning Source Realm exchanged a blow with Dark Puppet. After a loud bang, both were thrown back a thousand meters. Blood trickled from the man’s mouth. In one move, Dark Puppet had the upper hand.
Steadying itself, Dark Puppet immediately dashed towards the man again with astonishing speed. “Stay!” the old woman at Returning Source Realm shouted, attacking Dark Puppet.
But as she moved, a chilling aura of death enveloped her, making her hair stand on end. She dodged to the side but was too slow. The blade light from Billy’s ‘Heaven Killer’ cut through her without resistance. Her body fell from the sky as her soul fled.
Dark Puppet, controlled by Billy’s spiritual power, abandoned the man and chased after the old woman’s soul. The man hesitated for a moment before fleeing.
“Can you escape?” Billy said coldly before disappearing. The injured man was no match for Billy and was quickly cut in half. His soul was also absorbed by Dark Puppet.
Opal and Harleen returned minutes later, having killed their targets. At the same time, a beautiful figure arrived-it was Charity. She had been the one to kill the leading elder earlier.
“Thank you, Miss Charity,” Billy said, bowing.
“It’s nothing,” Charity replied. “The Harmon family is not simple; be careful.” She glanced at Harleen and the others, who smiled and nodded at her.
“Understood,” Billy nodded.
“Where is Sanaa?” Charity asked.
“Miss Sanaa went back to her family to protect us,” Billy replied. “We are sorry for causing her trouble.”
“Don’t worry about it,” Charity said. “She has been away from her family for too long; it’s time she visited.”
“Little missy, do you know where Miss Sanaa’s family is?” Stout asked. “We want to check if she’s in danger.”
“Do you think you can help her if she’s in danger?” Charity asked.
“We’ll do what we can,” Stout insisted.
“You can’t help at all,” Charity interrupted. “Unless you can use the Nine Dragons Cauldron to fight enemies, forget it.”
“Alright,” Stout muttered.
“Miss Charity, besides Heaven Alliance, Harmon family, Whitecloud Manor, and Rainbow Manor, are there other powerful forces in the seventh star domain?” White Tiger asked.
“Do you think those four represent the strongest forces in the seventh star domain?” Charity countered.
“Aren’t they?” White Tiger and Judge asked simultaneously.
“You are naive,” Charity replied. “What you see now is just the tip of the iceberg.”
“Among those four forces, except for Heaven Alliance, the other three are only mid-level compared to the entire seventh star domain.”
“They are far behind some ancient top-tier forces.”
Everyone was speechless.
Soon they arrived at Charity’s courtyard.
“Miss Charity, Miss Sanaa asked us to…” Billy began.
“Did you break the seal of Demonic Clan?” Charity interrupted.
“Yes,” Billy nodded.
“Can you do me a favor?” Charity asked again.
“Please tell me,” Billy replied.
“I’ll take you somewhere first,” Charity said and led them into the sky.
After about two hours, they arrived at an unknown star domain. In front of them floated a towering mountain several thousand meters away. Even from this distance, they felt a chilling aura surrounding them.
“Miss Charity, what is this place?” Harleen asked.
“Let’s go over first,” Charity said and led them to the foot of the mountain.
As soon as they landed, Judge and Soul Chaser shivered involuntarily. The chilling aura here was several times stronger than before, like falling into an ice cave.
“A demon is sealed here,” Charity said calmly. “The seal has loosened, and the demon might reappear in the world.”
“A demon?” everyone was stunned.
“Little missy, what kind of demon? Is it scary?” Stout asked nervously.
“Not very scary,” Charity replied. “He only slaughtered tens of thousands of people alone ten thousand years ago.”
Everyone was stunned again. Not scary?
“Little missy, can you defeat him?” Stout continued to ask.
“What do you think?” Charity glanced at him helplessly.
“You can’t beat him?” Stout asked nervously. “If even you can’t beat him, are you expecting Boss to fight him? Aren’t you overestimating Boss?”
Everyone looked confused. They didn’t know Charity’s exact level but judging from how she killed a fifth-rank Returning Source Realm elder in one move earlier, she must be at least late-stage Returning Source Realm or higher. If even she couldn’t beat him, what could they do? Sacrifice themselves?
“His blade can try,” Charity replied.
“How?” Judge asked.
“Are we supposed to let him stand still while Boss cuts him with his blade?”
“Otherwise, before Boss makes a move, he might be killed by a single thought from the demon.”