Having stored away the pill recipe, Qi Gang said solemnly, “Everyone is here, so let’s set out. I won’t say much in thanks, but I owe you all a favor!”

The experts gathered here were all summoned by Qi Gang using his own connections, and as a Five-Qi Grandmaster and a high-ranking official of the Great Flame Empire, these masters were more than willing to assist him.

“The Life Extinguishing Association? My master was killed by a Monster Man of the Life Extinguishing Association!”

There were also experts who bore grudges against the Life Extinguishing Association, and Qi Gang, having knowledge of this, easily recruited many masters to help confront the Life Extinguishing Association.

“Senior Qi, where is our destination?”

As the group set out and left Black Wind Valley, someone asked Qi Gang about the destination of their journey.

Previously, to ensure secrecy, Qi Gang naturally could not reveal the exact location of the discovered branch of the Life Extinguishing Association, but now there was no need to hide it.

“In the Black Rock Mountain Range.”

And Qi Gang disclosed the destination of their journey.

The Black Rock Mountain Range, stretching for thousands of miles, was indeed a concealed location suitable for a branch headquarters. Without knowing the precise location, even if one entered the range, it would be like looking for a needle in a haystack.

The group made their way toward the Black Rock Mountain Range. Along the way, they introduced themselves, and Su Changkong got a general understanding of these people, many of whom, like Cangwen Yu, were martial artists with considerable fame in Central State! Not one was weak!

To confront the Life Extinguishing Association, predominantly made up of Monster Warriors, ordinary Innate Martial Artists wouldn’t be much help.

Three days passed, and Su Changkong and the others had already arrived at the Black Rock Mountain Range.

From a high vantage point, the Black Rock Mountain Range looked like a sprawling black dragon, with towering trees everywhere, treacherous terrain, and countless poisonous insects, and ferocious beasts.

“Deep within this Black Rock Mountain Range, there is a valley, which is the location of the Life Extinguishing Association’s branch headquarters. I’ve personally scouted the place before, and there are no fewer than fifty Monster Warriors inside… It’s not very realistic to kill them all, but the leader is the big fish.

Everyone, hide your identities to prevent retaliation from the Life Extinguishing Association afterward,” Qi Gang instructed the group before entering the mountain range.

Although the twenty-odd individuals with him were all experts, the number of Monster Warriors inside the branch of the Life Extinguishing Association was even greater. Not only did they wield Demon Arts, but they also had Immortal Bodies, making it nearly impossible to eradicate them completely.

Therefore, to avoid retaliation from the Life Extinguishing Association later on, it was necessary to conceal their identities.

“Mhm.”

Everyone nodded, having already prepared masks on the way, and they donned them individually.

Although Demon Monsters could discern someone’s identity by observing their aura, this was only possible upon a second encounter.

Su Changkong also put on a mask, a green-faced, fanged Ghost Face.

Qi Gang himself did not wear a mask and did not intend to hide his identity. With his background, he was not afraid of retaliation from the Life Extinguishing Association. Moreover, as an expert from the Demon Suppressing Department, the Life Extinguishing Association already had intelligence on him; it was inevitable that his identity would be revealed as soon as he made a move.

In the depths of the Black Rock Mountain Range, a palace, cloaked in a layer of mist as if hidden, sat within a valley, completely undetectable from the outside world.

At the entrance of the valley stood trees that seemed ordinary, which were widespread in the Black Rock Mountain Range, but occasionally, faces would appear on these trees.

These were Monster Warriors assigned to guard the valley. They were not even at the Innate level, but they possessed Demon Arts allowing them to merge with the trees, making them extremely concealed and responsible for guarding the entrance of the valley.

“Hmm?”

A face that appeared on one of the trees suddenly sensed something and saw a figure approaching swiftly from the distance. His pupils contracted, realizing the danger, but the person moved as if possessing the power of Shrinking into Inches, instantly covering a vast distance, and touched the center of his forehead with a finger!

“Pu!”

Blood surged from within the tree, and the face twisted and froze, now silent.

The one who had acted was Qi Gang!

Demon Monsters possessed Immortal Bodies, but wielding an Intent Realm Martial Art allowed for their restraint. Qi Gang concentrated Sword Intent at the tip of his finger and effortlessly killed the Monster Warrior who couldn’t even reach Innate and was guarding the valley entrance—with his Sea of Consciousness shattered!

“So this is Sword Intent? Even the Immortal Body of Demon Monsters is rendered ineffective…”

Witnessing this scene, Cangwen Yu and others couldn’t help but feel envious.

Ordinary martial artists facing Demon Monsters and Monster Warriors with Immortal Bodies could only rely on overpowering them and repeatedly inflicting extensive damage to their bodies, thus killing them.

But wielding an Intent Realm Martial Art allowed them to directly destroy the Sea of Consciousness, killing the opponent at the spiritual level and rendering the Immortal Body of the Monster Warriors ineffective!

Unfortunately, those who mastered Intent Realm Martial Arts were few and far between, almost every one of them a Five-Qi Grandmaster!

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