The setting sun bled like blood.
The entire city seemed shrouded in a strange, bloody light.
As usual, people bustled on the streets. Many stopped to gaze at the vast, fiery clouds that filled half the sky, eagerly pulling out their phones to capture the magnificent scene.
"Wow, what a beautiful sunset!"
"It's so beautiful, so spectacular!"
"I've never seen such a sunset in decades!"
"I love it, these fiery clouds really give a sense of fantasy and wonder!"
They chatted excitedly while taking pictures of the sunset.
However!
They were just ordinary people, after all, and couldn't detect the faint, strong scent of blood in the air.
After leaving the guesthouse, Cheng Xiaofan had already noticed the unusual smell.
"I didn't expect these demonic cultivators would cause such a phenomenon in the heavens and earth before even entering the city!" Cheng Xiaofan was secretly shocked.
He arrived at the woods outside the courtyard, where the Sky-Breaking Eagle had landed and was waiting for him.
"Jeeeee—"
With a long cry, the Sky-Breaking Eagle carried Cheng Xiaofan high into the sky.
Cheng Xiaofan's gaze was sharp as lightning, his divine sense extending outward, scanning an area nearly twenty li away.
In a forest on Tianzhu Mountain, in the western suburbs of the city, a hunched old man floated in the air. He had one eye and seemed to limp on one leg.
The old man wore a black robe and was making gestures in the air.
Cheng Xiaofan quickly understood that the old man was performing a ritual, attempting to use sorcery to contact the scouts he had sent out.
He dared not use his phone, fearing that the guesthouse of the external affairs office might have surveillance.
Hidden within the woods were nearly thirty young women, all of them stunning and beautiful, whether they were Black, or fair-skinned with blue eyes.
Amazing!
These demonic cultivators were truly generous this time.
They had even deployed such young and beautiful women.
Night had fallen.
The moon rose.
"Brother, haven't we contacted them yet?" At this moment, Laura, the leader of the assassin group, couldn't help but ask Wulanen.
Wulanen frowned and said, "I have a bad feeling. Something might have happened to them."
"Hahaha, it's not 'might have happened,' it has indeed happened!" At this moment, a young, clear voice came from the sky.
Wulanen and the others looked up and saw an eagle carrying a young man descending slowly from the sky.
When they were about twenty meters above the ground, the young man leaped into the air and floated gently down to the ground.
The eagle turned and disappeared.
"Who are you?" Wulanen demanded.
Cheng Xiaofan smiled slightly, stood with his hands behind his back, and said, "I am Cheng Xiaofan, whom you are looking for. As for the seven demonic cultivators you sent as scouts, I have eliminated them all!"
Wulanen's face turned pale with shock.
"So you are Cheng Xiaofan!"
Wulanen gritted his teeth and said, "Cheng, you are ruthless. I can't believe all seven of my disciples were eliminated by you. It truly pains me."
He then asked Cheng Xiaofan, "Strange, how did you find this place?"
Cheng Xiaofan chuckled and said, "What's so strange about that? Even before you entered this region of Nan Province, I could sense your arrival, and I even knew your exact location."
"Tell me, what are you doing here?" He immediately feigned ignorance.
Wulanen said, "When facing the truth, there's no need for lies. Cheng Xiaofan, the demon bone you took from Hai Nuoji is a crucial item for us demonic cultivators. We came here to retrieve that demon bone."
Cheng Xiaofan laughed heartily upon hearing this, "I'm sorry, Mr. Wulanen, your Demon Ancestor has already bestowed that demon bone to me. Moreover, I truly like that demon bone, so you won't be getting it back!"
"Nonsense!"
At this moment, Laura stepped forward and said, "Cheng Xiaofan, the Demon Ancestor is the patriarch of our demonic cultivation world. He passed away long ago, and this demon bone is his cultivation artifact, passed down from him."
"How could our Demon Ancestor bestow his demon bone to a mere Chinese boy like you?"
Facing Laura's indignant anger, Cheng Xiaofan laughed even more happily, "My dear beauty, don't get so angry. Angry women become ugly!"
"Let me tell you the truth. Last night, while I was sleeping, I miraculously time-traveled to Earth's past. There, I met your Demon Ancestor!"
"Your Demon Ancestor thought I was too handsome. Not only did he bestow the demon bone to me, but he also gave me a scabbard called the Seven-Star Chain, saying it was specifically for holding the demon bone!"
"When we parted, the Demon Ancestor repeatedly told me that with this scabbard, the demon bone would become the Demon Bone Blade, and I could use it to exclusively slay the unworthy disciples of the demonic cultivation world!"
"You're lying!"
Wulanen roared hysterically, "Who do you think you are? Time-traveling? How could the Demon Ancestor give you the Seven-Star Chain scabbard!"
The Seven-Star Chain scabbard had always been a legendary existence in the demonic cultivation world.
Legend had it that once the demon bone was inserted into this scabbard, it would transform into the Demon Bone Blade with boundless power, capable of slaying evil.
However, this was merely a legend.
No one in the demonic cultivation world had ever seen such a scabbard.
Despite this, almost every generation of leaders in the demonic cultivation world had searched for this scabbard.
When Meng Li just took over as the leader of the demonic cultivation world, he dispatched hundreds of people to search for the Seven-Star Chain scabbard.
Because!
There was another legend that whoever could find this scabbard would become the supreme overlord of the demonic cultivation world, with no one daring to challenge their authority.
There was a rule in the demonic cultivation world: every leader had to accept challenges from younger cultivators every five years. If they lost, they might not only lose their lives but also relinquish their leadership.
However!
If one became a supreme overlord, the situation would be entirely different. No one would ever dare to challenge their dignity for their entire life.
It was for this very reason that every leader wished to obtain the Seven-Star Chain scabbard.
What made Wulanen inwardly terrified was, how did Cheng Xiaofan, a pure Chinese, know about the scabbard?
Could Hai Nuoji have leaked this information to Cheng Xiaofan?
Impossible!
Information about the Seven-Star Chain scabbard was only circulated among the high-ranking members of the demonic cultivation world.
Neither Hai Nuoji nor those seven scouts had such high status; they would never know about such a matter.
Hearing Wulanen's roar, Cheng Xiaofan chuckled and said, "Believe it or not, the Demon Bone Blade is in my hand!"
Swish!
As soon as he finished speaking, he waved his hand, and a Demon Bone Blade with a Seven-Star Chain appeared in his hand.
Clink!
The seven stars on the scabbard emitted a crisp and pleasant sound under the moonlight.
At that moment, the scabbard flashed with colorful lights of powerful demonic energy, each bead a different color.