Holy Fist!

Time passed bit by bit.

They crossed the last area and arrived at an extremely vast plaza. On the plaza, there were statues depicting bizarre Evil Ghosts, positioned at the four corners of northeast, south, and west. In the center, there was a stone platform with a faintly burning fire.

A strange color mingling red and green spread throughout.

"Tic... Tac..."

The sound of footsteps echoed in the plaza, reaching their ears again.

The three walked through the plaza and suddenly stopped when they had covered two-thirds of the distance. Bai Xiao looked up through the flames, towards the darkness not far away.

There, stood a massive bronze door over fifty meters high, embedded in the cave wall. The surface of the door was covered with ferocious and rugged carvings, giving an ancient and primitive feeling. It prominently displayed reliefs akin to a Hell of blood seas, with figures resembling Asura Evil Ghosts slowly emerging. In the flickering flames, they seemed to come to life.

In front of this ancient bronze door.

A tall figure, with hands clasped behind, faced away from them.

The person stood still, like a cold and rigid statue.

"Swoosh..."

He slowly turned around, half of his face hidden in darkness, the other half illuminated by flames, as if standing at the border between day and night. The man wore a well-tailored black and red battle robe, with ancient-style long hair tied into a ponytail. The satin black cloth covering his eye sockets had been removed, and a pair of mysterious eyes gazed over.

"Candle Sect!?"

Canaan's gaze sharpened, probing tentatively with some doubt.

Because she was not sure if he was really Candle Sect. Although he looked exactly like Candle Sect, and wore the same attire, there was always a fundamentally different feeling. The two's temperament and eyes were vastly different.

This "Candle Sect" before her felt more aged and dominant. C-ha!p*te$r& so-urce:@ My Vir@t#ual$ Li.brary E@m&pi@re& (M|+V|L&4@E-MP+YR%).

Even exuding an air of unmatched dominance and arrogance, as if looking down on everything from the peak of a mountain like a Martial Arts Master.

"You..."

"You are not Candle Sect."

Canaan shook her head, stating once more with certainty.

"Correct."

The tall man before her slowly opened his mouth, his voice deep.

"Junior..."

"I wonder if you have ever heard of the name Chi Xingkong."

Just after he finished speaking, Canaan's pupils shrank to pinpricks. Clearly, there was no pressure emanating from opposite her, and nothing specifically targeting her. Yet Canaan still felt her heart suddenly thud, as if gripped tightly by a giant hand. The clothes on her back were suddenly soaked with cold sweat.

"Blood God Sect, the last generation's Sect Master, Chi Xingkong..."

Her gaze locked onto the tall man as she uttered four words.

"You are, Chi Sect!!"

"Impossible!"

From afar, Chi Sect, who had occupied Candle Sect's body, had a faint smile appear on his face: "Nothing is impossible, the realm of a Grandmaster is far beyond your imagination. Back then, we had a saying..."

"Below a Grandmaster, all are ants!"

Canaan's body trembled slightly, inexplicably sensing the cruel meaning within that phrase. Her thoughts turned, as if recalling something from her memory: "Three years ago, when I first entered the Ancient Loulan Secret Realm, you had already possessed Candle Sect! No wonder he was acting strange when he came out..."

Immediately afterwards, Canaan looked beside Chi Sect.

In front of the bronze giant door, there lay a mummified corpse quietly.

From the clothes, it could be seen.

This person was indeed the Hall Master Yuan Jing of the Northern Secret Martial World's Benglei Martial Arts Hall.

"You..."

"You actually killed your own companion?"

Canaan took a deep breath and said.

"They're just ants. Being used as a sacrifice should be considered her honor." Chi Sect was expressionless, as if wearing a hard mask. He slowly lifted his right leg, taking the first step, producing a deep thud.

"And you, you can also serve as a sacrifice for the Blood Sea Bronze Gate."

Chi Sect simply stood there, the invisible pressure rapidly spreading, with fine cracks expanding in circles, creating marks across almost half of the plaza. When the pressure reached Bai Xiao and the others, Fang Zheng and Canaan both felt a terrifying pressure coming from all directions, like a massive wave of blood sea, layer upon layer, pressing down.

Almost as if they were about to be completely swallowed and drowned!

Their hearts pounded wildly, palms and feet sweating, their entire bodies seemed suppressed by gravity. Instinctively, they released a violent Qi, which should have enveloped tens of meters around them. Instead, it was forcibly compressed to less than half a meter around them, and even showed signs of shrinking further.

Canaan, only at the realm of a Senior Faction Master, found it hard to breathe. Her Qi was barely an inch from her body, trembling as if it would collapse any moment. Creak, creak, as the defense seemed on the verge of complete breakdown.

"Roar!"

"Moo!"

A majestic and grand Golden Light giant shadow stood firmly in front of the two, the roars of Furious Dragon and Angry Elephant intertwined as they pushed forward. Canaan looked up towards the front, Bai Xiao stood tall and still, his strong arms naturally at his sides. The domineering peak aura made the air slightly distort.

A vast aura forcibly blocked the invasion of Chi Sect's presence.

The two forces, evenly matched.

"Interesting..."

"With forbidden Secret Martial and that Fear Secret Technique in you, you hold great secrets. Given time to grow, you might indeed become a Grandmaster Seed in the future. But now... you're far from enough!"