The void shattered and rolled back layer by layer, and a terrifying claw covered in black scales thrust out from behind the void.
Forcefully breaking into the spiritual power domains of the two, it blocked in front of Ling Fan.
Boom!
The attacks of the two fell on this demonic claw, but they couldn't even break through the scales of this demonic claw.
At that moment.
The eyes of these two Guardian Giant Spirit Realm powerhouses from the Upper Heaven Realm showed endless shock.
How is this possible!
Before they could finish their shock, the demonic claw slapped down, and the spiritual power domain that had sealed this space was instantly shattered. The two turned into afterimages and were sent flying backward.
Rumble!
The void continued to collapse to both sides.
After the demonic claw extended out, a terrifying and boundless black divine demon poked its upper body out from behind the void.
Looking closely.
The eyes of this terrifying black divine demon were exactly the same as Ling Fan's Heavenly Demon Eyes.
Ruthless.
Indifferent.
Without a trace of emotion.
It was the innate divine ability secret art of the Heavenly Demon Royal Clan, only performable by demons who had cultivated the Heavenly Demon Eyes.
Heavenly Demon Descent!
"Run!"
"This brat is a demon..."
"Quickly report to the major sects... we must join forces to eliminate this demon, otherwise our Upper Heaven Realm will face a catastrophe...!"
The two scrambled to escape.
However, as soon as they ascended, intending to turn into a rainbow and flee.
Ling Fan sneered.
The terrifyingly powerful black divine demon behind him suddenly opened its gaping black mouth.
A terrifying black hole suddenly appeared, immediately emitting an endless devouring force.
No matter how the two Giant Spirit Realm powerhouses struggled, their bodies, against their will, were slowly pulled into the black hole.
The black divine demon swallowed them in one gulp.
The area in front of the Hanging Gate returned to peace.
The mark of the Heavenly Demon Eyes in Ling Fan's eyes dissipated, and the terrifyingly boundless black divine demon behind him slowly retracted into the void.
Two streams of black blood tears suddenly flowed from the corners of his eyes.
Forcing the use of the Heavenly Demon Eyes' innate secret art had worsened his condition.
Ling Fan flipped his palm, and several items appeared in his hand.
Two storage bags.
And a glowing orb with swirling halos.
These were the personal belongings of the two Giant Spirit Realm powerhouses, and the spiritual bodies and cultivation power left after they were devoured by the black divine demon summoned by the Heavenly Demon Eyes.
Originally, the two Giant Spirit Realm powerhouses had more than just this one orb.
But one was "corrupted" by the summoned black divine demon...
Ling Fan didn't dwell on it.
Demons were always like this.
They would take advantage of any opportunity.
"This place cannot be stayed in for long. The commotion at the Hanging Gate must have alerted the top powerhouses here, and someone will come to investigate soon..."
Ling Fan, enduring his broken body, quickly disappeared from the front of the Hanging Gate.
...
Before him was a vast secret realm space.
The spiritual energy concentration was several times denser than in the outside world.
Spiritual energy permeated everywhere, and spiritual springs gushed forth.
The mountains lay like coiling ancient dragons.
Ling Fan's figure disappeared into the mountains.
Soon, at a hidden location, he opened up a cave, concealed it, and began to heal and recover.
Spirit cores were taken out one by one.
Instantly, a faint glow illuminated the cave, and an extremely dense spiritual energy diffused out.
Ling Fan's physical body, like parched earth receiving timely rain, began to greedily devour the spiritual energy.
However, after absorbing the spiritual energy from over ten spirit cores, the shocking cracks on Ling Fan's body had not healed much, only closing up slightly.
The injuries he sustained this time were too severe.
The top-tier Profound Grade mid-tier Hanging Gate, coupled with the control of two Giant Spirit Realm powerhouses, made the power of the Hanging Gate almost equivalent to a peak Giant Spirit Realm Great Accomplishment King.
Under such terrifying power, Ling Fan, relying on the ice-blue battle armor and his physical body to resist, only paid this small price, which was already considered fortunate.
Even his Nirvana Tribulation Body was almost shattered.
But fortunately, his life was not in danger.
As long as he was given time, he would be able to recover quickly.
"I need to recover quickly, and then go to the Snow King Palace to find Xue Yi... Her Nine Deaths Spirit Phoenix Body's second tribulation is getting closer, and I can't delay any longer..."
A sense of urgency arose in Ling Fan's heart.
He intensified his cultivation and recovery.
...
Upper Heaven Realm.
Maplewood City region.
This was a city with a population of about one million.
Although the population was not large, the number and level of martial artists here were generally far superior to the outside world.
Almost even ordinary people had the cultivation of the Meridian Opening Realm.
Most martial artists had cultivated to the Qi Refining Realm or even the Profound Gang Realm.
Martial Dao Grandmasters of the Heavenly Origin Realm, which were extremely rare in external martial cities like Jiangnan City, were common here.
The City Lord of Maplewood City was a peak Heavenly Origin Realm powerhouse.
Maplewood City's main industry was the cultivation of spirit gardens.
Almost everyone in Maplewood City lived by cultivating various spiritual herbs and spiritual grasses.
They had opened up spirit fields and spirit gardens in areas spanning hundreds of miles. Relying on the dense spiritual energy of the Upper Heaven Realm, they could achieve a good harvest year after year with little effort.
However, a small portion of the spiritual grasses, spiritual fruits, and spiritual medicines produced were kept for themselves, while most of the output had to be offered to the Four Symbols Sect above.
...
"Miss, Miss! Miss Yi Yi, where are you!"
"Miss, stop playing with us, come out quickly!"
In a spirit field outside Maplewood City.
People from the Maplewood City Lord's Mansion were anxiously searching for the second daughter of Maplewood City, Mu Yi Yi.
"Miss wouldn't have gone into the mountains, would she..."
"That would be terrible. The demonic beasts have all been driven into the mountains, which are extremely dangerous. If Miss really went into the mountains and encountered a demonic beast, the consequences would be unimaginable. You all hurry back and report to the City Lord, asking him to send powerful experts!"
...
At this moment.
A beautiful, mischievous little girl appeared on a nameless barren mountain.
Her cultivation was at the Quasi-Heavenly Origin Realm.
For her age of fifteen or sixteen, this was already very impressive talent.
If placed in the outside world, she would immediately become a top prodigy.
However, in this Upper Heaven Minor World, where geniuses were as common as clouds, she could only be considered average, not outstanding.
She was the second daughter of the City Lord of Maplewood City, Mu Yi Yi.
She was born with a talent for being particularly sensitive to spiritual energy fluctuations.
Because of this, she often sneaked into these mountains alone. While avoiding powerful demonic beasts with her own abilities, she often found rare heavenly treasures by relying on her keen perception of spiritual energy.
At this moment, her eyes were tightly drawn to a certain area of this mountain.
In her perception, an extremely dense spiritual light emanated from beneath that area, which even thick earth and stones could not conceal.
"Wow, my luck today is absolutely explosive! Could it be a thousand-year-old medicinal herb, or perhaps a profound treasure left behind by a peerless expert!"
The girl eagerly rushed over.
After digging three feet deep.
A cave entrance was revealed.
The spiritual energy emanating from within was even more concentrated, almost turning into a spiritual wind that blew through the girl's hair.
"I'm rich!"
The girl's eyes turned into gold coins.
Twinkling with little stars.