It was an arm, covered in dark purple scales!
This arm alone was as tall as a person!
"Bang—!"
The arm slammed down onto the ground, as if trying to pull out the body beneath!
Zhao Hao and the others were instantly dumbfounded!
The aura emanating from this single arm made them feel almost breathless!
It was hard to imagine how terrifying this creature would be if its entire body emerged!
Even at their peak, they likely wouldn't be enough for it to toy with!
Let alone in their current state...
They had only managed to deal with that Purple-Eyed Demon Ape-stitched monstrosity by self-destructing their life-bound magical treasures.
The price of self-destructing their life-bound magical treasures had left their current strength less than half of what it normally was...
Not to mention the severe injuries and after-effects that followed...
In fact, when Ye Fan appeared earlier, they had just arrived.
At that time, they were debating whether to leave.
Although the routes in this secret realm were fixed, the challenges they faced were entirely random each time.
And this time, the difficulty was far greater than any previous encounter!
The stitched monstrosity at the entrance alone had almost wiped them out, and they truly couldn't imagine what other horrors awaited them...
Coupled with Ye Fan's sudden appearance, Zhao Hao's heart grew even colder.
The situation was gradually slipping out of his control...
And now, before they could even react, something even more terrifying had appeared...
Thinking this, Zhao Hao and the others frantically looked back the way they came.
The door they had entered through...
Had vanished!!!
Realizing escape was impossible, they braced themselves and faced the threat.
Dragging their heavily injured bodies, they launched frantic attacks towards the arm!
Hoping to gain some advantage while the creature was emerging and secure a slim chance of survival...
However, their attacks caused no damage to the arm...
On the contrary, it only incited the creature's ferocity!
"Roar—!"
With a muffled roar, a colossal dark shadow surged into the sky!
"Rumble—!"
"Bang bang bang bang bang—!"
Without any added energy.
The debris kicked up by the shadow's physical impact alone sent Zhao Hao and the others flying!
They were sent flying a great distance, only stopping when they crashed into the surrounding walls!
"Crash—!"
A sect leader at the ninth level of Nascent Soul cultivation shattered a container by the wall, immediately doused in some unknown liquid.
A terrifying event occurred!
As the liquid touched his body, it immediately began to emit wisps of white smoke!
And his clothes and flesh were rapidly corroded by the liquid!
In the blink of an eye.
The esteemed cultivator at the ninth level of Nascent Soul was reduced to nothing but bones, without even a trace remaining!
He hadn't even had time to scream!
It was truly horrifying!
"Bang—!"
The dark shadow landed on the ground, revealing its true form.
It was a humanoid monster, about five zhang tall, covered head to toe in dark purple scales.
To be precise, its upper body was humanoid, while its lower body consisted of two goat legs.
Its hooves were burning with a dark red flame.
The monster had a long neck that bent in an inverted U shape towards its chest.
Its face was hideous and terrifying, covered in throbbing veins.
On either side of its cheeks were two fin-like protrusions.
Its eyes glowed with a dark red, eerie light!
A long, single horn protruded from its forehead, stubbornly curving backward.
Zhao Hao and the others struggled to their feet, staring blankly at the distant figure.
What... what kind of monster was this?
They had indeed seen many demonic beasts, but they had never encountered one with such a bizarre appearance...
And the aura it exuded was both evil and terrifying...
Even without it making a move, they were so oppressed they could barely breathe...
As for fighting this thing?
The fact that they hadn't soiled themselves out of fear was already remarkable...
The dread of death spread like wildfire in everyone's hearts...
The monster did not attack directly, but raised a hand towards a cultivator.
That cultivator's body uncontrollably flew towards the monster!
"Save... save me..."
The cultivator, now at the eighth level of Nascent Soul, cried out in fear like a helpless maiden...
Unfortunately, everyone was too terrified to respond...
He watched helplessly as he flew into the monster's grasp...
And saw the monster open its maw, lunging towards him...
With a single bite, blood splattered!
The monster chewed on the cultivator's body with satisfaction, occasionally letting bits of flesh and blood drip from its mouth...
"Crunch, crunch..."
The chewing sound was like a heavy hammer, striking each of their hearts repeatedly...
At this moment, other than despair, they could feel no other emotion.
In the face of extreme fear and despair, people usually react in one of two ways.
One is to subconsciously accept the reality and tremble in fear.
The other is an attack born of fear!
"Ahhhh—!"
A sect leader at the tenth level of Nascent Soul, with a guttural cry, charged madly towards the monster!
"I'll fight you to the death—!"
His posture suggested he intended to engage in close combat, having even forgotten that he was a ranged attacker.
As it turned out, futile roars were of no use.
As he charged forward, the monster had just finished devouring the previous cultivator.
Seeing food delivered to its doorstep, how could the monster refuse?
With a casual sweep, it opened its mouth and continued to chew.
"Crunch, crunch..."
On the other side.
"Ye Fan... what exactly is this thing..."
The little demoness trembled uncontrollably, slumping into Ye Fan's arms.
Her hands weakly clutched Ye Fan's clothes...
Ever since this monster appeared, the little demoness had felt an inexplicable fear.
It was a fear that originated from the depths of her heart, completely beyond her control...
"Don't worry about what it is," Ye Fan instructed. "Don't look into its eyes."
The little demoness obediently shifted her gaze, and felt slightly better.
But only slightly...
Although Shan Ji and Xiang Jiao Jun remained silent, they were also trembling violently.
Ye Fan glanced at the monster.
If he remembered correctly, this creature was a great demon from the eighth level of the Abyss – a Qulges.
While in his eyes, its level was pitifully low, for the native Eastern cultivators around, it was an absolutely terrifying existence.
The little demoness, being a man-made demonic path, was like a knock-off compared to true demons.
Let alone facing an abyssal demon even more terrifying than demons.
Her state was entirely due to innate racial suppression.
If not for the fusion of other miscellaneous bloodlines within her, she would have long fainted from the suppression!
Shan Ji and Xiang Jiao Jun, if they hadn't also possessed monstrous bloodlines, would likely be in an even more pathetic state than the little demoness.
However, this particular Qulges seemed to have some issue.
Ye Fan remembered that this creature's strength was determined by the horns on its forehead; a fully powered Qulges should have three horns.
This fellow now only had one left, clearly in a weakened state.
Thinking this, Ye Fan led the little demoness and the others to retreat a distance.
Since the Qulges was currently busy eating, it wouldn't be good to disturb it.
It was absolutely not because he was petty about the previous events and was letting it slaughter these cultivators!
Ye Fan, a magnanimous person, would never do such a thing?
Lord Qulges, please enjoy your meal, I shall not disturb you!