The River Valley, two figures moved as swiftly as lightning, darting with incredible speed.

The young man's face was filled with terror as he fled desperately.

The middle-aged woman's eyes burned with murderous intent as she pursued relentlessly!

"Hall... Hall Master! Hall Master Fang!" The young man's face was deathly pale as he ran, turning his head back repeatedly, "I didn't see anything, Hall Master! I swear I won't say a word!"

The young man begged desperately, feeling the horrifying pressure from behind drawing ever closer.

Earlier, he had barely escaped the battlefield, fleeing back to the temporary stronghold of Lingfeng Hall with his last surviving companion.

He thought he might encounter his scattered comrades or find Hall Master Fang here to lead them to reorganize their forces.

The good news was, he did indeed meet Hall Master Fang in the River Valley Cave.

The bad news was...

Hall Master Fang killed one of the hall members?

The young man and his lone surviving companion were instantly dumbfounded.

But as soon as they spoke out to question her, Hall Master Fang suddenly made her move!

The speed of a Sea Realm Great Power was astonishing — with just one strike of her halberd, she killed another hall member on the spot!

The young man could not understand Hall Master Fang's actions.

Stunned, he scrambled to escape. However, Fang Lingfeng, gripping her Sky-piercing Halberd, pursued him with blazing murderous intent.

"Hall Master Fang! I'm your most loyal subordinate! I swear... why must you eradicate me completely... Ahhh!" the young man exclaimed in fright.

In his panicked rush, the young man accidentally collided with a large tree.

"Crack!"

The thick trunk shattered with a crisp sound, and the young man staggered, but he dared not hesitate even for a moment. He rolled and crawled, continuing his frantic escape forward.

East Thunder Divine Technique·Rapid Light Flash!

But as a River Realm Believer, the young man was no match for Fang Lingfeng in either physical constitution or skill grade.

The gap between them had been closing rapidly, and now with his stumble, Fang Lingfeng seized the opportunity to catch up at once.

The young man's face was frozen in utter rigidity!

The terrifying pressure felt as though it would grind his body into dust.

In that instant, the young man's desperate survival instincts erupted, and he turned his head, shouting fiercely: "ROAR!"

East Thunder Divine Technique·Thunder Shout!

This Battle Roar Technique, as loud as a thunderclap, could temporarily disorient its target.

"ROAR!!"

Almost simultaneously, Fang Lingfeng, who was closing near, also let out a fierce shout.

The two East Thunder Disciples, bound through the same lineage, made nearly identical choices!

Instantly, both of their bodies froze.

The Dongting Sect did not possess Spirit Defense Techniques.

When subjected to the same sect's Battle Roar, everyone would fall victim.

"Thud!"

"Huff..." Both crashed heavily to the ground.

Driven by immense inertia, the young man rolled across the ground, crushing a patch of shrubs.

Fang Lingfeng, on the other hand, smashed through a large tree, her forward momentum sharply diminished.

"Ugh..." Fang Lingfeng's face twisted in fury as she shook her head vigorously, trying to clear her mind.

She was, after all, a Sea Realm.

Faced with the River Grade Thunder Shout, Fang Lingfeng couldn't become completely immune to its effects, but through her terrifying Sea Realm spiritual fortitude, she recovered faster.

Meanwhile, the young man remained in his dazed state.

In the next moment, Fang Lingfeng charged towards the young man's position, stomping heavily onto his chest.

"BANG!!"

East Thunder Divine Technique·Thunderburst Violet Glow!

A surge of violet electricity exploded from under Fang Lingfeng's foot, scattering like serpentine streaks in all directions.

"Ah..." The young man let out an unconscious scream, unable to snap out of his daze.

Under the effects of the disorientation, it was impossible for him to maintain the Thunder Armor or Water Flow Armor. In this moment, both defensive armors were shattered by Fang Lingfeng's single stomp!

Without his protective armors, the young man had become nothing more than a lamb to the slaughter!

Fang Lingfeng pressed viciously down onto her subordinate, caving his chest beneath her foot.

And the effect of East Thunder Divine Technique·Thunderburst Violet Glow made his entire body paralyzed with tingling electricity!

The intense pain finally awoke the young man partially from his stupor.

But he would've been better off staying unconscious.

Despair, an overwhelming despair...

He wasn't dead yet.

But he was already as good as dead.

"Sss!"

In his blurred vision, the tip of a halberd grew larger and larger.

The icy, razor-sharp Sky-piercing Halberd pierced ruthlessly into the young man's forehead!

"Huff... Huff..." Fang Lingfeng's chest heaved heavily.

Clutching the halberd, she skewered the subordinate's skull and rested its shaft diagonally upon the ground.

Slowly, Fang Lingfeng exhaled, gazing down at the corpse beneath her feet, enunciating word by word:

"Lingfeng Hall — loyalty to the entire hall!"

"Hall members attacked by strong enemies and died in the battlefield."

"I stood alone, contending against multiple Sea Realm enemies, ultimately cutting through a path of blood..."

Fang Lingfeng looked at the young man's wide-open eyes, witnessing his pupils dilate further.

This face, which could be considered handsome, seemed to stir memories long buried within her.

For the first time, she seemed to feel a sliver of sympathy.

Bending down, Fang Lingfeng extended her hand, gently closing his unyielding, wide-open eyes, murmuring softly:

"Xiao Tao, you shouldn't have survived."

"Even more, you shouldn't have come back alive after knowing I abandoned the battlefield.... No! I didn't retreat."

"I, Fang Lingfeng, fought and bled to the bitter end, lived and died with my hall members, striving to save my comrades..."

"If there's blame, you should direct it at those cloaked raiders... Hmm?"

Just as Fang Lingfeng was muttering continuously, the earth suddenly underwent an unsettling transformation.

"Pop! Pop! Pop!!"

The once solid ground abruptly turned into shifting sand.

Trees toppled, the land churned.

Whips of sand lashed out from the Flowing Sand River.

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