"Hahaha... you mere ant, no matter how cunning you are, you cannot escape my grasp."
A black hand held Xiao Fei captive, and no matter how he struggled, he couldn't break free.
He had even tried to self-destruct his physical body, only to find that all his internal magical power had been sealed, rendering him unable to mobilize any strength.
He couldn't even use his will to escape into his spatial artifact.
In the hands of such a powerful expert, he was as helpless as an ant; any scheme or resistance was futile.
The black hand's action of grabbing Xiao Fei from the passage entrance, though seemingly casual, had already triggered a great disaster.
The passage collapsed directly, and the demonic cultivators crowded around the passage were killed by the energy that overflowed from the hand.
The few who narrowly escaped death, unable to hate the dark monster, directed their burning resentment towards Xiao Fei through their eyes.
They wished they could kill him with their gazes!
However, the black hand held Xiao Fei with great care, as if afraid of accidentally killing him.
This person had to be captured alive to be useful.
With its objective achieved, the dark monster did not linger. Grasping Xiao Fei, it began to retreat back into the spatial rift in the void.
At that very moment, from another direction in the void, similar ripples appeared.
In the center of the ripples, a pair of rough hands tore open the fabric of space.
From the torn spatial rift, a figure emerged.
If Xiao Hei were present, he would surely recognize this person as his master—the Heavenly Demon Guard.
The Heavenly Demon Guard emerged from the spatial rift and, without a word, reached out with one hand to snatch Xiao Fei from the dark monster's grasp.
"Leave the person behind before you go!"
The dark monster was unwilling to comply. It retaliated with a punch and rapidly retreated into the rift.
"Boom!"
The moment the two clashed, a thunderous roar echoed, and the entire Demon Realm shattered like a dream.
All living beings within the Demon Realm, except for a very small number of Earth Immortal experts with means of escape, perished at that instant.
The area where the Demon Realm once stood turned into a chaotic void. Even so, the two powerful beings did not cease their battle.
After several more exchanges, the Heavenly Demon Guard unleashed his full power without reservation, while the dark monster, fearing it might harm Xiao Fei in its hand, became cautious and hesitant.
As a result, the dark monster gradually fell into a disadvantage.
Just then, the Heavenly Demon Guard unleashed another punch, which transformed into a massive claw in the chaos.
With another earth-shattering boom, immense power overflowed, sweeping across thousands of miles.
Xiao Fei felt a colossal force surge towards him, and his body instantly collapsed and shattered.
Even the soul residing within this clone was utterly annihilated by the overflowing energy.
"Ah! Ahhhhh..."
Seeing Xiao Fei's body disintegrate in its hand, the dark monster roared in fury and was about to fight the Heavenly Demon Guard to the death.
Xiao Fei, whom it had finally captured, was its hope of finding the Creation Jade Disk, and now the Heavenly Demon Guard had ruined everything.
Just as the dark monster was about to pounce on the Heavenly Demon Guard, the latter withdrew its hand, no longer wishing to fight.
The Heavenly Demon Guard directly unleashed hundreds of profound runes, which instantly vanished into the chaotic void.
As the dark monster lunged towards him, the Heavenly Demon Guard's movements did not cease; he delivered a kick to the monster's body.
"Fool! Now is the best opportunity to find the Creation Jade Disk from the void!"
The Heavenly Demon Guard cursed angrily and continued to inject profound runes into the chaotic void.
Concurrently, Xiao Fei, hidden in Sky Phoenix City in another world, was eating and drinking when he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his heart.
Connecting with the Jade Disk through his will, he instantly understood everything.
It turned out his clone causing trouble in the Demon Realm had been killed.
Having gone to cause trouble, he had already prepared himself for the possibility of losing a clone.
However, this time, the clone was captured by the dark monster and its soul was utterly destroyed.
He was indifferent to the loss of one or two physical bodies.
If he had nothing to do, he could simply chop off an arm or two, or a leg or two, and after spending some spiritual resources and cultivating for a period, a new body would grow.
His own severed limbs could regrow by taking healing elixirs, just like chopped leeks, growing back one after another, becoming more tender with each harvest.
But this time, the complete annihilation of his soul was a significant loss.
A clone's soul was a segment of his main consciousness. During the Integration stage, he could only divide it into four. Now, having advanced to the Mahayana stage, he could only divide it into five at most.
The loss of a clone's soul had also caused immense damage to his main consciousness.
However, he didn't have time to ponder these matters, as he sensed that the Creation Jade Disk was being pulled by a tremendous force, as if it were about to be torn away from him.
His connection with space also began to weaken.
His main consciousness, fully integrated with the Creation Jade Disk, now sensed the disk being pulled by a great force, drifting uncontrollably towards an unknown direction.
Xiao Fei's main consciousness could only resist with all its might, but the force was too powerful.
He felt as insignificant as an ant in the face of this immense power.
Fortunately, this force was intermittent and not continuous, allowing him to seize the moments when the force subsided to quickly maneuver the Jade Disk to drift elsewhere and escape.
Thus, the struggle between the two parties continued for a long time, and the Creation Jade Disk was not pulled away.
On the other side, in the chaotic void where the Demon Realm had collapsed.
The Heavenly Demon Guard continued to cast various profound techniques, attempting to pull the Creation Jade Disk from the void.
He also had to devote a significant portion of his energy to dealing with the dark monster's attacks, which caused his attempts to pull the Creation Jade Disk to be intermittent.
The dark monster, having its plans thwarted by the Heavenly Demon Guard, was already furious and had intended to fight the Heavenly Demon Guard to the death.
However, for the sake of the bigger picture, it temporarily set aside its hatred and also unleashed its divine abilities, attempting to pull the Creation Jade Disk from the void.
Unfortunately, its divine abilities in this regard were far inferior to the Heavenly Demon Guard's.
After it cast its incantations, it was only resisted by Xiao Fei's main consciousness, and it could no longer pull it.
After several failed attempts, it found that the Heavenly Demon Guard was making progress, which it could not tolerate. It immediately decided to abandon all restraint and focus on sabotage.
"Hmph! If I cannot obtain it, no one else will!"
The dark monster roared and launched an attack on the Heavenly Demon Guard.
In fact, most factions thought similarly: if they couldn't have it, no one else should.
The Heavenly Demon Guard's earlier attack on Xiao Fei in its hand was also motivated by this mindset.
Seeing that the Heavenly Demon Guard had not yet failed, the dark monster's attacks became increasingly frenzied.
Its strength was already on par with the Heavenly Demon Guard's. Under a full-force assault, if the Heavenly Demon Guard did not respond with equal intensity, it would surely perish.
Finally, the Heavenly Demon Guard could no longer withstand the onslaught and had to fully engage the dark monster's attacks.
The Creation Jade Disk, which it was trying to pull with all its might, seized the opportunity and slipped away with a whoosh.
It vanished without a trace, disappearing into the void.