After saying this.
He scrambled out of the inner chamber room.
The Old Man ran wildly all the way, passing through layers of corridors.
He went straight to the Ma Family's most secretive ancestral hall and walked to the prayer mat under the offering table.
He lay on the ground, reached out, and lifted an inconspicuous blue brick.
He lifted a stone box from the hidden compartment.
The stone box felt extremely cold to the touch.
Even through the thick stone walls, he could still feel the domineering Qi of Yin and Yang intertwining inside.
water-fire cold smoke coal.
This was the thing Thirteen Wu had left at the Ma Family back then.
Ma Dewang looked at the stone box in his hands.
His old eyes were murky.
His heart was filled with mixed feelings.
He dared not delay for too long.
He hugged the stone box tightly to his chest and turned to run outside.
The sky gradually grew dark.
The sound of festive music from the front courtyard still drifted over faintly.
Although the Ma Residence was clearly decorated with bright red lanterns everywhere.
In Ma Dewang's eyes, there was no festive atmosphere at all.
He hurried back along the quiet corridor.
The room with the burning red candles was right before his eyes.
Jue Chen Demon Emperor was still waiting inside.
Ma Dewang took a deep breath.
Just as he was about to enter the room.
He suddenly sensed an unprompted chill rising behind him.
Subconsciously, he turned his head.
In the shadows of the veranda.
A slender figure had appeared, though he didn't know when.
The black robes fluttered slightly in the night breeze.
It did not have the hideous and terrifying face of a demon.
Yet it exuded a chill far more frightening than any demon.
The next second.
An indifferent voice rang in his ears.
"Why are you in such a rush... Let me see the item first."
The night breeze passed through the corridor.
Ma Dewang's hands, holding the stone box, froze in mid-air.
Looking at the cold-looking Girl in Black Robes before him, cold sweat instantly soaked the inner layer of his bright red wedding attire.
Just now, his mind had been filled only with the Demon Emperor.
In his panicked flight, he had completely forgotten about the three people who had come to collect debts.
But who could have imagined that the debt collectors would come directly here?
Were they crazy?
Separated by only a wall, the one sitting in that room was the Jue Chen Demon Emperor at the Ascending the Tower Perfection stage.
He was the supreme great demon who had the final say within thousands of miles of the Yu Mountain Great Range.
Ordinary Cultivators would have had weak knees and begged for mercy just by hearing the other party's name.
How could they dare to appear here so brazenly?
Were they really not afraid of death?
Jiang Yuechu ignored the Old Man's convoluted thoughts.
Her gaze passed over Ma Dewang's pale old face and landed directly on the stone box.
She extended a fair palm.
Palm facing up, her voice remained flat.
"Hand it over."
The Old Man subconsciously tightened his arms, protecting the stone box tightly in his embrace.
He couldn't give it.
If he handed it to this girl, the one inside would surely attack on the spot, and no one in the Ma Family would survive.
But if he didn't give it...
The girl before him could sneak in silently right under the nose of the Jue Chen Demon Emperor, so she was clearly not someone to be trifled with.
Ma Dewang's lips trembled, wanting to speak up and persuade her.
The next second.
He couldn't make a sound at all.
Caught in a dilemma, he felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave.
It was too late to say anything.
Because the red wooden door burst open with a bang.
A violent wind rose from the ground, causing the lanterns on both sides of the corridor to sway violently.
The firelight flickered on and off.
A tall and slender figure was already standing at the threshold.
Jue Chen Demon Emperor was draped in a black-gold robe, with most of his face hidden in the shadows.
Only on that high deer head did a pair of narrow, vertical pupils reveal undisguised violence.
He had thought that this old dog was just going to fetch an item and would return in a moment.
Yet he hadn't expected an unfamiliar Human Race Qi to appear outside the door.
And this Qi made him feel an inexplicable sense of irritation.
Jue Chen Demon Emperor's gaze swept coldly over the shivering Ma Dewang.
Finally, it locked onto Jiang Yuechu.
Her black robes were like ink, her posture upright.
"Who are you... Damn it!"
Jue Chen Demon Emperor's pupils shrank suddenly.
Before he could finish his sentence, he couldn't help but blurt out a curse.
Within his line of sight.
That figure in black robes had already vanished.
The speed was so fast that even he, a great demon at the Ascending the Tower Perfection stage, could not track her movement.
Rolling black mist suddenly exploded from the void.
A brilliant red light tore through the night.
Jiang Yuechu's figure had already appeared before him, less than half a foot away.
Without a single word of nonsense.
The girl's body turned slightly.
Her right leg brought with it a piercing sonic boom.
Carrying a terrifying, unstoppable force, a whip kick smashed fiercely toward the high deer head.
The next instant.
Boom!!!
A Demon Emperor at the Ascending the Tower Perfection stage should have had an indestructible Physical Body.
But in the face of this strike.
He was still completely powerless to resist.
Jue Chen Demon Emperor couldn't even fully summon his Demonic Qi.
He only felt an irresistible, terrifying force pouring into the side of his face.
His tall body was swept away by the immense force, flying out horizontally.
It smashed through the exquisitely carved red wooden door.
It smashed through the thick wall of the inner courtyard.
The momentum did not decrease.
The rumbling sound of collapse continued incessantly.
It pierced through several courtyard walls in succession.
The rockeries and verandas along the way were all smashed to pieces.
Finally, it slammed heavily into the center of the open space in the front courtyard of the Ma Residence, which was filled with banquet tables.
Dust filled the air.
Broken stones splattered everywhere.
In the front courtyard.
Those various Demon Kings, Demon Emperors, and Human Race Cultivators who were holding wine glasses and preparing to continue drinking.
Their movements froze in unison on the spot.
Countless eyes stared blankly at the large pit smashed into the center of the open space.
The dust gradually dissipated.
The scene at the bottom of the pit made all the onlookers shudder.
It was a demon with a deer head and a human body.
It was none other than the Jue Chen Demon Emperor, who had been arrogant just a moment ago, sitting in the main seat and looking down on the heroes.
At this moment.
That luxurious black-gold robe was tattered and torn.
Half of the towering light-golden deer antlers were broken, the edges jagged and uneven.
Most of the deer head was twisted and deformed.
Blood mixed with dirt kept streaming down his cheeks.
His limbs were twitching at extremely bizarre angles.
Where was there any trace of the dignity of a great demon at the Ascending the Tower Perfection stage?!
Clatter—
Someone's wine glass slipped from their hand.
It hit the blue stone floor and shattered into several pieces.
The crisp sound instantly broke the dead silence in the courtyard.
"This... what happened?!"
An irrepressible exclamation came from the crowd.
Could the Ma Family have rebelled?
But if the Ma Family had this capability, why would they need to kowtow and offer their daughter?
There was no time to think too much.
At the main table.
Several Demon Emperors stood up abruptly.
The wine table was overturned, and fruits and wine spilled all over the ground.
The cruelty and vigilance in the nature of the demons were thoroughly ignited at this moment.
They bared their fangs and extended their sharp claws one after another.
The surrounding Demon Kings were the same.
Hundreds of great demons roared in unison.
As if facing a formidable enemy.
To be able to beat the Jue Chen Demon Emperor into such a miserable state with one strike.
How could she be an easy opponent?!
The entire front courtyard of the Ma Residence was instantly filled with murderous intent.
All eyes were fixed on the chain of ruins created by the Jue Chen Demon Emperor.
At the end of the passage.
The night breeze stirred up the dust that had not yet settled.
A slender figure walked slowly out, stepping on the ruins.
The black robes fluttered slightly in the night breeze.
The girl's expression was cold.
There were no ripples in her pitch-black pupils.
She casually brushed the dust off her hem.
Her gaze swept over the demons in the courtyard who were facing a formidable enemy.
The corners of her mouth curled up slowly, and she suddenly said: "You've been eating the feast for so long, now it should be my turn to eat some, right?"