Xiao Feng snorted coldly, flicked his finger, and a talisman instantly entered Qiu Mobai's body.
He said calmly, "This talisman is your life-or-death talisman. If you dare to break your promise, it will take your life."
Upon hearing this, Qiu Mobai's face turned even paler.
He was filled with fear, feeling as if the talisman inside him was a sharp sword hanging over his head, ready to take his life at any moment.
He kowtowed repeatedly, saying, "I understand! I would never dare to disobey Young Master Xiao's orders!"
Xiao Feng waved his hand impatiently and said, "Get lost."
Qiu Mobai felt as if he had been granted a pardon and fled the place in a panic, not daring to look back.
Qiu Mobai scrambled away from the place, not daring to look back.
Xiao Feng watched the disheveled figure flee, a cold smile curling at the corner of his lips.
He turned to look at Wu Hai, a hint of gentleness in his eyes.
"Godfather," Xiao Feng said in a deep voice, "Have the Ming Cult disciples go back and keep watch. I'll go see what's going on."
Wu Hai nodded slightly, a hint of worry flashing in his eyes: "Feng'er, you must be careful. The origin of that demonic aura is unknown, and it is probably extremely dangerous."
Xiao Feng patted his adoptive father on the shoulder and said firmly, "Don't worry, adoptive father, I know what I'm doing."
The two exchanged a glance, their unspoken understanding evident.
Wu Hai nodded and turned to make arrangements for the Ming Cult disciples.
Xiao Feng strode towards the main hall.
Pushing open the heavy palace doors, a chilling aura rushed out.
Xiao Feng narrowed his eyes and saw a dark, swirling demonic aura in the center of the hall, like a giant vortex.
At the center of that vortex stood the figure of Su Mo, the leader of the Ming Cult.
"Sect Leader Su!" Xiao Feng shouted, his voice echoing in the empty hall.
However, the figure shrouded in black mist did not react.
Su Mo's eyes were closed, her face expressionless, as if her soul had been ripped out, leaving only an empty shell.
Xiao Feng frowned and called out a few more times, but to no avail.
Just as he was about to step forward, the demonic energy suddenly began to surge violently.
"Whoosh!"
A dark shadow shot out like an arrow, heading straight for Xiao Feng's face!
"Not good!" Xiao Feng's pupils shrank, and he instinctively dodged to the side.
"Boom!"
The demonic energy crashed into the stone pillar behind them, producing a loud bang.
The two thick stone pillars snapped in two, sending rubble flying everywhere.
Xiao Feng looked at the mess with lingering fear, secretly glad that he had dodged quickly.
"Such a powerful demonic aura!" A hint of seriousness flashed in Xiao Feng's eyes.
His gaze swept across the main hall, and he saw that the black mist had once again gathered around Su Mo, continuing to swirl and churn, as if it were gathering strength.
Xiao Feng took a deep breath, a resolute glint in his eyes.
No matter what, he had to find out the origin of this demonic energy and rescue Master Su.
This is not only about the survival of the Ming Cult, but also Xiao Feng's responsibility!
With a piercing "creak," the stone pillars inside the hall collapsed with a deafening crash.
Huge rocks crashed to the ground, kicking up clouds of dust.
Broken stones flew everywhere, and the murals on the walls peeled off.
The once solemn and majestic hall now resembled the apocalypse, with ruins and rubble everywhere.
Xiao Feng looked up and saw Su Mo floating in mid-air, her body shrouded in dense black demonic energy.
His eyes had turned completely blood red, his face was ferocious and terrifying, sharp fangs protruded from the corners of his mouth, and his whole being exuded a suffocating aura of evil.
Su Mo revealed a sinister smile, her voice hoarse as she asked, "Xiao Feng, did you see that? This is true power! I can easily destroy everything now, what do you think?"
Xiao Feng frowned and said in a deep voice, "Sect Leader Su, you have been controlled by demonic energy! Wake up! This is not the power you truly desire!"
"Hahaha!" Su Mo laughed wildly: "What do you know? This is the real power! I can completely control this demonic energy; it's just a tool for me."
"No, you're wrong!" Xiao Feng said urgently, "The demonic energy will devour your reason, and you will eventually become its puppet! It's not too late to stop now!"
Su Mo scoffed, "Stop pretending! You're just jealous that I obtained this power. I, Su Mo, am exceptionally talented; how could I possibly be controlled by mere demonic energy?"
Xiao Feng looked at the crazed Su Mo, his heart filled with confusion.
He recalled the scene when he used divine fire to strip away the demonic energy from the cult leader's body, and couldn't help but wonder to himself, "I clearly cleared the demonic energy from his body, so how did it turn out like this?"
Did I do something wrong?
Just then, a series of hurried footsteps suddenly came from outside the main hall.
Xiao Feng turned his head and saw a group of Ming Cult guards rushing in.
"Run!" Xiao Feng shouted urgently, "It's too dangerous here!"
However, before he could finish speaking, Su Mo had already vanished like a ghost.
Under Xiao Feng's horrified gaze, Su Mo opened her blood-red maw and pounced on the guards.
"No!" Xiao Feng roared in despair.
However, it was too late.
Su Mo opened her mouth and inhaled, and the guards' bodies instantly shrank, their skin rapidly wrinkled, and their eyeballs sunken deep.
They let out piercing screams, but their voices grew weaker and weaker until they finally turned into mummified corpses and fell to the ground.
Xiao Feng witnessed all of this, his whole body trembling, his eyes filled with shock, anger and deep pain.
He clenched his fist, his nails digging deep into his palm, and blood dripped from between his fingers.
"Are you insane?" Xiao Feng roared. "These are all your men! How could you..."
Xiao Feng clenched his fists, a sense of powerlessness welling up inside him.
The Su Mo in front of me has completely lost her mind. Her crazy appearance shows no trace of the demeanor of a cult leader.
He secretly thought that there might still be a glimmer of hope.
If the wisp of divine fire left behind could be flicked into Su Mo's forehead, it might purify the demonic energy within him.
Xiao Feng took a deep breath and concentrated all his inner energy at his fingertips.
He stared intently at Su Mo, waiting for the perfect moment to strike.
Suddenly, Su Mo lost her focus and revealed a flaw.
Xiao Feng's eyes lit up, and he flicked out a wisp of divine fire without hesitation.
With a "whoosh," the golden flame streaked across the air like a meteor, heading straight for Su Mo's forehead.
However, just as the attack was about to hit, Su Mo suddenly raised her hand, and a wisp of black energy shot up towards her.
With a deafening roar, the golden divine fire collided with the black demonic energy, unleashing a blinding light.
Xiao Feng stared wide-eyed, unable to believe what he was seeing.
The divine fire quickly dimmed under the impact of the demonic energy, eventually turning into starlight and dissipating into the air.
"No!" Xiao Feng shouted in despair, as if struck by lightning.
He collapsed to his knees, his hands hanging limply at his sides.
That was his last hope, but now it has been easily destroyed by Su Mo.
Su Mo grinned maliciously as she looked down at Xiao Feng: "Hahaha! You think I'd fall for that again? I saw through your little tricks long ago!"
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