The moment Xuan Hao appeared on the ground, he saw crimson blood.
His gaze swept across, a shocking sight.
Amongst the ruins on both sides of the street, incomplete corpses were scattered everywhere.
In the mere ten-odd seconds he was pulled underground, the dozen or so team members who entered the village were now scattered.
Only three or four people remained, back to back.
"Envoy, are you alright?"
Qu Huaiwei, with the few remaining team members, quickly gathered around him.
"We were ambushed," she explained in a lowered voice.
Xuan Hao didn't care; he had an almost endless supply of these low-level Martial Artists.
Qu Huaiwei pulled out her phone and glanced at it, her expression growing more serious as she leaned into Xuan Hao's ear and said,
"Flower-Faced Man sent a message; the enemy's main personnel are heading our way.
"However, there's also good news. Flower-Faced Man is guarding that ancient relic, and there are two others besides him. As long as I go and deal with those two, the ancient relic will be ours."
"Where?" Xuan Hao asked.
Qu Huaiwei opened the map application and pointed to a location.
Xuan Hao reached out and placed his hand on her shoulder.
"Buzz!"
The next moment, a faint spatial ripple spread out.
Qu Huaiwei's figure instantly vanished without a trace under Xuan Hao's hand.
....
"I thought it was some formidable character, making such a big fuss... now it seems, it's nothing special."
A voice suddenly came from not far away.
Accompanied by footsteps, seven figures slowly approached.
The bald man leading them was over two meters tall, his bare upper body covered in muscles and grotesque tattoos, a cruel smile on his face.
The previous carnage seemed to be their handiwork.
The bald man's gaze swept over the corpses strewn everywhere and the few remaining trembling team members, finally landing on Xuan Hao's bare upper body.
"Kid, with a bunch of weaklings like you, do you really think you can cross us?"
"Kneel down and beg for mercy now, and maybe if I'm in a good mood, I'll leave you a complete corpse," the bald man sneered.
Xuan Hao couldn't be bothered with pleasantries; his response to them was...
Crushing!
Divine Sense: Myriad Manifestations of the Forest!
Xuan Hao's deep eyes suddenly burst forth with brilliant light, seemingly invisible, yet like two stars igniting in the depths of his pupils.
"Boom!"
A torrent of infinite chaos, beyond mortal comprehension, swept out.
There was no physical impact, no destructive power...
But this terrifying Mental Energy storm directly invaded the deepest consciousness of the seven approaching individuals.
The three walking in front bore the brunt.
"Uh... Ah..."
The ferocity on their faces was replaced by distortion.
In their mental perception, the entire world's scenery was violently torn apart and gradually twisted.
The road beneath their feet transformed into writhing flesh and blood.
The dilapidated houses became monstrous beasts that devoured people.
The sky above suddenly collapsed, and countless burning stars, carrying incomprehensible Mental Energy, crashed down.
The dam of their spirit and will was instantly breached.
"Pfft."
"Pfft."
"Pfft!"
The three of them didn't even let out a scream; their eyes completely lost their luster, and they fell straight to the ground, their life force extinguished.
Their spirits had been burst by this terrifying mental illusion.
"What?!"
"Old Zhao?"
The remaining four, including the bald giant, had their arrogance instantly frozen on their faces.
Three Peak O-level Martial Artists, silently collapsed and died under a single glance from the opponent?
"This guy is a bit tricky!"
"Don't just stand there, let's go together."
"Please, Buddha Mother, kill him!"
The bald man's eyes shot out a fierce light, and with a wild roar, his body suddenly erupted in a dark, bloody glow!
"Buddha Mother's protection."
As they roared, the remaining three also underwent terrifying distortions simultaneously.
Their muscles swelled frantically, tearing their clothes, and their heads bizarrely expanded like balloons, almost occupying half of their bodies.
Their eyeballs protruded, bloodshot.
Their huge bellies were bloated like mountains of flesh; conversely, their legs, which supported their massive bodies, became unusually short and thick.
They resembled grotesque, distorted flesh Buddhas that had stepped out of a mural.
The flesh Buddha that the bald man transformed into was even more exaggerated.
His body swelled to nearly four meters, like a small mountain!
The four flesh Buddhas let out inhuman roars, their heavy footsteps making the ground tremble as they charged towards Xuan Hao.
"Kill!"
All four struck out with their palms almost simultaneously.
The palm wind generated by their huge palms was like a tangible wall of wind, carrying sinister, corrupt, and evil energy.
"Boom!"
The violent palm wind was like giant waves crashing against the shore.
Within a dozen meters, the dilapidated houses instantly turned into dust and smoke.
The few team members next to Xuan Hao didn't even have time to scream before they were pulverized by the destructive palm wind.
Xuan Hao's eyes were calm as he unfurled his Mental Domain.
"Buzz!"
As the Mental Domain superimposed on reality, a power even more ancient, more vast, and more profound than the Great Black Buddha Mother's corrupt Aura suddenly descended.
Centered around Xuan Hao, grayish-white mist emerged from thin air.
Above the Mental Domain...
A colossal, faintly discernible head, so massive it obscured half the night sky, slowly appeared.
A chilling pressure, like that of a giant god!
From the Primordial Spirit's body, countless hair-thin, glowing tentacles descended from the enormous head, piercing into Xuan Hao's body.
"Buzz!"
The Primordial Spirit's power surged into Xuan Hao's body like a breached river.
The effect was immediate.
Xuan Hao's Aura rapidly soared, making everyone gasp for breath.
"God... a Deity?!"
The flesh Buddha charging at the very front suddenly halted, its pupils filled with horror.
"What are you panicking about!" the bald flesh Buddha roared.
"It's just a projection, playing god, a false god! The Buddha Mother is the true supreme existence, kill him."
As his voice fell, one flesh Buddha charged over.
Xuan Hao also moved instantly.
He tapped his toe on the ground, and his speed suddenly increased.
"Bang--!"
A dull, thunderous sound exploded.
The flesh Buddha that charged at the very front, attempting to attack Xuan Hao, had its huge, swollen upper body, shoulder, and head explode.
Its headless corpse swayed and then crashed to the ground.
Instant kill!
Taking advantage of Xuan Hao's brief pause, the remaining three flesh Buddhas quickly rushed forward.
Their fists and palms hadn't even arrived, but their Aura had already pressed the ground into a depression.
Xuan Hao didn't want to waste time, and in that instant, the terrifying divine light that made Souls tremble once again lit up in his eyes.
Divine Sense: Myriad Manifestations of the Forest!
"Boom--!!!"
The world's scenery instantly collapsed in the mental perception of the three flesh Buddhas.
A more twisted, more chaotic scene appeared than before.
The world crumbled.
The Universe shattered.
The stars fell...
Countless bizarre and distorted whispers directly struck their Souls.
Their mental defenses were as fragile as thin paper before this terrifying mental pollution.
"Ah--!"
Two flesh Buddhas trembled, letting out heart-wrenching, mournful wails.
Their huge bodies seemed to be drained of strength, their eyes rolled back, and black blood mixed with fragments of internal organs spewed from their mouths as their massive, bloated bodies crashed to the ground.
Their consciousness had been completely shattered!
