"You trash from the Heavenly Dao Palace, get the hell out of my sight! Just looking at you makes me sick!" Though Yue Ling was dead, the Mad Blade Berserker's fury had not yet subsided. He bellowed at the crowd from the Heavenly Dao Palace without holding back.
At that moment, not a single person from the Heavenly Dao Palace dared to linger. One after another, they slunk away like frightened rats, utterly humiliated.
Watching the once arrogant members of the Heavenly Dao Palace reduced to such a state, no one felt a shred of sympathy. On the contrary, everyone felt deeply satisfied. They all believed it was exactly what they deserved.
Thud—
However, after driving off the Heavenly Dao Palace, the Mad Blade Berserker suddenly turned around and dropped to his knees before Chu Feng. "Young friend Chu Feng — although I wronged you before, having been instigated by Yue Ling, the fact remains that I did wrong you. For that, I humbly offer my apologies."
"Chu Feng, please forgive us." Following the Mad Blade Berserker's lead, tens of thousands of figures all half-knelt before Chu Feng, begging for his forgiveness.
In that moment, warmth spread through Chu Feng's heart. Though these people had indeed refused to believe him earlier, he understood that it was understandable under the circumstances. The fact that they now felt grateful to him showed that their natures were not bad.
"Everyone, please rise quickly. We may be safe now, but the Ancient Elves may not necessarily be," Chu Feng said.
"The Ancient Elves? What happened to them?" Elder Huang Guan and the others asked.
"The activation of the killing formation means that the people from the Dark Hall have already entered this place. The Ancient Elves have also entered the Moonlit Maze — only they came in through a different entrance than ours."
"Right now, the Ancient Elves are most likely locked in battle with the Dark Hall. And they're doing it to protect our safety."
"So, I want to ask all seniors whose cultivation has reached the Martial Emperor realm — is anyone willing to accompany me and fight the Dark Hall?" Chu Feng called out in a loud voice.
"YES!!!" The Mad Blade Berserker and several other old monsters were the first to respond.
Right after them, Elder Huang Guan led the experts of the Hell House in answering the call, and even the demon beasts voiced their support one after another.
Under these circumstances, Chu Feng enjoyed a rallying response from all quarters. In the end, every single Martial Emperor powerhouse at the location pledged to march with Chu Feng to fight the Dark Hall.
Looking at the Martial Emperor experts who raised their arms high and responded to his call with voices like rolling thunder, Chu Feng felt deeply gratified. It seemed that everything he had risked his life for earlier had not been in vain.
"Good. Let's move out."
And so, Chu Feng set off with a grand army of one thousand two hundred and thirty-nine Martial Emperor experts to reinforce the Ancient Elves.
…
The Moonlit Maze had many entrances. Chu Feng and his forces had entered through the same one, since the map circulated by the Dark Hall directed them to this very entrance.
As for the Ancient Elves and the Dark Hall, they had taken a different entrance — and Chu Feng was now leading his Martial Emperor army into it.
This entrance was also riddled with mechanisms, but with two Dragon Mark Spirit World Masters like Chu Feng and Wang Qiang among them, the group pressed forward without fear, their path smooth and unimpeded.
Despite the uneventful march, Chu Feng grew increasingly uneasy, for he had a premonition that the Ancient Elves had surely already engaged the Dark Hall in battle.
Before long, a barrier gate appeared ahead of them. Once Chu Feng and the others passed through it, they entered a vast, sprawling space.
The place was enormous — seemingly boundless. Chu Feng knew that this was most likely a self-contained space, much like the central area of the Blood-Devouring Killing Formation — immensely large in scale.
Moreover, a peculiar power permeated the area. It not only interfered with Chu Feng's Heavenly Eyes but also disrupted his spiritual perception. He could only see what was directly within his line of sight.
But the moment he stepped inside, Chu Feng's brow furrowed deeply. A thick, cloying scent of blood assailed his nostrils.
Following the scent, he quickly discovered bloodstains. They were everywhere — scattered across nearly every surface. Though no corpses were visible yet, this alone was more than enough proof that a fierce battle had taken place here.
"This is bad." After witnessing the bloodstains with his own eyes, Chu Feng's anxiety skyrocketed.
This was merely the entrance to the area, yet fighting had already broken out here. It confirmed that the Dark Hall had been thoroughly prepared — they had very likely ambushed the Ancient Elves.
Furthermore, from the moment he first began noticing bloodstains, they only grew more numerous the further they went. Before long, he began to find corpses — gruesomely killed bodies. They belonged not only to the Ancient Elves but also to members of the Dark Hall.