After drawing closer, Chu Feng and the others finally saw what was happening.
At a certain distance from the city, suspended in the void, nine figures were engaged in battle.
Eight of them were all elders from Star Nether Valley.
Among those eight, five emanated the aura of Second Rank Martial Emperors, while the remaining three emitted the aura of Third Rank Martial Emperors.
But at the moment, they were not using martial force—they were channeling the power of barriers.
Though their martial cultivation levels differed, their barrier arts were identical.
All eight of them were Spirit World Masters at the sixth level of Dragon Transformation.
They possessed combat power equivalent to Third Rank Martial Emperors.
And their barrier combat power was extremely formidable.
Right now, they had combined their strength to deploy a grand barrier formation.
That grand barrier formation, suspended in the void, was suppressing a single person—that person was Song Xue'er, the disciple of Granny Wish God.
Song Xue'er wielded an Imperial Armament. Facing the combined grand formation of eight sixth-level Dragon Transformation Spirit World Masters, she had not fallen into a disadvantage.
The two sides were evenly matched.
"As expected of Granny Wish God's disciple."
Watching Song Xue'er fight, Chu Feng couldn't help but marvel at her combat strength.
Song Xue'er's body emanated God-given power, which proved that her true cultivation was not Third Rank Martial Emperor, but rather Second Rank Martial Emperor.
Even so, as a Second Rank Martial Emperor, within the entire Eastern Domain, among the younger generation, she could be considered a top-tier existence.
However, Chu Feng did not immediately step in to help Song Xue'er.
Instead, he directed his gaze into the city.
Because inside the city, Chu Feng had sensed the auras of other people.
They were the auras of Fairy Daohai's disciples.
Besides them, there were also the auras of the man surnamed Qiu and the other Star Nether Valley disciples.
Star Nether Valley had been invited as guests by both Granny Wish God and Fairy Daohai.
But right now, Granny Wish God's disciple was fighting these very guests, and from the look of it, this was a battle to the death—not some friendly sparring match.
This meant that their alliance had very likely already collapsed.
Under these circumstances, Fairy Daohai's disciples being together with the man surnamed Qiu and the others was anything but a good thing.
Before long, Chu Feng locked onto their position. They were inside a palace.
Under the power of Chu Feng's barrier art, the palace walls might as well have been nonexistent—the situation inside was visible to him with perfect clarity.
And once he saw clearly, Chu Feng not only immediately shot toward the palace, but killing intent also surged within his furious eyes.
Inside that palace, the man surnamed Qiu and his group had surrounded Fairy Daohai's disciples.
Most importantly, the man surnamed Qiu and his companions had not only stripped off all their clothing, but were also leering at Song Feifei and the other disciples of Fairy Daohai.
What they intended to do required no further explanation.
And two female disciples had already collapsed in pools of blood.
"Senior Brother Qiu, please don't do this—how will you face your Master if you do?"
Song Feifei's voice was trembling. She was terrified.
"Hehehe, Junior Sister Song, you really are so naive, still trying to scare me with my Master."
"Don't you understand yet? This is my Master's will."
"Your Master and that old hag Granny Wish God wanted to use our Master's power to open the Demon King's Soul Tomb here."
"But my Master never once intended to share this Demon King's Soul Tomb with your Master."
"Now that the Demon King's Soul Tomb has been opened, it's only natural that you all be dealt with."
"However, Junior Sister Song, my brothers and I genuinely fancy you."
"As long as you serve us well today and keep us company for some fun, we can let you live."
"If you refuse, you'll end up just like those two junior sisters."
As the man surnamed Qiu spoke, he pointed at the two Fairy Daohai disciples lying in pools of blood on the ground.
Seeing their two fellow disciples, Song Feifei and the others were so frightened that tears streamed down their faces.
Those two Fairy Daohai disciples had refused to submit even at the cost of their lives, resisting with all their might—only to be killed by the man surnamed Qiu.
And while Song Feifei and the others trembled in fear, the man surnamed Qiu's eyes continued to sweep up and down Song Feifei's body. Perhaps the thought of possessing such a beauty was getting to him—he grew so excited that drool began to trickle from his mouth.
"Senior Brother Qiu, all of you senior brothers, I'm begging you. We've always shown you so much respect—please, just let us go."