Half a day had passed in the Devil's Forest, and Raed had refined the pills he had planned to, then rested for a while
.Raed exited the dust-filled cave left by the corpses, but just before he stepped out, the Celestial Sacrifice Gate shook violently, causing Raed to become immediately cautious.
This indicated an impending killing intent. As soon as he emerged, he found the cave surrounded by several people in black cloaks bearing the emblem of the Venomous Snake Brigade.
"Hmph, you finally showed up, kid. Kill him!"
The leader looked at Raed greedily and said coldly to the people around him, but neither he nor Raed noticed another person hiding in the shadows, watching everything with a cold expression—an elder from the Hegazi family.
Raed's expression turned cold, and a powerful killing intent emanated from him. He was furious; these people had been pursuing him even though he had wronged them in no way.
Raed didn't wait for them to attack. Instead, he struck first.
The people surrounding him had stern looks, but suddenly, a shadow appeared in front of one of them, punched him, and blew him to pieces in an instant.
"Damn, what's happening?"
Everyone was terrified, but Raed's eyes grew colder. One of his eyes turned completely gray, though Raed was still conscious.
He was truly enraged this time. When everyone saw Raed's eyes and the horrific killing intent, they were shocked.
"Is this kid still fifteen? How does he have such murderous intent?"
"It doesn't matter. We're outnumbered. Attack together!"
After this statement, they were met with a barrage of punches and numerous shadows appearing simultaneously—this was the peak of Shadow Step.
Anyone who met a punch was instantly destroyed without a chance to retaliate. When the leader saw this, he was both shocked and furious.
In reality, only three breaths had passed before everyone was killed with astonishing speed. The leader yelled:
"Damn it, get back, you fools! I'll kill this damned kid myself!"
The leader stepped forward and attacked with Raed's punch, causing Raed to be pushed back ten steps. However, the leader's punch was numbed. Shocked, he said:
"How can a Fifth-Level person make my fist numb? It must be that secret. I need to get it."
A deep greed appeared in the leader's eyes, but he looked at Raed with a smile and said:
"I'll give you a chance. Give me the secret you have, join my group, and I'll let you live. What do you say?"
Raed looked at the leader with cold eyes and increasing killing intent.
Even he couldn't understand what was happening to him.
Since practicing the Tyrant Celestial Emperor technique, he had become quick to anger and had this strange murderous intent.
"Fool..."
Raed uttered a single cold word, then pounced on the leader again.
The two collided, and Raed was thrown back once more, blood spilling from his arm, but it seemed he was oblivious to it.
He attacked again and again, each time being thrown backward. There was a vast difference between the Blood Refining Realm and the Qi Refining Realm.
"Damn it, if you can't die, then you can die, kid!"
This time, the leader attacked with great force, drawing his sword and launching a powerful white light at Raed.
It was incredibly fast and surprising, striking Raed's chest and causing blood to flow.
Raed was half-kneeling on the ground, blood pouring from his chest. But he was not afraid.
Instead, he was enraged, and the black and gray in his right eye intensified, and his killing intent grew stronger.
"As expected, this kid is very dangerous. We need to get rid of him as quickly as possible, or the plans of that person will be ruined."
In the darkness, the elder from the Hegazi family was stunned and muttered to himself with murderous intent.
The leader approached Raed slowly, holding his sword with a smile, but was surprised by Raed's angry eyes, not fearful. The leader said coldly:
"What, have you thought it over? Will you give me your secret, or will you die?"
Raed remained unable to move, thinking to himself:
"Will I die here? And by this garbage, too? It would be a real shame. No... I can't die and leave Sarah and Yamir alone. Also, my mother— I need to find her; she's in danger."
Raed kept muttering to himself, encouraging himself to act, but he couldn't move. His arms and chest were covered in blood from the clash with the punch and sword.
"Ah, right, I forgot about those pills. Never mind the consequences; I'll die if I don't take them."
Suddenly, Raed's eyes lit up as he remembered the explosive pills he had made before but hadn't taken.
He pulled out a red pill from his storage bag and swallowed it quickly, but nothing happened for a while, causing Raed to worry.
"What, did I just eat a suicide pill or what...?"
Before the leader could finish his sentence, a powerful aura erupted from Raed, and his cultivation level surged from Fifth-Level Qi Refining to Ninth-Level in an instant, frightening the leader.
But the next moment, Raed attacked the leader with incredible speed.
The leader didn't even have time to react and turned into a cloud of blood due to the power of Raed's punch.
Raed stood amidst the blood mist, his right eye darkening further, and his killing intent did not subside.
He then killed all the remaining people in an instant and looked in another direction with his right eye. In that direction, the elder was shocked.
"How can this be? Could it be that strange eye?"
The elder muttered to himself, but it was due to the killing intent Raed had unleashed moments ago.
The Celestial Gate sensed it and trembled, but the eye pinpointed the exact location.
The elder appeared calmly, looking at Raed with even more intense killing intent, and asked curiously:
"What kind of eye is that?"
Raed was shocked and said:
"What eye are you talking about?"
Seeing Raed's confusion, the elder was stunned. What was happening? Had he been possessed by a demon or what?
"I swore to kill you, you old fart, but you're still trying to kill me. I swear, if I don't kill you..."
Raed said coldly with intense killing intent.
"Unfortunately, there won't be a chance. You'll die today."
The old man said calmly as if everything was in his hands. But Raed was the first to attack, surprising the elder.
Raed moved with incredible speed and threw a punch with a faintly glowing small star in his hand—this was the Dominant Destruction intent Raed had learned.
The old man received the punch with disdain and countered with a powerful punch, but the next moment, Raed was flung away rapidly due to the rebound and fled in the direction of the rebound.
The old man's hand was shattered, and the Dominant Destruction force continued to ravage his hand like a virus.
The old man poured all his energy into his arm to expel the Dominant force.
The Dominant force was expelled from the elder's arm, allowing his hand to recover faster. Shock was evident on his face.
"He's more dangerous than I thought. I must kill him with this chance."