"Nonsense! Come back here!" Before the crowd could react, Feng Aotian had already roared.
Accompanied by his voice, Feng Aotian casually pointed at Feng Xingran. It seemed that a suction force was generated out of thin air in the space. Feng Xingran struggled continuously, but could not escape. After a while, the girl had been pulled behind Feng Aotian. However, this girl was not angry at all and still grinned strangely at Ding Hao!
At this time, Elder Wu was whispering to Feng Aotian constantly. Feng Aotian looked at Ding Hao in astonishment from a distance, nodding constantly as he listened to Elder Wu's account.
A moment later, Elder Wu finished speaking and stepped back. Then Feng Aotian asked Feng Xingran softly. Feng Xingran's face turned red, and she murmured with her head down. After a while, Feng Xingran's eyes became firm, and she whispered a few words into Feng Aotian's ear. Feng Aotian shook his head as if he disagreed. The father and daughter argued in a low voice for a while and then seemed to reach an agreement.
After a while, Feng Xingran glared angrily at Elder Wu. Elder Wu looked miserable and said nothing. Feng Xingran smiled smugly and then looked at Ding Hao with a smile, but she was no longer crazy.
Originally, the Soul Refining Assembly was about to start, but it was delayed until now because of this girl's disturbance. Feng Aotian felt a little embarrassed when he saw the puzzled looks of the crowd and explained, "My daughter is naughty and has kept you all waiting. Aotian apologizes to everyone. Well, this sect assembly is about to start. However, in addition to the original prizes for the first place, my daughter has another personal item to offer. As for what it is exactly, even Aotian doesn't know. I hope all the outstanding talents will go all out and not let down the sect and our expectations."
All the people present were shrewd. Feng Xingran's special behavior towards Ding Hao inevitably made everyone have wild speculations. After hearing Feng Aotian's explanation, they had a new understanding of the relationship between the two. Naturally, they all had different plans in mind.
Ding Hao suddenly felt a cold air attacking his body. Looking around, he found that the disciples of various sects seemed to have suddenly developed a murderous intent towards him. He cursed in his heart that Feng Xingran was indeed ill-intentioned. Obviously, this situation was caused by her. Did she think he could definitely handle it? Although he knew that this girl adored him, Feng Xingran's behavior still made Ding Hao a little unhappy.
After Feng Aotian finished speaking, he waved his hand, indicating that the people of various sects should enter the cave one by one. Suddenly, Feng Aotian frowned and looked at Ding Hao meaningfully. Then he turned to Li Nantian and said, "Your Limitless Demon Sect will go later. I have something to ask."
The people of the Limitless Demon Sect were flattered. Li Nantian bowed and promised. After speaking, he stared coldly at Ding Hao.
Ding Hao ignored him. In this short time, most of the people from the other sects had entered. Just as Ding Hao was about to enter the cave, Feng Xingran came behind him silently.
"Little thief, you are actually a disciple of the Limitless Demon Sect. Heehee, I see where you can escape this time. With your skills, you can easily pass this Soul Refining Sect Assembly. Then my father will surely look at you with new eyes. Hehe! Then we..." Feng Xingran said softly. The later words could not be heard.
But Ding Hao could tell what she was planning from the look in her eyes. Then he also whispered, "Miss Feng overestimates Ding Hao. My cultivation level is so low, and there are so many experts among the participating disciples of various sects. Whether I can pass this level depends on fate. Even if I barely survive, you and I are not suitable."
After saying that, he ignored her and rushed into the dark cave.
Once he entered the cave, Ding Hao realized that there was another world inside. The cave was extremely spacious. There was a winding passage ahead, and it was impossible to tell how far it extended. There were several pearls on the top of the cave entrance, and the front was shining all the way, so it was not at all dark. Ding Hao looked left and right but did not know what dangers there were in this cave. While he was still in doubt, the cave door behind him was closed with a squeak by a ten-thousand-jin boulder.
When the boulder completely fell, a strange flame suddenly sprang up at the entrance. The few participants who were left behind did not have time to scream before they were engulfed by the flame and turned into charred corpses in the blink of an eye.
The flame did not stop for a moment and rushed towards the crowd at a high speed. Everyone's faces changed greatly. In the noise, they could only run desperately towards the deep passage ahead. A few people who fell behind were swallowed by the flame again. There were screams mixed with the strange smell of burning.
Ding Hao was also one of those who fled in a hurry, but he was not in a mess. The participating people were all below the Nascent Soul stage and had no flying ability. But Ding Hao was not restricted by this rule with the Heaven-defying Demon Sword. However, Ding Hao did not summon the Heaven-defying Demon Sword. Although the situation was dangerous at this time, Ding Hao could easily handle it with just the Nine Nether Ghostly Art. Flying with the sword would be overkill. The most important thing was not to expose it if possible. It could play an unexpected role at a critical moment.
After several months of cultivation, Ding Hao became more proficient in using the Nine Nether Ghostly Art. A strange phenomenon was gradually discovered by the crowd. They clearly saw that Ding Hao had been swallowed by the flame behind him. Before they had time to feel lucky, they saw another Ding Hao in front of them, full of vitality and continuing to run wildly. At first, everyone thought it was a momentary illusion caused by their blurred vision. But when this phenomenon occurred repeatedly, everyone knew that Ding Hao must have used a secret method. Naturally, they had a new estimate of Ding Hao's strength.
At this time, everyone found that the passage ahead suddenly became narrow, just wide enough for a few people to pass through. But the speed of the flame did not slow down at all. Without hesitation, the people among them attacked each other. Suddenly, there were a few screams. The people in the front were attacked by those behind them. Two of them were even pierced by flying swords instantly.
At this time, Ding Hao also attacked silently. Relying on the Nine Nether Ghostly Art, Ding Hao twisted his body and flashed to the place where the Black Demon Sect gathered.
When the two disciples of the Black Demon Sect saw Ding Hao's figure, they grinned ferociously. But suddenly they found that they could not move. Their faces were full of horror. The screams had just come out when they were already swallowed by the flame.
As soon as Ding Hao's figure landed, he cast two Binding Spirit Spells on the two disciples of the Black Demon Sect. Although it was only a three-second binding time, in such a high-speed movement, a moment's pause meant death. Just as he was about to attack and ambush a few more people, the flame was approaching. Ding Hao had to give up reluctantly. His figure flashed again, and when Ding Hao reappeared, he had already passed through the narrow passage. It was really strange.
Just after passing through this narrow passage, he saw a bright exit ahead. Ding Hao knew that he had passed the first level.
After coming out of the exit, what came into view was a foggy space, boundless. Ding Hao was most familiar with this kind of situation. It was obviously a magic array. And the magic array was one of Ding Hao's most proficient arrays.
After wandering in the array for a while, a violent killing intent suddenly rose in his heart. Ding Hao was startled and immediately knew the function of this array. After thinking for a while, he determined that this array should be the "Demonic Heart Killing Array". The function of this array was only one, that was to expand all the negative emotions of people and fully display the evil side of human nature.
If one's mind was not firm, it was easy to fall into endless killing, attacking all the people around without any reason, until death.
The killing intent was slowly gathering in his heart. Ding Hao had a way to restrain it, but he did not use it. Ding Hao believed that he could definitely pass this level without relying on any method. So he silently told himself and gritted his teeth to resist the killing intent in his heart.
At this time, a person appeared in his sight. This person's face was red, covered in blood, and had gone crazy. As soon as he saw Ding Hao, he rushed over with murderous intent. Not everyone could restrain themselves like Ding Hao.
Seeing that this person was wearing a blue robe, it was obvious that he was a disciple of the Soul-devouring Sect. His cultivation level was only at the late stage of Fusion. In his rage, his momentum was astonishing, which made Ding Hao dare not underestimate him.
Although Ding Hao had not lost his reason, he was also full of fighting spirit because of the influence of this array. Someone actually came to him without knowing his life. Ding Hao was not angry but happy. The Heaven-defying Demon Sword was already in his hand. Instead of retreating, he advanced and rushed towards this person.
When he was three feet away from this person, Ding Hao suddenly rose into the air and slashed down at this person with his sword from above. The Heaven-defying Demon Sword was like a black lightning bolt and instantly reached this person's face. This sword was extremely powerful. But this person was so crazy that he did not dodge and even dared to raise his sword to resist. With a loud bang, this person was hit by Ding Hao's sword, his arms' blood vessels burst, and he spat out a large mouthful of blood. Ding Hao was unharmed and took advantage of the momentum of this sword to land five feet behind this person.
As soon as he turned around, he saw that this person's eyes were bleeding, still crazy, and rushed towards Ding Hao again. Surprisingly, his speed was even faster instead of being restricted by his injury.
Ding Hao immediately knew that because of this array, the crazier this person was, the braver he became, constantly burning his own life potential until it was completely exhausted before he could really stop.
Knowing this reason, Ding Hao would not be so stupid as to fight him head-on. He immediately used the strangeness of the Nine Nether Ghostly Art to entangle with him. Even in a normal situation, it was not easy for this person to distinguish between the illusory body and the real body. Let alone in this violent state.
This person was completely confused by Ding Hao's illusory body. Although his attacks were fierce, he could only waste his efforts in the void. Ding Hao also took the opportunity to attack and ambush him from time to time. After just a while, this person's attacks gradually weakened.
Ding Hao was waiting for this moment. He moved like a ghost and subdued this person. In the time it took to drink a cup of tea, this person was devoured by Ding Hao and turned into a dried corpse. Even the body fell into the belly of the Eight-winged Purple Python.
Ding Hao knew that this array had a time limit and might disappear suddenly at any time. For several days in a row, Ding Hao searched for living people. After using the same method and devouring three more people, his cultivation level seemed to have a sign of a breakthrough. Ding Hao was overjoyed and secretly sighed that he was really far-sighted. This trip was really worthwhile.
He searched even more vigorously. Strike while the iron is hot. If he didn't kill a few more people at this time, it might not be so easy when their minds recovered.