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The beautiful woman dressed in plain clothes, covered in dazzling light, rushed into battle in an attempt to save Du Shaofu.

Everything happened quickly. The energy dissipated. The surrounding mountains collapsed, the earth cracked, and huge fissures spread out to form an abyss.

The Golden Winged Roc and the Purple Flame Demon Phoenix both chose to self-destruct, and in the end killed themselves together once more. With their bloodline and intelligence, the two Demon Beasts would never leave their bodies to be desecrated. They would rather self-destruct, than have others refine their bodies into various treasures. That would not only be an insult to them, but also to their entire bloodline of demi-humans. So some demon beasts of high levels would choose to self-destruct before they died, in case that someone would use their bodies.

The beautiful woman dressed in plain clothes stood amidst the ruined battleground following the disappearance of the Golden Winged Roc and the Purple Flame Demon Phoenix. Du Shaofu's body had disappeared. Without a doubt, within this terrifying storm of Destructive Energy, Du Shaofu, who was just inches away from it, would not be able to withstand such a powerful force. He must have been turned into ashes, together with the Golden Winged Roc and the Purple Flame Demon Phoenix.

"In the end, it is me who has harmed you and I am ashamed to see him again. Whatever. After all, this place is not my place."

Staring at the mess, the lady in plain clothes looked a little sad. A moment later, she moved and her silhouette disappeared into the sky.

In the distance, atop a towering tree, the old woman was dragging the tight-fitting clothed fairy-like girl. As she looked at the messy mountain range and sighed, "I never thought that the Golden-winged Roc and the Purple Flame Demon Phoenix would be so ruthless. In the end, they chose to self-destruct the Secret Bone and kill themselves, destroying everything. If one can get both the secret bone and the Blood Essence of the Golden Winged Roc and the Purple Flame Demon Phoenix, he would top all experts in this universe with no match. It?s such a pity that we missed this great chance.?

The fairly-like tight-fitting clothed girl did not speak. Her eyes were watery. After a while, she said to the old woman beside her, "Master, is that youth dead?"

"Of course he is dead. The explosion of the Golden Winged Roc and the Purple Flame Demon Phoenix was too terrifying. Even his master was unable to save him." The secret bones of the Golden Winged Roc and the Purple Flame Demon Phoenix were self-destructed, and even she would have to avoid it, but the plain-clothed beauty actually dared rush in. This was sufficient proof that the plain-clothed beauty was stronger than her, not to mention she had already sensed that the plain-clothed beauty was injured. If the plain-clothed beauty was in her normal state, it would have been even more difficult to fight her.

"He saved me. Otherwise, he wouldn't be dead, and I wouldn't have survived either." She knew that if it wasn't for the young man saving her, she would be the one dead by now.

"We should go."

The old woman did not say anything. She once again looked at the messy mountain range with regret. In the end, she carried the young girl and flew away.

Stone City, dusk. The sun was setting in the west, and the setting sun was like blood.

In the Du Family, Du Zhenwu paced back and forth, his expression heavy. He finally stopped. He looked at Du Zhixiong beside him and said, "After so many days, why is there still no news of Shaofu's whereabouts? Could it be that there is not even a morsel of information on him?"

Du Zhixiong's face had withered, as though it had been a long time since his last rest. He said to Du Zhenwu, "We are already putting our maximum effort into the investigation, but there is still no news. The other families have not come into contact with any outsiders recently, and there has been two consecutive Beast Tides at the Barbarian Beast Mountain Range. Many demon hunters were unfortunately caught up in it, and the survivors all escaped into the city. During this period of time, no one dares to just walk into the Barbarian Beast Mountain Range."

"Let's temporarily put aside the matters within the Barbarian Beast Mountain Range. The matter of finding Shaofu is the most important right now."

Du Zhenwu frowned, but his expression glinted with a hint of curiosity as he said, "The discovery of the Beast Tide in the Barbarian Beast Mountain Range is unusual. I think a treasure might appear. You should at least pay some attention to it, and do not let the other clans obtain the benefits."

"I understand. I've already sent people to look into to it." Du Zhixiong nodded, and said, "Last night, the Beast Tide was approaching the Stone City, but the one within the city let out a warning roar and deterred the approaching Beast Tide. If the approaching Beast Tide hadn?t been deterred, the consequences in the Stone City may have been severe.?

"They say that the one in the city won?t hold on for long. If it wasn't for people still being intimidated by him, those few clans would have made their move long ago. Once the one in the city becomes unable to hold on, Stone City will no longer be peaceful. The Ye family will be the first one to be involved."

Du Zhenwu frowned slightly, then said softly, "I heard that the little girl from Ye Family is rather close with the younger generation from all clans, including our Du Family. Her real goal should be to pick her allies. If the one from the city really cannot hold on, then this Ye Family will be needing some allies."

"Big brother, what should we do?" Du Zhixiong said.

"Let's just wait and see. We'll see when the situation gets out of hand."

Du Zhenwu looked at Du Zhixiong, and suddenly changed the topic, asking, "Has Third Brother been informed about the matter with Shaofu?"

Du Zhixiong shook his head, and said, "I haven't seen Lao San for the past few days. He probably went somewhere else to rest his worries."

"I wonder what happened within the main clan back then that has caused the spirited Lao San to become like this. As a big brother, it's really useless of me, and I can't help in the slightest. Right now, I did not even take good care of Lao San's child." Du Zhenwu's eyes were filled with tears.

"Big Brother, you don't have to blame yourself too much. I'll do my best to find Shaofu." Du Zhixiong also blamed himself. He had already searched with all his might, but there were no clues at all. He was truly worried about the results of this search.

Panic spread out from within the entire Stone City. The Beast Tide was approaching and almost attacked the Stone City, terrifying citizens.

Some of the Demon Hunters, who often wandered around the Barbarian Beast Mountain Range, were now hurriedly hiding within the Stone City and did not dare to enter the Barbarian Beast Mountain Range. Reportedly, after the two waves of Beast Tide, the number of dead Demon Hunters and adventurers were uncountable.

"A Beast Tide appeared within the Barbarian Beast Mountain Range. Could it be that a treasure was born?"

"Last night, the flames inside the Barbarian Beast Mountain Range overflowed into the sky, like the rising sun in the east. Could it be that there are really some treasures??

"Even if you have treasures, you should at least be alive to take them."

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The majority of the people were guessing about the recent changes in the Barbarian Beast Mountain Range, and it was likely that a treasure had appeared. This news sparked many eyes ablaze with passion, and they were somewhat eager to try. They would make a good fortune if they could get the treasure.

"It hurts. It hurts."

When Du Shaofu regained consciousness, he felt his own chest heating up, and a sharp pain was coming from his heart. This pain in his heart was indescribable.

Du Shaofu could vaguely feel a bone that was forcefully torn apart right around his heart. There was also another piece of his sternum that was forcefully connected. The two were not compatible with each other, just like water and fire.

In this kind of intense pain, the broken bone in his chest felt like a dazzling ball of golden sunlight seeping dense, strange golden blood. This golden blood seethed out of the broken bone and flowed directly into Du Shaofu's heart, blood vessels, meridian channels, skin, muscles, and every bone in his entire body.