Bang! Shaeoloi's massive body flew backwards, feeling the sensation from the punch, Lu Yu frowned.

This strike basically didn't cause him much damage, but instead allowed the opponent to use the force to retreat and widen the distance.

Rumble~ The air vibrated and roared like thunder, as the liberated power within Shaeoloi reappeared before Lu Yu.

In the blink of an eye, Shaeoloi appeared in front of Lu Yu, his fist, larger than a face, pierced the air, pounding towards Lu Yu, and a conical white blast wave spread in the corridor.

Although Lu Yu could clearly see his fist, he couldn't withstand Shaeoloi's full-force strike.

Shaeoloi's strength was beyond Lu Yu's imagination, even much stronger than himself.

Boom! Lu Yu's figure exploded back, being punched towards the exit of the Sand Palace by Shaeoloi.

The other sand envoys hadn't reacted yet, but Lu Yu had already flown over their heads.

In mid-air, Lu Yu saw the exit of the Sand Palace right in front of him, temporarily changing his strategy, grabbing the Spirit Pearl, earthen glow emitted from his body.

Poof~ Lu Yu passed through the incredibly resilient sand flow wall, disappearing from everyone's sight, and Shaeoloi looked bewildered at Lu Yu disappearing from the Sand Palace.

He originally just wanted to return a punch to Lu Yu, repaying the one from before, completely not expecting that Lu Yu could freely pass through the Sand Palace's sand flow wall defense.

Hua~ The sand flow wall opened, and everyone rushed out of the Sand Palace, standing at the entrance, looking at the sand flow wall before them, exchanging helpless glances.

The opponent's agility underground was higher than that of the Sand Palace members, making pursuit impossible.

They also had to rely on the secret techniques to maneuver through the moving sand around the Sand Palace. Not only were they less agile, but their range of activity was small, being confined around the Sand Palace.

"Who is he?" The momentum on Shaeoloi's body gradually calmed, as he looked at Sha Lan and asked in a deep voice.

"I don't know either." Sha Lan replied.

"Don't know?" Shaeoloi's face showed a puzzled expression.

Without waiting for him to ask, Sha Lan said first, "Didn't you ask me about the Sha Wu Jue Di before?"

Shaeoloi said, "Hmm."

"Not long after you asked, Sha Tong also asked me about the Sha Wu Jue Di, and upon hearing the High Priest's orders, I immediately went to the Divine Origin Hall to sever his connection with the Divine Origin Hall." Sha Lan said.

Upon hearing this, Shaeoloi nodded in agreement with Sha Lan's approach, as previously he hadn't thought at all about weakening the strength of Sha Wu Jue Di first.

On the one hand, it's because of his personality, and on the other hand, his strength is so strong that he thought even if Sha Wu Jue Di did his best, he still wouldn't be his opponent.

"When I arrived at the Divine Origin Hall, I found that Sha Wu Jue Di had already disconnected from the Divine Origin. Besides severing his own connection with the Divine Origin directly at the Divine Origin Hall, there's only one other way to break the connection with the Divine Origin."

"Today, I'm the only one who visited the Divine Origin Hall, so Sha Wu Jue Di had only one possibility—he was already dead and replaced by an invader." Sha Lan stated affirmatively.

"What Sha Lan said is correct, Sha Wu Jue Di is already dead; he was killed inside the Sand Palace."

A figure in a yellow robe appeared before everyone, and they all bowed, "High Priest."

Sha Qian stared at the sand flow wall surrounding the Sand Palace, his gaze penetrating through the sand flow wall and the soil, looking towards the direction where Lu Yu disappeared.

He withdrew his senses and walked towards the interior of the Sand Palace.

Shaeoloi glanced at the others and followed behind Sha Qian; seeing this, the other sand envoys also followed suit, and the ordinary members of the Sand Palace returned to their original workposts.

They arrived at a deserted corridor, and Sha Qian looked down at the ground. Without any movement, the ground of the Sand Palace cracked open, and a twisted corpse was lifted from the ground by flowing sand.

"Sha Wu Ge!" Upon seeing Sha Wu Jue Di's tragic state, Sha Tong cried out in misery.

Those sand envoys with strength similar to Sha Wu Jue Di looked extremely grim; if the invader encountered wasn't Sha Wu Jue Di but them, they feared they too would become a corpse.

"Sha Wu Jue Di was ambushed; he was killed before he could even use the Divine Origin Power." Shaeoloi examined Sha Wu Jue Di's body and made this judgment.

Upon hearing this, everyone became alert. Except for a small number of sand envoys, most sand envoys without using the Divine Origin Power were only equivalent to the peak of the Qi Sea Realm, infinitely close to the Core Formation Realm.

Only those like Shaeoloi, who mastered most of their Divine Origin Power, could maintain strong combat power in the ordinary state, not at all inferior to the Core Formation Realm Martial Cultivators with Divine Soldiers.

"The Sand Palace hasn't experienced war for a thousand years; you've all become complacent." Sha Qian said.

Everyone hung their heads, not daring to look at Sha Qian; indeed, after attaining the Divine Origin Power, they have slackened greatly.

The immense power of the Divine Origin made them lose the motivation for cultivation and progress.

No matter how much they cultivated, they couldn't compare; just by slightly deepening their connection with the Divine Origin Power, they could easily gain strength.

External power was so strong that they had already lost the motivation to cultivate.

"From today onward, the Sand Palace will tighten its security, and you must also enhance your cultivation." Sha Qian said, looking at everyone.

"Yes." Shaeoloi responded.

"Understood." The others replied.

"Sha Lan, go check the Sand Vault, and see what the invader took?" Sha Qian instructed Sha Lan.

"Understood." Sha Lan turned and walked towards the Sand Vault.

Sha Qian let the others leave, looked at the remaining Shaeoloi, and asked, "How's the progress of the wall?"