CHAPTER 572: CHAPTER 574: THE MONSTER APPEARS!

Inside the Imperial Palace!

Figures arrived in a disheveled state, their faces all bearing unpleasant expressions!

Gathered together, they looked toward the outside of the Imperial Palace.

They saw that the approaching demons had not yet reached the palace.

On the palace, a statue’s phantom manifested, radiating ten thousand rays of light, enveloping the entire palace.

It blocked the demons from rushing in, protecting the whole palace!

The statue manifested and saved them!

They breathed a sigh of relief!

"It’s fortunate we have the statue, or else we would’ve been in real danger!"

Even after relaxing, their complexions did not improve much!

After all, the demons outside were a solid reality and hadn’t left yet!

*Danger was constant!*

"Big Brother, this situation is very troublesome. With our strength, I’m afraid it’s difficult to eliminate them!" the young man in a blue robe said.

At that moment, he was holding a long knife, and the blade was still stained with blood!

It was clear he had encountered a tough enemy!

"I know," the young man in a white robe replied with a cold face.

One of his hands trembled a bit, with a red mark in the palm.

It seemed like he had been hit and was injured!

"Big Brother, did you encounter them too, and couldn’t defeat them?" the young man with the long spear asked urgently.

Among these few, the young man in the white robe had the strongest power, with Cultivation at the pinnacle of the first realm of the Immortal realm!

He also possessed powerful Profound Skills and many techniques!

Losing, despite all this, showed the enemy’s strength!

"I encountered it, and it was a draw between us," the young man in the white robe replied.

Although he said this, everyone present saw that his condition seemed wrong!

He might have been seriously injured!

"My Divine Soul isn’t harmed, I’m fine, I can hold on!" The young man in the white robe continued.

"What about you? Are your injuries too severe?

If so, speak out quickly!

Otherwise, if a hidden creature appears and we make another move to protect the palace, mistakes could easily happen!"

Apart from the demons, there were also monsters present!

The statue manifested could block demons coming in, but it couldn’t stop a hidden creature from sneaking in!

Besides this, some demons might have disguised themselves as humans and possibly infiltrated the palace.

It was equally dangerous!

The young man with the long spear was the first to speak up.

"Big Brother, I’m not injured, but I’ve lost quite a bit of Profound Qi and need to recover!

Also, I just used my Primordial Divine Talisman once, and now I only have one chance left!"

The issue with the Primordial Divine Talisman had to be mentioned first because once he used it for the third time, his training would be considered a failure!

Therefore, unless it concerned life and death, he would not use the Primordial Divine Talisman lightly!

"My Profound Qi was affected and became a bit chaotic!

I estimate it will take half an hour to fully stabilize!" the young man in a blue robe added.

The remaining people explained their situations one by one!

"Alright, take advantage of the temporary lull to recover quickly!" the young man in the white robe nodded and said.

Suddenly, he remembered something!

"Where are Lian and Xin Mei?" he asked, looking around with uncertainty.

They initially had eight people, leaving two to guard the palace while six went out together.

Now all six were back, but the two guarding the palace were missing!

By reasoning, the palace’s statue manifested!

Since they returned and already spoke, the two guarding the palace should have heard them!

But the two didn’t come out and never showed themselves from start to end!

*It was fishy!*

"Could it be that something has already happened inside the palace?" Suddenly, tension gripped them as they clustered together.

Just then, a light flashed from the direction of the Imperial Kitchen, soaring into the sky.

The group noticed it simultaneously and exchanged glances!

"It’s the Primordial Divine Talisman!"

"And it’s not just one person’s but two people’s!"

"Lian and Xin Mei ran into trouble; let’s go over!"

The six no longer concerned themselves with the side hall’s safety and rushed toward the Imperial Kitchen.

As quickly as they could, they arrived at the Imperial Kitchen’s location and saw two figures holding the Primordial Divine Talisman, their faces pale, terror-stricken!

"Lian, Xin Mei, what happened?" The young man in the white robe asked.

Drawing near the two women with a few strides, they arrived alongside them!

The two women, seeing it was their big brother, finally felt a bit relieved.

"The two of us were originally guarding the side hall’s entrance when we suddenly heard screams coming from the Imperial Kitchen.

So we came over to check it out!

Upon arrival, we saw the Imperial chef lying at the doorway, bloodless and like a dried corpse!

When we went further in, several young eunuchs and palace maids had also died!

Their deaths were exceedingly grim!" Lian was the first to speak.

"Lian and I were startled, immediately realized something wasn’t right, and drew our weapons.

Together we entered the interior of the Imperial Kitchen. Inside, at the utmost part of the Imperial Kitchen, we saw a Black Shadow!

The figure was crouched over a corpse, gnawing on it.

Lian and I knew it might be the rumored monster from Fengmo Country.

So we acted together and attempted to kill it!

But as soon as we moved, that Black Shadow noticed.

The figure vanished into the darkness, disappearing without a trace," Xin Mei continued.

She was one year younger than Lian, whom the white-robed young man referred to, so she called Lian "Sister Lian!"

"Lian and I knew things weren’t good, so we stood back-to-back.

We were about to use a Ming Fu to summon everyone’s brothers to fight it together!

However, the monster was too bizarre; just meeting its eyes was enough.

Next, Lian and I got lost in the Illusion Realm, surrounded by blackness, no matter where we went.

Helplessly, we took out the Primordial Divine Talisman and tore the Illusion Realm apart.

Unfortunately, the power of one Primordial Divine Talisman wasn’t enough; we barely managed to tear it apart using two talismans together.

When the Illusion Realm disappeared, we found ourselves already outside the Imperial Kitchen and saw that you had arrived!" Lian explained.

"Where is the monster? What does it look like?" the young man in the white robe hurriedly inquired.

Xin Mei pondered and said,

"It’s a bloodsucker, and I feel it looked like a human shadow!

Because when I saw it, it was crouching over a corpse!"

"I more thought it looked like a black bird!" Lian added.

The young man in the white robe listened with furrowed brows.

"Could it be the Dark Night Blood Bat?"

"Big Brother, it can’t be, right? The Dark Night Blood Bat does exist in the West Soil,

but it usually appears in groups, and they’re not very big, but this one was as big as a person..." the young man in the blue robe refuted.

"It might have evolved in some way!" the young man in the white robe speculated suspiciously.

He thought his speculation wasn’t very accurate either.

"Big Brother, Second Brother, Third Brother, why did you return? Did you see us use the Primordial Divine Talisman?" Lian asked.

The young man wielding the long spear shook his head.

"The demons were too powerful; we ran into trouble and retreated," he said with a solemn voice.

The demons were strong...

"What should we do?" Xin Mei asked in a panic.

Currently, with an unknown monster inside and demons outside, neither could they easily handle!

"First, wake everyone up and gather them together!

I feel tonight won’t be peaceful; something else will happen.

If we don’t gather them, they’ll easily meet their end!" the young man in the white robe said solemnly.

"Alright!"