At this moment, not far in front of Xiao Tian, at the entrance of the temple, stood a graceful woman clad in black, her face entirely obscured by a veil. She exuded an ethereal presence, her demeanor otherworldly.

Though the woman was masked, an overwhelming sense of familiarity surged in Xiao Tian’s heart. He was completely stunned, about to speak.

The woman, however, had already turned away indifferently, her steps slow. Clearly, she intended to leave.

"Pff!"

Just as Xiao Tian was in a daze, the few remaining shadowy figures around attacked simultaneously, landing several palms directly on Xiao Tian’s back and chest.

Because of the woman’s appearance, Xiao Tian was unprepared. After taking several hits, he spat a mouthful of blood.

However, at this moment, Xiao Tian’s attention was not on the shadowy figures at all.

Speaking of which, Xiao Tian wiped the blood off the corner of his mouth. Furious, his hands suddenly spread wide, and a torrent of violent inner qi burst forth. The inner qi, mixed with an extremely ferocious power, spread out like ocean waves. In an instant, the remaining shadowy figures were catalyzed by Xiao Tian, turning to dust and disappearing.

Xiao Tian’s eyes were blood-red, taking ten-meter strides as he madly pursued ahead. At this moment, his vision was filled only with the woman who felt incredibly familiar.

The woman’s silhouette ahead, distant and ethereal, Xiao Tian activated his "Butterfly Body Technique," striding like the wind. He quickly ran towards the woman ahead, shouting angrily as he ran,

"Han Yan, is that you?? Are you still alive??"

Xiao Tian leapt forward, directly entering the temple hall, stepping on white stone tiles as he chased towards Liu Hanyan’s position.

No matter how much Xiao Tian shouted, the woman ahead was like an immortal not of the mundane world, her graceful figure growing increasingly ephemeral.

Xiao Tian gritted his teeth, accelerating, fully exhausting his strength.

No matter how much Xiao Tian shouted, Liu Hanyan ahead did not look back, like an immortal not of the mundane world, her graceful figure growing increasingly ephemeral.

Xiao Tian’s eyes were blood-red, and he roared unwillingly, "Han Yan, what exactly happened back then?? Why are you hiding from me?"

"Since you let me know you’re still alive, why won’t you meet me?"

Following the woman, Xiao Tian stepped into the great hall’s entrance in a few strides, recklessly charging forward, now only a step away from the woman ahead.

"Are you really Han Yan?" Xiao Tian roared angrily.

Xiao Tian directly reached out, intending to tear off the veil on the woman’s face.

Crash!

But just as Xiao Tian’s hand was about to touch the woman, the entire temple suddenly shook violently, followed by a loud, sharp, and piercing roar echoing in Xiao Tian’s ears.

The temple seemed to have its own consciousness, sensing danger and exerting all its might to repel.

Along came a violent energy wave, erupting from the temple’s interior, pouring out with boundless energy. Xiao Tian gritted his teeth, activating his full inner qi to resist. However, he was like a small boat in the waves, directly blasted out of the temple.

"No!!!"

Xiao Tian was blown into the air, watching as the woman he yearned for grew more distant. In anger, Xiao Tian roared to the heavens.

Yet the unprecedented energy wave gave Xiao Tian no chance, directly flinging him away. Subsequently, the entire temple slowly disappeared into the forest.

The surrounding white fog also gradually dissipated as the forest returned to tranquility.

"It’s... disappeared??" Seeing the massive temple vanish in an instant, Melinda’s eyes widened in disbelief.

Xiao Tian was thrown into a pit, covered in dirt. He stood up, blankly staring at the now missing Liu Hanyan and the temple.

Xiao Tian’s fists clenched tighter and tighter.

"Ah!!!"

Then, Xiao Tian roared angrily to the sky, crazily starting to destroy everything around him.

The surrounding trees were uprooted by Xiao Tian, and with a roar, Xiao Tian stomped on the ground. Cracks appeared, forming pits and craters in front of him, as if bombed by artillery shells.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Filled with rage, Xiao Tian roared as he tore and destroyed everything in sight, madly venting his fury.

Xiao Tian was like a tornado, leaving ruins wherever he passed.

At this moment, the entire space seemed to tremble, the scene a mess, dust flying.

"Oh, mama!" Hiding aside, Colin saw Xiao Tian’s state and was so scared he howled and quickly retreated. His body trembling in fear.

Melinda also watched Xiao Tian ahead in shock. In just a short time, almost the entire surrounding forest had been completely destroyed by Xiao Tian.

"Truly terrifying destructive power..." Melinda exclaimed in awe.

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Men need to release, and this saying is indeed true.

After venting his fury, Xiao Tian felt slightly better. At this moment, his eyes focused on the spot where the temple previously appeared. There, he sensed a trace of residual energy fluctuation.

"That is....."

Xiao Tian quickly ran over, only to find a previously destroyed array.

The array in front had strange patterns drawn on it, with several broken magical artifacts placed there. In the center of the array was a patch of scorched earth. At this moment, the array had been completely destroyed, rendered useless.

Xiao Tian stared at the array’s remnants for a long time, then spoke in a low voice, "The temple’s energy source in this forest and the previous shadowy figures must be related to this array."

"Based on my hypothesis, this array likely serves a shadow teleportation function and can grant shadows a tangible form! The previous temple was likely teleported away through this array!" 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

"Damn it! I was just one step away!"

Xiao Tian clenched his fists angrily, his tone filled with reluctance.

Then, Xiao Tian furiously launched a punch filled with inner qi. The array remnants dissolved into light particles like the previous shadowy figures, slowly dissipating and vanishing.

Though Xiao Tian was unwilling, the temple had already disappeared. Remaining in this forest served no purpose, so Xiao Tian, Melinda, Colin, and others embarked on their journey back to the town.

However, none of them noticed that the array just destroyed by Xiao Tian had transformed into light particles, all entering Melinda’s body, burrowing deep within her.

With no interference from the temple’s energy source, Xiao Tian and his group, after a night of trekking, finally returned to Halam Town by the following morning.