On the bracelet, Ye Luo could see a few green dots. Those green dots represented the students of the Royal Academy. However, even the one closest to Ye Luo was still a fair distance away. Wanting to meet up with Ye Luo was easier said than done!

Fortunately, Yun Souls weren’t overly powerful, so Ye Luo could still manage them with ease.

At this moment, the influx of people into the Yun Family Sacred Temple naturally brought about trouble.

From the very beginning, many people had their own agendas, and now, it was undoubtedly the perfect opportunity.

"Wang Chen, I didn’t think our luck would be this good, ending up teleported together!"

A Royal Academy student smiled, pleased because he and another Royal Academy student had been teleported to the same location. Naturally, this made their movements safer. 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

The boy called Wang Chen smiled slightly, and he too seemed quite happy, "Yeah! Our luck really is great. Come on, let’s go reunite with the group!"

"Huh? The Ninth Prince is almost at the palace already! Looks like we’d better hurry, otherwise the Ninth Prince won’t be waiting for us!"

The two chatted as they headed forward.

At this time, the two seemed to have almost no sense of caution.

They weren’t strangers to the Cloud Opening Sanctuary. They understood what dangers lurked here, and without the threat of the dense fog, the Sacred Temple seemed relatively safe to them now!

But—you really think that’s the case?

No matter the place, the greatest danger isn’t the environment—it’s the human mind!

Indeed, some people had been planning since the start to deal with the Royal Academy disciples. Why? Because only the Royal Academy disciples had the deepest understanding of the Cloud Opening Sanctuary!

Naturally, many were looking to seize valuable information or resources from the Royal Academy students.

Wang Chen and his companion moved swiftly in Ye Luo’s direction.

At first, everything seemed fine, until they bumped into another companion—another Royal Academy student.

"Haha, junior disciple, it’s so great to find you! Come on, let’s go find the Ninth Prince and the others together!"

Wang Chen didn’t have the slightest bit of caution.

This was a fellow Royal Academy student. While Wang Chen and his group hadn’t previously picked up this student’s bracelet signal, they simply assumed that he’d disabled it temporarily for safety reasons.

They even admired this student’s foresight and prudence.

But as soon as Wang Chen finished speaking, the person suddenly struck without warning.

"Boom!"

Completely unprepared, Wang Chen and his companion were ambushed.

Wang Chen was lucky—all he did was vomit a mouthful of blood, and managed to cling to his life. But his companion was far less fortunate.

One strike—just one strike—and Wang Chen’s companion’s skull was obliterated. Clearly, he was dead beyond saving!

"Y-you... What are you doing!?"

Wang Chen was so stunned he couldn’t react, still dazed by the sudden attack!

"Haha! Foolish humans! Go to hell!"

Suddenly, the man gave a ferocious roar and charged at Wang Chen without hesitation!

Boom!

Wang Chen was sent flying, his body shattered in two. As his consciousness faded, the last thing Wang Chen saw were the ears of the attacker.

Pointed ears!

In that instant, Wang Chen realized: this person was a member of the Demon Clan!

The Demon Clan!

It was the Demon Clan!

Wang Chen was aghast, desperate to warn Ye Luo, but by that point, it was too late...

Meanwhile, throughout the Cloud Opening Sanctuary, similar scenes were unfolding.

The Demon Clan, armed with their unique shapeshifting abilities, began a large-scale assault on the human elite who had entered the Sacred Temple!

The Demon Clan had discovered a secret path into the Cloud Opening Sanctuary—one that placed them ahead of the humans in their arrival!

Having arrived earlier, they naturally had the opportunity to set traps and prepare ambushes.

Once their preparations were complete, they launched relentless attacks on the humans!

The stench of blood began to pervade the peripheral areas of the Cloud Opening Sanctuary!

It was as though the air itself was saturated with the scent.

Regrettably, no one had noticed this yet.

One elite human after another was slaughtered, yet not a single emergency signal was sent.

...

At this moment, Ye Luo had finally freed himself from the Yun Soul and had arrived by a palace within the Cloud Opening Sanctuary. What purpose this palace served, Ye Luo had no idea. The Sacred Temple housed countless palaces of varied sizes, most of which lacked any indication of their function, so Ye Luo naturally couldn’t determine the purpose of this particular one.

Staring at the palace before him, Ye Luo was debating whether to go inside and take a look.

Unbeknownst to him, a large group of Demon Clan members was already closing in on him.

The Demon Clan’s infiltrators within the Royal Academy had made their move!

Perhaps not even Ye Luo had anticipated this betrayal. Who was the infiltrator? That didn’t matter. What mattered was that the Demon Clan now knew how to use the bracelet to pinpoint Ye Luo’s location.

Although the bracelet would self-destruct once its wearer died, the Demon Clan’s infiltrators within the academy had already been lurking for some time, and they easily managed to locate Ye Luo!

Ling Xue found herself fortunate to have been teleported to an advantageous position—the Great Dao within the Sanctuary. The Great Dao had always been considered safe; in previous instances when the Sanctuary opened, many people made it their goal to reach the paved road of the Dao before exploring the surrounding areas.

The Great Dao was a four-wheeled, cobbled stone road—not particularly fine, yet reliable in terms of safety.

Ling Xue quickly noticed Ye Luo’s location, wasting no time as she charged toward him.

...

"Look—it’s Princess Ling Xue! Haha! The renowned beauty!"

"Yeah, I’ve seen her before, back at the Royal Academy. Of everyone there, Princess Ling Xue is the only one to always wear a veil—makes her easy to spot!"

"I once caught a glimpse of Princess Ling Xue during one of her excursions. Though the distance was far, her beauty left me awestruck for life!"

"How about we choose her? Not only could we gather key intel about the Cloud Opening Sanctuary, but we’d also get to enjoy ourselves in the process. Best of all, once we kill her, no one will ever know!"

Four individuals, all from a certain hidden faction, were currently observing Ling Xue from the shadows. An insidious thought had taken root in their hearts.

"This... isn’t it a bit risky? Princess Ling Xue is the daughter of the Xiaoyao King. If we do this, we’ll surely face annihilation and the punishment of nine familial exterminations!"

"Haha, annihilation? That’s only if someone knows we did it! This is the Cloud Opening Sanctuary. The outside world has no idea what’s happening in here. If we deal with Princess Ling Xue, that little beauty, and you don’t talk—and I don’t talk—who could possibly know?"