When Cui Ming arrived at the discussion hall, fifty Elders of the Family had already gathered there upon hearing the news.

These Elders were all at the Grand Unity Stage of cultivation, their faces solemn, with worry etched between their brows.

Seeing Cui Ming’s furious and murderous demeanor, the Elders quickly stood up and bowed, "Family Head."

"What exactly happened?"

"Where did Li’er go? Why did her life tablet shatter?" Cui Ming’s eyes were wide, his gaze sweeping over the Elders as he demanded angrily, his voice urgent.

The atmosphere in the entire discussion hall became incredibly heavy.

The Elders looked at each other, about to explain, when suddenly, a powerful, vast aura descended upon the entire Cui Family mansion.

That Aura was as heavy as a mountain, carrying with it bone-chilling coldness and intense Killing Intent.

The Elders’ expressions suddenly changed. They all looked up at the sky, feeling a heavy pressure enveloping them, making even the circulation of their immortal Qi sluggish.

Cui Ming’s heart also jolted, and a strong sense of foreboding surged within him.

He didn’t have time to think much, his figure flashed, and he flew towards the sky above the Family.

The Elders dared not delay, following closely behind, wanting to see who dared to cause trouble at the Cui Family.

High in the sky, space suddenly rippled violently, and a dark spatial rift appeared out of thin air.

The rift grew larger and larger, and a figure slowly walked out from within.

It was a bald man in a gray monk’s robe, with a stern face and indifferent eyes. It was Fang Hong, who had come to cause trouble.

Fang Hong floated in mid-air, his powerful aura spreading out, causing the Cui Family members below to feel a surge of fear.

"Who dares to cause trouble at my Cui Family?" Cui Ming roared, suppressing the unease in his heart, his gaze fixed on Fang Hong.

Just then, a dazzling red light suddenly shot through the air from the direction of the Cui Family Forbidden Land, arriving beside Cui Ming in the blink of an eye.

The red light dissipated, revealing an old man in a gray robe.

This old man had white hair and beard, a face somewhat similar to Cui Ming’s, deep eyes, and an Aura even more powerful than Cui Ming’s emanating from him.

Through the memories he had obtained from soul searching earlier, Fang Hong immediately recognized this person.

The gray-robed old man was Cui He, the Cui Family Old Ancestor, Cui Ming’s father, with a cultivation of an Immortal King Middle Stage, and also the strongest person in the Cui Family currently.

The entire Cui Family had a total of three Immortal King-level powerhouses. Besides Old Ancestor Cui He and Family Head Cui Ming, there was another Family member named Cui De, who was serving as a State Protector Elder in the royal Family.

As soon as Cui He appeared, he felt the undisguised Killing Intent on Fang Hong, and his expression immediately became solemn.

He stared at Fang Hong vigilantly and slowly asked, "Who is Your Excellency? Why have you come to my Cui Family with such intense Killing Intent?"

Before he finished speaking, Cui He raised his hand and waved, and the immortal Qi in his body continuously surged out, injecting into the Cui Family’s Family-protecting great formation.

Buzz.

A huge golden light shield suddenly rose, enveloping the entire Cui Family mansion, with runes flickering on the light shield, keeping Fang Hong outside.

The Cui Family disciples below also reacted quickly, gathering at the key nodes of the Family-protecting great formation, circulating their own immortal Qi, and jointly maintaining the operation of the great formation.

Each of them looked solemn and stood ready for battle.

Cui Ming stood beside Cui He, feeling the bone-chilling Killing Intent on Fang Hong, and associating it with the death of his daughter Cui Li, the ominous premonition in his heart grew stronger and stronger.

He could almost certainly conclude that his daughter’s death was inextricably linked to this bald monk in front of him.

Fang Hong looked at the Cui Family members below, who were ready for battle, and said coldly, "I heard that the Cui Family Old Ancestor is about to hold an 8,000th birthday celebration. I specifically came to give you a birthday gift."

As soon as he finished speaking, Fang Hong raised his hand and waved, and Cui Li’s corpse was taken out by him, floating in the air.

"Li’er!"

Cui Ming recognized the corpse as his daughter at a glance.

Seeing his daughter’s eyes tightly closed, her face pale, and her life already gone, his eyes immediately split with rage, and he let out a heart-wrenching roar.

Cui He, seeing the tragic death of his granddaughter, trembled violently, and the vigilance in his eyes was instantly replaced by towering rage!

"Demon monk! I’ll kill you!!"

Cui He roared, and the immortal Qi around him burst forth without reservation, shaking the air until it distorted.

He suddenly took out a black long spear, with a dark red flame dao pattern entwined around the spear body, emitting a scorching Aura.

This black long spear was Cui He’s Natal Dao Artifact. From the dao pattern on its surface, it could be judged to be only a first-grade Dao Artifact.

Cui He held the black long spear, his figure transforming into an afterimage, carrying a world-destroying Aura, and fiercely stabbed towards Fang Hong!

Wherever the spear tip passed, the air was torn apart, emitting a piercing scream.

Facing Cui He’s full-strength attack, Fang Hong showed no fear on his face, maintaining his indifferent expression.

He first raised his hand and retrieved Cui Li’s corpse.

Then, a light flashed behind him, and a black banner slowly floated out, which was the demon soul banner that had already advanced to a Dao Artifact.

The demon soul banner instantly appeared in front of Fang Hong, and the skeleton artifact spirit slowly emerged.

"Boom!"

A loud bang echoed through the heavens and earth, and Cui He’s black long spear fiercely struck the demon soul banner.

After advancing to a Dao Artifact, the power of the demon soul banner was already incomparable to what it once was.

The skeleton artifact spirit emitted a dense black demonic qi from its entire body, surging towards Cui He like a tide.

Cui He only felt a powerful impact coming from the long spear, and his entire body was sent flying.

Before Cui He could recover, the skeleton artifact spirit on the demon soul banner suddenly opened its mouth, emitting a sharp, ear-piercing demonic sound.

This demonic sound, like a sharp blade, pierced directly into people’s sea ​​of ​​consciousness, making the Cui Family members below turn pale, their Divine Souls trembling violently.

Immediately after, purple demonic light burst out from the eye sockets of the skeleton artifact spirit, instantly enveloping the entire Cui Family mansion.

"Ahhhh."

Extremely mournful screams rose and fell over the Cui mansion.

The Cui Family members were madly corroded by the dense demonic qi, their skin rapidly lost its color, their eyes rolled back, their souls were forcibly stripped from their bodies, and absorbed by the skeleton artifact spirit.

One by one, the soulless corpses softly fell to the ground.

Some had wide eyes filled with endless fear, while others had twisted faces frozen in extreme pain.

In just a few breaths, the once prosperous Cui mansion became a human purgatory strewn with corpses.

Only Family Head Cui Ming and his father Cui He remained, standing alone in the air, enduring the impact of the catastrophic disaster.

"No."

Cui He looked at the tragic sight of his entire Family being slaughtered, his white beard trembling violently, and let out a heart-wrenching roar.