Led by the Demon God, Ling Feng arrived at a forbidden area before nightfall.

Looking at the somewhat dilapidated Demon God Palace ahead, Ling Feng’s lips twitched: "Demon God Palace? Is this the forbidden area you mentioned?"

The Demon God said proudly, "Of course, I laid down eighty-eight Demon God Palaces on the Demon Controlling Battlefield, each with a Demon God’s Prohibition that can withstand the attacks of Void Demons!"

Saying this, there was a trace of loneliness in the Demon God’s voice: "Now, after so many years, many Demon God Palaces have lost their prohibitions, and the prohibition of this palace is also weak. I think it won’t be long before it fails, alas!"

Ling Feng remained silent, acknowledging that after so many years of erosion in the Demon Controlling Battlefield, any lingering Power of the Demon God in the palace was indeed remarkable.

"Go inside, on the outskirts of the Demon Controlling Battlefield, this shrine can still protect you for a while!" The Demon God sighed.

Ling Feng nodded and then walked toward the shrine.

As Ling Feng reached the doorway, he keenly sensed a faint sound from the shrine: "Someone?"

Taking a deep breath, Ling Feng cautiously pushed open the shrine’s door with a creak. A rotten smell wafted out from inside.

"This doesn’t seem like there’s anyone here, but what was that sound just now?" Ling Feng scanned the dilapidated shrine, finally spotting a figure shivering under a ragged cloth in a corner.

"Who are you!" Ling Feng flicked his finger, a Gale swept by, instantly tearing the rag apart, revealing the true face beneath.

"A woman?" Ling Feng frowned, seeing terror and despair in her eyes, but he did not lower his guard. In such a perilous and desolate place, encountering a seemingly frail woman—who would believe that?

"Who are you, and why are you here?" Ling Feng asked sternly.

But the woman cowered like a frightened bird, trembling all over, merely looking at Ling Feng with terrified eyes as though she didn’t understand his words.

Ling Feng frowned, ignoring the woman and sitting on the other side away from her, closing his eyes to meditate.

Although he didn’t know her identity, Ling Feng didn’t want any contact with her. Anyway, by dawn, he would continue on his way.

Perhaps seeing Ling Feng had no intention of harming her, the fear in her eyes dissipated somewhat. She timidly stayed in the corner, occasionally glancing at Ling Feng with her peripheral vision.

Though Ling Feng meditated with closed eyes, he mentally imprinted everything inside the Demon God Palace and could naturally sense her stealthy glances.

After about an hour, a commotion began outside, several male voices drifting in.

"What bad luck, why did we run into a Void Crocodile? Isn’t that creature supposed to be deeper inside the Demon Controlling Battlefield? Why did it come to the outskirts?"

"If we hadn’t run into that thing, we’d have been back at our base by now—how could we end up seeking shelter here? Hopefully, this Broken God Temple lives up to its legend of resisting Void Demons, or else we’ll die here!"

"It’s a shame about Xiao Wu and the other one, dying to the Void Crocodile while covering our retreat. Once back, as Big Brother, I’ll definitely take good care of Xiao Wu’s wife!"

"Big Brother is righteous, but Xiao Wu’s lover is quite the beauty, Big Brother is lucky..."

"Why do you have to speak out loud like that..."

...

With a bang, the shrine’s door was pushed open violently. Ling Feng frowned and opened his eyes; these guys were really loud, weren’t they?

"Someone?" After pushing open the door, the group of youths saw Ling Feng meditating on the ground, eyeing him warily, ready for battle.

Ling Feng glanced at them casually, noting that all four were Seventh-level Demons, reasonably strong.

"A Seventh-level Demon, and a Long-haired Demon at that—am I seeing things?" One of the men rubbed his eyes, incredulous.

"Who cares what he is, if he makes a move, we’ll carve him up!" Another man said viciously.

Ling Feng squinted slightly: "Everyone, we have no enmity past nor present, why the hostility? Moreover, this is not the time for a battle, right? Do you want to attract the attention of the Void Demons?"

"Who do you think you are..."

One of the men was about to scold Ling Feng but was stopped by the oldest man in the middle: "What are you doing? Is this the time for conflict?"

Stopping his men, the man looked at Ling Feng cordially: "Don’t mind us, brother. We just encountered an attack from a Void Crocodile and lost a good brother, so our emotions are a bit high."

Ling Feng said calmly: "No problem, as long as you don’t interfere with me."

"I’m Karlo, may I know your name, brother?" Karlo asked, smiling at Ling Feng.

Ling Feng regarded Karlo with a half-smile: "No need. Why recognize when parting at dawn? Whether we know each other or not doesn’t matter, does it?"

Having overheard their conversation earlier, Ling Feng had little fondness for them.

The man beside Karlo showed a hint of anger but was restrained by him.

"This brother doesn’t seem keen on engaging with us, but that’s alright, we won’t force anyone!" Karlo said with a smile: "Brothers, let’s rest well tonight and head back to base tomorrow!"

At this moment, another man’s eyes lit up, pointing to a corner: "Brothers, look over there, there’s actually a woman!"

"What? A woman? How is it possible that there’s a woman here?"

"My God, there really is a woman! Isn’t this a delivered feast?"

"Big Brother, we barely escaped death, should we have some fun with this woman?"

...

Karlo also looked at the woman, who retreated like a frightened rabbit. Karlo’s eyes gleamed: "Looks like quite a catch, brothers, don’t let her escape!"

The woman, powerless to resist, was captured by them, letting out beast-like growls and struggling endlessly but to no avail.

Ling Feng frowned, understanding their intentions clearly.

"What a bunch of scum!" Ling Feng mused, but he did not intervene, feeling the woman was full of mysteries and using this opportunity for a probe.