The Half-Step Demon Emperor’s cultivation, just a step away from an Emperor Realm Expert, swung a blade aura that was fierce and overwhelming. As the blade aura passed, the space tore open with terrifying, pitch-black fissures, from which spatial turbulence spilled out, but the fissures were swiftly mended by the laws of heaven and earth.

"Send a message, call for help!"

Seeing that the Half-Step Demon Emperor’s attacks were getting increasingly frenzied and their own formation was becoming unstable, an Immortal Emperor Realm Expert shouted loudly.

Thus, several Immortal Emperor Realm Experts quickly crushed Immortal Talismans, summoning other immortals to join the battle.

The bounty for those few mouths of the Water of Life offered by Fang Bai was indeed too tempting; thousands of Immortal Emperor Realm Experts were mobilized, searching the Southern Desolate for traces of the Antarctica Immortal Emperor.

This group of Immortal Emperor Realm Experts voluntarily formed a team, preparing to join forces to find the Antarctica Immortal Emperor and exchange him with Fang Bai for a few mouths of the Water of Life.

After spending several months and conducting multiple investigations, they finally discovered that the Antarctica Immortal Emperor was hidden by a Half-Step Demon Emperor in an Immortal Cave, who was preparing to consume his blood for cultivation.

Since Fang Bai had once declared that if any immortal found and brought back the Antarctica Immortal Emperor alive, he would, in addition to the bounty of a few mouths of Water of Life, give a few petals of the Chaos Lotus as a bonus, the group of Immortal Emperor Realm Experts acted in time to stop the Half-Step Demon Emperor from sucking blood, leading to a fierce battle between the two sides.

The Half-Step Demon Emperor was obviously skilled at setting up formations. He had set up a defensive array outside the Immortal Cave where the Antarctica Immortal Emperor was hidden, leaving the group of Immortal Emperor Realm Experts helpless, unable to enter in a short time. They decided to first join forces to drive away the Half-Step Demon Emperor and then figure out other ways to rescue the Antarctica Immortal Emperor.

The two sides, one intending to rescue the Antarctica Immortal Emperor and return to the Savage Beast Immortal City to exchange for benefits from Fang Bai, and the other unwilling to easily give up the "delicacy" within reach, fought with exceptional ferocity.

The Half-Step Demon Emperor was wounded, his demonic energy greatly depleted, while among the group of Immortal Emperor Realm Experts, two were severely injured and withdrew from the battlefield, and several others were also wounded.

Fortunately, more Immortal Emperor Realm Experts soon arrived to join the fray, enabling the group to gain the upper hand, suppressing the Half-Step Demon Emperor.

Seeing that his demonic energy was overconsumed and realizing that continued fighting might put him in danger, the Half-Step Demon Emperor let out a long howl towards the sky, launched a full-strength attack, creating a breach in the formation held by the joint force of Immortal Emperor Realm Experts, and swiftly fled.

The group’s goal was to drive away the Half-Step Demon Emperor, and seeing him flee, they naturally wouldn’t pursue. Joyfully, they gathered outside the Immortal Cave to study how to unravel the formation.

Although a few among them had some understanding of formations, after some research, they found the formation to be extremely intricate and impossible to unravel.

Left with no choice, the group of Immortal Emperor Realm Experts had to invite an Array Master from a nearby Immortal City to help, but to their disappointment, the Array Master was also powerless.

The group of Immortal Emperor Realm Experts felt greatly dejected. After a brief discussion, they dispatched a companion to return to the Savage Beast Immortal City to seek Fang Bai’s advice.

Fang Bai quickly received the news and was overjoyed, immediately informing Fan Hua in the Five Elements Space Ring.

Fan Hua, upon learning that her father was still alive, wept with joy, her mood finally lifting, longing to see her father, the Antarctica Immortal Emperor, immediately.

With two City Lord Mansion Immortal Emperor Realm Experts escorting them along the way, Fang Bai, along with Fan Hua and other immortals, followed the reporting Immortal Emperor Realm Expert, riding on two Immortal Rocs, and within a day, they flew to the front of the Immortal Cave where the Antarctica Immortal Emperor was trapped.

"Your father is in the cave. I can sense his aura; though weak, there shouldn’t be any major issues."

Fang Bai pointed to the mountain cave and said to Fan Hua, while feeling a sense of relief, thinking that no matter how badly injured the Antarctica Immortal Emperor was, as long as there was a breath left in him, he would have a way to heal him.

Because of the obstructive formation, Fan Hua couldn’t sense her father’s aura inside the Immortal Cave. Anxious, she shouted loudly, "Father! Father!"

Fang Bai quickly formed Array Patterns with his hands, continuously casting them out, and to the astonishment of the group of Immortal Emperor Realm Experts, he soon broke the array outside the cave.

"Who would have thought that Alchemist Fang is also an Array Master! In the Immortal Realm, it’s probably unprecedented to be an Alchemist, an Artifact Refiner, and also an Array Master, right?"

An Immortal Emperor Realm Expert expressed admiration, becoming even more respectful towards Fang Bai.

The other Immortal Emperor Realm Experts also looked at Fang Bai with unrestrained eagerness in their eyes.

Even though these Immortal Emperor Realm Experts had a higher cultivation level than Fang Bai, they all understood that Fang Bai’s potential in the Immortal Dao far exceeded theirs and that he might become an Immortal Emperor in the future. If they didn’t curry favor now, then when?

Fang Bai, seeing Fan Hua fly into the Immortal Cave, smiled and cupped his hands towards the group of Immortal Emperor Realm Experts, exchanging a few modest words, and then entered the Immortal Cave with Xia Chenyu and the others.

The group of Immortal Emperor Realm Experts awaited outside, unable to contain their excitement at the thought of the imminent reward of the Water of Life and Chaos Lotus petals.

Although the formation outside the Immortal Cave was unraveled by Alchemist Fang, without these Immortal Emperor Realm Experts, Alchemist Fang wouldn’t have found the Antarctica Immortal Emperor, so the majority of the credit was still theirs. Given Alchemist Fang’s status, he certainly wouldn’t default on the reward, would he?

"Wow..."

Suddenly, a cry from Fan Hua emerged from the Immortal Cave, causing all the waiting Immortal Emperor Realm Experts to tense up, wondering if the Antarctica Immortal Emperor had perished?

As they extended their Divine Sense into the cave, they found the Antarctica Immortal Emperor lying flat on the ground, not knowing for what reason, his entire body was pitch black, surrounded by swirling Demonic Qi, appearing in a stuporous state. Although his aura was weak, the vitality in his body was incredibly robust.

"Could it be that the Half-Step Demon Emperor gave him Blood Demon Powder?"

A well-informed Immortal Emperor Realm Expert exclaimed, looking at the Antarctica Immortal Emperor with a sympathetic expression.

Other Immortal Emperor Realm Experts, upon hearing the words "Blood Demon Powder," couldn’t help but gasp.

Blood Demon Powder is refined from a type of Demon Flower growing in the Demon Domain. When an immortal takes it, they lose self-awareness, but the vitality within their body is fully stimulated, and their blood flows at an accelerated rate.

In such a condition, if a Demon Clan expert were to consume the blood within an immortal’s body, they would gain the optimal cultivation assistance effect.

Though Blood Demon Powder is of great benefit to Demon Clan experts, it is extremely harmful to immortals. Once someone takes Blood Demon Powder, although they might miraculously survive, they would become equivalent to a cripple, far worse than death.

Fang Bai knew what Blood Demon Powder was, as did the other Immortal Emperor Realm Experts, but Fan Hua and Xia Chenyu and the other immortals did not. However, from the reaction of those Immortal Emperor Realm Experts outside the Immortal Cave, they knew that Blood Demon Powder was extremely detrimental to the Antarctica Immortal Emperor.

"Uncle, save Father..."

Fan Hua, looking at the Antarctica Immortal Emperor lying on the ground, broke down in tears.