Watching Chen Nan charge towards him.
The humanoid creature's eyes flickered with disdain. "So what if you have Samadhi True Fire?"
"So what if you have our tribe's sacred artifact?"
"Your strength is too weak now."
As the words fell.
He clenched his fist from afar.
Simultaneously.
A powerful sense of restraint bound Chen Nan in mid-air.
As if trapped in a deathly swamp.
No matter how he struggled, it was futile.
Even when he pushed the Samadhi True Fire to its limit, he could not break free from the restraint.
"What level of cultivation does this异魔 possess?"
"Why is its power so terrifying?"
Chen Nan now possessed the cultivation of a lower-tier God King. In close combat, he could contend with an upper-tier God King.
To put it bluntly.
His current strength, even if he encountered a God Venerable realm expert, he could take one with him.
And the God King realm was an absolutely invincible existence.
But...
At this moment, he felt a sense of powerlessness.
The humanoid creature before him was too terrifyingly powerful.
Without time to think.
He circulated the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts, transforming into a speck of dust almost invisible to the naked eye.
Simultaneously.
The feeling of restraint on his body vanished.
The humanoid creature's eyes widened in surprise. He hadn't expected Chen Nan to disappear before his very eyes.
Just as he was scanning his surroundings.
Chen Nan, like a phantom.
Eerily appeared behind him.
The black firewood staff in his hand erupted with an icy, spectral glow.
"Not good!"
The humanoid creature felt an ominous premonition.
He instinctively wanted to dodge.
But Chen Nan was faster.
The black firewood staff heavily struck the humanoid creature's shoulder.
*Puff!*
The moment he was grievously wounded by the firewood staff.
The humanoid creature spat out a mouthful of black blood.
Then a bizarre scene occurred.
The blood floating in the air, as if summoned by some mysterious force, was actually absorbed by the firewood staff.
*Hum hum hum!*
The black firewood staff trembled violently in Chen Nan's hand.
And the bloody aura in the air and the earth flew towards the mysterious staff in Chen Nan's hand in a visible form.
As it absorbed more and more bloody aura.
The black staff turned a dark red.
And on it, ferocious, slowly writhing skull heads appeared one after another.
Those skull heads' eyes glowed blue, as if they were about to devour everything.
Even Chen Nan dared not meet their gaze.
Of course.
This was not the most absurd part.
The most absurd part was.
A wild, mysterious, and bizarre energy entered Chen Nan's body through the firewood staff.
*Whoosh!*
Chen Nan's eyes instantly turned blood red.
His heartbeat quickened, and he felt agitated and restless.
He had a feeling of losing control.
He knew.
This firewood staff was about to backlash against him.
"Die!"
Chen Nan roared and charged towards the humanoid creature.
He had to deal with this 异魔 before he was consumed by the backlash.
At this moment, a hint of dread flashed in the humanoid creature's eyes. He rapidly retreated, simultaneously transforming into a stream of black demonic energy and disappearing into the heavens and earth.
But his voice remained in the air: "We'll see. One day I will kill you and reclaim my tribe's sacred artifact."
*Roar!*
As the humanoid creature disappeared.
The countless 异魔 on the ground also scattered in all directions.
In an instant, they vanished from everyone's sight.
The 异魔 retreated.
Everyone breathed a collective sigh of relief.
Relaxed expressions appeared on their faces.
To be honest.
If it weren't for Chen Nan driving away that humanoid creature.
They would have surely perished at the hands of the 异魔.
Although many had already died and sustained injuries.
At least they had achieved a temporary victory.
"This time, we have Chen Nan to thank!"
"Yes! If it weren't for him, the consequences would have been unimaginable."
"He is the benefactor of our tribe."
Everyone looked at Chen Nan with eyes full of gratitude.
They deeply understood that without Chen Nan, they would not have been able to withstand the attack of the 异魔.
If he hadn't held them back and repelled the humanoid creature.
Those 异魔 would have surely seized the opportunity to break through the formation and invade the tribe.
Simultaneously.
Quinn did not disappoint Chen Nan; he had already gained control of the tribe's formation disk, allowing him to manipulate the formation to face the 异魔's onslaught.
"Chen Nan, how are you?"
Quinn immediately landed on the ground.
Seeing Chen Nan's bloodshot eyes and disordered blood essence, he felt an inexplicable concern.
Xia Yuan spoke, "He should be on the verge of going mad. In my opinion, he should be returned to the tribe to recuperate for a while."
He knew that Chen Nan had consumed a large amount of Peaches of Immortality, and although his strength had increased rapidly.
However.
Rapidly increasing strength would make his foundation unstable.
Quinn made a decisive command, "Let's go, back to the tribe!"
"That's not advisable!"
Shi Wu's voice suddenly rang out.
For a moment.
He became the focus of countless pairs of eyes.
Everyone looked at him in unison.
Shi Wu was covered in black blood, appearing somewhat horrifying. He looked at his tribesmen, then at Chen Nan, and finally at Quinn. "I do not deny that Chen Nan greatly helped us in this battle. Without him, we would not have been able to resist the 异魔's attack."
"However."
"This does not negate the fact that Chen Nan is a huge hidden danger."
"He himself is already on the verge of going mad."
"Furthermore, the staff in his hand is a sacred artifact of the 异魔 tribe."
"While I hope he can overcome this crisis."
"But."
"A person who does not plan for the distant will be distressed by trouble close at hand."
"We should think carefully."
"What if he loses control within our tribe and truly goes mad?"
"What would we do then?"
"Is there anyone who can defeat him?"
"If he loses control within our tribe, have you considered the consequences?"
As soon as these words were spoken.
The surroundings fell silent.
That's right!
Although Chen Nan's contribution was immense.
But.
His current condition was truly dire.
Once he went mad within the tribe.
There was no one in the tribe who could contend with him.
If that were to happen.
Wushuang City would surely be drenched in blood, and its inhabitants annihilated.
This was not an exaggeration.
Because once cultivators went mad, they became bloodthirsty.
Such examples were commonplace.
"Shi Wu, what do you mean by that?" Quinn's face was as cold as frost. "Chen Nan just helped us repel the 异魔. Instead of letting him return to the tribe to rest, are you suggesting he stay on the ground?"
Shi Wu's lips curved upwards. "I also know that we cannot be ungrateful, but to preserve our tribesmen, do we have any other choice?"
Xia Yuan spoke, "I believe Chen Nan can overcome the current difficulties."
Xia Lan also said, "Indeed, I also believe in Chen Nan."
Although Xia Dong did not speak, the attitude of his family's three generations was highly consistent.
Zhou Li: "I also believe in Chen Nan."
Yao Chun: "I also believe in him!"
Shi Wu sneered, "Just because you believe in him, you want to let your tribesmen live under an unknown threat?"
"Shi Wu is right, Chen Nan cannot return to the tribe."
"This time I agree with Shi Wu's viewpoint. Even though Chen Nan has helped us, he cannot return to the tribe at this moment."
Loud voices rose from the surroundings.
They did not allow Chen Nan to return to the tribe.
Hearing the tribesmen's refusal, Quinn let out an angry roar, "He is clearly our benefactor, why are you treating him as an enemy?"
"Just because his current condition is poor, does that become your reason for being ungrateful?"