The moment Cole appear at the top of the bloodsphere, his True Phoenix Flame purified the blood and create a massive hole, revealing the hidden person inside.

A expression of suprise could be seen at Darryl's face. The same as the other two team leader, he wields a Holy-Rank Weapon called the Demonic Vampire Sword. It has the ability to devour blood of the victim and store it inside it's internal space. Since it was a Holy Sword, it has an internal space that could contain a small ocean of blood inside.

Therefore, after many years of being used by another member of the sect, the Demonic Vampire Sword contains a ocean amount amount of blood. That is to say, it was almost endless.

This was the reason why the fire breath of Vermillion Phoenix can't destroy the bloodsphere as its ability to recover was much more faster than the damaged done. By the time Vermillion Phoenix rest for some minutes between her attacks, the bloodsphere mend itself to its best state.

Unfortunately, the speed of recovery can't beat the purifying effect of True Phoenix Flame! Furthermore, due to certian filtheness contain on the blood domain, his True Phoenix Flame got stimulated and deal as three times more powerful than its normal effect! And that should be at the least fifty times more powerful than Lady Scarlet's attack!

Cole didn't gave Darryl a chance to recover and immediately follow with his own attack!

"[Soul Mimicry], [Crescent Moon Slash]—" In just a second, Moon-Energy was released by Cole's body and form a crescent shape moon that scream with sharpness!

Since Cole thought that it will not be enough to kill the other party, he decided to add some another attributes in the attack... Poison!

"[Soul Mimicry], [Formless Poison Mist]!"

Not only attack look aesthetically pleasing, like the thin crescent moon in the nightsky, it also posses a terrifying power!

Unfortunately, it was casted by Cole who only have the base cultivation of Nascent Soul-Stage and not Pis-ces! Otherwise, it should be more powerful and lethal!

The fluctuation produced by the crescent blade is as perfect as its appearance. It don't produce a chaotic fluctuation that could not be perceived by the body but it produce a hidden fluctuation that makes the soul of the victim feel so threatened!

And that hidden threat woke up Darryl from his stupor!

Instantly, he raise the Demonic Vampiric Sword to parry the crescent moon slash, "[Demonic Blood Slash]!" With deep red, devilish aura, the sword clash with [Crescent Moon Slash]!

Xiiing—

Unfortunately, the [Crescent Moon Slash] is a light-based attack. The Demonic Vampiric Sword managed to destroy and stop the middle part of the moon but the both end sided still managed inflict injury to Darryl.

"Arrgh!" The latter groaned in pain.

If the attack deal physical damage, he could endure it and not make any sound. However, after the moon slash damaged his body, the Moon-Energy it contains enter his body and ravaged his soul too!

It deals a soul damage!

Caught off-guard, Darryl can't even raise his soul defense which makes him recieved the full brunt of soul attack! Even as a powerful warrior himself, who have a high physical pain resistance, soul damage was still something hard to endure.

With his current state, Darryl knew that he won't be able to fight his opponent with the best of his ability.

Left with no choice, he could only retreat from that place.

"[Bloodscape]!"

Much to Cole's surprise, as though a massive sinkhole appear out of nowhere in the sky, Darryl got covered with blood and vanish without a trace...

What a powerful escape technique!

Literally, Cole freezed in the air for a moment. It caught him off-guard that someone actually escape from him.

The three leaders are seeded and important disciples of every sect. Like Levi, who wields a token that had the will of Poltergeist Cult's Great Saint Ancestor, the others also have different items and way that could preserve their life. Perhaps only the unkempt woman wasn't able to use it yet due to being subjected to the terrifying effect of [Time Field].

As he thought before, like how he lack offensive weapon, he still lack on many areas and the fact that he lack battle experience.

Fortunately, Cole knew that the formation of this medicinal garden is very powerful that even those powerful cultivator from the Eastern Continent can't destroy it and could only send their disciple in its vulnerable state. That disciple from the Blood Demon's Creed should still be inside this place.

With that thought, Cole smile.

Unlike others, he had a system and had a special map in his eyesight. As long Darryl did not know that he could track him with their own sect token, he can find him inside this dungeon.

Cole look at the transparent map in his eyesight and smile.

As long as he finish his first plan, he'll focus on hunting that man, intending to sever the path of future powerful demonic cultivator.

Speaking of future powerful demonic cultivator, Cole snap out from being surprise and flew towards the Virgo who's currently suppressing the transformed unkempt woman.

For short amount of time, the unkempt woman should know that she's been restricted by powerful force. She already made her move as ten pink threads was released by her body.

Fortunately, everyone of them, including his pets, saw what this pink threads could do. Despite still being a distanced away and also restricted by the slowing effect of Time Field, everyone had kept their distance from her.

This woman is not less dangerous than Levi and Darryl, and what Cole remember from her the most is she's the most ruthless of them all.

Without hesitation, he decided to kill her.

He was about to command Celia to read her memory but thinking that this woman had a special physique of spider beast that could use Fate Arts, he fear that she had a trap like spider web inside her body or sea of consciousness that enable might control Celia out of carelessness.

As for the reason, he want to learn more about his future enemy, the Corpse Refining Sect. The memory of this woman might contain crucial information that he could use. After all, this woman should have a high position among them, like a seeded disciple.

But, fearing of consequences, Cole gave up on reading her memory.

In fact, he even decided to use range attack to avoid unwanted accident.

Its better to be safe than sorry.

With that in mind, a raging green flame appear on top of his palm.

It was the ferocious mode of the Immortal Phoenix Flame which could burn the vitality and life of the target.

Cole very much like to use the Purity True Phoenix Flame but he fear that the woman will turn into dust and not recieve any kind of loot, specially the one he expect—the Special Physique Transformation Heavenly Fruit!

At the same time, the ethereal form of the flying phoenix on top of his head and transform into a blazing crown feather...

The fourth ability he acquire from his Martial Spirit—[Regal Fiery Crown of Immortal Ancient Phoenix]!

A formless pressure was released by Cole, forming a special domain!

And inside this invisible domain, he could control any flame that was not more powerful than the [Immortal Purity True Phoenix Flame]!

Using that superior flame controlling ability, Cole send the raging green flame into the unkempt woman, immediately covering her like a burning torch.

Unlike being burn to ashes, the ferocious [Immortal True Phoenix Flame] burns life or vitality. Therefore, upon being burned by the deep green flame, her lost its vitality with speed visible to the naked eye, her hair started to turn white and dull and wrinkles appear in her whole body...

In every second, her appearance gets older.

And as he's become very sensitive to the life force of others, he feel that her life force reach its peak for few seconds before it started to dwindle.

But what surprise Cole the most was that the burned life force from the unkempt woman did not scatter to the air but fuse with the [True Phoenix Flame]!

It was getting absorbed by it and will be use to form the [Sacrificial Life Divine Nirvanic Flame]!

Only, this news did not brought happiness to Cole due to the sight he was seeing.

After being burned by the [Immortal True Phoenix Flame] for several minutes, the once youthful unkempt woman turn into an old lady, with her one foot in the grave.

As for the pinkish thread, they were all long gone as her spiritual energy was burned not long ago. Her current state is no different from a dying grandmother, except for the fact that she's still in her demonic spider form.

When he's sure that she pose no threat anymore, he ask Virgo to release her from the time restriction.

"Just... W-Who are you?" The now old woman ask.

One should know that in the Eastern Continent, which believe to be more powerful than the people from the Azure Continent, she manage to live for so long despite being a Nascent Soul-Stage while being continuously hunted by hypocrites, who like to call themselves the righteous path cultivators.

It was out of her expectation that she'll met her end here, in the place she believe to be inferior and backward. And it was not even on the hand of the opponent she recognize, Gu Xi.

It could be said that she die with great resentment. Perhaps if she die not under the True Phoenix Flame, she had a high chance of turning into vengeful ghost.

Cole was about to answered her when he felt that her life force was fully burned. She was as dead as she can be.

He sigh.

Although the unkempt woman only show her ability in short amount of time, he could tell that it was unpredictable but very powerful.

Unfortunately, she use that power in an unacceptable way. Otherwise, she won't join a sect that is not in-line with the natural affinity of her physique.

If she don't have the problem, she should not join a sect that control corpse but join a sect that practice fate arts.

For instance, she could've choose to be diviner.

But Cole knew that perhaps the same with most of the people, this unkempt woman experience something bad from righteous path cultivators which make her choose the demonic path. That unwanted experience might be the thing that drive her to her current state.

But now, no matter what the reason is, it all stop right here.

Cole only felt a little pity that a talented person fall for this instance.

This experience could be said as lesson for Cole that no matter how powerful he is now, he can't become arrogant and provoke other people.

Otherwise, no matter how talented he is and had a hidden system, he might die any moment.

He should not become too confident on himself.

Finding no satisfaction, Cole put the corpse into Shelly's back.

It was only then he face the magical beast of Holy Beast Mountain.

It could be said that the more prominent the bloodline of the beast, the more sensitive they were. Therefore, among them, it was only Lady Scarlet could feel the powerful beast bloodline inside Cole's body.

Of course, it was also because of the fact that she had a hidden phoenix bloodline inside her that she could clearly feel the newfound power inside Cole.

And whether she like it or not, her sleeping bloodline are screaming of submission in that bloodline suppression!