Chapter 4875

As soon as he stepped into the hall, Kai spotted Ning Zhi, draped in a fiery red cape with a mask covering his face.

Beside him stood a female cultivator dressed in the same attire, gripping a long sword engulfed in flames. Her gaze remained fixed indifferently on the shadows within the hall.

Ning Zhi also noticed Kai. When he saw that Kai had actually reached the fourth floor, his expression shifted slightly.

“Brother Ning, you made it to the fourth floor as well.”

Kai approached and greeted him.

Ning Zhi gave a slight nod, but his face darkened when he noticed Li Chunfeng and Shen Zhiyan trailing behind Kai.

He recognized Shen Zhiyan—who had just been the guardian of the third floor!

Now that Shen Zhiyan was following Kai, it could only mean one thing: the third-floor guardian had submitted to him.

Ning Zhi wasn’t sure what to think at that moment.

“Your senior sister…” Kai glanced at Su Yuqi’s back and asked in a low voice.

“She’s in the middle of a challenge,” Ning Zhi replied.

Just as he finished speaking, a flash of sword light suddenly appeared in front of Su Yuqi—without any warning!

It came from the darkness, with no way to tell who had unleashed it.

The blade was aimed directly at Su Yuqi’s face—an unmistakable killing move!

But her reaction was swift. The instant the sword light appeared, she had already swung her own blade.

Clang!

The attack was instantly deflected by Su Yuqi’s sword. Without hesitation, she retaliated, sweeping her blade forward!

In an instant, flames engulfed the entire hall.

What had once been shrouded in darkness was now illuminated by the raging fire!

A figure emerged from within the flames, though his form appeared different.

“The ultimate fire… The demon clan’s ultimate fire?” Kai frowned as he felt the scorching heat, then turned to Ning Zhi.

“We are demon cultivators. Brother Chen doesn’t look down on us, does he?” Ning Zhi asked calmly.

“Of course not…” Kai shook his head and said nothing more.

At that moment, amidst the raging flames, streaks of sword light continued to shoot out. The opponent showed no fear of the fire!

Su Yuqi wielded her long sword, swinging it rapidly to deflect the dazzling attacks.

Clang!

As the final sword light was struck down, Su Yuqi’s weapon shattered instantly!

Her eyes narrowed slightly at the broken blade, but without hesitation, she pressed her palms downward.

Boom!

A surge of fire erupted around her, and from within the flames, a sword forged entirely from fire slowly took shape!

Several more sword lights shot toward her, but this time, the surrounding flames shielded her from harm.

Had she been even a fraction slower, the opponent’s attack would have pierced her!

With an angry shout, Su Yuqi gripped the fire-forged sword tightly in her right hand and swung it with force.

Thousands of blazing sword lights surged from the ground!

Yet, the opponent did not seem troubled. With a simple wave of his hand, every flaming sword light was instantly extinguished—along with all the fire in the hall!

Darkness engulfed the space once more.

Su Yuqi was struck hard, sent flying backward before crashing heavily onto the ground.

“Your senior sister lost…” Kai said to Ning Zhi.

Yet, watching Su Yuqi’s defeat, an unsettling feeling lingered in Kai’s heart. An urge to avenge her welled up inside him.

He wasn’t sure why.

Perhaps it was a sense of justice, an unwillingness to see a woman being overpowered.

But Su Yuqi refused to concede.

She rose to her feet, gripping her sword once more!

As she swung, the entire void trembled!

In an instant, the hall was flooded with blinding light as a black-robed man calmly extended his hand.

The world shook violently.

Su Yuqi’s body froze as if imprisoned, and in that moment, the fire-forged sword in her grasp vanished without a trace!