The massive demonic energy tornado moved slowly, uprooting trees from the entire mountain. In the gray, open mountain range, investigation teams gradually emerged.

Each team was led by Ming Sheng and carried powerful sacred weapons. Ji Jiayu's Qingkui team didn't carry any sacred weapons, but they had enough sacred pearls.

The Qingkui team stood on the gray mountain, inconspicuous, and everyone's attention was drawn to the demonic energy tornado. "What do you think?"

After watching from a distance for a while, Ji Jiayu turned to glance at Yang Jiong'er and the others at the side. "It's too far to see anything," Yang Jiong'er said. "So are we."

"Then let's take a closer look." After Ji Jiayu finished speaking, he took the lead in walking toward the demonic energy tornado, followed by Nie Lanxi. Yang Jiong'er and the others exchanged glances, and they all left.

As they continued to advance, the demonic energy tornado in everyone's sight grew larger and larger, and the sound of the wind whistled in their ears. They were only three kilometers away from the demonic energy tornado. "What now?" Ji Jiayu asked again.

"I still can't see anything," Yang Jiong'er said.

"I sense it." Ji Jiayu said, "The power of this demonic energy tornado isn't as great as expected. The root demonic energy is very diffuse, relying primarily on the activation of certain rules to bring in new demonic energy. Compared to the root demonic energy, the purity of the new demonic energy isn't as high, and when the demonic energy tornado rotates and collides with other objects, they will cancel each other out with divine power."

Ji Jiayu's words slightly surprised Yang Jiong'er and the others, but that was all. In their opinion, as the person in charge of the Sacred Gem Pearl, Ji Jiayu should have a high sensitivity to demonic energy.

"Lan Xi, what about you? "Do you sense anything?" Ji Jiayu asked."The root of the demonic energy you sensed seems to be a very small demonic realm creature," Nie Lanxi said.

Nie Lanxi's words surprised Yang Jiong'er and the others, but they were only surprised. They all knew that Nie Lanxi was Ji Jiayu's guardian and possessed extraordinary abilities. The key was that he was a hybrid of the Guangming clan and humans, and in terms of bloodline, he was relatively close to them.

"To find out the cause, we need to get closer to him."

As Ji Jiayu spoke, he discovered that three kilometers away on the east side, there were already Guangming clansmen advancing toward the demonic energy tornado, and there were more than one of them.

Seeing this, Ji Jiayu paused for a moment and said, "Let's go check on their situation first." When Yang Jiong'er and the others heard this, they deliberately denied it, but after thinking it over, they held back.

They wanted to say that they were the Holy Guards, from the top organization of the Holy Sect. The Holy Guards were not inferior to other teams, and they could also scout the situation as the vanguard. Furthermore, their team still had the Pearl of Light. Sacred, and there was no reason to retreat, and it would make people laugh if it spread.

But they thought about it, with Ji Jiayu and Nie Lanxi's importance, if something really happened, it wouldn't be easy to handle. They didn't like or dislike Ji Jiayu and Nie Lanxi for now, but they understood that they were the most valuable assets of the Sacred Sect.

Just wait, bear with me.

In just a few minutes, another team arrived beneath the demonic energy tornado. Judging from their attire and abilities, Ji Jiayu and the others could tell they were fanatical and ascetic members.

I saw a dazzling golden light flash where the two teams were staying, and a vacuum quickly appeared in the demonic energy tornado. Soon, bat-sized flying creatures flew out of the demonic energy tornado.

They had limbs and heads like human heads, but their skin was pure black, with wings on their backs, round red eyes protruding, sharp fangs dripping with saliva, and they screamed as they flew, their cries merging into a sound wave that rumbled in all directions.

"This..." Ji Jiayu recalled the vision he had seen from the Sacred Gem earlier. If he remembered it, right. He should have seen this strange demonic creature.

"These are Black Bat Demons, a low-ranking demon in the Demon Realm, but they are numerous, often gathering in the hundreds or tens of millions, and wherever they pass, not a blade of grass grows." Yang Jiong'er's voice suddenly rang out.

When Ji Jiayu heard this, he suddenly remembered the dark shadow that covered the sky. Millions of dark bat demons acted like locusts, and even Star God-level powerhouses had to retreat when faced with them.

The two teams easily eliminated thousands of dark bat demons, but the demonic energy tornado continued to gush out from the dark bat demons, seemingly endless. Seeing this, the other investigation teams hurriedly stepped up to assist. For a time, the light of sacred techniques and sacred patterns illuminated a wide area, destroying tens of thousands of dark bat demons and making the demonic energy tornado lose its edge.

However, this was a symptom rather than a root cause! As the divine power faded, the demonic energy tornado rapidly recovered, and the demonic energy within the tornado did not diminish, but increased.

Rushing to destroy the Black Bat Demons and neutralize this demonic energy was useless. If they wanted to destroy the demonic energy tornado, they had to find another method.

Seeing more and more investigation teams rushing over, Yang Jiong'er and the others couldn't help but feel a little anxious. "Are we just standing here?" Jiang Ling couldn't help but ask. "I still have to observe," Ji Jiayu said.

"What are you observing? Someone's already injured! Aren't you the bearer of the Holy Light Pearl? There's nothing you can do?" Luo Yi asked anxiously.

"That's it! If the Ming God of our clan comes, it won't matter if several hundred more demonic energy tornadoes come!" Gu Le said.

"Gu Le, how are you talking!" Yang Ling'er stopped.

Gu Le's words were extremely harsh, but Ji Jiayu didn't have time to care; his eyes and spiritual power were focused on the demonic energy tornado in the distance.

At the same time, more and more investigation teams rushed forward. The Guangming geniuses used their strongest methods one after another, and explosions continued. The fluctuations caused by the violent explosions shook and dispersed several demonic energy tornadoes, canceling out much of the demonic energy.

The demonic energy tornado recovered rapidly, but the divine power purified the demonic energy even faster. With the combined efforts of many Bright Clan geniuses, the demonic energy tornado actually had a tendency to shrink and collapse.

But Ji Jiayu felt something was amiss. The demonic energy he sensed through the Holy Radiance Orb didn't weaken as the demonic energy tornado shrank. This demonic energy tornado was like a balloon. When it expanded, it was a balloon, and when it shrank, it was still a balloon. Although the gas inside was gone, the balloon still existed. Those Bright Clan geniuses were doing their best to no avail.

Three minutes later, the demonic energy tornado that had attacked Baishan Fortress completely dissipated. But just before it completely disappeared, Ji Jiayu sensed that the immense demonic energy instantly vanished from the area, traversing space and reappearing elsewhere.

"This won't work..." Ji Jiayu shook his head.

He had to go to the demonic energy tornado to see it for himself, or even go inside to see it. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to determine its cause or how to resolve it.