Everyone might dislike Ji Jiayu and Nie Lanxi and harbor prejudice against them, but there was a consensus: Ji Jiayu was able to stand out in the Holy City incident and surpass hundreds of thousands of voters to become the person in charge of the Sacred Gem, and he was by no means an ordinary person.

Yang Jiong'er and the others also understood this truth and guessed that there was a reason for waiting for Ji Jiayu and Nie Lanxun. But what if the demonic energy tornado was so easily destroyed? What about their records and promotions? Why should they trust someone they had only known for a short time?

However, at this moment, seeing Ji Jiayu and Nie Lanxi easily destroy countless black bat demons, they finally calmed down and waited quietly.

Perhaps what Ji Jiayu said was true, then their team could make a significant contribution.

In front of the demonic energy tornado, Ji Jiayu and Nie Lanxi gently fanned their wings of holy light and stood in the air. Because they possessed the unique aura of the Sacred Gem, the Dark Bats lost their senses and rushed towards them.

After facing the demonic energy tornado up close, Ji Jiayu felt it even more clearly.

These dark bat demons appeared chaotic, but they were actually flying with mysterious laws. Their flight also caused the root demonic energy to stir. Were they defending against something?

Ji Jiayu and Nie Lanxi looked at each other, and after the former nodded lightly, she flapped her wings and rushed into the demonic energy tornado.

At the same time, Ji Jiayu chanted a sacred incantation in front of her, and the Holy Light Guard and Holy Light Barrier connected her to the Demonic Qi Dragon.

Her volume was isolated.

Nie Lanxi's response was simpler: she simply allowed her divine power to spread throughout her body, and no demonic energy attacked her.

Seeing the two of them plunge deep into the demonic energy tornado, there were bursts of exclamations from below.

Although many Bright Clan geniuses had destroyed several demonic energy tornadoes, no one had ever entered it. It wasn't that they didn't want to enter, but that they simply couldn't. Whether it was the vast number of dark bat demons or the vicious demonic energy, they couldn't resist.

Their divine power was too mediocre, and in front of the demonic energy, it was like fire meeting water. Unless they were powerful enough to burn all the water with sky-high flames, they could only watch from the sidelines.

Ji Jiayu and Nie Lanxi's behavior shocked and worried them.

If nothing else, it was simply because Ji Jiayu was the one in charge of the Sacred Gems; if anything happened to him, it would be a loss for the Bright Clan!

Only a small number of people were truly concerned about their personal safety, and many felt they were too impulsive and reckless.

If Ji Jiayu knew what they were thinking, even if he didn't care on the surface, he would still be thinking in his heart: If you want to truly gain the recognition of the Guangming tribe, there's still a long way to go!

"Huh, yeah!"

After they entered the demonic energy tornado, their ears were filled with the howling wind.

Within the demonic energy tornado, the attacks of the dark bat demons, with their home field advantage, became increasingly fierce. Although in Ji Jiayu and Nie Lanxi's eyes, this was almost equivalent to swatting mosquitoes and flies, there were simply too many mosquitoes and flies, which was quite annoying.

Under the endless attacks of the dark bat demons, Ji Jiayu had to activate his Yao form. This way, he could defend against the Dark Bat Demon while observing the situation in the Demonic Energy Tornado.

The two continued to delve deeper into the demonic energy tornado, and the deeper they flew, the more demonic energy they were engulfed in, and the stronger the winds became. After a while, Ji Jiayu turned his head and glanced at Nie Lanxi. "Are you alright?"

"Nothing," Nie Lanxi said, "Just take care of yourself."

"Hmm." Ji Jiayu was only concerned about her, and he had a good foundation in his heart.

Although Nie Lanxi didn't say it, Ji Jiayu knew that in the battle at Qiming City, he had forced himself to use the divine-level divine power in his body and was heavily injured. At the same time, he also gained a certain advantage, and his strength increased as he recovered. He didn't know how strong Ji Jiayu was, but he was much stronger than him.

This couldn't help but make Ji Jiayu sigh that Nie Lanxi was worthy of being a guardian.

Ji Jiayu tried continuously to cast holy magic, but due to the abundant demonic energy outside the holy light barrier and his meager divine power, it became difficult to cast holy magic.

Fortunately, he had the holy pearl. The Sacred Pearl could suppress demonic energy simply by remaining there quietly. The demonic energy feared it, and at the same time, it wanted to drown it out, a contradiction in terms.

A large number of dark bat demons continued to violently collide, preventing the two of them from advancing.

Gradually, Ji Jiayu felt a little helpless, and if he continued forward, his divine power would be exhausted. As a last resort, he had to urge the Sacred Light Pearl to release a ray of Holy Light.

The next instant, countless dark bat demons screamed and fell.

Ji Jiayu finally saw clearly the object surrounding them—a door made of black stone. In the blink of an eye, the black stone door was surrounded by Dark Bat Demons again.

"Did you see it?" Ji Jiayu hurriedly turned to look at Nie Lanxi and asked.

"I saw it." Nie Lanxi nodded.

"That must be the source of the demonic energy," Ji Jiayu said, "Although the time was very short, I seemed to see demonic energy gushing out from it."

"I felt it too," Nie Lanxi said.

"Is every demonic energy tornado caused by that black stone door? Where does it come from?" Ji Jiayu's heart was full of questions.

The demonic energy tornado appeared after the Light Barrier appeared in Qiming City, originating from the black stone gate. So, was this black stone gate originally in Sacred Chenghai, or was someone, no, a demon, sent specifically? If you destroy it, will the demonic energy tornado disappear completely?

"Let's try?" Ji Jiayu asked, "Okay." Nie Lanxi nodded.

In the next instant, divine power and spiritual power gushed out from his body, and he began casting holy spells. Ji Jiayu also began using offensive holy techniques.

As he tirelessly practiced, his divine power attribute increased, and now, he was only a step away from the peak of rank five.

But he was still cultivating too quickly in the end. He needed time to consolidate his cultivation, integrate these divine power attributes, and then learn more holy techniques and methods before he could build the holy cornerstone.

In other words, he was very close to the peak of rank five, but far from rank six.

"Bang bang bang!"

With the large number of black bat demons killed, Ji Jiayu and Nie Lanxi began to look at the black stone gate more frequently. It wasn't clear if it was an illusion, but the black stone door always gave Ji Jiayu the feeling that it was spying on them. This feeling grew stronger and stronger, until for a moment, Ji Jiayu saw a flashing red vertical pupil in the center of the black stone door.

Seeing Ji Jiayu look at it, it immediately closed its pupils, making Ji Jiayu feel extremely panicked and frightened. However, after that, it couldn't help but continue observing Ji Jiayu—more precisely, it was observing the Sacred Gemstone in front of Ji Jiayu.

It stared at the Sacred Gemstone, and there was greed and longing, as well as fear and dread in its vertical pupils. "It has wisdom?!" Ji Jiayu was shocked. A door actually possessed wisdom!