Fire techniques, lightning techniques, wood-controlling techniques, water-controlling techniques, as well as daggers, spears, swords, halberds, axes, battleaxes, hooks, and tridents, all unleashed a frantic, indiscriminate bombardment together.

The crowd seemed to treat the Thunder Ghost King as a practice sandbag, all unleashing their strongest attacks.

Six Supreme Realm powerhouses exerting their full strength caused white light to illuminate the sky above the Hale family Holy Land as bright as broad daylight.

And amidst the repeated bombardment, the Thunder Ghost King, who had always been contemptuous of the Human Race, treating them as ants and nourishment, for the first time in his life felt terror coming from the ants and nourishment.

After leaving the Saint Lord’s Hall, Alex went on foot to the Alchemy Pavilion.

Within the pavilion, Lara was still standing in front of the bronze cauldron, meticulously mixing medicinal materials.

"Lara, still refining pills?" Alex said with interest.

"Tomorrow is the Heaven Sacrifice Ceremony. Cedric is already so busy he wishes he could split himself into multiple bodies, yet you are still as leisurely as always."

"Saint Lord." Seeing Alex arrive, Lara set down the medicine bottle and smiled embarrassedly.

"There is no other way. I do not know how to do anything besides alchemy. Things like arranging the Heaven Sacrifice Ceremony, I am completely clueless about. I can only leave it to Brother Cedric, Brother Tobias, and the others."

Alex chuckled secretly in his heart. Adrian and Tobias probably share the exact same thought as you.

Everyone just did what they wanted, pushing the tedious tasks onto the other three, and ultimately it all landed on Cedric’s head.

"Alright, I understand you. As an alchemy expert, just focus all your energy on these medicine pots of yours. As for other matters, leave them to Cedric." Alex narrowed his eyes, smiling mysteriously.

"Lara, I recently obtained two extremely rare materials. I wonder if you are interested in taking a look?"

"Oh?" Lara’s eyes lit up.

"Of course I am interested. What treasure has the Saint Lord obtained?"

"Hehe, certainly something you have never seen before." Alex unhurriedly took out the tuft of black fur and the jade slip storing fresh blood from his storage ring.

Lara, originally full of anticipation, was instantly stunned upon seeing these two bizarre yet formidable things.

"Saint Lord, what is this? It looks very ordinary..."

"Ordinary? Then your eyes have deceived you." Alex smiled faintly.

"Lara, have you ever heard of the Giant Demon Race?"

"Of course." Lara nodded.

"The formidable race that once ruled the Azure Origin Continent in ancient times. Born with divine strength capable of destroying everything, their bodies covered in invulnerable black fur. Because they had no natural enemies, all living beings on the continent became their prey..."

As she spoke, she suddenly realized something, horror appearing on her face. "Saint Lord, could this be..."

"Correct." Alex nodded. 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

"This is fur from a Giant Demon, and fresh blood extracted from a Giant Demon’s body. Because the Giant Demon Race went extinct tens of thousands of years ago, current secret recipes do not record whether their fur and blood hold value for alchemy or forging."

"However, I believe that with your unparalleled alchemy talent, you can definitely research and discover their uses."

Receiving such praise, Lara looked excited and nodded heavily. "Saint Lord, rest assured! I will pour in everything I have learned, research with all my might, and not waste these precious materials. I will definitely not fail the Saint Lord’s high hopes!"

"Hehe, good." Alex nodded cheerfully.

"As long as you do not fail my high hopes, it will be fine. These things, although rare, are not exactly hard-won. You can boldly experiment and waste them. If it is not enough, I will just go get more."

"...Ah?" Lara froze, her expression complicated. Where did the Saint Lord catch a Giant Demon from? Did he pen it up just for her to research?

"Also, although I allow you to focus on alchemy, do not forget to attend tomorrow’s Heaven Sacrifice Ceremony. That is all. Rest early, goodnight."

Alex waved at Lara, yawned, and was just about to leave.

Suddenly, a girl ran in from outside. It was Lara’s disciple, Celine. She said anxiously. "Saint Lord, Master, something major has happened outside! You must quickly go take a look!"

"Hmm?" Alex frowned and immediately took great strides out of the Alchemy Pavilion.

Arriving outside, he was instantly dumbfounded by the scene before him.

Thalen Wren, Ziven Mire, and several other Supreme Realm big shots he was not very familiar with had formed a circle outside the pavilion.

Each had a face full of pride and arrogance, looking as if they were here to claim credit, waiting to receive his praise.

Right in the center was a ghost cultivator bound tightly in ropes, slumped and kneeling on the ground like a corpse.

He was covered in bloody holes emitting seething black mist, his face beaten black and blue, reduced to a mangled, bloody mess.

He looked a few degrees more miserable than the Nether Earth Ghost King had after being brutally beaten by Alex.

"What is the situation here?" Alex asked weakly.

"Everyone, where did you catch such a ghost cultivator?"

"Saint Lord Alex, let me speak!" Renis was the first to say excitedly.

"This fellow was hiding in the woods, peeping at your Hale family disciples taking a piss! I caught him on the spot and used my Star-Moon Soul Lock Chain to prevent his escape!"

"Bah, is this entirely your credit?!" Brook immediately retorted.

"Saint Lord Alex, I used a set of Bear Emperor Mountain-Splitting Fists to directly cripple this fellow, otherwise he would have escaped long ago!"

Thalen also hurriedly spoke up. "Saint Lord Alex, if I had not used the Void Spirit Thousand Army Sword to sever his Achilles tendons, he would not have surrendered so easily!"

Ziven also added. "Saint Lord Alex, and my Storm Falling Star Hammer! One hammer strike smashed this fellow’s arms, rendering him unable to resist!"