Outside the mountain gate of Xuan Qing Sect.
Long Haotian and his two junior brothers exchanged glances.
"You..."
"Senior Brother Long, you also received Senior Sister Xu's message."
Chen Tao revealed a mouthful of white teeth and said carelessly.
Long Haotian responded with a low hum, a sense of inexplicable annoyance rising in his heart.
So it wasn't just him who had received a message.
Wang Yian said, "Then let's go pick up Senior Sister Xu together."
After speaking, he and Chen Tao looked at Long Haotian with burning eyes.
Long Haotian, with a dark expression, took out the Sacred Light Feather from his storage bag, raised it to the sky, and the three of them leaped up, flying towards the location Xu Yi had sent.
On the most expansive training stage within Xuan Qing Sect, a handsome man with sharp eyebrows and eyes gently exhaled and slowly sheathed his long sword.
In front of him lay a training stone covered in sword marks.
He swept his indifferent gaze over the new sword marks on the training stone, a hint of imperceptible displeasure flashing in his eyes.
Still not enough.
"Xing Han."
Bei Xing Han turned and bowed to the Sect Leader, True Person Qing Lian, as he approached. "Master."
True Person Qing Lian looked at his emotionless disciple and sighed inwardly. He said gently, "Practicing swordsmanship all day long will not greatly benefit your breakthrough. You can walk around the sect more, consult with the elders, or help me guide Hao Tian.
You haven't seen Hao Tian since he returned, have you? He has improved significantly during this outing. It's a pity you didn't agree to go with him then; perhaps you would have already overcome this bottleneck by now."
Mentioning Long Haotian, True Person Qing Lian's tone became even more gentle.
"I understand, Master."
Bei Xing Han remained cold, as if nothing could shake his emotions.
True Person Qing Lian shook his head and didn't say more. Just as he was about to leave, he saw a flash of golden light streak across the sky.
"It's the Sacred Golden Feather. I wonder where that child Hao Tian is going again."
Bei Xing Han heard the implied indulgence in True Person Qing Lian's words. His eyebrows lowered, making his emotions unreadable.
It wasn't until a complex sigh came from above his head that his fingers twitched slightly.
...
"Pfft!"
Hong Xing Ye knelt on one knee on the ground, his face as pale as gold paper. The defensive magical robes on his body were torn in several places, making his appearance even more disheveled.
Scattered limbs and broken arms around him made the entire scene more shocking.
Hong Xing Ye's eyes were bloodshot, and he stared fixedly ahead, muttering, "Impossible, it's impossible."
How could he, a dignified fifth-level formation master, be defeated by a woman who didn't even have a formation master's铭牌 (ming pai - identification token)?
As his emotions surged, his wounds were aggravated, and he spat out another mouthful of blood. His expression became increasingly listless.
"Master Hong, what do you think of my formation?"
He slowly raised his head and saw Su Mei'er standing not far in front of him, looking at him with a smile.
"You, cough, cough!" He coughed a few times forcefully. "Who exactly are you?"
He no longer believed the information recorded about this woman in the jade slip.
Nascent Soul cultivator? Disdainful of formation masters?
All lies!
This woman was clearly an Out of Body cultivator whose formation mastery level surpassed his!
If he had known this earlier, he would never have concealed it from the Alliance Leader and brought people to capture her.
Now, the injuries in his body only allowed him to exert less than fifty percent of his strength, and he was still no match for Su Mei'er.
My life is forfeit!
Hong Xing Ye was engulfed in despair, but his eyes stubbornly stared at Xu Yi. He had to know who this woman was!
"I am just an unknown nobody without a formation master's 铭牌."
Xu Yi smiled slightly, flipped her wrist, and the Chastisement Ruler fell into her hand.
"Can you..."
Spare my life.
Hong Xing Ye's pupils trembled, and his eyes showed pleading.
Xu Yi remained unmoved. Holding the Chastisement Ruler, she slashed down at him fiercely. It cut through the air, forming a black arc, and the sound of breaking wind whistled.
Since Master Hong wanted to kill her, she would not hold back either.
Seeing this, Hong Xing Ye's heart hardened. Since that was the case, they might as well die together!
With that, the blood in his body surged in reverse, veins bulging, and his skin turned an abnormal crimson.
"To be so vicious at such a young age, hateful, hateful!"
Clang—
A piercing sound of metal colliding with stone rang out.
Xu Yi felt a powerful force strike her entire body. She staggered back several steps, her feet dragging on the ground, carving two deep沟壑 (gou he - ravines).
"Spirit Severing cultivator."
"Alliance Leader!"
Xu Yi and Hong Xing Ye spoke at the same time.
Upon seeing the elder, Hong Xing Ye immediately stopped his self-destruction.
However, the reverse blood flow had already caused him irreparable damage. His entire body felt as if it had been placed in a furnace.
He no longer had the strength to even kneel. After speaking a sentence, his body went limp and collapsed, leaving only his eyeballs able to move.
But the joy of surviving the ordeal almost overwhelmed him.
The Alliance Leader had arrived; he would not die.
The elder didn't even spare Hong Xing Ye a glance. He looked at Xu Yi with deep disappointment. "You are Su Mei'er? Your comprehension is not bad, but your mind is narrow, and you are ruthless and cruel. It's a pity you won't achieve greatness."
Xu Yi was amused by the old man's words.
"Do everyone from the Formation Heaven Alliance like to twist black into white and confuse right from wrong?"
The elder sighed and shook his head, looking at Xu Yi as if she were a stubborn and ignorant degenerate.
Xu Yi was too lazy to argue with him and asked, "When did you arrive? Before I set up the formation? Or... when the formation exploded!"
This person could block a fatal blow for Hong Xing Ye, so it was clear he had been here before.
Xu Yi initially thought the elder had arrived before Hong Xing Ye and his group appeared, but upon further consideration, traveling through a teleportation array would cause spatial fluctuations, which she would not have failed to notice.
Therefore, the only possibility was that when the chain-detonation formation erupted, he happened to teleport to the center of the explosion, and the explosion's power perfectly masked his spatial fluctuations.
"You are very clever," the elder praised, his expression suddenly straightening. "But provoking the Formation Heaven Alliance is the most foolish thing you have ever done."
His entire aura surged, like an unscalable mountain, standing before Xu Yi.
Xu Yi's heart pounded. She scattered a handful of black balls, leaped up, and jumped onto the Flying Shuttle, speeding towards the front.
"A petty trick."
The elder glanced at the oncoming black balls, which carried a violent aura, and snorted disdainfully. With a wave of his large hand, a powerful suction emanated from his sleeve, drawing all the black balls into it.
The Heavenly Thunder Seeds, before they could detonate, vanished from Xu Yi's perception.
Xu Yi didn't dare to look back as she frantically urged the Flying Shuttle forward. Passing by Yang Mei, she channeled her spiritual energy, scooped her up, and placed her in front of her.
Yang Mei also knew the situation was critical and dared not speak. She clutched the Flying Shuttle tightly, her young face filled with panic.
Xu Yi had no time to comfort her now. The elder behind her had a cultivation level a full realm higher than hers. If he caught up, both of them would die.
The only chance of survival now was to rely on the speed of the Flying Shuttle to prevent the elder from catching up. Once they reached Xuan Qing Sect, they would be safe.
Thinking of Xuan Qing Sect, Xu Yi suddenly remembered the messages she had sent to the three members of Xuan Qing Sect earlier, and her expression changed drastically.
This is bad! What if she met the three members of Xuan Qing Sect on the way!