"Senior Brother, the situation is critical. We should return to headquarters immediately. The headquarters' order is to capture her alone. We have no direct evidence that Wan Lei also knows the Wind Blade Escape technique. He was merely a participant in a brawl. There's no need to bother with him. Let's not create unnecessary complications, lest we be punished by the headquarters."
Upon hearing this, Chai Lian nodded. Although he was somewhat unwilling, he wasn't intent on killing Wan Lei.
His intention to capture Wan Lei was merely to gain some merit for his family and receive rewards. However, he had now captured someone who had stolen the Five Elements Hall's forbidden arts, a feat of immeasurable merit. Compared to his family's meager expectations, it was like comparing the heavens to the earth.
He no longer cared about that small bit of credit.
"After we return, someone will naturally interrogate this Fang Xiaoyu. If Wan Lei does indeed know the Wind Blade Escape technique, we can capture him then.
Let's hurry back to report our success. If we delay here too long, something unexpected might happen, and someone might come to rescue her."
Hearing this, Chai Lian no longer hesitated. The three of them, with Fang Xiaoyu in tow, boarded the flying ship.
The flying ship opened a spatial rift and performed a spatial jump, disappearing into the sky.
"If you kill me, you won't be able to leave this place."
Gou Da, after battling Wan Lei for a full hour, finally met his bitter end.
Wan Lei, on the other hand, was still full of vigor. With an almost inexhaustible supply of energy within him, coupled with the wood element's lightning to heal his injuries, dealing with Gou Da was not a major issue.
The entire hour was spent deciphering the formations and runes.
To be precise, breaking through the two formations only took a minute, and that was while simultaneously fighting Gou Da.
Cracking the runes was more difficult. Wan Lei knew nothing about them and could only resort to the most primitive method of force, destroying each rune one by one.
At this moment, Gou Da lay naked on the ground, looking as if he were ripe for the picking... or rather, ripe for slaughter.
Yes, his clothes had been burned off during the fight outside, and he had remained naked whether entering the spatial realm or during the subsequent battle. Da Feng Novel Network.
"I can still get out even if I kill you."
Wan Lei smiled faintly, holding the Supreme Carving Knife in his hand, and directly severed Gou Da's head.
Looking at the ransacked items within the spatial realm, Wan Lei opened the storage bag and happily accepted the wealth collected by the Three Oddities of Mount Jing over tens of thousands of years.
After doing so, Wan Lei, carrying Gou Da's head, used the Wind Blade Escape technique, traversing space, and emerged directly into the outside world.
Upon exiting the spatial realm, Wan Lei flew directly towards the peak of Mount Jing. However, upon arriving, the scene before him rendered him dumbfounded.
The ground, which had been in a state of disrepair, now seemed to have been forcefully smoothed over by an immense power. The ground bore traces of scorching flames and fierce winds, and the spiritual energy in the air was extremely violent, indicating that a fierce battle had taken place here.
Most importantly, he could not see any sign of Fang Xiaoyu.
Fang Xiaoyu wouldn't have abandoned him and left on her own. Something must have happened.
Looking at the traces of battle, Wan Lei suddenly felt a deeply ominous premonition.
The people on Mount Jing wandered about aimlessly, unsure of what to do. When they saw Wan Lei, especially when they clearly saw the head he was carrying, they were all terrified and fled in all directions.
Wan Lei snorted coldly, brought out the Creation God Disk, and suppressed everyone present.
He walked up to Gou Er, grabbed him by the collar, and stared intently at him with piercing eyes.
Gou Er was so scared he was about to wet himself, his heart filled with extreme dread.
He knew how powerful the formations and runes in his family's independent space were, and he knew that with their help, their boss would be completely safe. Yet, the living reality before him told him that they had failed.
"What happened here? Where is that girl?"
Under Wan Lei's sharp gaze, Gou Er felt the anger and fear suppressed in his heart. He knew that if he dared not speak, this young man would surely tear him apart.
Fortunately, he had overheard the disciple from the Five Elements Hall speaking.
Immediately, Gou Er recounted the entire incident to Wan Lei, word for word.
After listening to Chai Lian's narration, Wan Lei's mind exploded.
"Chai Lian... what's his relationship with Chai Yan? They must be related. He's seeking personal revenge.
Damn Chai Lian... you bastard Five Elements Hall...!"
At this moment, Wan Lei's anger and hatred reached their peak. He hated Chai Lian, hated the Five Elements Hall, hated these people from Mount Jing who wanted to frame him, and even hated himself...
Hated himself for being so foolish as to leave her in such a dangerous place outside.
He could not accept, could not acknowledge the fact that he had lost Fang Xiaoyu!
They had known each other for over a decade. In these years, they had rarely been apart, having already considered each other a part of themselves.
And now, that part was gone, as if Wan Lei's soul had been brutally torn in half.
"Ah!!!"
Wan Lei's eyes turned red, and he roared at the sky, fiercely smashing Gou Er to the ground with his hand.
Then, his cultivation erupted, and lightning and flames swept outwards, forming a world-ending catastrophe.
Everyone on Mount Jing perished under Wan Lei's fury.
Looking at the scattered corpses, Wan Lei's eyes became vacant, and he slumped to the ground powerlessly.
After the anger came endless fear and regret.
He had known the severe consequences of being seen using the Wind Blade Escape technique by outsiders. He had also discussed it with Fang Xiaoyu, agreeing to try not to use it unless absolutely necessary.
Fang Xiaoyu was much smarter and more stable than him. It was easy to imagine how dire the situation must have been to force her to use the Wind Blade Escape technique!
What kind of despair had she experienced to have no choice but to use this life-saving divine ability?
She had not left even when she had the chance to do so, but had stayed here to protect him.
If...
If he had taken her into the spatial realm with him then, would this have happened?
If he had come out earlier, he might have still been able to save her.
If the two of them had acted together, perhaps they could have defeated those three disciples from the Five Elements Hall.
But alas, there was no "if."
She had been captured, captured by the Five Elements Hall.
If it were any other force, Wan Lei would still be confident in storming in to rescue her, but this was the Five Elements Hall!
The Five Elements Hall was a super force where immortals were as common as dogs, saints walked everywhere, and five great Immortal Venerables sat in authority.
It was the ruler of the entire True Plane, an existence that no one could challenge or shake.
What to do? What to do?
Who could help him, dare to defy the heavens and earth, dare to offend an Immortal Venerable, and help him save her?
Wan Lei pondered, but the impulse in his heart constantly urged him.
To storm into the Five Elements Hall and rescue her.
Fortunately, Wan Lei suppressed this impulse. If he had truly rashly stormed into the Five Elements Hall, no, he wouldn't even be able to get past the main gate.
The Five Elements Hall didn't need Immortal Venerables or Saints to act; any Golden Immortal or Infinite could easily crush him.