Chu Lingwei heard her third senior brother's words and looked towards the cave, suddenly seeing a seventh-tier spirit beast charging out from within.
"Spirit beast."
Chu Lingwei was surprised; this was the spirit beast they had been waiting for so long.
Before she could receive a reply, several more spirit beasts ran out from the cave. These spirit beasts charged directly at the cultivators upon seeing them.
Even though their bodies were blocked by the barrier, they still charged fearlessly at it.
These spirit beasts could see the cultivators standing within the barrier.
Chu Lingwei glanced at the barrier around them, which didn't seem very strong.
"Second Senior Brother, we should leave here quickly." Su Yan, seeing spirit beasts constantly rushing out from the cave, felt a sense of dread. These spirit beasts were all very powerful.
Seventh-tier, eighth-tier, ninth-tier.
None of them were a match for them.
"I know we need to leave, but we can't leave right now." Nangong Luo watched as a ninth-tier spirit beast lunged at their barrier. He opened his Warm Jade Haotian Fan and blocked it.
At the same time, the barrier around them dissipated.
The spirit beasts seemed to have smelled living beings and gave them no time to escape, encircling them one by one.
Chu Lingwei summoned her Ice Jade Frost Sword and quickly engaged in battle.
Seeing the increasing number of spirit beasts, they were relatively safe. The most powerful existences were being held back by the cultivators standing at the cave entrance. Those individuals were almost fighting three against one, and it was a strenuous battle.
"Second Senior Brother, Third Senior Brother, let's leave here quickly."
If they didn't leave now, they would truly be devoured by these spirit beasts.
Chu Lingwei summoned her divine-grade flying artifact, and waves of energy struck the spirit beasts surrounding them.
"Let's go." Su Yan, with Chu Lingwei, boarded the flying artifact and quickly departed.
Some spirit beasts, seeing Chu Lingwei and the others escaping, gave chase. Nangong Luo and Su Yan were not to be trifled with; together, they had a decent chance of dealing with a ninth-tier spirit beast.
"We were almost tricked by that ape-like Qingtian." Nangong Luo, finally out of danger, gazed at the area where no major treasures had appeared and felt indignant.
"This spirit beast is so cunning." Nangong Luo stood up, thinking about the sudden appearance of so many spirit beasts in that cave, and became even more curious. "What do you think is the major treasure that so many spirit beasts are guarding?"
"It should be related to the soul."
Now, it was their fault for having insufficient cultivation to even get a glimpse of that treasure.
"The Cangshan Secret Realm is rather strange," Su Yan mused, stroking his chin. He had never heard of the Cangshan Secret Realm having so many dangers related to the soul.
"Every secret realm is strange," Nangong Luo opened his Warm Jade Haotian Fan and stared at the approaching aura. "Be careful, I'll go meet it."
After speaking, Nangong Luo stepped onto the back of his seventh-tier Golden Qilin and flew forward.
Feng Ming followed suit swiftly.
"This is the spirit beast we encountered earlier." Su Yan watched as the spirit beast fighting with his second senior brother was a ninth-tier crimson fox, now ferociously lunging at Nangong Luo.
"I'll go help Second Senior Brother."
Chu Lingwei, riding her flying sword, blocked a strike for Nangong Luo.
"Junior Sister, be careful, its spiritual energy is very strong." Before Nangong Luo could finish speaking, the crimson fox immediately spat a stream of flames at them, nearly scorching Chu Lingwei's hair.
"You dare hurt Weiwei." Feng Ming, seeing Chu Lingwei's somewhat flustered evasion, became enraged and magnified his body infinitely, spewing a large mouthful of nether-flame towards the crimson fox.
Even if you are a ninth-tier spirit beast, you surely aren't as powerful as my nether-flame.
Xuantian Burning Fire.
Chu Lingwei channeled her spiritual energy and, along with her second senior brother, attacked the spirit fox.
The ninth-tier spirit fox, under their combined assault, lost its strength, turned, and fled.
"It's truly a clever spirit beast." Nangong Luo intended to give chase but stopped after a couple of steps. "Let's find a place to conceal our presence first."
Phantom Cat set up a barrier for them and looked outside with some worry. "How could that ninth-tier spirit fox find us so quickly? There must be something on us that it could track."
Chu Lingwei checked her body but found nothing.
"I wonder what that major treasure truly is?" Nangong Luo sighed. The Cangshan Secret Realm held many opportunities, yet it seemed he had only gained injuries to his soul.
"It should appear soon."
Su Yan stood up. His fingers had been continuously burning, indicating that the major treasure should be appearing imminently.
At that very moment, the entire Cangshan Secret Realm began to shake violently.
A vast amount of spiritual energy surged madly towards one location.
"This direction doesn't seem to be the cave we went to earlier." Chu Lingwei wanted to go out and investigate but was pulled back by her third senior brother. "Junior Sister, it's dangerous now; it's best we don't go out."
All of them had suffered soul injuries. If they encountered danger and fought, their souls might be further injured and become irreparable.
"It's not the Chengtian Great Hall either," Nangong Luo frowned. "Could it be that another major treasure has appeared?"
Chu Lingwei stared at the direction where the spiritual energy was surging. "This doesn't look like a major treasure appearing; it looks like someone is breaking through?"
When she was breaking through, all the spiritual energy of Mount Wuhui was drawn to the sky above her abode, available for her to use.
This spiritual energy now was very similar to her situation back then.
"Even when our Master broke through, there wasn't this much spiritual energy," Nangong Luo exclaimed. If someone was truly breaking through here, then they were truly formidable.
Hearing her second senior brother's words, Chu Lingwei's heart suddenly tightened.
With so much spiritual energy, could it be their eldest senior brother?
Chu Lingwei didn't know her eldest senior brother's cultivation level, but he was able to rescue them from the Chengtian Great Hall, so he must be higher than their Master.
"Pfft!"
At that moment, Chu Lingwei and the others were injured by the spiritual energy's backlash and fell heavily to the ground.
"Damn it, if I ever find out who used this spiritual energy, I'll cripple them." Nangong Luo was thrown to the ground, unable to get up.
Chu Lingwei was the same. She tried to stand, but the spiritual energy in the air seemed to obey someone else's command, surging arbitrarily.
It pressed down on her, making it impossible to rise.
In a deep abyss within the Cangshan Secret Realm.
Leng Xingzhi closed his eyes. A vast amount of spiritual energy surged into his body like the tide. He sat there, unmoving, his body like a container that could hold a hundred rivers; no amount of spiritual energy was enough for him to absorb.
The spirit sword by his side continuously revolved around him, emitting dazzling rays of light from time to time.
"Ice Jade Frost Sword."
Chu Lingwei tried to stand up. Suddenly, the spirit sword beside her flew up, circled above them twice, and then rapidly flew towards the direction where the spiritual energy was surging.