We're practicing all martial arts, so why did you switch to easy mode?

Not only did the Heaven-Slaying Blade sense the approach of death, but even Su Chen felt that he was about to face a great calamity.

The Asura King was simply too powerful. Even if he burned all his blood and energy and used all his supernatural powers, it was to no avail.

What is destined to perish will perish, and what is destined to be destroyed will be destroyed.

In the blink of an eye, all his abilities were rendered useless by the Asura King's offensive, and his body was covered in wounds under the pressure. If it weren't for his strong physique, such pressure would have been enough to crush a martial artist in the Divine Power Realm.

"It's over!"

Su Chen couldn't hold on any longer and sighed inwardly.

Suddenly.

At the passage ahead, a phantom-like giant hand tore through the void and pierced through, carrying the aura of the Martial Immortal Realm. In an instant, it arrived behind Su Chen and then collided head-on with the billowing black mist that swept in like a sandstorm.

"It's saved!"

Upon seeing this, Duan Tian Dao couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

As the giant hand swept over the two of them, the pressure behind them suddenly decreased; clearly, the giant hand was there to save them.

"hurry up!"

Time was of the essence, and Su Chen had no time to be happy. He seized the opportunity to summon over a thousand demons to refine.

They refined the substance while rapidly entering the passage.

Without the Asura King's obstruction, the two moved very fast, reaching the entrance of the passage in just a fraction of a second.

"Get in quickly!"

With a path to survival ahead and the demon cave soon to be left, Duan Tian Dao was extremely excited and urged them on.

Without the slightest hesitation or slackening, Su Chen disregarded his injuries and suddenly accelerated, wanting to enter the passage as soon as possible.

Boom boom boom!
However, at that moment, a deafening sound suddenly came from behind.

It was like hundreds of volcanoes erupting at the same time. The enormous power exploded like fireworks and then swept in all directions. The terrifying energy ripples were like a landslide and a tsunami, and in an instant, they submerged the surrounding area for hundreds of miles.

Su Chen and Duan Tian Dao were no exception.

Upon hearing the noise, the two did not hesitate at all, but flew straight into the passage.

Even so, it was still a fraction of a second too late.

It wasn't that the two were too slow, but rather that the energy swept across the area too quickly.

With less than half a breath remaining before the passage closed, the two who had entered should have been in a completely safe state. However, the sudden burst of energy affected the passage and also Su Chen and Duan Tian Dao.

Su Chen and the Broken Sky Blade fought desperately, and Su Chen, who was already injured, suffered even more severe injuries under the impact of this energy.

Fortunately, the Heaven-Slaying Blade awakened and blocked most of the attacks for him, allowing him to catch his breath.

"The formation is activated!"

However, the Heaven-Slaying Blade also had a difficult time resisting. The damage from the clash between Martial Immortals was simply too great. Not to mention that they couldn't withstand it when they were injured, even they couldn't withstand it when they were at their peak. Moreover, they were too close to the center of the explosion, so the power they suffered was naturally even greater.

Fortunately, half a breath passed quickly, and the formation activated instantly, closing the passage and blocking the remaining energy. Even more fortunately, the Asura King seemed unaware that the formation had been activated, so he did not continue to intercept it.

"No, what's going on?"

Just when Duan Tiandao thought he had escaped from the jaws of death, the formation suddenly distorted spacetime, and an endless tide of darkness surged in. Before the man and the sword could even react, they were swallowed up by the endless darkness.

outside world.

The battle subsided, revealing the figure of the Asura King. His deep eyes gazed at the vanished Su Chen and the giant hand, a thoughtful expression on his face.

"Heh, interesting. To save this person, they actually went so far as to use a Martial Immortal Realm expert!"

Su Chen eventually escaped, but he did not feel disappointed.

Because when the other party saved Su Chen, he sensed the formation connecting the Ten Directions World and the Demon Cave World.

This formation is far more valuable than Su Chen.

His main purpose in coming to the Demon Cave world was to find this teleportation array.

With the teleportation array, their Heavenly Demon Clan was able to invade countless worlds.

Otherwise, they would ultimately be trapped in the demon cave, unable to escape for the rest of their lives.

He was originally struggling to find the traces of the teleportation array, but now, because of Ji Ziyang's commotion, he has instead sensed the array's aura.

Based on this wisp of aura, he could quickly locate the formation.

Once the formation is found, you will be able to use it to leave the Demon Cave.

"Haha, it's like finding a needle in a haystack!"

He never expected that his casual action would bring such a great reward.

After his maniacal laughter, the Asura King suddenly departed.

outside world.

A silence.

All eyes were on Ji Ziyang.

Unaware of the great battle taking place inside the Demon Cave, they watched quietly.

After waiting for a long time, they noticed that Ji Ziyang slowly opened his eyes, a trace of sorrow flashing between his brows.

"Su Chen doesn't seem to have come out."

Those with a keen eye immediately noticed that the passage opened by Ji Ziyang had been closed, but Su Chen had not appeared.

Although no one knew what had happened inside, the scene before them told everyone that Ji Ziyang's rescue operation seemed to have failed.

"Could there be even more powerful experts inside the Demon Cave? Even Ji Ziyang was no match for them?"

"How can this be!"

"Otherwise, how do you explain why Ji Ziyang failed to rescue Su Chen?"

"Could it be that Su Chen is already dead? If he is dead, then there is no way to talk about rescuing him."

"I don't know, let's see what Ji Ziyang has to say."

"..."

The group exchanged glances and spoke tacitly.

Not far away, Sikong frowned as he looked at Ji Ziyang, a look of doubt on his face, his previously tense nerves secretly relaxing.

He had already planned to eliminate Su Chen when Ji Ziyang rescued him, but now it seems he doesn't need to do it.

Ji Ziyang failed to rescue Su Chen.

Seeing Ji Ziyang's furrowed brows, he felt curious and his thoughts were in turmoil.

Wu Mo also breathed a sigh of relief. It was best that Su Chen was dead; it suited his wishes.

"May I ask, Sect Master, how is Su Chen's condition?"

Before Lu Hai could even step forward to ask, Yun Xi spoke up, asking with concern.

Ji Ziyang shook his head, making no attempt to hide anything, and truthfully stated: "When I opened the passage, he was fighting a fierce battle with a Martial Immortal Realm Asura and was seriously injured. After noticing this, I stepped in to help him, and he did enter the formation, but..." "But what?" Yun Xi hurriedly asked.

"However, due to the aftershocks of the battle, the formation became unstable and encountered spatial turbulence during the teleportation. Even I don't know where Su Chen went. But don't worry, according to my calculations, although Su Chen's life is weak, he is not dead."

Ji Ziyang spoke calmly.

Upon learning that Su Chen was not dead, Yun Xi's expression softened.

The expressions on everyone's faces turned strange.

If they heard correctly, Ji Ziyang just said that Su Chen and Wu Jixian were fighting.
This……

Has Su Chen become this strong?

He actually managed to fight against the Martial Immortal!
For a moment, everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. Whether they knew Su Chen or not, at this moment, this name was deeply engraved in their hearts.

To fight against a Martial Immortal Realm expert with the power of supernatural abilities—if such a person doesn't perish, he will surely have a bright future.

"Since Su Chen is courting death, let's drop this matter. Sect Master Ji, we can't waste any more time; we must destroy the formation as soon as possible!"

At this moment, Sikong spoke, changing the subject.

He certainly wasn't doing this to let Su Chen go.

Ji Ziyang has already said that Su Chen is not dead and that he does not know where Su Chen is. Rather than wasting time on Su Chen, it would be better to deal with the Heavenly Demon. In comparison, the Heavenly Demon is more important.

It's not too late to deal with Su Chen's matter after he's finished dealing with the Heavenly Demon.

Sikong's words successfully diverted Ji Ziyang's attention, and he nodded and said, "Alright!"

"Then I'll have to trouble you, Sect Master!" Sikong cupped his hands in greeting, not intending to make a move.

With Ji Ziyang around, there was no need for him to take action.

Ji Ziyang didn't care. Instead, he waved his hand, and a surge of powerful energy, like an overturned bowl, enveloped the formation below. It then frantically destroyed the foundation of the formation, and in no time, the formation was completely destroyed.

After the formation was destroyed, Ji Ziyang swept up Lu Hai and the others, and without saying a word, he transformed into a streak of light and disappeared from everyone's sight.

"Let's go back too!"

Sikong withdrew his gaze and left with Wu Mo and the others.

Seeing this, the others did not linger and gradually withdrew.

"Vice Sect Master, Su Chen has killed so many of our disciples. It would be difficult to maintain order if we didn't kill him!"

On the way back, Wu Mo sent a telepathic message to Si Kong, who still refused to let Su Chen go.

Not only had Su Chen repeatedly offended them, but more importantly, he suspected that Su Chen had killed his nephew.

He always doted on Wuyun, treating him like his own son.

He learned from the other disciples that the one who killed Wuyun was a martial artist, but the other party had concealed his identity, and even He Qiu did not know his identity.

Even after Yunxi died and they left the Demon Cave, they were unable to find out the identity of the murderer.

Some speculate that the murderer most likely died in the Demon Cave.

But Wu Mo didn't think so. He believed that the murderer was not only not dead, but might even be still alive and well.

Upon learning of Su Chen's actions, he immediately listed Su Chen as the prime suspect.

After all, Su Chen's strength changed too quickly. Even He Qiu died tragically at his hands. Wu Yun's strength was not as good as He Qiu's. With a well-intentioned but unprepared attack, killing Wu Yun would not be difficult.

With the strength, there's no need to elaborate on the reasons. If he were Su Chen, he would have killed Wu Yun as well.

That's why he had Feng Bai and the others kill Su Chen when he activated the guiding array.

One of his goals was to avenge Wuyun.

Unfortunately, Feng Bai and the others were ultimately unable to kill Su Chen; they only managed to trap him in the Demon Cave.

Wu Mo thought Su Chen was doomed to die, but Ji Ziyang told him that Su Chen was still alive, but he didn't know where the guiding formation had teleported him. This made Wu Mo very unwilling.

"Hmph, why do you need to remind me of this? Ji Ziyang wants Su Chen alive? It's not that easy. Even without you saying it, I will ask the sect to use the Heavenly Secrets method to calculate Su Chen's location. No matter where he escapes to, he will not escape death!"

Sikong snorted coldly. The more Ji Ziyang valued Su Chen, the more the Holy Origin Sect wanted to get rid of Su Chen.

Upon hearing this, Wu Mo quickly replied, "Yes, yes, I was overthinking it!"

……

The rolling mountains cover the land like clusters of flowers, all huddled together.

Among these thousands of mountains, there is a not-so-tall peak called Songlin Mountain.

In the pine forest mountains.

The two teams are locked in a fierce battle.

"Gu Yan, this road is not within the territory of your Gu family. Why can't we pass? Your Gu family is going too far!"

The voice belonged to a woman, dressed simply, but her impressive figure and beautiful appearance were undeniable.

At this moment, however, her stunningly beautiful face was covered in frost, and she stared at the group of people in front of her with resentment in her eyes.

They were members of the Gu family, who had always been at odds with the Wen family. Neither family was part of Songlin Mountain's power, but because the Gu family had taken the lead in resisting Heiyan Mountain, they were obstructing them and trying to stop them from advancing.

"This is indeed not the road of our Gu family, but it is not the road of your Wen family either. First come, first served. Now this road is occupied by our Gu family. If you want to pass through Songlin Mountain, you either have to take a detour or each of you give 10,000 spirit stones. Otherwise, don't even think about passing through this mountain!"

A young man from the Gu family spoke up. He was not old, but his tone was quite forceful. With just one sentence, he made Wen Qingya's delicate eyebrows furrow in anger.

"Ten thousand spirit stones per person? Why don't you just rob us!" another member of the Wen family shouted, cursing loudly.

He didn't even have 10,000 spirit stones in all his possessions, yet the other party was asking for 10,000 spirit stones right off the bat. It was absurd!
"No spirit stones? Then what are you doing going to Black Rock Mountain? Do you really think you can obtain the inheritance of True Immortal Black Rock? What a joke!"

Enough with the nonsense. Without Yuan Stones, don't even think about getting through this mountain path. You'd better just go back.

Let me tell you, the entire Pine Forest Mountain is now occupied by the Gu family. Unless you take a detour, you won't get through!

Gu Yan sneered, chuckled, and added, "However, going back won't be so simple. If you want to go back, everyone has to hand over a thousand spirit stones. Otherwise, don't blame us for showing no mercy!"

Upon hearing this, the Wen family members were furious. It was bad enough that they demanded spirit stones, but now they wanted more spirit stones after they returned.

Wen Qingya naturally disagreed and said sternly, "Aren't you afraid that we'll take action and make you suffer more than you gain? Although we don't outnumber you, if we really fight, you'll definitely be in deep trouble!"

As soon as she finished speaking, she slightly raised her hand, and all the Wen family disciples stood ready, poised to attack.

Seeing this, the members of the Gu family remained calm, staring coldly at Wen Qingya and the others.

Gu Yan sneered: "Whether you can make a move or not depends on whether you have the ability!"

As he spoke, he raised his palm, and a phantom appeared out of thin air, radiating a soft light.

Upon seeing the illusory figure, Wen Qingya's expression hardened, and she exclaimed in surprise, "A Rank 7 Gu worm!"

She couldn't believe her eyes as she stared at the scene before her. How could Gu Yan, a mere sixth-level Gu Master, possibly control a seventh-level Gu worm?

However, the aura emanating from the Gu worm was clearly much stronger than that of the sixth-rank Gu worm on her body; it was obviously not an aura that a sixth-rank Gu worm could possess.

After her expression shifted for a moment, Wen Qingya took a deep breath and compromised, "Okay, we'll pay!"

After the appearance of the seventh-level Gu worm, words were meaningless; all they could do was obediently hand over the money.

Gu Yan shook his head and sneered, "Pay money? I've already unleashed my Gu worms, do you think it's as simple as just paying money?" (End of Chapter)