Fire Virtue Immortal Clan

Blood seeped from the corner of Lu Cheng'an's mouth. The difference in strength between him and the Flame Horn Fire Deer was too great. Although the Thousand-Year Seal and the Tranquil Ancient Seal had an effect on the Flame Horn Fire Deer, he also suffered a backlash.

Fortunately, this backlash only injured Lu Cheng'an's physical body and did not shorten his lifespan.

Upon seeing the azure magic sword that Zhou Hongyu had unleashed, Lu Cheng'an's eyes flickered, and he once again used the Thousand-Year Seal and the Tranquil Ancient Seal to attack the Flame Horn Fire Deer.

He sensed the power of the azure magic sword. If Zhou Hongyu's attack could severely injure the Flamehorn Fire Deer, then their subsequent kill of the Flamehorn Fire Deer would be much easier.

Lu Cheng'an used the Thousand-Year Seal and the Tranquil Ancient Seal at an extremely fast speed. In an instant, the body of the Flame Horned Fire Deer once again came to a standstill.

At this moment, the light blue magic sword that Zhou Hongyu had summoned pierced into the body of the Flame Horned Fire Deer.

With a deafening roar, the azure magic sword pierced straight through the body of the Flamehorn Fire Deer.

The azure magic sword was filled with dense water elemental power, which remained within the Flamehorn Fire Deer's body and continued to damage it.

After this attack, the Flamehorn Fire Deer was severely injured, and its strength was greatly affected.

The Flamehorn Fire Deer let out an angry roar. After its blood-red pupils swept over Lu Cheng'an and his companions, it prepared to flee deeper into the Remnant Sun Grand Canyon.

It has already suffered a severe blow and feels a deep threat. If it continues to fight, it may die here!
Although the Void Beasts are not very intelligent, they are extremely sensitive to life-or-death crises!
However, since Lu Cheng'an and his companions had expended such a great deal of effort to severely injure the Flame Horned Fire Deer, they naturally wouldn't let it escape so easily.

Despite her severe injuries, Zhou Hongyu once again summoned the azure chain. In an instant, ice-blue frost flowers condensed on the chain, completely binding the massive body of the Flame Horned Fire Deer.

Tianyun Shangren and Wanshi Laoren each summoned a long, purplish-black nail, which released a chilling aura, even weaker than the light blue chain summoned by Zhou Hongyu.

Moments later, the Flame Horned Deer, having suffered repeated heavy blows, could no longer hold on and was beheaded by Zhou Hongyu.

At this moment, Lu Cheng'an quickly put the head of the Flame Horned Fire Deer into his storage bag, while Zhou Hongyu put away the body of the Flame Horned Fire Deer.

"Fellow Daoist Zhou, do not resist! I will take you away now!"

Lu Cheng'an let out a low shout and quickly used his spatial folding technique to envelop the three bodies of Tianyun Shangren.

Then a ripple emanated from the surrounding space, and when Lu Cheng'an and his companions reappeared, they were already tens of thousands of miles away from where they had fought the Flame Horned Fire Deer.

At this moment, Lu Cheng'an spat out a mouthful of blood, as he suffered a backlash from using his spatial folding technique.

This was because the cultivation levels of Tianyun Shangren and the other two were too high. When he carried these three people through spatial transfer at the same time, the pressure he endured was too great, which led to the backlash he suffered.

"Fellow Daoist Lu, are you alright?" Venerable Tianyun asked with concern.

"We've suffered some backlash, but we can still hold on!" Lu Cheng'an replied.

Zhou Hongyu looked at Lu Cheng'an with a strange expression; Lu Cheng'an's strength far exceeded her expectations.

The abnormal reaction of the Flame Horned Fire Deer was definitely related to Lu Cheng'an. Now, Lu Cheng'an has taken the three late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators and teleported them tens of thousands of miles away in an instant.

If it weren't for Lu Cheng'an, they definitely wouldn't be out of danger yet.

She had just clearly sensed that nearly ten ancient void beasts had gathered around her before the Flamehorn Fire Deer died.

These ancient void beasts were all at the late stage of the fifth rank, and she vaguely sensed a fifth-rank perfect realm being among them.

If they were trapped there, even if they could escape, they would have to pay a very heavy price.

“Fellow Daoists, we are still in the Residual Sun Grand Canyon. We should hurry up and leave this place!” Zhou Hongyu said in a deep voice.

“Fellow Daoist Zhou is right, we need to leave this place as soon as possible!” Lu Cheng’an agreed.

All four of them suffered injuries of varying degrees, and if they were to be besieged by ancient void beasts here, their situation would be extremely dangerous.

Lu Cheng'an and his three companions quickly concealed their presence and then sped off towards the outside of the Remnant Sun Grand Canyon.

This place is tens of thousands of miles away from where they fought the Flamehorn Fire Deer, and the ancient Void Beasts here have also been affected to some extent.

However, they were heading towards the place where they had just fought and did not notice the presence of Lu Cheng'an and his group of four.

Soon after, Lu Cheng'an and his three companions appeared at the edge of the Remnant Sun Grand Canyon.

There are also Void Beasts here, but their numbers are few and their strength is not particularly formidable.

“Fellow Daoists, we have all suffered injuries of varying degrees. It would be best not to rush back to the interdimensional passage for now, but to stay here and recuperate until we are fully recovered before leaving,” Zhou Hongyu said.

The Sunset Grand Canyon is three million miles away from the boundary passage, and it will take them several hours to get there.

Their current condition is quite poor, so it will definitely take longer to recover.

If they encounter ancient beasts from the void or cultivators from the Xuan Chen Realm on the road, their situation will become extremely dangerous.

Few cultivators from the Xuan Chen Realm venture into the Remnant Sun Grand Canyon, and there are no powerful ancient void beasts in the surrounding areas. This is the most suitable place for them to recover from their injuries.

“I agree with Fellow Daoist Zhou’s idea. We should heal our injuries first before going back,” Lu Cheng’an said quickly.

After Lu Cheng'an agreed, neither Tianyun Shangren nor Wanshi Laoren raised any objections.

The injuries on Tianyun Shangren and Wanshi Laoren were not serious, but they had consumed a lot of energy and needed time to recover.

After Lu Cheng'an and the other three agreed, they used their earth-遁 (earth-遁 is a type of magic that allows one to escape into the ground) technique and sneak into the underground of the Remnant Sun Grand Canyon. Each of them dug a simple cave dwelling and then began to focus on treating their injuries.

Time flies, and more than a month has passed in the blink of an eye.

After Zhou Hongyu, who had the most serious injuries, had fully recovered, Lu Cheng'an and the other three did not waste any more time. They immediately left the Remnant Sun Grand Canyon and sped towards the direction of the boundary passage.

When they arrived at an area about 500,000 miles from the boundary passage, Zhou Hongyu reminded them again: "Fellow Daoists, please be careful. This place is close to the boundary passage, and there are some cultivators who will ambush cultivators returning from the depths of the outer void!"

Zhou Hongyu had already told Lu Cheng'an and the other two about this before, and now that they had entered the 500,000-mile range of the boundary passage, she carefully reminded them again.

"Don't worry, Fellow Daoist Zhou, we will be careful!" Lu Cheng'an and the other two said.

They continued their journey towards the boundary passage without slowing down, even as they were talking. After traveling nearly 100,000 miles, they suddenly heard a voice in the distance.

"We would be grateful for your assistance, fellow Daoists. We are cultivators from the Lingyue Sect of Fenglin Prefecture, and these three are Ghost-Faced Blood Butchers from the outer void..."

The owner of the voice was about to say something when suddenly a loud groan came out, indicating that he had suffered a serious injury.

"Come on!"

Upon hearing the words "Ghost-Faced Blood Butcher," Zhou Hongyu's expression changed drastically, and her speed increased dramatically.

Lu Cheng'an and the other two did not ask who Ghost Face Blood Butcher was, but after seeing Zhou Hongyu's reaction, they knew that Ghost Face Blood Butcher was definitely not a weakling.

"Three late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators and one early-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, Third Brother, hurry up and finish them off!" A cold, sharp female voice rang out, and in an instant, a gray-black streak of light flew towards Lu Cheng'an and his companions.

The owner of this gray-black stream of light is Golden Finger, one of the Ghost-Faced Blood Butchers, with a cultivation level of the Perfected Nascent Soul realm.

The Golden Divine Finger is a powerful divine ability practiced by Ghost-Faced Blood Butcher. It is said that he once used this divine ability to kill a cultivator of the same level.

"Fellow Daoists, unleash your full power!"

Lu Cheng'an let out a low shout and immediately used the Thousand-Year Seal and the Tranquil Ancient Seal to attack the Ghost-Faced Blood Butcher.

Zhou Hongyu and the other two immediately understood Lu Cheng'an's meaning; they had been keeping a close eye on the situation of the Ghost-Faced Blood Butcher.

When they sensed that the masked Blood Butcher's body had momentarily frozen, the three of them immediately followed up with their attack.

Zhou Hongyu and the other two were all at the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm. Their combined attack was so powerful that even Ghost-Faced Blood Butcher, who was at the peak of the Nascent Soul realm, could not withstand it and was instantly seriously injured.

The Ghost-Faced Blood Butcher's gaze immediately fell on Lu Cheng'an. Unlike the Flame-Horned Fire Deer, a Void Ancient Beast with low intelligence, he immediately noticed Lu Cheng'an's abnormality.

If it weren't for the fact that this early-stage Nascent Soul cultivator secretly used his methods, he would never have been injured by those three late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators.

Lu Cheng'an did not hesitate at all. After using the Thousand-Year Seal and the Tranquil Ancient Seal, he immediately activated the Space Transfer Divine Power to include the bodies of Zhou Hongyu and the other two, and they instantly appeared tens of thousands of miles away.

Blood gushed from Lu Cheng'an's mouth, but he did not hesitate. He activated his spatial teleportation ability again and moved tens of thousands of miles away in the direction of the boundary passage.

At this point, they were only about 200,000 miles away from the boundary passage, and their location was already very close to it.

Even the formidable Ghost-Faced Blood Butcher wouldn't dare to make a move here.

Because of the location of the boundary passage, there are powerful experts at the Dao Integration Realm stationed within the city.

If a Dao Integration Realm expert from outside the city were to discover that someone was attacking a fellow cultivator, he would definitely take action.

After Lu Cheng'an withdrew his spatial folding technique, even more blood spilled from his mouth.

"Fellow Daoist Lu, how are you?" Venerable Tianyun asked with great concern.

"Forcibly activating the supernatural power resulted in another backlash!"

Lu Cheng'an smiled helplessly and said, "This place is still more than 200,000 miles away from the boundary passage. Although Ghost Face Blood Butcher doesn't dare to attack us here, we should hurry back to the boundary passage!"

“Fellow Daoist Lu is right, we should hurry back to the interdimensional passage!” Zhou Hongyu said in a deep voice.

After confirming that Lu Cheng'an was alright, Tianyun Shangren and the other two did not waste any more time and continued flying towards the direction of the boundary passage.

After Lu Cheng'an activated his spatial folding technique, he instantly teleported tens of thousands of miles away with Tianyun Shangren and the other two. Jin Shenzhi, the Ghost-Faced Blood Butcher, did chase after them for a distance, but he did not catch up with Lu Cheng'an and the others.

At this moment, the leader, Ghost-Faced Blood Butcher, called Golden God Finger back and focused all his efforts on killing the two Nascent Soul cultivators from the Lingyue Sect in Fenglin Prefecture.

After escaping the pursuit of Ghost-Faced Blood Butcher, Lu Cheng'an and his companions traveled smoothly for the next 200,000 miles without encountering any further attacks.

While the safety of staying away from the city has improved significantly, this is not a place to stay for long.

Because of Lu Cheng'an's injuries, Zhou Hongyu and the other two had to stay with him in the city until he recovered.

The cultivation environment outside the city is extremely harsh, which is why the prices of cave dwellings rented out outside the city are extremely high.

Lu Cheng'an and his two companions had just finished attending the auction in Lingxu City, and they didn't have many spirit pearls left.

Furthermore, they needed to stay behind to prepare for taking the teleportation array later.

After Lu Cheng'an and his three companions left the city, they would likely only have enough spirit orbs left to use for the teleportation array.

“As we agreed before, the antlers of the Flamehorn Fire Deer belong to Fellow Daoist Lu, and the rest of the Flamehorn Fire Deer’s carcass will be divided equally between us!” Zhou Hongyu said in a deep voice.

After she finished speaking, she took the massive body of the Flame Horned Fire Deer out of the storage artifact.

After Zhou Hongyu collected the corpse of the Flame Horned Fire Deer, he left a sealing spell on its body, and the corpse is still very fresh.

The three of them, including Tianyun Shangren, looked at the corpse of the Flame Horned Fire Deer, and then smiled at Zhou Hongyu.

“Fellow Daoist Zhou, it is true that we agreed to divide the corpse of the Flamehorn Fire Deer equally between the two sides, and we also agreed to divide the remaining treasures according to the amount of effort we put in. However, during our trip to the outer void, we only hunted the Flamehorn Fire Deer and did not gain anything else.”

"It would be inappropriate to divide the corpse of the Flamehorn Fire Deer equally!" Master Tianyun said with a smile.

A hint of coldness flickered in his eyes; the risks they faced in slaying the Flamehorn Fire Deer were far greater than they had imagined.

If Lu Cheng'an hadn't intervened and controlled the Flamehorn Fire Deer instantly, they would have paid an extremely heavy price to kill it.

Now that Zhou Hongyu wants half of the Flamehorn Deer carcass, they are somewhat opposed.

Zhou Hongyu's expression changed slightly, and she frowned as she asked, "How do you want to divide it?"

She had to admit that Lu Cheng'an played a crucial role in killing the Flamehorn Fire Deer, and that the only gain from this trip to the outer void was the Flamehorn Fire Deer's corpse.

She could relinquish some of her benefits, but if Lu Cheng'an and the other two made excessive demands, she would absolutely not agree. (End of Chapter)