The Devil's Tribulation

Nanzhou Holy Flame Island, within the Holy Flame Realm.

After running for half a minute, Pan Chengfeng stopped, glanced back with his consciousness, and laughed: "No one is chasing me~"

Since being promoted to the Nascent Soul stage, Pan Chengfeng's spiritual awareness has become much stronger than before, and now he can even dodge a few attacks with the naked eye.

Pan Chengfeng tried it when he fought Nangong Tian for the first time. He put on the spiritual clothes and moved at high speed. It was difficult to find him no matter with spiritual sense or naked eyes.

Glancing at the 'Glass Grass' in his storage bracelet, Pan Chengfeng grinned and said inwardly, "More than 18,000 plants. I'm rich~"

However, when Pan Chengfeng thought about the last three thousand plants that he didn't have time to pick, he still felt a pang of pain for a while.

Pan Chengfeng found a random rock to hide his body and began to organize the glass grass in the storage bracelet.

Before, I was only concerned with picking and throwing away the glass grass casually, and many of the roots and leaves were damaged.

Pan Chengfeng will stay here for five years. If he doesn't keep these precious medicines well, the efficacy will be much worse when he finds someone to refine them after five years.

It took Pan Chengfeng a whole day to place the 18,000 glassworts properly.

Just as he was trying to sense whether there was his soul imprint, he suddenly heard the fluctuations of magic power from a group of monks.

Pan Chengfeng vaguely felt that among these fluctuations of magical power, there was one fluctuation that was quite familiar.

On the endless plain, Chen Jie, Hu Ji and a dozen monks from Lingxiao Sect and Lingyin Sect were flying desperately.

Chen Jie and Hu Ji were both injured, their clothes were torn and bleeding. The fellow disciples behind them were in a similar situation, with each of them having scars of varying degrees of severity.

Hu Ji's face turned pale and she said nervously, "Sister, they are chasing us. What should we do?"

Chen Jie was calmer than Hu Ji. After a moment's hesitation, she said, "Sister, take the precious medicine and leave first. I'll hold them back for a while!"

Hu Ji was shocked and said, "No! If you don't leave, I won't leave either! At worst, I can just give them the precious medicine!"

Chen Jie sneered, "Do you think if we give them the precious medicine, they will let us go?"

Hu Ji looked puzzled. She had encountered such fights for treasures before.

If you can't win and just drop the treasure and run away, the opponent will most likely not continue to chase you.

After all, it's all for the treasure. If you continue to chase after it even if you have it, it will only force others to fight you to the death, which is not worth the loss.

Seeing the confusion on Hu Ji's face, Chen Jie sighed and said, "Sister, haven't you understood the situation yet? This competition is not as simple as fighting for treasures."

Hu Ji was shocked when she heard this and asked, "Could it be..."

Seeing Hu Ji understood, Chen Jie said calmly, "A war is about to break out between the two Southeastern continents, and this competition is the best opportunity to weaken the other side.

They have over a hundred Void Refining cultivators who can easily deal with us, so how could they let us leave?"

After Hu Ji and Chen Jie entered the Holy Flame Realm, they met the next day and found more than a dozen fellow disciples.

It was quite lucky that twenty or so people were able to gather so quickly, but we didn't expect that even better things were yet to come.

They unexpectedly encountered two rare treasures, the 'Seven-Leaf Wisteria', which were 15,000 years old. This made the two beauties very happy.

With these two precious medicines, they can quickly advance to the Great Perfection of Refining Void, and after comprehending the laws of space, they will be able to naturally break through to the Fusion stage.

The last time the Dry Bone Realm opened, both Chen Jie and Hu Ji went there and had already gained some understanding of the laws of space.

I believe that as long as I calm down and retreat for a few decades, I will be able to comprehend the power of the laws of space and achieve a successful breakthrough in one fell swoop.

But just after they dealt with the two sixth-level peak monsters guarding the elixir, they were discovered by a group of Sword Sect monks.

Hu Ji hurried to pick the precious medicine and had no time to deal with the monster's corpse before the enemy arrived.

The person who came was a cultivator from the Sword Sect of South Continent. He didn't say a word and attacked immediately as soon as he saw that it was a cultivator from East Continent.

Hu Ji and Chen Jie were caught off guard and three or four of their fellow disciples were killed at once, and the rest were also seriously injured.

More than a dozen people fought and retreated, and after two of them were killed, they finally put some distance between themselves and the people from the Sword Sect.

Most of Chen Jie's robes were damaged, revealing her snow-white thighs and arms. The robes on her chest had long been burned, revealing a pink chest-protecting bellyband.

This was given to Chen Jie by her master to save her life. Now it is in tatters and bright red blood is constantly flowing out.

Although Hu Ji's injuries were not light, they were much better than Chen Jie's. Seeing that Chen Jie couldn't stop bleeding even after taking the healing pill, she said worriedly: "Sister, why don't we surrender..."

Chen Jie interrupted, "I know what you're thinking, but if you want to survive, then wait for me to die in battle!"

After saying that, Chen Jie stopped her flight, turned around, and looked behind her. "Junior Sister Hu, you take the other junior brothers and sisters and leave first. I'll try my best and still be able to hold back the pursuers for a while. Hurry!"

"Sister..." Chen Jie interrupted calmly, "Let's go. I'm seriously injured. If I continue running, I'll die. It's better to buy you some time."

Hu Ji burst into tears, bit her lips, and trembled slightly, "Take care, sister..."

More than a dozen people followed Hu Ji and flew away, leaving only Chen Jie's thin figure standing in the air.

After a while, more than a hundred beams of light came rushing over. The leading Sword Sect cultivator saw Chen Jie, frowned and stopped, and more than a hundred Void Refining cultivators behind him also stopped their escape lights.

The Sword Sect cultivator bowed slightly in admiration and said, "I am Yan Dabiao of the Sword Sect, and I am honored to meet you, Fairy."

Chen Jie said calmly, "I am Chen Jie from the Lingxiao Sect of Nanzhou. I have long wanted to witness the sword-controlling skills of the Sword Sect. I hope you will not disappoint me."

Yan Dabiao smiled faintly and said, "Fairy, you are joking. I also want to exchange a few moves with you, but unfortunately this is not the time for a martial arts competition, so I can only send you on your way."

After Yan Dabiao finished speaking, he raised his hand and said, "Kill!"

More than a hundred Void Refining cultivators waved their fingers, unsheathed their swords, and more than a hundred sword lights attacked Chen Jie.

Chen Jie summoned the last of her magical power, formed seals with her hands, and said with blood at the corners of her mouth: "This is my last spell! Gathering Sea Shocking Waves!!"

It was not a defensive spell, but an offensive spell. Chen Jie didn't want to live. She wanted to use her last bit of strength to see if she could kill a few monks from Nanzhou.

Unfortunately, the huge sea waves were dispersed in half a breath under the rain of swords. Chen Jie laughed bitterly and said, "It's better to die like this. I won't be considered a disgrace to the sect."

Seeing the rain of swords was about to come, Chen Jie closed her eyes. A black shadow suddenly appeared and blocked Chen Jie's way.

The man picked up Chen Jie's slender waist and waved his hand. More than a dozen palm-sized black shields flew out and grew in the wind.

The first shield only lasted less than half a second before it was shattered, but there were still more than a dozen shields behind it. With a continuous "bang bang bang" sound, the dozen or so shields only held out for five or six seconds.

Pan Chengfeng was dizzy from the shock, and Chen Jie was knocked unconscious by the huge recoil force as soon as she saw the face of the person coming.

Pan Chengfeng picked up Chen Jie and kicked his legs, but before he ran a few meters, he was stopped by four or five quick-reacting monks.

Pan Chengfeng didn't have time to get entangled with them, so he rushed forward. Several cultivators formed seals and attacked, and four or five spells hit Pan Chengfeng.

Pan Chengfeng was knocked off balance, but fortunately he managed to break through their defense line. If he was stopped, the more than one hundred people behind him would surround him, and even if he had a strong body, he would not be able to withstand it.

Seeing that they had all escaped, Yan Dabiao was furious and shouted, "Chase them! We can't let them get away!"

So many people tried to kill one person, but not only did they fail, he was even rescued. If other sects knew about this, where would their Sword Sect put their reputation?

More than a hundred people hurriedly drove on their light beams and chased after them.

Pan Chengfeng swept his consciousness around, muttering with blood on the corner of his mouth: "Damn it, this is too serious, let you be a hero to save the beauty!!!"