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Su Xiao and three Shadow Guard assassins followed closely behind. Their movements were equally strange and swift, like real shadows, closely following Shen Mo, stepping on the relatively "safe" path he had opened up, not daring to deviate in the slightest.

Su Xiao's cold face was expressionless, but her slightly rapid breathing and fine beads of sweat on her forehead showed the immense pressure she was under.

The Shadow Guard assassins took stealth and speed to the extreme, resembling three intangible ghosts.

The higher you go, the stronger the wind becomes, and the more unstable the space becomes. The piercing howl of the wind is like the wailing of a vengeful ghost, making people's clothes flutter and almost causing them to lose their footing.

In the air, fine, shimmering black cracks in space appeared and disappeared like a spider web, sending chills down one's spine.

Just then, the sounds of violent explosions and shouts of battle faintly drifted from the direction of the valley entrance below. A feint attack had begun!

Shen Mo's eyes narrowed, and he increased his speed by three points! He had to take advantage of the chaos at the valley entrance, when the enemy's attention was diverted, to break through this last and most dangerous area at the top of the cliff!

"Three zhang to the left, there's a stable gap in the gale-force winds, last for three breaths!" Shen Mo transmitted his voice, his body suddenly turning to the left, sliding into a relatively gentle gap in the gale-force winds like a fish. Su Xiao and the other three followed without hesitation.

Just as the five people squeezed into the narrow gap—

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh—!"

Several sharp, incomparably powerful beams of dark light, carrying a chilling, sinister, and sweet-smelling scent, shot out without warning from a shadowy spot above the cliff, aiming straight for the five people's vitals! There had been an ambush!

Moreover, they were so well hidden that even Shen Mo's Myriad Laws Source Pearl failed to detect them beforehand! Clearly, the other party had also set up skilled hidden sentries here, and their cultivation level was not low, at least at the early stage of Golden Core!

"Watch out!" Su Xiaoqing shouted, her figure blurring instantly. The short blade in her hand shone with a dark light, transforming into an impenetrable net of blades that shredded the several dark beams of light that were aimed at her and Shen Mo!

But the dark light seemed to have extremely strong corrosive properties and a soul-shattering effect. The moment it shattered, it exploded into a foul-smelling black mist and a piercing ghostly howl!

At the same time, two Shadow Guard assassins moved like ghosts, dodging the attack from unbelievable angles. The other assassin groaned as a dark light grazed his shoulder, instantly corroding a large hole in his spirit armor and charring his flesh. But he gritted his teeth and endured the pain, continuing his movements without stopping.

"We've been exposed! Quick, decisive!" A cold glint flashed in Shen Mo's eyes as he no longer concealed himself. He pointed his fingers like a sword, and a condensed, pale golden sword aura shot out, not towards the attacker, but towards a seemingly empty rock above the cliff!

"break!"

"Sizzle—!"

The sword energy pierced the rock, but it felt as if it had pierced a layer of tough leather, producing a teeth-grinding tearing sound. Immediately afterwards, the surface of the rock rippled like water, and a simple but effective illusion array was forcibly broken, revealing a hollow behind it that could only accommodate one person, and inside the hollow were three Xuan Yin Sect cultivators dressed in dark red bodysuits, their faces filled with horror and ferocity!

One of them was also holding a bone talisman that was about to be activated and used to sound an alarm!

"die!"

Shen Mo gave his opponent no chance at all. The moment he broke the formation, his figure appeared in front of the cave like a ghost. His palm glowed with chaotic light, and he lightly pressed out a palm.

There was no earth-shattering display of force, but the three sentries, who were at most in the early stages of the Golden Core realm, were as if struck by an invisible giant hammer. Their protective spiritual light shattered like paper, their chests caved in, their eyes bulged out, and before they could even scream, their souls were annihilated, and they collapsed limply.

Su Xiao and the three assassins had also dealt with several other attackers who had pounced from the shadows, their movements swift and decisive, all resulting in instant kills.

But the commotion just now, especially that ghostly howl and the fluctuation of spiritual energy, has clearly attracted the attention of those higher up the cliff, and possibly even parts of the valley! (Highly recommend "Surviving in the Ruined Gate and Weaving Myths"! Click to go directly to the story world.)

"Hurry! Get up there!" Shen Mo shouted, his figure transforming into a streak of pale golden light. No longer concealing himself, he charged towards the top of the cliff against the increasingly violent gale! Su Xiao and the other three also unleashed their full power, closely following behind.

Above, shouts and the sound of something cutting through the air could be faintly heard, indicating that a patrol team had been alerted and was rushing towards them.

Life and death speed!

Just as the feint attack at the valley entrance below reached its climax, Shi Tie roared and led his disciples in a relentless barrage of attacks on the "Bone-Corroding Poison Fire Array," engaging in close combat with the Xuan Yin Sect cultivators who had broken through the array, their battle cries shaking the heavens; just as Shen Mo and his group of five broke through the last fierce gale-force winds halfway up the cliff, finally reaching the very edge of the cliff top, at the critical moment when more than a dozen streaks of light were already hurtling towards them from below—

"Frozen...for a thousand miles!"

A woman's low, clear voice, as cold as eternal ice, suddenly rang out in the night sky on the other side of the cliff!

The next moment, an indescribable, terrifying chill, like a bursting dam, swept in from the western sky! Wherever it passed, the air froze, making a crisp "crackling" sound, and even the raging gale seemed to be instantly frozen and slowed down!

In a large area near the top of the cliff, the temperature plummeted below freezing, and the rock surface was instantly covered with a thick layer of frost that shimmered with a ghostly blue light!

It's Fairy Ling Shuang and Elder Leng Yue! They had cleared the outer outposts as planned and arrived just in time to activate the Xuanbing Pavilion's secret large-scale control spell—"Freezing a Thousand Miles"!

Although it doesn't cover a thousand miles, it's more than enough to cover an area at the top of this cliff, hindering the pursuers and creating a final breakthrough window for Shen Mo and the others!

The dozen or so streaks of light from the Xuan Yin Sect patrol team that had just taken off and were rushing toward the top of the cliff were enveloped by this sudden, extreme cold. Their speed dropped sharply, their bodies instantly froze into ice shells, their cries of alarm and anger were frozen in their throats, and their formation was thrown into chaos.

"Now!" Shen Mo's eyes flashed with a sharp light. Taking advantage of the freezing effect of the ice spell on the gale and the obstruction of the pursuers, his figure was like a dragon breaking free of its shackles. With a sudden leap, he finally stepped onto the top of the cliff on the west side of Burial Soul Valley!

Suddenly, the view opened up before them. Below lay the entirety of the Burial Valley, with its eerie lights, soaring blood-red aura, and towering altar! The thick stench of blood, the wails of vengeful spirits, and the low rumble of the evil array in operation assaulted their senses!

Su Xiao and the three assassins followed closely behind, landing beside Shen Mo. All five bore minor wounds and fatigue from their battle with the gale, but their eyes remained sharp as ever, fixed on the massive altar radiating overwhelming evil energy in the center of the valley below, and the three dark red figures beneath it.

They've come in!

"As planned, disperse, hide, and sneak towards the core of the altar! Su Xiao, you take two people and clear out any possible hidden stakes and warning barriers along the way. Shadow Three, follow me, head straight for the east side of the altar; there's a barely noticeable gap in the array's fluctuations there." Shen Mo spoke extremely quickly, his divine sense already scanning part of the valley below. Combining Su Xiao's previous intelligence with the sensations from the Myriad Laws Source Pearl, he instantly made a judgment.

"Yes!" Su Xiao and the two assassins vanished in a flash, like drops of water merging into the ocean, disappearing instantly into the shadows and rocks atop the cliff. Another assassin, known as "Shadow Three," stayed close behind Shen Mo.

Shen Mo took one last look at the chaotic and sinister valley below, then glanced at the western night sky, where the chill still lingered. Ling Shuang and Leng Yue were clearly still dealing with the pursuers, buying him time.

"Walk!"

Two figures, like ghosts, floated down from the top of the cliff and disappeared into the bizarre, murderous darkness and blood-red hues of the Burial Soul Valley.

Their target was the core of the blood sacrifice: the three Xuan Yin Sect elders with obscure auras, and the floating dark red banner that seemed to be connected to unknown terrors.