Proving Immortality Starting with Hextech Runes

Chen Xu was horrified.

In order to achieve the formation of the Golden Core, this old ghost was willing to sever his own path to enlightenment and slaughter all living beings with such evil methods.

This method is even more ruthless than when Wen Tianhe was breaking through to the Core Formation stage.

However, given the urgency of the situation, a resolute glint flashed in Chen Xu's eyes.

He still had over two hundred specially made second-tier talismans given to him by Qing Yi in his storage bag.

With his control over talismans, when he unleashes his full power, he can even put up a fight against a cultivator in the early stages of Foundation Establishment.

These talismans are extremely precious, and each one used reduces the remaining supply, but Chen Xu couldn't care less about that at the moment.

"Junior Sister Qingling, prepare to break through!" Chen Xu shouted in a low voice, preparing to take out the talisman.

But at that moment, the invitation from the Dark Pavilion flew out of the storage bag on its own, emitting a spatial fluctuation.

Before Chen Xu could react, his figure vanished.

Qingling was stunned as Chen Xu suddenly disappeared before her eyes.

"what?"

She looked at the surging blood demon in front of her and the Yan family cultivators chasing closely behind her, feeling somewhat at a loss.

……

On the other side, when Chen Xu opened his eyes again, he found himself in a hot underground space.

"What's going on..."

Chen Xu suppressed his thoughts and cautiously scanned his surroundings.

The air was filled with a pungent, burning smell.

The cave is surrounded by jagged black rock walls, with a low ceiling and dim lighting.

The ground was covered with holes of varying sizes, some as small as a bowl and others as large as a millstone, from which red sparks occasionally flew out.

There were seven people on the field, including myself. Apart from one cultivator in the early stage of Foundation Establishment, the rest were all in the late stage of Qi Refining.

Chen Xu subconsciously took a few steps back, putting distance between himself and the Foundation Establishment cultivator.

At this moment, the cultivators all had solemn expressions and were wary of each other.

Chen Xu then noticed that all the cultivators were wearing black bracelets.

He subconsciously raised his right hand and, sure enough, noticed the black bracelet.

There is a raised attic pattern on the side of the bracelet.

"Could this be... an invitation from the Dark Pavilion?!" Chen Xu stared at the design, his heart filled with doubt and surprise.

"It seems my sudden appearance here was the work of the Dark Pavilion..."

"But I don't know what the Dark Pavilion's intentions are."

"Also, my flying leaf magic weapon and Qingling are still outside."

"Sigh, wish her good luck..."

Then Chen Xu secretly took out a talisman and stuck it on the inside of his arm.

"If things don't go well, we'll have to use this little teleportation talisman..."

This talisman was specially given to Chen Xu and Qing Ling by Qing Yi before they set off, one for each of them.

It is a second-tier high-grade talisman, capable of instantly teleporting thirty miles away, making it extremely precious.

Chen Xu wouldn't use this trump card unless he was absolutely desperate.

Just then, a cultivator dressed in a wide black robe appeared silently in front of everyone.

It was the Dark Pavilion cultivator who had suddenly disappeared earlier.

Upon seeing this person, Chen Xu had already grasped a stack of talismans in his sleeve, ready to respond at any moment.

The other six people in the room also subconsciously retreated, and even the cultivator in the early stage of Foundation Establishment looked solemn and summoned a magic weapon for self-defense.

The black-robed cultivator ignored the crowd's reactions, his gaze sweeping across the room from the shadows, before slowly speaking:

"Please do not panic."

"Although my Dark Pavilion was involved in the Yan Family Fort incident, you are, after all, guests of my Dark Pavilion."

"The Dark Pavilion will protect your safety."

As soon as the black-robed cultivator finished speaking, everyone looked at each other in surprise, clearly not expecting the Dark Pavilion to be so responsible.

At this moment, the cultivator in the early Foundation Establishment stage showed a slight improvement in expression. He retrieved his magical artifact, cupped his hands, and asked:

"Thank you for your help, fellow Daoist. But what exactly happened at Yan Family Fortress? I hope you can enlighten me."

His words voiced the question in the minds of everyone present.

"Do not ask further about this matter," the black-robed cultivator replied in a deep voice.

"Please stay here in peace for a while. Once the matter of Yan Family Fort is settled, you will be allowed to leave."

As soon as the voice fell, the black-robed cultivator vanished from the spot in a flash.

"This..." The Foundation Establishment cultivator's outstretched hand froze in mid-air, his face somewhat unpleasant, yet he couldn't lash out.

He looked around and finally chose a spot next to a rock wall with a good view to sit down and close his eyes to regulate his breathing.

At this moment, Chen Xu stood behind the crowd, looking at the spot where the black-robed cultivator had disappeared, and was secretly alarmed:

"This Dark Pavilion actually possesses such power and such profound resources..."

"This invitation from the Dark Pavilion alone has many ingenious uses."

"This is far from being an ordinary underground trading organization; it likely has a significant background..."

He observed the underground environment discreetly; the scorching heat in the air was unsettling.

But compared to Yanjiabao outside, this place is at least safe for the time being.

However, Chen Xu never entrusts his safety to others.

He silently walked to a corner away from the crowd and took out ten battle flags from his storage bag.

With a flick of his fingers, the ten array flags transformed into ten beams of light, precisely disappearing into the ground in different directions around him.

They set up the Small Derivation Array and the Black Tortoise Array around it respectively.

After doing all this, Chen Xu sat down cross-legged and closed his eyes to regulate his breathing.

The other cultivators reacted in various ways to his actions.

The Foundation Establishment cultivator slightly raised his eyelids, glanced at the fluctuations of the two layers of formations, and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes:

"What an exquisite array formation! This kid is no ordinary person..."

At this moment, Chen Xu appeared to be meditating with his eyes closed within the two formations, but in reality, his mind had already sunk into another world.

The small array is enough to block the detection of Foundation Establishment cultivators. Moreover, the situation is unclear now, so it is unlikely that anyone will come looking for trouble.

If there are any blind fools, Chen Xu doesn't mind wasting some second-tier talismans.

Inside the jade slip space, Chen Xu's figure solidified, his thoughts racing.

He summoned all the Foundation Establishment cultivators he had encountered that day in one go.

Only by first familiarizing oneself with the strength and methods of these Foundation Establishment cultivators can one be prepared to deal with them if one were to face them in the future.

……

Three days later, the entire underground space suddenly trembled violently.

"What's going on?!"

"Is this place going to collapse?!"

The cave erupted in chaos. The early Foundation Establishment cultivator, who had been meditating with his eyes closed, suddenly stood up, his face ashen.

At this moment, the black-robed cultivator reappeared, looking disheveled.

His wide black robe was torn in many places and stained with large patches of blood.

The moment he appeared, his gaze swept over the still-shaken crowd, his voice hoarse:

"Everyone, the Yan family patriarch has broken his promise. The Blood Pill is almost finished, but he thinks it's not quite ready. He wants to refine all of you and is chasing after you."

Upon hearing this, everyone's expressions immediately darkened.

The black-robed cultivator ignored the crowd's reactions and continued:

"We can't stay here any longer. I'll do my best to hold off that old devil."

"But whether you can successfully escape this desolate northern land depends entirely on your skills and fate!"

As the black-robed cultivator spoke, he rapidly formed hand seals, and a spatial fluctuation once again emanated from the black bracelets of the group.

Chen Xu felt the scene before him distort again, and when he opened his eyes again, he was already outside the gate of Yan Family Fort.

As soon as everyone came out, the Yan family patriarch and three other Foundation Establishment cultivators appeared above the city gate, looking down at them.

"Trying to run? Chase after them!!"