Rewind time to a few minutes ago.
"I never thought that I, Wu Rufeng, would be surrounded and killed by a bunch of Saint 3-dan Otherworldly Demons …"
Sitting on the ground, Wu Shi's face was ghastly pale. He turned to look at the crowd before him, and the confident look in his eyes a moment ago was replaced by sorrow.
It was just a moment ago that Zhang Shi had left to find a solution to the problem, and shortly after the demonic tunes disappeared, they encountered the Otherworldly Demons.
Under the torment of the demonic tunes, the crowd's zhenqi had been severely depleted, such that they didn't even have the strength to walk properly. Needless to say, they couldn't even put up a fight.
They had been forced to retreat as they fought, and only he had managed to kill two of the Otherworldly Demons with his full strength. Yet, he had still ended up being severely injured by a mere Saint 4-dan Otherworldly Demon.
Even though he had come to the ancient domain with the resolve to die, he still couldn't accept the fact that he had been killed before he could even catch a glimpse of Zhang Yinqiu and the others. More importantly, he was a seven Star high-tier master teacher of the Mingshi Tang School. To die in the hands of an Otherworldly Demon was simply too humiliating …
"If we really can't withstand their attacks, we'll just self-detonate! I don't want to die in their hands and have my corpse sullied! "
Looking at the Otherworldly Demons before him, President Han clenched his jaws tightly.
As a human, if he were to be killed by the Otherworldly Demons and have their corpse used, he would never be able to rest in peace.
Rather than be humiliated, he might as well self-detonate and die. Perhaps, he might even be able to perish together with the Otherworldly Demons.
"Alright!" Gritting their teeth, the crowd nodded in agreement.
Even though there were master teachers, combat masters, and formation masters present, they were all humans.
"Farewell, Mingshi Tang School. Farewell, humanity. Farewell, we failed our mission …"
Just as the crowd was about to give up and self-detonate, they suddenly saw a figure charging right into their midst.
"Zhang Shi?"
Upon seeing the other party's appearance, the crowd clenched their fists tightly, and their faces flushed in agitation.
He had thought that he was dead for sure, but President Zhang had rushed over at the last moment.
Raising their gazes, they saw Zhang Xuan charging forward with brute force, crushing an Otherworldly Demon into a meat patty. On the other hand, not too far away, Jin Yuan Ding was even more ferocious. Growing to a height of ten meters, he plummeted from the sky and crushed seven Otherworldly Demons on the spot.
After being upgraded to Saint intermediate-tier, Jin Yuan Ding's fighting prowess was already on par with a Saint 4-dan pinnacle cultivator. On the other hand, those who had surrounded them were only at Saint 3-dan pinnacle. As soon as he exerted his full strength, there was no way they would be able to escape. It wouldn't take long for them to be reduced to meat paste.
"Don't kill him yet …"
After knocking down an Otherworldly Demon expert, Zhang Xuan was just about to speak up to stop Zhang Xuan when he suddenly realized that all of the Otherworldly Demons were dead. Halfway through his words, he found himself unable to utter a single word.
Initially, he had wanted to capture one of them alive for interrogation, but who knew that this fellow was too fast. He had only killed one when the other party had already killed all the others.
It was too late to stop him.
"Forget it …" Shaking his head, Zhang Xuan walked up to the crowd and asked, "How are you all feeling?"
With his eye of discernment, he could tell that all of them had sustained severe injuries. It would take him a great deal of effort to treat them.
"Thank you for saving our lives …"
Looking at Zhang Xuan gratefully, the crowd quickly took out recovery pills from their storage rings and swallowed them.
As much as they wanted to say a few words, their injuries were simply too severe.
Knowing that they had their own means to treat their injuries, Zhang Xuan decided not to meddle in their affairs. Instead, he stood on the spot and scanned the crowd, and the more he examined them, the tighter his frown became.
Not too long later, Wu Shi was the first to recover a little, and he slowly opened his eyes.
In their weakened state, they had been encircled by the Otherworldly Demons. Even if they wanted to retaliate, they wouldn't have been able to do so, resulting in their current state.
If they had been at their peak, they would have been able to deal with even two Saint 4-dan experts easily.
"What's going on?" Zhang Xuan asked.
"It's like this. Shortly after Zhang Shi left, we were encircled …" Wu Shi swiftly explained the situation to Zhang Xuan.
After hearing the story, Zhang Xuan realized that the Otherworldly Demons weren't as fearsome as he had thought, and he heaved a sigh of relief. Then, he asked, "Where's Luo shi? Why isn't she with you? "
As soon as he arrived, he had noticed that Lozosy wasn't with the crowd, and that was also why he was so worried.
"After the demonic tunes disappeared, Luo shi seemed to have noticed something. She said that she would head over to take a look before leaving … We don't know where she went either!"
Wu Shi replied.
Lozosy had left after the demonic tunes disappeared, and in less than two minutes after she left, the Otherworldly Demons had already encircled them. If only she had been around … they wouldn't have been in such a state.
"You don't know?" Zhang Xuan frowned.
If they had encountered an Otherworldly Demon, could she have encountered one as well? Given that they had nearly wiped out so many of them, how could she possibly have stood a chance against an Otherworldly Demon all by herself?
"You mentioned earlier that a Saint 4-dan Otherworldly Demon attacked you. Where is that fellow at the moment?"
Wu Shi had said earlier that a powerful Otherworldly Demon had attacked them, resulting in their defeat. If he wasn't mistaken, that powerful Otherworldly Demon should be the Stoneleaf King. But why wasn't he here?
Could he have discovered Lozosy and gone to hunt her down?
"After that fellow entered the area, he informed us of his whereabouts before heading straight ahead. He seemed to be searching for some kind of treasure, and we can't afford to waste any time … He told those fellows to kill us first before heading over …"
President Han said.
After regulating his breathing, he had also recovered quite a bit. Although the injuries on his body were still serious, it was no longer like before, where he would not wake up at any time.
"Searching for some kind of treasure? It's fine as long as he didn't discover Lozosy … "
Heaving a sigh of relief, Zhang Xuan instructed, "Jin Yuan Ding, I'll leave you here to protect the others. I'll go and find Luo shi first …"
Regardless of what the Stoneleaf King was up to, Lozosy was the most important person in his heart.
After leaving the group, Zhang Xuan made use of the strength of his soul to leave the lightning zone and head back to search for Luo shi. Not too long later, he found her.
The young lady was standing before the shattered stone tablet with a deep frown on her forehead, seemingly deep in thought.
"Are you alright?" Zhang Xuan quickly rushed over and asked.
Upon seeing Zhang Xuan, Lozosy smiled and replied, "I'm fine. What's wrong? What happened? "
"Wu Shi and the others are in trouble …" Zhang Xuan swiftly explained what had happened earlier to Luo shi.
"Attacked by the Otherworldly Demons? Damn it! It seems like those fellows followed us in … "
Lozosy harrumphed.
The undoing of the seal on the outside meant that the Otherworldly Demons had sneaked in behind them.
Zhang Xuan nodded.
"Were you the one who destroyed the stone tablet?" Lozosy pointed at the stone tablet.
"This …" Zhang Xuan replied awkwardly.
Even though he wasn't the one who had destroyed the stone tablet, he was still directly involved in the matter. It wouldn't be wrong to say that he was the one who had done it.
"There's something strange about this stone tablet. Did you notice that it's made of the same material as the inscriptions on the Saint Ascension Platform? Furthermore, this formation is extremely similar to the one in which Kong Shi left behind the book back then …"
Luo Ruoxin asked, seemingly having noticed something.
"This …"
Zhang Xuan was taken aback. Now that Luo shi had mentioned it, there was indeed some similarity.
Since the stone tablet was similar, it could be said that the Saint Ascension Platform wasn't too far away from the Saint Ascension Platform, and the stone tablet had existed for a very long time. Thus, it could be said that the stone tablet was similar to the Saint Ascension Platform.
"Could it be that … this ancient domain is really related to Kong Shi?"
Zhang Xuan thought.
Previously, the crowd had speculated that the two ancient domains might be related due to the close proximity between them. However, due to the fact that Kong Shi was involved, they chose to keep quiet about it.
"No, that's not right … I was the one who activated the stone tablet, and the one who came out of it was an elder …"
Luo shi suddenly recalled something. Zhang Xuan.
The elder from before was clearly the creator of the ancient domain. Regardless of whether it was in terms of appearance or mannerisms, he couldn't possibly be related to Kong Shi at all!
"What's the name of that elder?"
Hearing that Zhang Xuan had activated the stone tablet, Lozosy hurriedly asked.
"Name? He didn't say anything … but he said that he was going to impart to me a movement technique known as the Unbounded Voyager! "
Zhang Xuan explained.
Before he could ask about the other party's name, the stone tablet had already disappeared.
"Unbounded Voyager? Could it be … "
Lozosy's eyes lit up as she thought of something.
Seeing Luo shi's expression, Zhang Xuan asked, "You've heard of this movement technique before?"
"If it's really the Unbounded Voyager, the person you met should be Ancient Sage Qiu Wu!" Lozosy nodded.
"Ancient Sage Qiu Wu?" Zhang Xuan frowned. "I seem to have heard of that name before … He was the one who left behind the Subterranean Gallery seal beneath Hongyuan Master Teacher Academy!"
Previously, when he entered the Subterranean Gallery and touched the seal, he had learned that it was left behind by an expert known as Qiu Wu.
Could it be that … the elder whom he wanted to accept as his student was a fragmented soul left behind by that elder?
Cold sweat trickled down Zhang Xuan's forehead as he shuddered.
When he came into contact with the seal, he knew just how fearsome that expert was. Even Nine Stars master teachers were unable to breach the seal, and yet, he actually wanted to accept the other party as his student …
Wasn't he being a little too gutsy?
It was fortunate that the other party didn't fly into a rage, or else even a fragmented soul would have been able to kill him easily.
"Un. Ancient Sage Qiu Wu possesses a deep understanding of space. Many of the node seals in the otherworldly battlefield were set up by him!"
Luo Ruoxin nodded as her eyes lit up in excitement. "More importantly, while Ancient Sage Qiu Wu isn't Kong shi's direct disciple, he's one of Kong shi's followers. His cultivation is unfathomable, and he'll follow Kong shi wherever he goes. Even though the two of them are master and servant in name, they are actually like brothers. Even the seventy-two Sages of Kong Shi have to address him respectfully as Senior Uncle Qiu Wu! "
"Senior Uncle Qiu Wu?"
"Indeed. Qiu Wu has been following Kong Shi for his entire life. Back then, in order to stop the Otherworldly Demonic Tribe, he used his own body as a seal to stop the invasion of the Otherworldly Demonic Tribe. Among the ancestors of the Mingshi Tang, his contributions are definitely within the top five!"
Upon speaking of Qiu Wu, Lozosy's eyes gleamed with admiration and admiration. "It's precisely for this reason that many of the juniors of the Mingshi Tang treat him with utmost respect. Putting everything aside, even Pavilion Master Gou of Qingyuan Conferred Empire's Mingshi Tang Empire is one of his most ardent admirers … Zhang Shi, what's wrong?"
While Lozosy was deep in thought, she suddenly saw Zhang Xuan lying limply on the floor. Unknowingly, he had a conflicted expression on his face, as if someone had slapped him, and he was on the verge of tears.
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