Xiao Lingyu didn't know that he was being followed. The serpent was recuperating and didn't come out to guard him. With his cultivation, the range that his spiritual sense could cover was extremely limited. Any cultivator above the Nascent Soul stage could easily follow him without being discovered.
Soon, Xiao Lingyu crossed the periphery of the Desolate Ancient Forest, but he didn't go too deep. At this time, he was about 10,000 miles away from Luoyu City. He felt that this distance was just right, so he didn't continue to go deeper into the Desolate Ancient Forest.
The outer region of the Desolate Ancient Forest was about ten thousand miles wide. As there were human cultivators constantly entering the Desolate Ancient Forest to hunt demonic beasts or search for rare treasures, the outer region of the forest was considered safe. There were no overly powerful demonic beasts roaming about. Even if there were, they would be killed by groups of human cultivators.
However, after 10,000 miles, it was a dangerous area. Demonic beasts at the Out-of-Body Stage and the FenShen Stage often appeared. Sometimes, there were even cultivators at the Form Synthesis Stage. Therefore, human cultivators didn't dare to come here easily. Even if they did, they would do it occasionally and carefully.
The reason Xiao Lingyu chose this location was to avoid human cultivators while also avoiding too much danger.
After wandering around for a day, Xiao Lingyu found a cave.
This cave was at the foot of a mountain. At the foot of the mountain, there were layers of bushes.
The dense bushes almost completely blocked the entrance of the cave. If Xiao Lingyu hadn't searched very carefully, he wouldn't have even noticed that there was a cave here.
From the environment of the cave, Xiao Lingyu could judge that there shouldn't be any demonic beasts in this cave, because the entrance of the cave seemed to have been untouched for countless years.
Xiao Lingyu didn't break in easily. Instead, he used a wooden stick to gently push aside the thick bushes and vines and put a wild boar in.
The cave was very dark. After the wild boar went in, it kept snorting. Feeling that it had gained freedom, it ran in the cave without any accidents for a long time.
Only then did Xiao Lingyu enter the cave. She took out a luminous pearl to illuminate the cave. First, she scanned the cave. Seeing that there was nothing out of the ordinary, she used a wooden stick to restore the cave entrance to its original state, concealing any traces of her presence.
The cave was not very big, but it was very deep. Xiao Lingyu walked more than 20 steps before she saw the end of the cave.
"Looks like I need to dig deeper."
Xiao Lingyu took out a spiritual sword. She did not need to use any power to strengthen it. Just the sharpness of the spiritual sword was enough to easily open up a cave.
Just as Xiao Lingyu was opening up the cave, a mystical eagle hovered in the air about a thousand meters away from the cave before flapping its wings and flying away.
Not long after, the big eagle landed on the shoulder of a relatively young human cultivator.
"Senior Martial Brother Liu, that thief has stopped. Should we inform Martial Uncle Xue now?" The cultivator with the big eagle on his shoulder said to a middle-aged cultivator beside him.
"Junior Martial Brother Zhang, that kid's cultivation base is not very strong. He only has a Spirit Severing Stage snake as a pet. With our combined strength, we might be able to capture him." Senior Martial Brother Liu narrowed his eyes and said.
"Senior Martial Brother Liu, I think it's better for us to be more cautious. Last time, that kid was able to escape from the encirclement of the herb garden easily. Clearly, he is quite capable. We must not underestimate him. Let's wait for Martial Uncle Xue to come before we make a move." Junior Martial Brother Zhang held a different opinion.
Both of them were at the Spirit Severing Stage. They came from the Void Inquiry Stage Immortal Sect. Previously, when they heard that the informants that the immortal sect arranged in Luo Yu City had found the thief that the immortal sect was pursuing, they rushed to Luo Yu City in time and followed Xiao Lingyu here.
The two of them still did not know what Xiao Lingyu had done in the Falling Rock Desert. They also did not know that Xiao Lingyu had even defeated a Body Integration Stage expert in the Falling Rock Desert. Therefore, they did not pay much attention to Xiao Lingyu.
"Junior Martial Brother Zhang, the two of us have been sent to the outside world for quite some time. Even though the outside world is a colorful world, it is very dangerous. We have always been very careful. Our days here cannot be compared to the carefree cultivation in the immortal sect. If we can capture and kill that thief this time, we may be directly summoned back to the immortal sect to cultivate after making a meritorious contribution. But if we wait until Martial Uncle Xue arrives, he will personally take care of the thief. Then, our contribution will seem too insignificant. Most importantly, if that thief is not weak and can fight against Martial Uncle Xue, it will be fine. However, if that thief is not strong enough and is easily subdued by Martial Uncle Xue, how do you think Martial Uncle Xue will view the two of us? Will he think that we are too cowardly for not even daring to capture a little thief? Won't it be too embarrassing for the Void Inquiry Stage Immortal Sect? "Senior Martial Brother Liu shook his head and analyzed the situation in a seemingly reasonable manner.
"I still think that it's better to wait for Martial Uncle Xue to come. If we act rashly and alert the enemy but fail to capture that thief and let him escape, it will be even more difficult for us to face the immortal sect." Junior Martial Brother Zhang said cautiously.
"We can't wait anymore! There are already people approaching the cave! "Senior Martial Brother Liu's eyes glinted brightly as he said with a frown.
Junior Martial Brother Zhang was stunned at first. Then, he released the huge condor. After a while, through the huge condor, he saw a group of cultivators slowly approaching the cave where the thief was hiding. All of them had malicious looks on their faces.
However, what Junior Martial Brother Zhang did not expect was that among that group of cultivators, one of them suddenly stopped his slow and careful footsteps and raised his head to look at the sky. His eyes were fixed on the huge condor in the sky.
"Not good. We've been discovered! Come back quickly! "
Junior Martial Brother Zhang was shocked. He immediately ordered the huge condor to turn back.
Unfortunately, Junior Martial Brother Zhang's reaction was slightly slower. A short golden bow appeared in the hand of the cultivator who was staring at the sky. He shot out a golden arrow which instantly pierced through the huge condor's body.
The huge condor only had time to let out a mournful cry before a ray of golden light shone from its body.
When the golden light disappeared, the huge condor also disappeared without a trace. Junior Martial Brother Zhang's face turned pale and he spat out a mouthful of blood.
"Damn it! How dare they kill my Cloud Condor! " Junior Martial Brother Zhang wiped the bloodstains on the corner of his mouth and calmed down his surging qi, blood and spiritual sense. Then, he cursed angrily.
"They also don't know that the Cloud Condor is yours. I guess they thought that the thief released the Cloud Condor to warn them." Senior Martial Brother Liu said.
"My Cloud Condor has been with me for many years. No matter what, whoever kills it will have to pay a heavy price!" Junior Martial Brother Zhang said a little agitatedly.
"Junior Martial Brother Zhang, don't be agitated. These people actually don't have a big background. They should be some small gangs in the Falling Rock Desert. The highest cultivation level among them is only at the Spirit Severing stage. If you want to avenge the Cloud Condor, it will be easy. When we return to the Immortal Sect, we will discuss with the other senior martial brothers. Isn't it easy to wipe out these small fries?" Senior Martial Brother Liu quickly patted Junior Martial Brother Zhang's shoulder and comforted him.
"Now that the situation has changed, we should inform Martial Uncle Xue first." Junior Martial Brother Zhang reminded him.
"I will send a message to him, but even if he receives the message and comes immediately, it will take at least an hour."
Senior Brother Liu nodded and took out a silver bead. His lips trembled a few times as he recorded his voice into the silver bead. Then, he injected a stream of spiritual energy into the silver bead. After a huge tremor, the silver bead returned to its calm state.
That bead was a Communication Spiritual Bead. According to the quality, the distance that the message could be transmitted was also different.
Boom! Boom! * Boom … … *
Just as Senior Martial Brother Liu finished sending the message, a series of earth-shattering explosions came from the mountain cave.
The two disciples of the Void Inquiry Stage quickly flew up into the sky and looked at a place not far away from them. With just a glance, their mouths were wide open and they looked dumbfounded.
Not far away, a group of cultivators had surrounded the entire mountain. Each of them had a formation flag in their hands. While the formation flags were constantly expanding, they were also constantly bombarding the mountain with powerful magic treasures. Under the powerful attacks of these cultivators, the mountain began to collapse after a short while.
The weight of a mountain was difficult to estimate even for a Severed Soul Stage cultivator. If they didn't have a powerful magic weapon to protect their body, even if a Severed Soul Stage cultivator was pressed by a mountain, their protective spiritual force shield would collapse, and the cultivator would immediately be smashed into a pool of flesh and blood.
The other party's actions were too stealthy and swift. Xiao Lingyu was concentrating on excavating his immortal cave in the mountain cave. He did not realize that he was already surrounded. Only when the mountain collapsed did he suddenly feel shocked.
Rocks kept falling from the top of his head. The entire mountain was shaking violently. Xiao Lingyu knew that he was in danger. However, when he was about to rush out of the mountain cave, he saw a ray of light flying towards him as soon as he reached the entrance of the cave.
That ray of light was formed by a high-grade spiritual talisman. Its power could not be underestimated. He had no choice but to dodge to the side. Fortunately, the spiritual talisman did not lock onto him and he was not hit.
However, the mountain was already collapsing. With the explosion of a high-grade spiritual talisman in the mountain cave, the collapse of the mountain immediately accelerated. At this critical moment, Xiao Lingyu instantly released his chaotic energy barrier. Then, he asked the huge snake to come out of the spiritual beast pouch.
After the huge snake came out, it released a circle of spirit light to protect Xiao Lingyu. It stretched out its tongue and wrapped around Xiao Lingyu. Then, it braced itself and rushed towards the sealed entrance of the cave.
However, Xiao Lingyu's reaction was too slow. Just as the huge snake was about to rush out, the entire mountain came crashing down on it.
However, the mountain was only a mountain after all. It was made of ordinary mountain rocks. When it collapsed, there was only an instant of pressure. Only a small portion of this enormous pressure was applied to the serpent. Therefore, even though its body was instantly pressed down by the mountain rocks and its scales, flesh, and bones were severely injured, the serpent did not die because of this. It let out a roar and used all its strength to break through the rocks and fly into the sky.
The other party seemed to have thought that the giant snake would not die, and was prepared for it. Just as the giant snake rushed out, before it had even soared into the air, pillars of spiritual light that were like giant swords that supported the heavens greeted it.
The huge snake had been very unlucky recently. It had followed a cultivator who had just started cultivating. It did not expect this cultivator to cause so much trouble and it was constantly injured. It had not completely recovered from the injuries it had received from the battle with the Body Integration Stage cultivator in the Rockfall Desert. Now, it was heavily injured again. The most hateful thing was that it had dragged its heavily injured body out of the cave with great difficulty and was hit by a few more pillars of spirit light.
Roar!
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