Song Hu and Tian Jing also attacked at the same time, each choosing their own target. Caught off guard, several of the cultivators from Eagle Feather Sect were killed in quick succession. Only the strongest cultivator amongst them transformed into a black beam of light as he flew away. His black robes fluttered and he became like a massive black hawk flapping its wings. His speed was indeed very fast, not much slower compared to Xun Xiu's flying ship. However, it was clear that Xun Xiu had no intentions of pursuing him. Instead, he allowed him to escape.
"This guy is really fast at running away." Su Qing was so angry that she stomped her feet after killing one of them. Just now, this group of people had spoken rudely, which made her very angry.
"That was really close. If it weren't for Senior Brother Xun, Brother Lu, and your timely appearance, even if we could escape, I'm afraid we would have suffered some injuries." Oh Yeon also gritted her teeth angrily.
Luo Qian chose to ignore Lu Xiaotian and asked Xun Xiu, "Senior Brother Xun, did you guys also receive the Palace Lord's Voice-transmitting Talisman and rush to Xi Yuan Nation?"
"Yes, it seems that the situation in Xi Yuan Nation is more complicated than expected." Xun Xiu nodded.
After the group gathered, the more people they had, the more courageous they became. Together, they had eight Foundation Establishment cultivators, which could be considered a very strong force. Xi Yuan Nation was originally just a secular country. Only a few places with relatively abundant spiritual energy had cultivator clans. At this time, it was filled with a tense and mysterious atmosphere.
Since they had all entered the Foundation Establishment stage, some needed to improve their cultivation, and some needed to practice their combat skills. There were also some who, after fighting during the day, needed time to recover at night. The eight of them suddenly appeared in a bamboo forest at night.
Lu Xiaotian and Song Hu were assigned to patrol at night to prevent other Southern Wasteland cultivators from sneaking up on them.
At night, the moon peeked out from the clouds, adding a bit of tranquility to the bamboo forest. Song Hu was the same as Luo Qian. Perhaps he was extremely afraid of Lu Xiaotian when he was in the Qi Refining stage, but after reaching the Foundation Establishment stage, the starting line between the two sides was pulled closer again. He did not pay much attention to Lu Xiaotian and patrolled to the other side to keep watch.
Lu Xiaotian didn't care about this. Although Luo Qian, Su Qing, and the others were resting and recovering their magic power, Lu Xiaotian didn't care about this. However, Foundation Establishment cultivators were extremely sensitive to the outside world, and the slightest fight would immediately alert everyone.
However, Lu Xiaotian's intuition told him that something was not quite right. Their group had been following the trail of the foreign cultivators all the way to the village where the disaster had struck. Although they had met up with Su Qing's group in time and killed several Eagle Feather Sect disciples, after fighting with these people, the Eagle Feather Sect disciples did not seem to be the kind of people who would lay their hands on the secular villagers. It was definitely someone else, but who was that person, and what was their goal?
In the breeze, the bamboo leaves rustled. Lu Xiaotian was only responsible for patrolling the area several li around the campsite. Although he couldn't see the campsite in the bamboo forest with the naked eye, a distance of several li was only a matter of a few breaths for a Foundation Establishment cultivator. As long as he wasn't heavily injured by the enemy's sneak attack or killed in a single blow, his safety wouldn't be much of a problem.
Under the moonlight, a faint shadow wasn't very conspicuous among the swaying trees. It was slowly approaching Lu Xiaotian. After observing Lu Xiaotian's surroundings for a while, it saw Lu Xiaotian propping up his chin in a contemplative manner. Clearly, he was thinking about something. At this moment, a snake-like viciousness flashed through the black shadow's eyes. The black shadow flashed forward, and in the blink of an eye, it covered several dozen zhang. Just as it was about to close in on Lu Xiaotian, a golden light suddenly flew out from Lu Xiaotian's body.
Clang, the Earth Splitter collided with a pitch-black iron claw. The iron claw's five fingers were like hooks, and it actually wanted to catch the incomparably sharp Earth Splitter in an instant.
Seeing this, Lu Xiaotian angrily shouted. The Earth Splitter emitted a golden light, and the Earth Splitter that was caught by the black claw shook violently. But to his surprise, he was actually somewhat inferior in terms of strength.
A hint of surprise flashed through the burly, strange black-robed man's cold eyes. Originally, Lu Xiaotian's contemplative expression couldn't possibly escape his eyes, but he didn't expect that under such circumstances, his sneak attack would still be detected by the other party. It was truly inconceivable. The strange black-robed man's eyes flashed, and he drilled into the bamboo forest. His speed was so fast that Lu Xiaotian couldn't catch up.
"This sinister and strange aura is somewhat similar." Lu Xiaotian stretched out his hand to recall the Earth Splitter that had broken free from the other party's grasp. Although it was just their first exchange, the other party's cultivation wasn't simple. Although he hadn't used his full strength, after all, he had only shown the strength of a first layer Foundation Establishment cultivator. Even Xun Xiu couldn't see through his depth.
However, the other party's strength was clearly very strong. If he hadn't been worried about alarming Su Qing, Luo Qian, and the others, he probably wouldn't have been able to continue using the strength of a first layer Foundation Establishment cultivator. As for the other party's speed, Lu Xiaotian's eyes flashed. He was at least a bit faster than him. Even if he wanted to chase, he might not be able to catch up. Unless the other party wanted him to catch up, this situation was obviously not what Lu Xiaotian wanted. If it had been someone else, with this black-robed eccentric's speed, they would have already succeeded in a sneak attack. However, even if Lu Xiaotian was deep in thought, his other primordial spirit was constantly paying attention to the surrounding situation. Therefore, when the black-robed eccentric saw him deep in thought and prepared to launch a sneak attack, in fact, Lu Xiaotian had already discovered him.
"Lu Xiaotian, what's going on?" As soon as the sound of fighting rang out, Su Qing, Luo Qian, Xun Xiu, and the others rushed over. Although Lu Xiaotian and the black-robed eccentric had only exchanged a single blow, Lu Xiaotian's intentional actions had still alarmed everyone.
"We were attacked by a black-robed eccentric, but the other party has already escaped." Lu Xiaotian's eyes swept over the people present. Whether it was the figure or the aura, there was nothing similar to the black-robed eccentric's. That pair of sinister snake-like eyes, no matter how well they concealed it, could still reveal a trace of disdain.
"Oh no, it's Song Hu!" Seeing that one person was missing from the crowd, Lu Xiaotian's expression suddenly changed, and he rushed in the direction of Song Hu's patrol.
Everyone's expression also changed greatly, and they all followed. A moment later, Song Hu's corpse fell in the bamboo forest. The blood had not yet dried, and there was a hole in his chest. His face was a mixture of pain, fear, and shock.
Even his primordial spirit did not escape. The strength of the person who launched the sneak attack was far above Song Hu's. A frightening thought flashed through everyone's mind. If the person who appeared here was not Song Hu, but them, what would the outcome be? Song Hu was already at the first level of the Foundation Establishment Realm, but he did not even have the slightest power to resist. He was killed without even making a sound. There were so many people present, and although there was no lack of people who felt that their strength was stronger than Song Hu, they were not so arrogant as to think that they could kill Song Hu quietly in such a short time.
Lu Qian's gaze suddenly tightened as he looked at Lu Xiaotian. Song Hu's death quietly showed that the enemy's strength was strong, but he was blocked by Lu Xiaotian. Perhaps there was more than one enemy, but if there was only one, did it not mean that he had still seriously underestimated Lu Xiaotian's strength?
"It seems that the people in charge of the night patrol must be on guard together, or else I'm afraid the same thing will happen again," Xun Xiu said in a deep voice.
"We should send a message to the Immortal Palace as soon as possible to report our bizarre encounter here. First, we killed several disciples of the Eagle Feather Sect. Now, we haven't even figured out the number of enemies and their strength, and we've already lost Song Hu. It can be seen that the situation in Xi Yuan Kingdom is indeed very critical. It may not be something that we can control, "Lu Xiaotian said.
"The Immortal Palace controls hundreds of secular countries, and there are already eight of us in Xi Yuan Kingdom. Unless we discover a large number of enemies, I'm afraid it will be difficult for more people to come to support us in a short time," Xun Xiu said, shaking his head.
Lu Xiaotian frowned. Although he felt that Xun Xiu's words were not very accurate, Xun Xiu was the person with the highest cultivation and the most seniority here. It was useless for him to say too much without being fully confident. In that case, he would just have to be more careful in the future.
"Wait, something's wrong." Just as everyone was about to return to the temporary camp, they felt a strange aura around them.
Lu Xiaotian used the Spirit Eye Technique to look and saw that in the distance of the bamboo forest, a black fog was constantly spreading from all directions. In the black fog, there was a faint rustling sound. When they got closer, they could see that the ground was densely packed with fist-sized, cockroach-like black beetles were crawling from a distance. It was almost as if there was no end to them.
"Mang Lice!" Lu Xiaotian's pupils shrank. He was afraid that this was the real culprit that caused the death of the ordinary villager. But how could an insect cultivator easily control such a large number of Mang Lice?
Whoosh, whoosh … Lu Xiaotian waved his hand and threw out a dozen small fireballs. The strength of these Mang Lice was only equivalent to the early to middle stage of the Qi Refining stage. Some of the mature Mang Lice had wings and could fly in the air. It seemed that at this time, even riding a sword into the air was not necessarily safe.
The dozen small fireballs exploded. With Lu Xiaotian's current strength, even if he used a low-level Small Fireball Technique, it was not something that the Mang Lice could easily resist. But unexpectedly, after the small fireballs exploded, although a large number of Mang Lice seemed to have been killed, the number of insect corpses that rolled to the ground was not many.
"Keke, what a fast spell. This is the first time I've seen such a cultivation in spells." A strange, evil voice sounded. Soon, the other party said something that made everyone's hair stand on end. "But today, all of you will die!"
"Pretending to be mysterious. It's hard to say who will live and who will die." Lu Qian snorted coldly. The lightning spear in his hand trembled, and a bolt of lightning shot out from the spear's tip, shooting in the direction of the voice.
Crackle, wherever the lightning passed, the Mang Lice fell to the ground one after another, no longer moving. The bamboo forest in the distance, shrouded in black fog, exploded in the lightning.
"Keke, it's useless. You are all turtles in a jar now. Obediently offer your flesh and blood to my Mang Lice." At the same time that the lightning exploded, the voice floated in a completely opposite direction.
In the bamboo forest, there was a rustling sound, and a dozen figures leapt out. Six or seven of them had black feathers on their heads. They were the Eagle Feather Sect's cultivators. One of them was the one who had escaped from their hands. The other five wore blue Daoist robes embroidered with the image of a Purple Gold Silkworm. These twelve people surrounded Lu Xiaotian's group in the middle.
"Didn't you say there were more people? What else do you have to say now? " One of the fierce-looking Eagle Feather Sect's disciples was the one who had escaped from Su Qing's group.
Su Qing, Oh Yeon, and the others drew closer. The other party's numbers were almost double theirs, and the black fog surrounding the bamboo forest was getting thicker and thicker. They had no idea what was going on in the distance.
"The situation in the bamboo forest is too strange. Let's leave first." Lu Qian's expression was uncertain, and he suggested to Xun Xiu, Su Qing, and the others.
Lu Xiaotian had a bad feeling. Since the other party had chosen to set up an ambush here, they must have made preparations for their escape, and would not let them escape so easily. However, there were too many people on the ground, and staying here was obviously not a good choice. After some consideration, he also controlled the Earth Splitter to fly into the air, but his speed was inevitably slower than the others.
"Whoosh whoosh …"
There was a loud whistle, and countless huge black arrows shot in all directions from afar. The huge arrows had huge Spiritual Pressure waves. Even the Foundation Establishment Cultivators could feel the strong threat coming from them.
"Quick, retreat to the bamboo forest!" Xun Xiu was also shocked when he saw this. He didn't dare to catch the arrows with his bare hands. He quickly shouted and took out a long spear. He used it to deflect the huge arrow in front of him. However, when the long spear collided with the arrow, the imposing aura of the huge arrow actually broke into pieces.
Looking at dozens of huge arrows shooting in succession, everyone could not help but breathe a sigh of relief. It turned out that it was just a bluff. But was it really a bluff? Another female disciple, who was a little closer to Lu Qian, also used her Spiritual Sword to break a huge arrow, but she could not dodge in time and was shot directly in the waist by another arrow. Her whole body was broken into two pieces in the air by the huge arrow, and she looked very miserable.
After losing another person, the people of the Divine Cloud Palace, who had landed on the ground in a flurry, looked terrible. However, they had no time to be upset about the current situation. The 12 practitioners from the Southern Wilderness had already surrounded them from all sides when they landed.
"Two first-level Foundation Establishment Cultivators and one second-level Foundation Establishment Cultivator. You are unlucky." Lu Xiaotian's eyes flashed with killing intent. Usually, he would try to preserve his strength only when his side had the upper hand. In this dangerous situation, if Lu Qian, Oh Yeon, and the others were all killed by the other side, he would be left alone. Even if he had three heads and six arms, it would be difficult for him to hold on. In this situation, if he preserved his strength too much, he would be courting death. Moreover, the Ice Soul Mystic Melody was only effective against cultivators with a clear gap in cultivation level. Against cultivators of the same cultivation level or even higher, it was not effective at all.
Of course, for the two first-level Foundation Establishment Cultivators in front of him, the effect was immediate. The second level Foundation Establishment Eagle Feather Sect's cultivator was stunned for a moment. In the time it took for the second level Foundation Establishment Eagle Feather Sect's cultivator to make a detour, Lu Xiaotian had already bypassed him. The black flying sword and the golden Earth Splitter simultaneously circled around the necks of the two first level Foundation Establishment Eagle Feather Sect's disciples.
The Eagle Feather Sect Cultivator at the second-level Foundation Establishment Cultivator was slightly stunned and felt that something was wrong. Holding the magic weapon in his hand, he shot forward. At this time, his Junior Brother and Junior Sister's heads had already fallen to the ground. Before he could react further, a Black Ice Seal crashed down from the top of his head.
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