Crisis, rescue
To avoid awkwardness, Lin Xue quickly changed the subject:
“Let's leave here first, find a safe place, and then figure out how to contact Brother Chen and Senior Sister.”
Ye Baixi nodded, not daring to look at Lin Xue, and quickly wiped her mouth clean.
The two walked toward the outside of the bamboo forest.
Ye Baixi tightly gripped the Condensation Frost Sword in her hand, while her other hand subconsciously touched the Positioning Talisman Chen Yuan had given her, feeling slightly relieved.
Half a day later,
After walking for an unknown amount of time, several powerful auras suddenly converged from all directions, instantly locking onto them!
“Swoosh swoosh swoosh!”
Four figures appeared like ghosts around Ye Baixi and the other woman, blocking their path.
The four people were dressed differently and did not come from the same Sect.
Leading them was a middle-aged man with a scarred face, at the Early Soul Transformation Stage of cultivation.
The remaining three were dressed with an immortal air and bearing, and although they were old, their auras were fierce, with the lowest cultivation being Middle Stage Nascent Soul.
They stared greedily at Ye Baixi and Lin Xue, as if looking at lambs waiting to be slaughtered.
“Heh heh, lucky us, running into two lone little beauties.”
The Early Soul Transformation Stage Loose Cultivator with the scarred face sneered, “Hand over your storage rings and anything valuable on you, and perhaps we can spare your lives!”
Another Middle Stage Nascent Soul Cultivator, short and old in appearance, licked his lips, his gaze sweeping over the beautiful faces of Ye Baixi and Lin Xue, and leered:
“Big Brother, how can mere wealth be enough? These two young ladies are so radiant, why don't we...”
The four had temporarily teamed up, and the middle-aged Early Soul Transformation Stage Loose Cultivator naturally became the backbone and leader.
Ye Baixi and Lin Xue's faces instantly turned deathly pale.
Although their cultivation was not weak—Ye Baixi was Early Nascent Soul Stage, and Lin Xue was Middle Stage Nascent Soul—they had virtually no chance of winning against an Early Soul Transformation Stage Cultivator and three Middle to Late Stage Nascent Soul Cultivators surrounding them!
“How dare you! We are Direct Disciples of the Xuantian Sect!” Lin Xue forced herself to remain calm and shouted sternly, attempting to use her Sect's reputation to intimidate the opponents.
“Xuantian Sect? Hahaha!” The scarred-face Cultivator laughed wildly. “In the Third Layer of the Secret Realm, if we kill you, who will know it was us? Attack!”
The four Cultivators stopped wasting words and attacked simultaneously!
Flashing blades, sword shadows, and Spell spiritual light instantly enveloped Ye Baixi and Lin Xue!
Ye Baixi and Lin Xue reacted extremely quickly, immediately deploying Defensive Movement Techniques.
Ye Baixi's Condensation Frost Sword scattered fragments of Ice Sword Qi.
Lin Xue's figure flickered, quickly dodging.
“Pfft!”
The Ice Sword Qi was shattered by a strike from the scarred face's blade, who then slammed out a palm, blasting toward Ye Baixi.
Seeing this, Lin Xue quickly landed beside Ye Baixi to resist the attack with her.
The palm wind was fierce and dominating. The light from Ye Baixi's Body-Protecting Jade Pendant flared greatly, dissipating much of the power, but the residual might of the palm shadow still caused the two women's Qi and blood to churn, forcing them to retreat repeatedly.
Just as the two were about to collapse, a cold, stern shout arrived:
“Stop!”
Immediately afterward, a brilliant Blue Sword Light slashed horizontally from outside the bamboo forest, precisely striking the scarred-face Soul Transformation Cultivator!
The scarred-face Cultivator's expression changed. Sensing the sharp Sword Intent and the might of the Soul Transformation Stage contained within the Sword Light, he had no choice but to abandon his attack on Ye Baixi and turn back to resist with all his strength!
“Clang!”
The sound of clashing metal exploded. The scarred-face Cultivator was shaken back several steps by the sword strike, and the arm holding his blade felt slightly numb.
He looked toward the source of the Sword Light, filled with shock and anger.
He saw a woman standing with a sword, dressed in a light blue long dress, with an incomparably beautiful and pure face, and a cold temperament like a snow lotus—it was Xu Nuo!
Ye Baixi and Lin Xue were stunned when they saw the newcomer.
Xu Nuo ignored the two of them, her gaze coldly sweeping over the four Cultivators: “Mere Loose Cultivators, ganging up on the few, bullying the weak—this is all you amount to.”
“Another woman has shown up!” The lecherous light in the short Cultivator's eyes intensified. “We're really lucky today!”
“Who are you? State your name!” the scarred face roared.
“Boss, I know this person. She is a Disciple of the Nine Heavens Sword Pavilion,” a One-Eyed Loose Cultivator in the group quickly said.
“Nine Heavens Sword Pavilion?” The scarred-face Loose Cultivator frowned. This was troublesome. He was precisely from the Tiangang Domain, which was governed by the Nine Heavens Sword Pavilion, and he instinctively felt some fear.
“Boss, I have already offended this girl beyond redemption, and she definitely won't spare you. Why don't we just finish the job and kill her? We have strength in numbers, I don't believe we can't take her down,” the One-Eyed Loose Cultivator continued, explaining the stakes.
“I, this Great Cultivator, come from the Nine Heavens Sword Pavilion. You all hand over your Storage Rings, and then hand over that One-Eyed Loose Cultivator, and you might be spared death.”
Xu Nuo said coldly.
After separating from Chen Yuan, she began secluded cultivation.
With the Emperor Rank Formation from the Dao Lord Legacy, she gradually nurtured her Primordial Spirit within her Dantian.
At the critical moment when she was about to Breakthrough, that one-eyed man tried to ambush her while she was weak. Fortunately, the Lightning Tribulation arrived just in time, preventing the one-eyed man from succeeding.
The one-eyed man watched as Xu Nuo was struck by the final bolt of the Lightning Tribulation yet remained unharmed, and a vast Soul Transformation Divine Might silently spread.
Terrified, he immediately fled, using his lifelong trump cards to escape tens of thousands of miles away.
Xu Nuo had also been looking for this one-eyed man, and today she finally found him.
“Boss, don't believe her. Even if you hand me over, she won't spare you. Great Sects are the most untrustworthy and deceitful,” the one-eyed man anxiously pleaded:
“Besides, we have already offended those two girls from the Xuantian Sect. The Nine Heavens Sword Pavilion and the Xuantian Sect have an unusual relationship, and these three all have high cultivation and are outstanding individuals in their Sects. They probably know each other...”
That was enough of a hint. The scarred face had already made his decision: kill them. If they fled miserably today, they would definitely be relentlessly hunted down by the Xuantian Sect later.
The deed was done; how could they easily wrap things up?
In an instant, the scarred face moved with extreme speed, charging toward Xu Nuo.
Seeing the scarred face make his move, the others no longer hesitated and quickly followed suit.
Xu Nuo's swordsmanship was superb. Fighting the scarred-face Soul Transformation Cultivator and the Late Stage Nascent Soul one-eyed man alone, she did not fall into a disadvantage. Her Sword Light surged like a tide, tightly binding the two of them.
But the remaining two Middle Stage Nascent Soul Cultivators took the opportunity to launch an attack on Ye Baixi and Lin Xue.
“Sister Baixi, look out!”
Lin Xue cried out, condensing a Fireball Spell in her right hand and throwing it out, instantly forcing one person back.
But the other person's Poisonous Dart had already shot toward Ye Baixi!
Ye Baixi quickly swung her sword to parry.
Just at this critical moment.
“Buzz—!”
A terrifying Sword Emperor Divine Might, vast as an abyss, suddenly descended!
The two Loose Cultivators rushing toward Ye Baixi were instantly frozen, as if suppressed by an invisible giant mountain, their faces filled with extreme terror!
A Purple Sword Light, like Nine Heavens Startling Thunder, arrived from beyond the sky.
“Puff!” “Puff!”
After the soft sounds, a tiny blood hole simultaneously appeared on the foreheads of the two Middle Stage Nascent Soul Loose Cultivators. The light in their eyes instantly dimmed, and their bodies softly collapsed, completely devoid of life.