280: Chapter 280 Escaping into the Dragon's Abyss

Ye Tian and the Dragon Ape's expressions changed drastically in an instant!

The joy of their recent Breakthrough and the confidence from restoring their strength were shattered by this sudden sense of crisis.

The other party's Aura was more than just a level stronger than the Bat King's.

That was a true powerhouse of the Middle Stage Sea Transformation Realm!

Moreover, judging by his words, he clearly treated them like fish on a chopping block!

"Master, this piece of trash is so strong! He's much stronger than that feathered beast!"

The Dragon Ape's golden fur stood on end as it bared its teeth and growled low, the blood-colored flame mark on its right claw flickering restlessly.

Although it was also in the Huahai Realm, it was only at the Early Stage and its injuries hadn't healed yet; facing this unfathomable enemy, it instinctively felt a massive threat.

Ye Tian took a deep breath, forcing himself to calm down.

Panic would only lead to a dead end.

He quickly analyzed the current situation.

The Bat King had fled back heavily injured, a powerful enemy was blocking the door, and the only entrance to the nest had been sealed.

There was absolutely no chance of winning in a direct confrontation!

The only chance for survival was the passage deep within the nest guided by the star map!

"Xiao Long, ignore him! Find the passage immediately!"

Ye Tian shouted in a low voice, his gaze scanning the depths of the nest.

The direction guided by the star map was the rock wall behind the "throne," covered in dried bloodstains and moss!

He had vaguely felt that something was unusual there before.

"Roar!"

The Dragon Ape understood, turning and lunging toward the rock wall, its left claw igniting with pale flames as it struck the wall fiercely!

It was going to force its way through!

"Boom!"

The rock wall shook violently, and gravel fell in cascades, but the seemingly ordinary wall was unexpectedly sturdy.

One had to know that the Dragon Ape possessed the Bloodline of an ancient Vicious Beast, and its strength was renowned even among Vicious Beasts; although it was injured, the foundation of its Huahai Realm cultivation remained.

Its strike only left a charred claw mark and a few cracks on the surface, failing to pierce through.

"It's useless, little monkey.

This nest has been soaked in the demon power of that feathered beast's ancestors for countless years; it's harder than refined iron.

Come out obediently, and I will give you a quick death."

Qiu Qianchuan's voice rang out again, seemingly just outside the nest entrance; one could even hear the sound of a giant weapon dragging along the ground, getting closer and closer!

Clearly, he was approaching the entrance, and perhaps in the next moment, he would break through the debris and the heavily injured Bat King to charge straight in!

From the entrance, the Bat King's even more miserable shrieks could be heard, along with the sounds of heavy impacts and rocks cracking; clearly, a fierce battle was taking place outside.

The Bat King's hissing quickly weakened.

Ye Tian was anxious, but he knew that panicking was useless.

He looked at the rock wall again, his mind rapidly recalling the star map fragment and the sword mark intent he had just obtained.

The path guided by the star map wasn't a physical passage but a special spatial node or a sealed entrance!

It required a specific method or energy to open!

Specific energy... sword mark?

ancient sword pill?

A sharp light flashed in Ye Tian's eyes as he suddenly pulled out that fragment from his robe and looked at his own Dantian.

He tried injecting his True Essence mixed with a wisp of the sword pill's Origin Sword Intent into the fragment in his hand.

"Buzz!"

The originally dim fragment, upon receiving the piece about the star map path from the ancient sword pill's sea, seemed to be drawn in, automatically corresponding and combining with these starlights.

On the rock wall illuminated by the starlight, the seemingly messy moss and bloodstains quickly receded, revealing dim but silver patterns beneath that contained a strange Dao rhyme!

These patterns intertwined, vaguely forming the outline of a door, and in the center of the door was a sword-shaped groove.

"It's here! It needs Sword Intent to open!"

Ye Tian felt greatly relieved and pointed a wisp of the ancient sword pill's Origin Sword Intent toward the sword-shaped groove!

At the same time, a loud "Boom" echoed from the nest entrance!

The debris, vines, and the Bat King's massive carcass that had been blocking the door were all blown apart by a brutal force, shooting toward the interior of the nest!

Amidst the swirling dust, a terrifying figure stepped into the nest, carrying a dark red horse-chopping giant blade the size of a door on his shoulder!

It was indeed Qiu Qianchuan!

His face was hideous, emitting a suffocating and ferocious blood Qi.

The terrifying pressure of the Middle Stage Huahai Realm was released without reservation, causing the entire nest to tremble slightly under his Aura.

His cold gaze instantly locked onto Ye Tian and the Dragon Ape in front of the rock wall, and especially when he saw the dark gold sword light at Ye Tian's fingertip and the silver patterns appearing on the wall, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes, which then turned into even more intense greed.

"Trying to run? Stay here for me!"

Qiu Qianchuan grinned, and without any visible movement, the incredibly heavy mountain shattering blade in his hand turned into a dark red streak, slashing toward Ye Tian from a distance!

This slash was pure and ultimate, as if it could split mountains!

Before the blade's edge even arrived, the fierce astral wind had already torn a deep trench into the ground along its path, and countless sparks were scraped off the rock wall!

How terrifying was the strike of a Middle Stage Huahai Realm Body Cultivator!

Even though Ye Tian had just broken through, he felt like a small boat in the ocean, liable to be crushed at any moment!

"Master, watch out!"

The Dragon Ape roared madly, recklessly manifesting its full combat form again to stand in front of Ye Tian; pale and blood-colored flames burned wildly on its right claw, condensing into a flame shield, while its left claw slammed fiercely against the side of the incoming blade edge, attempting to knock it off course!

It knew that by taking this hit head-on, it would likely be heavily injured or even perish, but it had no choice!

At this critical moment!

"Chii!"

Ye Tian finally activated the entire silver pattern!

The entire rock wall erupted with a dazzling silver light!

The patterns flowed rapidly, the outline of the portal suddenly becoming clear, and a ripple connecting to another space burst forth!

In the center of the portal, a rotating starlight vortex appeared!

The passage was open!

And at that very moment, Qiu Qianchuan's mountain shattering blade slashed fiercely onto the flame shield the Dragon Ape had hastily condensed and its striking left claw!

"Boom!!! Crack!"

The pale flame shield shattered instantly!

The Dragon Ape's left claw collided with the side of the mountain shattering blade; its powerful Physical Body and claws actually shattered under Qiu Qianchuan's strike, bones twisting as it spat out a large mouthful of golden blood and flew backward, crashing into the edge of the opening starlight portal; its Aura plummeted instantly, it became listless, and the blood-colored mark on its right claw dimmed—it had suffered a heavy blow!

The remaining force of the mountain shattering blade was still incomparably fierce as it slashed down toward Ye Tian in front of the portal!

Ye Tian's eyes nearly split from anger; the Dragon Ape being heavily injured while shielding him completely ignited his ferocity.

He roared, no longer holding back, as he frantically poured his newly broken-through True Martial Eighth Stage True Essence and the ancient sword pill's Origin power into the liuguang sword in his hand; the blade erupted with an unprecedented light of interwoven azure and dark gold!

But it wasn't enough; he continued to forcibly fuse his newly realized sword mark intent with the "Cloud-Breaking" intent, performing the Peak sword strike he could currently achieve to meet the descending aftershock of the mountain shattering blade!

"Clang!!"

A loud crash erupted, and the violent shockwave shattered all the skeletons, debris, and even the Bat King eggs in the nest!

The webbing between Ye Tian's thumb and index finger split, blood flowing freely, and fine cracks appeared on the liuguang sword; his chest felt tight, and he spat blood again, flying backward into the now fully opened starlight portal!

"Hmm?..."

A hint of surprise flashed in Qiu Qianchuan's eyes; although more than half of his strike had been blocked by the Dragon Ape, the aftershock was by no means something an ordinary True Martial Realm could withstand, yet Ye Tian only spat blood and flew back—the sword wasn't broken, and the person wasn't dead?

This brat truly lives up to being someone even the Tower Master pays attention to!

Killing Intent surged in his eyes as he took a step forward, intending to charge into the starlight portal and wipe them out.

However, after Ye Tian and the Dragon Ape tumbled in one after another, the light of the starlight portal began to flash and shrink rapidly, becoming extremely unstable as if it might collapse at any moment.

Moreover, an Aura emanated from the portal that even made Qiu Qianchuan's heart skip a beat, as if it connected to some extremely dangerous place.

Qiu Qianchuan's brow furrowed, and his footsteps couldn't help but pause.

He was fierce by nature, but not brainless.

This suddenly appearing portal seemed to lead to the true core danger zone of Zhelong Hill, and it looked like a one-way or unstable teleportation.

Charging in blindly carried too much unknown risk.

More importantly, he sensed that the spatial ripples from the other side of the portal were extremely chaotic; crossing by force might throw him into an unknown place or even pull him into a spatial turbulence.

While he was hesitating, "Swoosh! Swoosh!" two figures, their Auras in disarray but their speed extremely fast, flashed in from the nest entrance; they were exactly Ah Fu and the only surviving Wind Patrol Guards team leader.

Both were injured, clearly having just undergone a brutal battle.

Ah Fu caught sight of the shrinking starlight portal and the murderous Qiu Qianchuan in front of it, and his expression changed drastically.

"Shadow Giant Qiu Qianchuan!"

Ah Fu cried out in alarm, subconsciously taking a step back to block the team leader, his face full of wariness and fear.

Qiu Qianchuan slowly turned his head, his gaze sweeping over the two of them as if looking at two ants.

He suddenly grinned: "Dogs of the Wanren Sword Pavilion? You've come at the right time; I haven't killed enough yet."

Before he finished speaking, he casually swung the mountain shattering blade in his hand, and a dark red curved blade light flashed out!

"No!"

Ah Fu roared as he poured all his True Essence into the spirit tortoise shield, the shield's surface lighting up with its final earthy yellow glow.

"Puchi!"

The blade light slashed through, and the spirit tortoise shield was split in two like paper; Ah Fu and the team leader couldn't even let out a scream before they were cut in half at the waist, blood and organs spilling all over the ground in a miserable death.

Qiu Qianchuan didn't even look at the corpses on the ground, casting his gaze once more toward the starlight portal that was about to disappear completely, his eyes flickering with uncertainty.

He could feel that the Auras of Ye Tian and that Yao Beast had completely vanished behind the portal, cutting off all connection with this side.

"Humph, you can run, but you can't hide.

Entering the 'Dragon Slaying Abyss,' you will only die a more miserable death."

Qiu Qianchuan snorted coldly and put away his mountain shattering blade.

He could roughly guess where this portal led.

He turned, scanning the messy nest, then looked at the remains of the Bat King, Ah Fu, and the others on the ground, a cruel smile appearing on his face.

The prey had escaped into an even more dangerous hunting ground; this game seemed to have become more interesting.

He had to go back and "prepare" well, and while he was at it... send a "grand gift" to that Pavilion Master Ling of the Wanren Sword Pavilion.

Qiu Qianchuan didn't stay any longer, striding out of the nest, his figure soon disappearing into the depths of the Iron-Boned Purple Bamboo Forest.