372: Chapter 372 Four Dogs

A brief sensation of dizziness and spatial pulling followed.

The next second, Ye Tian appeared in a dim, natural rock passage.

Behind him, the small light portal flickered a few times after he emerged and then dissipated, leaving only a rapidly fading pattern on the rock wall.

"It seems I am no longer in that sealed stone chamber; I might not even be in the central zone of the Law Fragment Sediment Belt anymore," Ye Tian judged.

The passage was very narrow, only wide enough for two people to walk side-by-side. The air was slightly cool, and the rock walls were slick.

He spread his spiritual sense, but due to interference from the rocks and some kind of force field, it could only extend about a hundred zhang.

He sensed carefully and confirmed that the hidden markers and spatial coordinates he had left behind were extremely far away and blurry; he was clearly no longer in the original area.

"As expected, it was either a random teleportation or a directional teleportation to somewhere on the periphery." Ye Tian was not discouraged; at least he was out.

He restrained his aura, suppressing his cultivation to around the Sea Transformation First Layer to avoid attracting too much attention, and carefully moved downward along the passage.

He spread his spiritual sense to its maximum range, staying alert for potential dangers while also searching for the fluctuations of the taichu seal.

The passage was long, with occasional forks in the road.

Ye Tian chose a direction where the Spiritual Qi was relatively dense.

After traveling for about fifteen minutes, the sound of fighting suddenly came from ahead.

Ye Tian held his breath and focused his mind, quietly approaching.

Rounding a corner, he saw a large cavern ahead.

Inside the cavern, a fierce battle was breaking out.

One side of the conflict consisted of three Cultivators wearing matching uniforms. Judging by their Cultivation Techniques, they seemed to be Disciples of the Qingyue Sect.

Two men and one woman, all with cultivations around the True Martial Tenth Level, were struggling to hold their ground.

Their opponents were four Cultivators dressed in black, whose every move was lethal. Ye Tian recognized their techniques at a glance—they were the notorious assassins of the Red Hand Hall!

Among the four assassins, one had reached the Sea Transformation First Layer!

That assassin was not using his full strength; he seemed to be playing with them.

The three from the Qingyue Sect were already at their wits' end, their bodies covered in wounds.

In a corner of the cavern, a faint glimmer of light flickered, emitting a unique fluctuation that shared the same source as the taichu seal!

The third seal!

Ye Tian's eyes lit up. It was truly a case of 'wearing out iron shoes in a fruitless search, only to find it by chance without any effort!'

However, he did not reveal himself immediately.

With Red Hand Hall assassins here, including one in the Sea Transformation Realm, things were likely not simple.

It seemed many people had already accepted the Nangong Family's bounty.

"Jie jie, little brats of the Qingyue Sect, hand over that seal and tell your grandfathers if you've seen a brat from the Liuli Xuan Sect who uses a sword. Maybe then we'll leave your corpses intact!"

The leader of the assassins, the one in the Sea Transformation Realm, laughed sinisterly. A pair of poison blades flew in his hands, forcing the female Disciple of the Qingyue Sect to retreat repeatedly, her face pale.

"In your dreams! We found the seal first! As for the Fellow Daoist from the Liuli Xuan Sect, we haven't seen him!" the lead male Disciple of the Qingyue Sect roared, blocking with his long sword with all his might, the webbing between his thumb and forefinger splitting open.

"It seems you won't shed a tear until you see the coffin! Once we kill you, the seal will be ours anyway! As for that Ye Tian's head and the Nangong Family's bounty, we of the Red Hand Hall are determined to have them!"

A cold light flashed in the assassin leader's eyes as his attacks suddenly became fierce. He had clearly lost patience and was ready to go for the kill.

"I was wondering why I heard dogs barking. It turns out it's just a few of the Nangong Family's dogs yapping..."

Both sides of the battle were startled and whipped their heads around.

From the shadows of the passage, Ye Tian slowly strolled out, a look of disdain on his face.

"Ye Tian?!"

The Red Hand Hall assassin leader's pupils constricted before he broke into a savage grin. "Hahaha! Truly, there is a road to heaven you won't take, yet you barge into the gate of Hell which has no door!

I was just worried about not being able to find you, and here you are delivering yourself to my doorstep! I'll be taking the Nangong Family's bounty!"

The three from the Qingyue Sect were both shocked and overjoyed. Shocked by Ye Tian's sudden appearance, and overjoyed that there might be a turn for the better, though that soon turned back into worry.

Although Ye Tian was famous, the opponent had a Sea Transformation Realm assassin! Ye Tian was alone; could he be a match for them?

"Senior Brother Ye, be careful! He is in the Sea Transformation Realm!" the female Disciple of the Qingyue Sect couldn't help but cry out a warning.

Ye Tian gave her a slight nod, his gaze locking onto the assassin leader.

"Sea Transformation First Layer?" The corners of Ye Tian's mouth curled up slightly.

In the next moment, under everyone's shocked gazes, Ye Tian took a step forward.

Instantly crossing a distance of ten zhang, he appeared directly in front of the assassin leader!

"So fast!" The assassin leader was horrified. This speed far exceeded an ordinary Sea Transformation First Layer!

But he was an assassin after all, and his reactions were not slow. His short blades crossed, stabbing directly toward Ye Tian's heart!

However, Ye Tian simply raised sword casually.

Without even unsheathing the sword, he made a light stroke.

A sword light flashed past.

The assassin leader's attack was instantly neutralized, and the poison coating the blades vanished without a trace.

"What?!" The assassin leader's soul nearly left his body; he simply couldn't believe his eyes! His full-strength strike had been dispelled so effortlessly?

Before he could change his move, Ye Tian's wrist gave a slight tremor.

"Bang!"

A surge of Chaos Lightning True Essence passed through the scabbard and slammed into the assassin leader's crossed blades.

"Crack!"

The poison-quenched steel blades, comparable to High Grade Profound Rank items, shattered instantly!

"Puff!"

The assassin leader felt a tightness in his chest as he sprayed out a mouthful of blood and was sent flying. He slammed into the rock wall behind him, embedding half a foot deep into it!

His eyes were filled with terror as he spat out more bloody foam. His aura instantly withered, and he lost all combat capability!

The sneers on the faces of the other three True Martial Tenth Level Red Hand Hall assassins froze instantly, their eyes bulging as if they were about to fall out.

The three from the Qingyue Sect were even more dumbfounded.

One... one strike?

He hadn't even unsheathed his sword and yet he heavily injured a Sea Transformation First Layer Red Hand Hall assassin?

Hadn't he just made a Breakthrough to the Sea Transformation Realm? Why did he feel even stronger than someone at the Sea Transformation Second Layer?!

Ye Tian placed sword back behind him and looked at the other three terrified assassins.

"Get lost."

The three assassins didn't dare to harbor the slightest thought of resistance. They didn't even dare to leave a parting threat, hurriedly picking up their heavily injured leader and fleeing toward another passage in a pathetic state.

Ye Tian did not pursue them.

He had no time to waste on these lackeys; he needed to find the seals as quickly as possible.

He turned to look at the three shaken Qingyue Sect members and cupped his hands. "Are you Fellow Daoists alright?"

The three from the Qingyue Sect finally snapped out of it and hurriedly returned the gesture, shock still lingering on their faces.

"Thank... thank you, Senior Brother Ye, for saving our lives!"

The lead male Disciple's voice was still trembling. "I am Zhao Kuo of the Qingyue Sect. These two are my Junior Brother Zhou Tong and Junior Sister Liu Qingqing. Senior Brother Ye's Divine Might is truly... truly admirable!"

They had heard of Ye Tian's exploits at the Chixiao Thunder Hall before, but hearing about it and seeing it in person were two completely different things!

The power of that sword strike just now was truly terrifying.

Ye Tian waved his hand and looked at the faint light in the rock crevice. "That seal—you found it first?"

Zhao Kuo hurriedly said, "Indeed. However, if Senior Brother Ye hadn't intervened, the three of us would not have survived, and the seal would have been lost. This item should belong to Senior Brother Ye!"

As he spoke, he stepped forward, took the taichu seal from the crevice, and respectfully handed it to Ye Tian.

Ye Tian took the seal and confirmed that it was identical to the previous two.

He did not refuse; he truly needed this seal, and since he had saved their lives, taking it was perfectly reasonable.

"Thank you." Ye Tian put away the seal and asked several questions in succession. "How long have you been in here? Have you seen any other fellow Disciples from my Liuli Xuan Sect?

What is the situation in the various parts of the Secret Realm? What are the movements of the Nangong Family, the Heavenly Sword Sect, and the Zhenbei Princes Mansion?"

If anyone else had asked, they might have been annoyed.

But facing Ye Tian, Zhao Kuo did not dare to hide anything and recounted everything he knew.

"After entering the Secret Realm, we were teleported to a stone forest area. We only reached these underground caves after many hardships and happened upon this seal, but unfortunately, we ran into the Red Hand Hall assassins.

As for the others from the Liuli Xuan Sect, we haven't encountered them.

However, we heard that there was a violent battle in the 'Bone-Eroding Gloomy Forest' area, suspected to be a clash between top Prodigies, though the details are unknown.

The Nangong Family seems to have gathered several experts and is searching for something.

Li Xuanxiao of the Heavenly Sword Sect, Qin Pojun of the Zhenbei Princes Mansion, and others have been elusive, but it is said they have each obtained at least two seals."

As for the Brood Core and the Space-Time Mirage Shell, they were not yet at a level to come into contact with such things; they had only vaguely heard that there was great terror in the central area, and those who approached were either killed or injured.