262: The Great War is Coming

"Go!" Yao Delong shouted in a low voice, and the group immediately evacuated the Wind and Thunder Valley at full speed.

Almost the moment they rushed out of the valley entrance, a scream laced with tears came from afar from Qiong Shuang: "Big Brother, help! The silly bird has gone mad!"

A streak of white light was seen fleeing back in a sorry state, closely pursued by the furious Silver-Winged Thunder Roc.

Yao Delong's eyes narrowed, and the Burning Silence Sword was instantly summoned. A streak of crimson-gold Sword Qi, condensed to the extreme, tore through the sky, carrying the will to burn everything, and slashed towards the Thunder Roc!

At the same time, Han Yun's golden arrow and Lin Qingxue's ice soul sword Sword Qi erupted simultaneously!

Boom!

The collision of violent energy temporarily halted the Thunder Roc for an instant.

Qiong Shuang took the opportunity to accelerate, zipping back into Yao Delong's sleeve, shivering: "That scared the King to death! This silly bird is too fierce!"

Blocked, the Thunder Roc let out an unwilling, shrill cry. It circled a few times, but ultimately wary of the combined might of Yao Delong and his group, and with its nest raided, it finally gave an angry long cry and flapped its wings, flying back into the depths of the Wind and Thunder Valley.

"Phew..." The group finally breathed a sigh of relief. The dark gold long staff felt heavy in the hand, with thunder patterns flickering on it. Yao Delong tried swinging it, and immediately, the sounds of wind and thunder faintly followed; its power was astonishing!

"low-grade heavenly artifact: Mountain-Shaking Thunder Staff!"

Qiong Shuang poked her little head out from Yao Delong's sleeve. Looking at the lightning-flickering long staff, although she coveted it, thinking of the danger just now, she shrank her neck back, hugging the necklace around her neck, and muttered: "Hmph, this King doesn't care for sticks; shiny things are better!"

Over the past few days, under the leadership of Qiong Shuang, who was a "treasure hunting expert" and a professional avenger, the group had gained a bountiful harvest.

In addition to several rare Spirit Medicine of the fifth or sixth rank, such as the Earth Fire Melting Heart Lotus and the Ten Thousand Poison Miasma Mother, they also harvested several pieces of Ore containing exotic attributes, such as Red Flame Essence Gold that could amplify fire-type power, Cold Soul Jade Marrow that could nourish the Divine Soul, and this accidentally acquired low-grade heavenly artifact long staff.

Roughly estimated, each person had already been allocated treasures worth nearly 10,000 Mid-Grade Spirit Stone!

Yao Delong looked at the excited group and the harvested treasures, feeling quite pleased.

Although Qiong Shuang was greedy for money and loved to show off, her "treasure hunting" ability was truly impeccable.

Yao Delong weighed this low-grade heavenly artifact long staff, feeling the violent thunder power and the mountain-shaking, earth-moving heaviness contained within it.

Although this staff was good, no one in the group was proficient in staff techniques. Perhaps this Thunder Staff had other uses.

The group found a hidden cave to rest. After several consecutive days of high-intensity treasure grabbing and fierce battles, even a Nascent Soul Cultivator would feel a huge consumption of Qi and mental exhaustion.

Inside the cave, Yue Shan sat cross-legged with his giant axe across his knees. Earth-yellow Qi, as heavy as the earth itself, flowed slowly, recovering his consumption.

Han Yun closed her eyes to regulate her breathing. Faint golden light appeared around her body, and her sharp Qi was restrained.

Lin Qingxue sat on a piece of profound ice overflowing with cold air. The Ice Soul Star Pendant emitted a soft, cold halo, and pure ice soul Qi flowed continuously into her body, making her aura increasingly condensed and pure.

Lin Shishi and Xiao Huohuo were also seizing the time to recover.

Only Qiong Shuang, this little one, was impossibly energetic.

The physique of a Yao Beast was inherently formidable with amazing recovery power. Coupled with the Medicinal Pill for recovering Demonic Power that Yao Delong had casually refined from a few Spirit Medicine he had just picked, which she chewed like candy, she was now full of spirit and energy.

She volunteered for the guard duty. Her small body squatted on a protruding rock at the cave entrance, her large ice-blue eyes vigilantly scanning the dark jungle outside the cave, her two small paws hugging the necklace around her neck, looking as if she were saying, "This King is very serious."

"Big Brother's Medicinal Pill is really delicious; I must ask for a few more batches next time..." Qiong Shuang thought happily while keeping watch.

A thousand miles away.

"Elder Ghost! Haven't we arrived yet? Is that Yao Delong a rabbit? How can he run so fast!" Meng Bi roared in exasperation. His expensive brocade robe was torn in several places by spatial rifts, and his face was covered in dust; he was in a sorry state.

Having just rushed out of the Death Stone Forest, which was filled with spatial rifts, he still felt lingering fear.

The shadow cloak on Ghost Shadow was also damaged in several places, and his aura was slightly disordered. He closed his eyes to sense for a moment, his hoarse voice carrying a hint of exhaustion and gravity: "Young Master, the target... is within a thousand miles ahead! They have stopped! This time... we will absolutely not let him escape again!"

"Stopped?" A terrifying gleam instantly erupted in Xiao Chen's eyes, and a hideous and cruel smile appeared on his face, as if he could already see the scene of Yao Delong and the others kneeling and begging for mercy.

"Finally... caught up! Yao Delong, your death day has arrived! And that bitch Liu Ruyan dares to help him... This time, this Young Lord will make you all die without a burial place! Full speed ahead!"

"Wait!" Ghost Shadow said in a deep voice, "The other party has stopped, they may be on guard. Young Lord, use this!"

He quickly took out a talisman emitting mysterious fluctuations from his storage ring. The talisman paper was dark gold, with complex concealment runes drawn on it.

"A High Grade Tier 6 Concealment Talisman?" Xiao Chen's eyes lit up, and he took it without hesitation.

This talisman was worth hundreds of Mid-Grade Spirit Stone and was extremely precious, but at this moment, to ensure absolute success, he did not hesitate to use it.

"Conceal!" Xiao Chen crushed the talisman. An invisible, near-perfect barrier instantly enveloped the seven of them. Their auras, figures, and even the faint airflow fluctuations caused by their movement were perfectly covered and distorted under this barrier, as if they had merged into the surrounding environment.

"Go! The effect of this talisman won't last too long, travel at full speed! Just avoid those areas with abnormal energy fluctuations!" Ghost Shadow shouted in a low voice. The seven figures, like ghosts merging into shadows, accelerated to the extreme and dashed silently towards the cave where Yao Delong and the others were resting!

Inside the cave. Time passed quietly, and half a day went by. The group had recovered most of their Qi, and their spirits were much better.

"It's about time; this place is not suitable for a long stay." Yao Delong opened his eyes, a flash of light in his pupils, preparing to call the group to leave.

Just at this moment!

"Big Brother!!" Qiong Shuang, who was squatting at the cave entrance, suddenly bristled! Her large ice-blue eyes instantly went round, her small paws gripping the rock tightly, her voice filled with unprecedented fear and urgency: "There's something! So fast! It's coming towards us! Very close! Extremely close!!"

As a Yao Beast naturally sensitive to energy and danger, especially after taking Yao Delong's Medicinal Pill, her perception had improved by a large margin!

Although that Tier 6 Concealment Talisman was exquisite, under Qiong Shuang's full perception, it still captured a trace of extremely faint, yet intensely malicious energy fluctuation, approaching at a terrifying speed! The distance was less than a hundred miles!

"What?!" The group instantly awakened, Qi was raised in an instant, and the atmosphere in the cave suddenly tightened!

Yao Delong's eyes became instantly sharp as knives, his thoughts racing: "Less than a hundred miles... such precise tracking speed... is it Xiao Chen!? They actually have a tracking secret method! Unexpectedly, they found us so quickly!"

Since it cannot be avoided, then fight!