247: Fighting side by side

Yuan Anping pointed at the fruit on the tree, "Go get it for me!"

"Yes."

A Ghost General behind him flew upwards, and everyone watched in silence.

Xu Sanyan narrowed his eyes; if the fruit could really be retrieved, then a major battle would be imminent.

Such a treasure would make anyone envious.

The Ghost General was about four or five zhang away from the fruit when a scream suddenly rang out,

"Ah!"

Xu Sanyan's eyelids twitched, seeing the Ghost General uncontrollably shaking violently, as if enduring immense pain, his entire body overflowing with Ghost Qi, large plumes of black mist drifting from his body, staining the sky black.

No one knew what had happened; there was no attack, yet something like this occurred just by approaching the fruit.

"Ah!!!"

"Save me!"

The Ghost General's shrill screams lingered in everyone's ears, and his figure gradually began to fade until he completely disappeared.

Xu Sanyan's expression was solemn; this fruit was truly not that easy to obtain.

"He... what happened to him?" Luo Qingwei asked her elder brother beside her.

Luo Changtian shook his head, "I don't know."

Yuan Anping pointed at the Ghost Soldier behind him, "You, climb up along the branch."

"Yes."

The Ghost Soldier showed no fear in his eyes and walked directly towards the tree trunk in the deep pit; before he even got close, he dissolved just like the Ghost General, and dark Ghost Qi rose, completely dissipating into the world in a short while.

The tree branch seemed to be enveloped by an invisible barrier, preventing everyone from approaching.

Yuan Anping's eyes shifted; since ghosts wouldn't work, perhaps Cultivators could try, so he pointed at the Zuoqiu Clan.

"You all go try."

Xu Sanyan blinked, silently observing Zuoqiu Zhen's expression; he didn't know what had happened to Zuoqiu Zhen, and perhaps this was a good opportunity to find out a thing or two.

Huan Xier's heart tightened, his gaze fixed on Zuoqiu Zhen; from the first moment he saw this woman, he recognized her.

This woman was the owner of the third soul in his body.

But Huan Xier was not in a hurry to acknowledge her, because he found that Zuoqiu Zhen was acting no different from a normal person!

But this was impossible, because Zuoqiu Zhen was missing a soul!

No matter which of the Three Ethereal Souls and Seven Corporeal Spirits was missing, it would have a great impact on the body, making it impossible to be like a normal person.

Therefore, Zuoqiu Zhen also had a secret!

Thinking of this, Huan Xier sighed with a complicated mood; if this were in the past, he definitely wouldn't have thought so much.

He just wanted to say, it's good to have a brain.

Xiang Tan only noticed Zuoqiu Zhen at this moment, her pupils suddenly constricted, and she pointed at her with a trembling hand,

"She, she..."

Xu Sanyan transmitted, "Don't speak, pretend you didn't see her."

Xiang Tan lowered her head, hiding the panicked expression on her face, her heart incredibly shocked; this person was actually still alive?!

The woman she saw under the stone platform was this person!

On the other side, being ordered to go to their deaths by a ghost, Zuoqiu Chen couldn't help but be furious; just as she was about to speak, Zuoqiu Hui spoke first, "You are merely insignificant ghosts, yet you dare to order us Cultivators?"

Her words were both a refusal of Yuan Anping's command and a move to pull Fang Qingge, Xu Sanyan, and others to the same front.

Yuan Anping ignored her, instead sweeping his gaze over everyone and pausing briefly on Xu Sanyan, "Was it you who killed my Ghost General?"

Among the people present, only Xu Sanyan had the highest cultivation; his Soul Refinement Realm initial stage cultivation could deceive Fang Qingge and others, but not him.

Fang Qingge glanced at him upon hearing this, greatly surprised in his heart; Xu Sanyan could actually kill a Ghost General?

A Ghost General was comparable to a Soul Refinement Realm Cultivator; it seemed his strength had improved again.

The Luo family siblings exchanged glances, a solemn expression in their eyes; another Prodigy had emerged from the Demonic Path, which was absolutely not good for the Righteous Path Sects.

Regarding his questioning, Xu Sanyan did not deny, "That's right, I killed him."

Yuan Anping said with a tone of condescension, "Since that's the case, then you go pick it. As long as you pick the fruit and give it to me, I will forgive you for the sin of killing my Ghost General."

"Hahahahaha..."

Xu Sanyan laughed heartily and shook his head, "What if I say no?"

"Then I will kill you."

Yuan Anping said coldly; he hadn't planned on letting any of these people go anyway.

He wanted both fruits hanging on the tree branch!

Fang Qingge said nothing, flying forward to stand with Xu Sanyan, his long sword emitting a clear, soft light.

"Amitabha..."

Net Intent held one hand vertically before his chest, his head slightly bowed, standing in mid-air beside Fang Qingge.

The Luo family siblings stood proudly, long swords in hand, appearing on Xu Sanyan's other side.

"I'm not helping you, I just can't stand how arrogant these mere ghosts are," Luo Qingwei explained haughtily.

Then came the Zuoqiu Clan, Qi Liang, Tu Wanshan, Jiang Qinqin, the Jiang Family...

Huan Xier glanced at Mo Qianqian and flew to stand behind Xu Sanyan.

Mo Qianqian looked at Yuan Anping, then at Xu Sanyan; both of these men had had 'zero-distance interactions' with her. Honestly, she didn't like either of them, and hatred for both was buried in her heart.

But comparatively, she hated Yuan Anping, who took her virginity, even more!

So she also came to stand behind Xu Sanyan, side by side with Huan Xier.

At this moment, everyone stood behind Xu Sanyan; everyone understood that if Yuan Anping were allowed to defeat them one by one, not a single person present would survive. Only by joining forces could they contend with him.

Under Yuan Anping's threat, there was no longer a distinction between Righteous Path and Demonic Path; everyone united for the first time.

"Heh, mere chickens and dogs."

Yuan Anping's tone was disdainful, and he did not stop their alliance.

He was at the Peak of a Ghost General, equivalent to a Perfection Soul Refinement Realm Cultivator, just a step away from breaking through to Ghost King and achieving Dao Integration.

But because the Heavenly Dao of this Secret Realm was incomplete, he couldn't break through, which was why he was eager to leave. Firstly, he wanted to see the outside world, and secondly, he wanted to break through to the Ghost King Realm.

Yuan Anping was confident that even though he wasn't a Ghost King, with his Perfection Ghost General cultivation, he could still easily suppress the group of people in front of him.

In contrast, on Xu Sanyan's side, apart from him having just broken through to the Soul Refinement Realm not long ago, the highest cultivation of the others was merely Mystic Path Realm Perfection; the disparity in high-end combat power between the two sides was vast.

"Help me retrieve those two fruits, and I will let you all leave, how about it?" Yuan Anping spoke calmly, believing his conditions were very reasonable.

"Hmph, let us leave?"

Luo Qingwei snorted coldly, "You are nothing but caged birds, yet you dare to boast of letting us leave?"

Although Luo Qingwei had a delicate face, her temper was surprisingly fiery.

This remark seemed to hit Yuan Anping's sore spot, and his expression couldn't help but dim, remaining silent for a long time.

After a while, Yuan Anping conceded, "Yes, I am also just a bird in a cage, trapped in this small space, unable to escape."

Yuan Anping's tone was calm, "But I also want to break through this cage and see the outside world, to truly enjoy freedom. What's wrong with that?"