122: Chapter 122 Bamboo Forest Thatched Hut

"Let's go!"

Su Xuanxiao swept up Yang Ge's storage ring while reminding Zhao Wanyi.

During the fierce battle just now, several Formation Flags had been destroyed, destabilizing the Formation and causing the previously blocked sounds and images to leak out.

Su Xuanxiao had anticipated that someone might come to investigate, but he hadn't expected it to be the Iron Hoof Society bandits, and in such numbers.

No matter how strong his combat prowess was, he couldn't withstand the charge of numerous iron cavalry.

Zhao Wanyi had just regained her senses when she saw the Talisman in Su Xuanxiao's hand transform into a streak of light that vanished into both their bodies. The surrounding scenery instantly blurred into afterimages.

Seeing this, the Iron Hoof Society bandits let out a mournful roar: "Two of you stay to collect the boss's body! The rest, follow me! We'll chase them down and avenge the boss!!"

The bandits roared through gritted teeth, tears in their eyes, spurring their iron mounts into a charge, drawing bows and loosing arrows.

A sky full of arrows swept through the bamboo grove, carrying tongues of flame that ignited the surroundings.

Su Xuanxiao and Zhao Wanyi suppressed their Auras, their figures merging into the darkness like ghosts!

This Secret Realm had no sun or sky, only a starry river hanging above. The environment happened to be perfectly suited for Night Roaming Divine Movement.

The two of them moved with extreme speed. If the bamboo grove hadn't been set ablaze, they could have been even faster.

But the Iron Hoof Society's iron cavalry were also extraordinary. The Yao Beasts' iron hooves erupted with crimson flames, and under the enhancement of Talismans, their speed was as swift as lightning.

The two parties chased one after the other through the bamboo grove.

Su Xuanxiao manipulated his Puppets to scatter in different directions, tricking some of the pursuers, but a group of iron cavalry still clung stubbornly to their trail.

Just as he was pondering a countermeasure, the scenery before him suddenly opened up.

A clearing appeared within the bamboo grove, and within it stood a solitary thatched hut...

"What's going on?!"

Su Xuanxiao's pupils contracted sharply. Zhao Wanyi beside him was also inwardly shocked. Hadn't that thatched hut just been destroyed?

"Keep moving!"

Hearing movement from behind, Su Xuanxiao had no time to think. He took Zhao Wanyi and fled once more.

The Iron Hoof Society bandits, seeing the thatched hut for the first time, didn't give it much thought. A fiery arrow set the hut ablaze, and the iron cavalry charged through the crimson flames, their angry faces illuminated by the scorching fire.

The chase continued until they burst into another bamboo grove clearing and saw that same thatched hut, completely intact. Only then did the bandits realize something was wrong, a chill seeping into their spines.

"Something's off! We seem to be trapped in a Formation!"

The bandits' expressions were filled with suspicion and uncertainty, but the surroundings offered only deathly silence, with no other abnormalities.

"Don't worry about that now! We keep chasing!"

The leading bandit's face twisted with ferocity. All he wanted now was to avenge the boss. He couldn't care less about anything else. Once they killed those two murderers, they could figure out how to get out.

On the other side, because the Iron Hoof Society group had been delayed for a moment, Su Xuanxiao and Zhao Wanyi passed by two more thatched huts in succession.

One showed fresh signs of having been occupied by a Cultivator, while the other remained uninhabited.

From this, they could conclude that this bamboo grove was strange.

Perhaps a Formation was confusing their senses, or perhaps this space was folded, creating countless copies of the thatched hut. Anything was possible within this Secret Realm.

When the two passed through the bamboo grove again and saw another thatched hut, this time two forces were locked in fierce combat on the clearing ahead.

No, more accurately, it was a one-sided slaughter!

Sweeping the area with his Divine Sense, Su Xuanxiao's heart grew tense.

He had memorized all the Qi Refining Factions present at the banquet platform, so he immediately recognized the two parties fighting: the Shi Family from Wanbao County and the Lingxi Sect!

The Lingxi Sect, which should have held the advantage in strength, had now become the ones being slaughtered.

The Shi Family Cultivators were shrouded in Devilish Qi, their movements leaving trails of afterimages. With each flash of their blades, a life was reaped. They swung their swords continuously, slaughtering wantonly as if cutting melons and vegetables.

Despite the Lingxi Sect's numerical advantage, its members now fell one after another like clay chickens and pottery dogs.

Roars, wails, and the clashing of weapons intertwined.

Su Xuanxiao saw the old man and the young woman he had encountered that day in Luoxuan City. The young woman was now seriously injured, her Aura feeble as she leaned against the ruins of a thatched hut.

The old man was locked in fierce combat with the head of the Shi Family.

Suddenly sensing Su Xuanxiao's presence, the old man immediately sent a frantic voice transmission: "The Shi Family are all Demonic Cultivators! They are slaughtering Great Wei Cultivators en masse! I beg you, young friend, take my granddaughter and leave!"

The Shi Family head also caught sight of Su Xuanxiao, a cold smirk curling his lips. "More come to die. Then stay as well!"

He raised his hand and unleashed a sinister Spell directly at Su Xuanxiao.

The old man roared in fury, his Qi Refining Perfection cultivation erupting as he forcefully intercepted the Spell attack mid-air.

"Young friend, go! Quickly!"

The old man's voice was a hoarse shout, filled with resolve.

Su Xuanxiao didn't hesitate. In a flash, he appeared beside the gravely injured young woman and lifted her onto his back.

The reason he helped was simply because he remembered the old man had offered him aid back in Luoxuan City.

His father often said that Cultivators were mostly cold and unrighteous. If one encountered that rare act of assistance, one should know to repay the kindness.

Almost at the same moment, the Iron Hoof Society bandits charged into the fray!

As soon as they burst into the battlefield, the sight that met their eyes was the Shi Family Demonic Cultivators slaughtering the Lingxi Sect. The bloody scene froze them all in place, leaving them collectively stunned.

"Demonic Cultivators?!"

"What's going on? Demonic Cultivators appearing at the Great Wei gathering?"

"That man is the Shi Family head! They're Shi Family Cultivators!"

Someone among the bandits recognized the Shi Family head's identity and couldn't help but exclaim in shock.

The Shi Family head let out a long, hearty laugh, his ferocious face twisting with manic delight. "More people actually came! Heaven truly aids me! Your lives and your jade tokens, my Shi Family will gladly accept them all!"

A thick, ink-black mist erupted from every pore of the Shi Family head's body, rapidly spreading and diffusing, carrying a bone-chilling cold and a nauseating stench of rot.

The Lingxi Sect elder's pupils contracted violently. He retreated in horror, about to shout a warning.

But the surging demonic mist swallowed up the nearby Lingxi Sect Cultivators, the Iron Hoof Society bandits, and their mounts in the blink of an eye!

They didn't even have time to scream before their bodies visibly withered and shriveled.

Accompanied by a dense, scalp-numbing sizzling sound, all the Cultivators and Yao Beasts instantly turned into piles of stark white, dried bones!

A look of satisfaction appeared on the Shi Family head's face as his cultivation Aura continuously climbed.

Su Xuanxiao and Zhao Wanyi had fled into the bamboo grove the moment it happened, thus escaping the disaster. But the Shi Family Demonic Cultivators pursued them.

"Damn it! We lose the bandits, only to get Demonic Cultivators!"

Su Xuanxiao's face was dark. These Demonic Cultivators were even more troublesome than the bandits. Their Demonic Techniques were bizarre and extremely difficult to shake off.

"Fourth Young Master, you go first! I'll hold them off!"

Zhao Wanyi gritted her teeth and came to a sudden stop, ready to buy time for Su Xuanxiao.

Su Xuanxiao grabbed her shoulder firmly, his expression solemn. "You and this young lady immediately crush your jade tokens and leave! Report the situation here to the Great Wei Immortal Officials!"

"It's no use."

The young woman lying on Su Xuanxiao's back suddenly spoke, her tone filled with indignation. "The jade tokens don't have any teleportation function at all. Those Great Wei Immortal Officials lied to us!"

"What?!"

Hearing this, both of them were shocked.

The jade tokens were the Cultivators' only life-saving measure, and they turned out to have no teleportation function?!

"Those Immortal Officials truly deserve death!"

Su Xuanxiao's face turned as dark as stormy water. He never imagined these Immortal Officials would dare to falsify something concerning life and death!