124: Exit

The same as the defense of the He Dao Realm, the entanglement of the strongest spear and the strongest shield instantly tore through the Formation, causing the Suspension Array to lose its balance and collapse in an instant.

Even the Luan Ying Four Sons were affected by this, suffering from the Formation's backlash, and they used all their strength just to barely maintain their state without falling to the ground.

"How can this be? Ru Xuan... how can he be at Ru Xuan?"

The lingering astonishment in his pupils revealed Luan Ji's inner panic; he hadn't expected that a mere place like Youzhou would have a Genius of this level.

One should know that even the most famous Genius of the Xuanyin Sect—the Xuanyin Holy Infant—was only at the Spirit Forming Peak and was currently making a full sprint toward Ru Xuan.

Other geniuses from the Central Plains were the same; even the Luan Ying Four Sons and the others had slowed down their progress in breaking through to Ru Xuan for the task assigned by the Sect Master, bringing the Suspension Array to the Juefeng Secret Realm to compete for opportunities with these second-rate geniuses.

"Surprised?"

"This is exactly the effect I wanted. Otherwise, wouldn't it be meaningless for me to keep quiet all this time?"

With the Formation broken, everyone took out their life-saving jade talismans. At the very least, the plan of the Luan Ying Four Sons and the others had fallen through.

At this moment, Xu Xi had no scruples at all, and of course, he wasn't idle. He knew that with his strength, he could kill the opponents, but Xu Xi didn't take action because he knew that the Luan Ying Four Sons hadn't used up all their trump cards yet.

Unless it was a sneak attack, or he had something like the Suspension Array set up by the Luan Ying Four Sons that could prevent the opponent from opening their Storage Bags to use jade talismans, Xu Xi wouldn't be able to kill them.

Now, he could only talk some trash to affect the opponents' Dao Heart, which would also make himself feel better. After being mocked before, Xu Xi had been holding it in quite uncomfortably.

"Don't get cocky. We'll meet again. Defeating us isn't much of a feat. Geniuses in the Central Plains are as common as clouds; there might even be those at Ru Xuan!"

Gritting their teeth, the Luan Ying Four Sons were naturally upset after being mocked by Xu Xi, but the situation was stronger than the person, and they couldn't fight back. Verbal rebuttals are the most useless thing when one is in a predicament.

Perhaps only by showing off their strength in front of Xu Xi again could the dissatisfaction in the hearts of the Luan Ying Four Sons be balanced.

But Xu Xi wouldn't give them that chance.

Once defeated by Xu Xi, with the enhancement of the system, your progress cannot possibly be faster than his. You'll be eating his dust for a lifetime until you can no longer even see his back.

“Heh~”

“I'll give you time to catch up, but don't make me wait too long. I'm afraid that by the time I reach the Peak of the mountains, you'll still be at the foot.”

Directly ignoring the words of the Luan Ying Four Sons, Xu Xi believed that there would be such geniuses in the Central Plains, but Xu Xi had absolute confidence in defeating any opponent in the same Realm.

At this stage, except for fighting across Realms where he could only barely save his life, Xu Xi feared no one. He was just that confident.

Unless a powerhouse of the Ninth Realm, the Into the Dao Realm, took action against Xu Xi, he really wasn't afraid of suffering a setback.

The bigger the wind and waves, the more expensive the fish!

Let alone the Luan Ying Four Sons in front of Xu Xi now, whose strength hadn't even reached Ru Xuan. Originally, the time the Juefeng Secret Realm was open would have been the best time for them to sprint toward Ru Xuan. Although he didn't know why the Luan Ying Four Sons went crazy and came to the Juefeng Secret Realm to act cool, Xu Xi could assert that these four people were essentially finished.

Cultivation is like rowing against the current; if you don't advance, you retreat. Not to mention there are other fellow prodigies chasing each other; in comparison, the Luan Ying Four Sons have fallen behind even more.

“We'll wait and see. I'll give you a big surprise.”

Regarding Xu Xi's contempt, the Luan Ying Four Sons did not argue. As losers now, they had no right to refute and could only swallow their pride.

Then they activated their jade talismans and fled in a panic. The four of them didn't have any delusions that Xu Xi would save those few offensive jade talismans and let himself fall into a trap.

Exposing your back to others is the most dangerous behavior, let alone to a powerhouse like Xu Xi. Once he catches an Opportunity, he will never let a moment to kill pass by.

Exiting in a pathetic state, the Luan Ying Four Sons did not take those accompanying people from the Thunderclap Pavilion with them, using them as scapegoats instead.

Speaking of which, besides Yi Zhusheng, those people were also miserable. They originally thought that getting on good terms with these people from the Xuanyin Sect would make their status rise, and after the Juefeng Secret Realm, their status in the Sect would also take a step forward.

They never expected to be buried here today, with no news of them ever reaching home.

“Brother Xu is still as overbearing as ever. It seems I still underestimated you.”

After the remnants of the Thunderclap Pavilion were slaughtered, looking at the cleaned-up battlefield, the long-silent Xie Qingzhou finally spoke.

Looking at Xu Xi, his eyes were shimmering with admiration for him.

To still be able to fight for a sliver of life in such a trap.

To be honest, the moment he saw the Luan Ying Four Sons setting up the Suspension Array, Xie Qingzhou wasn't that nervous. Even with his strength, he could have paid a small price to take everyone away.

However, the offensive jade talismans used by the Luan Ying Four Sons made Xie Qingzhou's heart turn cold.

Against such an attack, Xie Qingzhou wouldn't be able to resist even if he used all his trump cards. This wasn't because of his own strength, but because of the Sect's foundation.

The strongest person in the Hunyuan Sect is Xie Qingzhou's master, who is currently only at the Ru Xuan level. Although Xie Qingzhou is strong, he hasn't reached the level of being able to fight across Realms.

Even someone who cheats like Xu Xi couldn't do it. During the Spirit Forming stage, he could fight to a draw with someone at Ru Xuan by relying on his Cán Xīn Sword Qi.

But once at Ru Xuan, it's absolutely impossible to contend with Reaching the Profound; one would only get beaten up.

Don't you see that after Xu Xi stepped into Ru Xuan, he was still overwhelmed when facing Zheng Dayi? If it hadn't been for Tang Wan's timely rescue, he would have been finished on the spot.

“Hahaha!”

“Just some small tricks, not worth mentioning.”

Being praised by Xie Qingzhou, although Xu Xi was happy in his heart, he was also very restrained, remaining indifferent to both favor and humiliation. Now, the flattery of these people could no longer cause much fluctuation in Xu Xi's heart.

Perhaps, starting a soul-stirring battle with Ling Ning frost and the others would make Xu Xi's heart surge with excitement and leave him wanting more.

“However... Brother Xie should also have some things he didn't use, right?”

“Otherwise, you wouldn't have been so calm just now.”

Coming back to his senses, Xu Xi had also been observing the various reactions of others during the battle.

Besides Lü Yongyuan, Xie Qingzhou was the most calm, and he was making some small movements with his hands.

If it hadn't been for the Suspension Array just now, and Xu Xi not having much mental energy to spare, he would have been able to see clearly what Xie Qingzhou wanted to do.

Now, he could only wait for Xie Qingzhou to be open and honest himself.

“Hahahaha!”

“It's nothing, just something from the Sect used to save one's life.”

“The Suspension Array is incredibly profound. My master had already thought about certain situations where jade talismans could not be activated, so he came up with some special methods that can bypass the concealment of the Formation.”