1027: Chapter 1026 Zixuan's Escape, Arrest Warrant

At the entrance of the Sealed Abyss, the ghostly blue light membrane still quietly covered it, its surface shimmering with flowing light, swallowing all detection and sound.

The "Hundred Flowers Void-Locking Formation" previously set up was dim; under the continuous erosion of the abyss's power and the aftershocks of that terrifying clash of wills, it was already on the verge of collapse.

Only a few broken Formation spirit-ropes remained, feebly wrapped around the jagged Ink Jade Rock walls near the cave entrance.

The several experts staying behind were all filled with suspicion and alarm; they dared not relax in the slightest, their gazes fixed intently on that bottomless cave entrance, while they couldn't help but frequently look back at the path they came from.

Previously, a terrifying roar that seemed to come from ancient times had echoed from within the cave, followed by an explosion of sharp willpower that made their Souls tremble.

Although the ghostly blue light membrane and space itself had weakened the vast majority of it, even the slight lingering resonance that leaked out had damaged their minds, and the Formation had almost directly dissipated.

They could not imagine what had happened inside the cave, nor could they speculate what terrifying things the Zixuan Flower Immortal who broke in and Jia Lan who fled into it had encountered.

Time flowed slowly in the dead silence and oppression, every breath as long as a century.

Suddenly, the ghostly blue light membrane at the cave entrance fluctuated violently without warning, like a lake surface into which a giant boulder had been thrown, the center suddenly denting inward!

"On guard!"

The silver-armored man shouted sharply, forcing himself to lift his remaining spiritual power, holding his halberd across his body.

The others also changed expression one after another, manifesting their weapons as if facing a great enemy.

The next moment, a purple figure was "spat" out from the center of the violently fluctuating light membrane like a rag doll, falling heavily onto the ground outside the cave entrance.

It was the Zixuan Flower Immortal!

However, at this moment, she was a completely different person from the fifth-rank expert with a profound aura and majestic presence she was before.

Her magnificent deep purple cloud-patterned palace dress was torn and charred in many places, revealing bloody wounds beneath; some wounds were so deep that bone was visible, and at the edges, strands of dark gold and grayish-black sharp Qi that were extremely difficult to dispel remained, continuously eroding her immortal body and spiritual power.

Her originally beautiful and cold face was as pale as paper, her mouth and lapel covered in dark red blood scabs, her hair disheveled, and her Flying Phoenix Pearl-Clasping Crown was askew, even showing a faint crack.

Most heart-pounding was her aura, like a candle flame in a gale, fluctuating and withered, faintly dropping from the fifth-rank Realm, filled with chaos and weakness.

She kept her eyes tightly shut, her brows furrowed in pain; she clearly hadn't completely lost consciousness, but it was obviously extremely difficult for her to even stand up on her own.

"Lord Ziwei!"

Everyone was shocked and paled, hardly able to believe their eyes.

That was the Zixuan Flower Immortal!

A fifth-rank Flower Immortal with a fearsome reputation in the Hundred Flowers Immortal Domain, whose strength was enough to be ranked in the top twenty!

To actually end up so miserably and heavily injured within this Sealed Abyss?!

The silver-armored man was the first to react; suppressing the shock in his heart, he stepped forward quickly, carefully supporting Immortal Lord Zi Xuan, while simultaneously taking out several Hundred Flowers Immortal Pills radiating thick vitality to feed her.

"Cough... no need."

Immortal Lord Zi Xuan suddenly opened her eyes; the purple lightning in her pupils was dim, yet still carried a chilling coldness and ruthlessness.

She waved away the Medicinal Pills the silver-armored man offered, tremblingly taking out a small Purple Jade Vial herself, and swallowed a longan-sized Medicinal Pill shimmering with seven-colored dawn light.

As the Medicinal Pill entered her mouth, a very faint color barely returned to her face, but her aura remained chaotic and weak.

She struggled to stand upright, her gaze like a blade scanning the suspicious and uncertain faces of the crowd, finally landing on the cave entrance where the ghostly blue light membrane had returned to calm; a trace of extremely hard-to-detect wariness and... malice flickered in the depths of her eyes.

"My Lord, you... inside, what exactly..."

A female cultivator couldn't help but ask in a trembling voice.

Immortal Lord Zi Xuan gave her a cold glance, a look that made the female cultivator feel as if she had fallen into an ice cellar, causing the rest of her sentence to be choked back.

"This place is dangerous, far exceeding expectations."

Immortal Lord Zi Xuan's voice was hoarse and dry, yet carried an unquestionable decisiveness. "That wench... Jia Lan, has fallen into the depths of the forbidden land, triggered an ancient Restriction, and drawn out an unpredictable malevolence.

This Immortal... was also calculated against by her and fell into a trap."

She downplayed her heavy injuries, attributing them to Jia Lan's "schemes" and the "ancient Restriction," mentioning nothing of the terror of the Giant Dragon Sword Shadow and the Rakshasa Blade Soul, let alone that she was heavily wounded by the combined strike of two ancient wills.

"Hear my command!"

Immortal Lord Zi Xuan took a deep breath, forcing herself to rally her spirit; her voice suddenly turned sharp, and though lacking in breath, it carried a grim killing intent.

"Withdraw from the Sealed Abyss immediately!!!"

"My Lord, what about Jia Lan..." the silver-armored man hesitated.

"Her?"

The corner of Immortal Lord Zi Xuan's mouth pulled into a cold, nearly twisted arc. "Triggering such a Restriction, she's either dead or heavily injured!

Even if she luckily survives, she will never leave that forbidden land!

This place has become a true dead end; unless an Immortal Lord personally arrives, it must not be explored again!"

Her words were categorical, both an order and seemingly an attempt to convince herself.

Only she knew how terrifying those two wills inside the cave were; even if Jia Lan died in there, she didn't want to face them a second time.

The priority now was to leave this ghost place immediately, go back to heal, and... handle the aftermath.

Seeing her firm attitude and horrifying injuries, the crowd dared not say more and quickly complied.

They moved swiftly to completely destroy the remaining Formation foundations and cast Spells to carefully erase the traces of their stay.

Supported by the silver-armored man, the Zixuan Flower Immortal took one last look at the deep, silent Sealed Abyss, which looked like the mouth of a giant beast; a flash of unwillingness quickly flickered in her eyes, but was soon replaced by a deeper chill.

She turned and did not look back; under the protection of the crowd, she transformed into several streaks of light and quickly moved away from this perilous place where she had suffered such a defeat.

...

Hundred Flowers Immortal Domain, Zixuan Palace.

In the secluded cultivation chamber, the hazy Spiritual Qi almost condensed into liquid, yet it still found it difficult to completely soothe the pain and ferocity between the Zixuan Flower Immortal's brows.

She sat cross-legged on the Warm Jade Immortal Couch, purple light flowing around her body, fiercely contending with the stubborn, rampaging dark gold and grayish-black sharp Qi within her.

Every time she used her cultivation to force out a bit of the foreign Qi, her face turned a shade paler, and her aura fluctuated accordingly.

The injuries were far more troublesome than expected. The sharp Dao principles left by those two ancient wills were like maggots in her bones, not only damaging her immortal body but also eroding her Dao foundation; to completely clear them would not be the work of a day or night, and might even leave permanent hidden dangers, affecting her future path.

"Jia... Lan..."

She spat out the name through gritted teeth, her cold killing intent almost condensing into substance.

If not for this woman, she wouldn't have fallen into such a state!

At this thought, a sharp light flashed in Immortal Lord Zi Xuan's eyes.

She stopped her healing, took out a Purple Immortal Jade Command Token engraved with a Hundred Flowers Pattern, and sank her Divine Thought into it.

A moment later, she withdrew her Divine Thought, her face still cold but with an added gloom of being in control of the situation.

The Zixuan Flower Immortal dispatched two Peak fourth-rank experts and several fourth-rank experts to jointly guard the Sealed Abyss; the longer one stayed in such a forbidden land, the smaller the chance of coming out alive.

But just in case, she still wanted to prevent Galan from finding life in a desperate situation; as soon as she appeared, facing the early-prepared experts of the Hundred Flowers Immortal Domain, she would be doomed.

However, just a few months later, a strictly worded wanted order with a staggering reward, issued in the official name of the Hundred Flowers Immortal Domain, swept through the Hundred Flowers Immortal Domain and several surrounding Star Domains like a hurricane!