107: Chapter 107 Deadly Sprint

At the very moment the Talisman took effect, Chen Tai followed with a thought, and his high-grade magic tool Flying Sword "Ink Shadow" instantly hovered by his side; its spiritual light flickered before transforming into a dark shadow that shot out, vanishing into the night in a flash.

A few breaths later.

Thud, thud...

After a series of dull, soft sounds, before the look of vigilance could fade from the faces of those Qi Refining Stage Cultivators, their heads had already been severed from their bodies in unison, rolling to the ground.

From beginning to end, they didn't even know how they had died.

Chen Tai waved his right hand again, and a Breeze Talisman exploded beside the corpses; the airflow swirled up the bloody scent that had not yet fully dispersed, blowing it toward the direction outside the valley.

He dashed toward the valley entrance at high speed, not even sparing a single glance at the corpses on the ground.

Upon reaching the valley entrance, Chen Tai quickly looked inside.

But this one look left him stunned on the spot, and even the stable spiritual energy within his body fluctuated slightly!

Inside the valley, a Formation with a diameter of hundreds of feet was imprinted on the ground! Countless runes slowly circulated upon it, emitting a bloody scent and heart-palpitating spatial fluctuations.

At the very center of the Formation, the Blazing Fire Sect Grand Elder True Person Chiyan sat cross-legged with his eyes tightly shut, his aura completely concealed.

As a Tiangang Sect Elder, even if he hadn't seen the three Golden Core Cultivators of the Blazing Fire Sect, there were always portraits; Chen Tai was not entirely unfamiliar with him.

Around True Person Chiyan, seven or eight strange Foundation Establishment Cultivators dressed in unusual attire were constantly performing hand seals, adjusting the details of the Formation.

Further out, over a dozen of the Blazing Fire Sect's own Foundation Establishment Elders were solemnly supervising hundreds of Qi Refining Stage Disciples.

And at the edge of the Formation, Chen Tai saw a scene that made his scalp tingle.

Dozens of corpses of Cultivators and Yao Beasts were piled up; several Blazing Fire Sect Disciples were skillfully throwing the corpses into several blood pools at the edge of the Formation. As soon as a corpse touched the blood light, it began to dissolve, transforming into pure energy to be absorbed by the Formation!

Chen Tai took only one look before imprinting all of this deep into his mind.

He had already obtained the intelligence the Sect needed most.

Not daring to linger for a moment, he immediately turned to leave.

Just as he turned, a majestic voice rang out from within the valley.

"Since you've already come, why try to leave without saying hello?"

Hearing these words, the hundreds of Cultivators inside the valley who were intensifying the construction of the Formation all looked toward the strange figure that had suddenly appeared at the valley entrance.

In that instant, Chen Tai felt as if his Divine Soul was about to be torn apart by this massive collective will!

"Rat, acting all sneaky, how dare you spy on my Blazing Fire Sect's Forbidden Ground!" The same voice let out an angry roar, shaking the mountain forest and silencing the birds and beasts.

True Person Chiyan!

He had been supervising the construction progress of the Teleportation Array in the valley; to ensure safety, his Divine Sense scanned the entire valley almost without pause, and at this moment, he happened to sense a weak spiritual energy fluctuation at the valley entrance.

Although it was extremely subtle, that spiritual energy fluctuation definitely did not belong to a Yao Beast; instead, it was a trace left behind by a Cultivator concealing their aura, which greatly shocked him.

Despite so many arrangements made outside the valley, someone had actually broken in.

After a brief moment of fear and shock, Chen Tai showed extraordinary decisiveness!

"Explode!"

Chen Tai roared in his heart, and without any hesitation, under the guidance of his Divine Sense, the high-grade magic tool Flying Sword "Ink Shadow" detonated with a bang!

Boom!

The self-detonation of a high-grade magic tool was quite powerful!

Violent spiritual energy mixed with sharp spirit-iron shards instantly exploded at the narrow valley entrance! The solid rock walls were blasted apart, sending earth and stones flying and dust billowing into the sky!

Even True Person Chiyan in the center of the Formation was momentarily stunned by this sudden, suicidal move.

A Foundation Establishment Cultivator had so decisively detonated his Magical Artifact right in front of him.

Still thinking of escaping? In your dreams!

The moment Chen Tai detonated the Flying Sword, his movements did not stop for a second!

He threw several second-grade High Grade startling thunder talismans and Blazing Flame Talismans behind him, turning them into a tide of thunder and fire, further intensifying the chaos at the valley entrance.

Next, an ancient tortoise shell shield flew out from his sleeve, expanding to over a dozen feet in size against the wind, shimmering with heavy earthy-yellow light, blocking the passage at the valley entrance.

Having done all this, he didn't stay for a moment, slapping several more glowing green second-grade Godspeed Talismans onto his legs.

At the same time, a spare High Grade Flying Sword, Green Peak, appeared beneath his feet.

He bit the tip of his tongue and spat a mouthful of essence blood onto the sword's blade; the Flying Sword shone brilliantly, carrying him as he transformed into a green rainbow, fleeing desperately toward the outside of the valley!

Simultaneously, the second-grade Delusion-Breaking Talisman he had obtained from Deacon Lin was also activated, enveloping him in silver-white light, allowing him to clearly identify the direction through the illusion Formation ahead without any obstruction!

From being targeted to detonating his Magical Artifact, the chaotic bombardment of Talismans, blocking the path with a Magical Artifact, and fleeing by sword...

This series of actions was completed in one smooth motion within just a few breaths!

It was so fast that the group of Foundation Establishment Elders and Disciples in the valley hadn't even recovered from the shockwave of the Magical Artifact's self-detonation!

"Brat, how dare you!"

True Person Chiyan finally reacted from his brief shock and was absolutely furious!

He, a dignified Golden Core True Person, had actually let an ant at the Late Foundation Establishment Stage escape right under his nose!

With a flicker of his body, he was about to give chase.

But the miasma permeating outside the valley and the many Formations previously set up by the Sect also caused a certain amount of interference to his own Divine Sense and speed.

By the time he smashed that shield Magical Artifact and flew out of the valley entrance, Chen Tai had already flown hundreds of meters away!

"You think you can run?!"

From a distance of several hundred meters, True Person Chiyan struck out with a palm!

A giant hand condensed from crimson flames struck toward Chen Tai's back!

Chen Tai, who was flying low on his sword, felt the fatal crisis coming from behind, and his heart and soul were shaken!

Not daring to look back, he threw out most of the defensive Talismans and Magical Artifacts from his Storage Pouch all at once, while desperately urging the Flying Sword beneath his feet to twist its direction.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Those multicolored defensive spiritual lights were smashed one by one before the giant flaming palm.

But it ultimately bought Chen Tai a moment of breathing room, allowing him to narrowly avoid his vital points.

Yet even so, the aftershock of the flaming palm still grazed his back.

The protective spiritual light on Chen Tai's body instantly shattered, his back was scorched black, and he opened his mouth to spit out a large amount of blood.

True Person Chiyan, having missed his strike, became even more annoyed; his figure accelerated, constantly closing the distance between him and Chen Tai, while powerful Spells were blasted out from afar.

Chen Tai parried left and right, relying entirely on the large number of Talismans and Magical Artifacts he had prepared before coming, as well as his will to survive, to bitterly hold on.

The spiritual energy in his body was being consumed rapidly, and his injuries were getting heavier; if this continued, he would probably be beaten to death in less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn.

Just as he was in despair, he found himself at a mountain hollow, and not far away was the temporary Immortal Cave where they had hidden before!

A thought flashed through his mind in an instant!

After detonating another high-grade magic tool.

He turned his direction while fleeing, heading straight for that Immortal Cave!

"Formation, open!"

Chen Tai let out a roar and performed a hand seal, opening the isolation formation he had previously set up at the cave entrance!

The six Disciples waiting anxiously inside the cave heard the commotion and thought that Elder Chen had returned after succeeding, and joy immediately appeared on their faces.

"Elder Chen! You're back?" one Disciple excitedly rushed out of the cave entrance.