25: Chapter 25: Fighting One Against a Hundred, Breaking Through the Encirclement

Outside the cave.

A secluded corner.

A youth wearing Qin Family Disciple attire gazed at the distant Formation, took out a message Jade Slip from his Storage Pouch, and contacted nearby Qin Family Elders to come for reinforcements.

After finishing all this, he quickly put the voice transmission Jade Slip back into his Storage Pouch.

Beside him was another youth.

The other person was also very excited, with a hint of elation on his face.

"Brother Qinming, now that we've discovered this scoundrel, we've performed a massive meritorious service!"

"When this mission ends, I imagine both of us can exchange for a Low Grade Foundation Establishment Pill and attempt a Breakthrough to Foundation Establishment!"

Upon hearing about attempting a Breakthrough to Foundation Establishment, a trace of joy appeared on the face of the Qin Family Disciple whom the youth called Brother Qinming.

After all, in the Qin Family, as long as one could Breakthrough to Foundation Establishment, they would be considered upper echelons of the Family.

Even placed in Tiandao City, they could be considered a figure of some standing.

"We've only just discovered those people's tracks, so don't celebrate too early. If the other party escapes, this merit will shrink by more than half."

Although Qinming said this, there wasn't too much worry on his face.

"Rest assured, Brother Qinming. Right now, the Third Elder and Fourth Elder Qin Yunfan are both nearby. The two of them are Late Stage Foundation Establishment powerhouses, so taking down this puny scoundrel will be as easy as reaching out a hand."

However, before he could finish speaking, his voice abruptly stopped.

Qinming, who was staring at the distant Formation, sensed something amiss. He turned his head, intending to investigate, but suddenly his vision went black, and his body lost all reaction.

Looking at the two Qin Family Disciples collapsed on the ground, Bai Yunzhou frowned slightly while quickly pondering in his heart.

Although he was still at Early Stage Foundation Establishment now, he had already completely comprehended the first layer of 'Dao as a Seed' and successfully Cultivated it.

The richness of the Spiritual Qi within his body had increased by more than several folds compared to before!

Even his Physical Body strength had tripled once again. With such a Foundation, he was more than a match for ordinary Peak Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

Coupled with his Perfection-level Great River Sword Formula, dealing with two Late Stage Foundation Establishment Cultivators was not a difficult task.

But the problem was that there were definitely more than just two Qin Family Foundation Establishment Elders nearby; if a fight broke out, it would inevitably attract other Qin Family Elders.

By then, no matter how profound the Spiritual Qi in his body was, he would still be in deep trouble!

"It seems I must find a way to avoid battle as much as possible!"

He pondered, his gaze suddenly falling on the silenced Qin Family Disciple, and he quickly came up with a solution.

Dozens of breaths later.

Fourth Elder Qin Yunfan arrived alone and first.

He discovered that there was no Formation here at all, only two Qin Family Disciples present.

One dead, one injured.

This made him instantly understand what had happened.

He quickly stepped forward, took a Medicinal Pill from his storage ring, and tossed it into the mouth of the severely injured Qin Family Disciple.

A moment later, the other person slowly opened his eyes.

His pale complexion also improved slightly.

"Disciple Qinming greets Elder."

Fourth Elder Qin Yunfan had some impression of this Qinming.

He was a Disciple with decent talent in the Qin Family.

He was also the one who had sent the sound transmission to him earlier.

"Speak, where is that scoundrel? Where on earth did he run off to?"

Qinming pointed in a direction.

"Reporting to Elder, after that scoundrel severely injured me, he ran over that way."

Fourth Elder Qin Yunfan looked in the direction he pointed, which was another direction from where he had come.

"Good, stay here obediently. Later, other Qin Family Disciples will come to take you back."

He looked at Qinming, finished speaking, and once again maneuvered his Flying Sword, preparing to give chase.

He was actually fooled so easily?

A trace of an imperceptible arc appeared at the corner of Qinming's mouth.

But right at this moment, another Cultivator flew over from the direction he had pointed.

"Old Four, where is the scoundrel?"

That person asked as soon as he arrived.

Fourth Elder Qin Yunfan was stunned for a moment.

"Didn't that scoundrel escape in your direction?"

"Third Brother, didn't you encounter him along the way?"

As his voice fell, he suddenly reacted fiercely and turned his head to look at Qinming behind him.

However, the very instant he turned his head,

"Swish!"

A top-grade Flying Sword already assaulted toward him.

He was immediately shocked and enraged.

Fortunately, as a Late Stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator with quick reflexes, he narrowly dodged the fatal blow.

But even so, one of his arms was already directly and heavily injured.

And the owner of the Flying Sword that severely injured him had already broken through and fled at this moment.

"Scoundrel, you dare to try and escape after injuring this Elder? Hand over your life!"

Fourth Elder Qin Yunfan's expression turned ugly to the extreme. With a roar, he rode his Flying Sword in pursuit.

The newly arrived Qin Family Third Elder had an extremely gloomy expression as he followed closely behind.

In front of the two of them, Bai Yunzhou was traveling at top speed on his Flying Sword.

He hadn't expected to be so unlucky that pointing in a random direction would actually bring another Qin Family Elder.

Otherwise, with his acting performance from just now, he could definitely have left this place right under the other party's nose.

But looking at it now, he could only rely on brute strength to escape from here.

Fortunately, the Opportunities he was supposed to obtain on this trip had already been acquired, and there was no need to stay here any longer.

"Swish!"

Right at this moment, a Flying Sword suddenly assaulted from his side.

Fortunately, his reflexes were quick, and he easily dodged it.

But this also caused him to deviate from his original Flying Sword travel direction.

"I can't keep fleeing blindly, or the pursuers will only become more and more numerous!"

Bai Yunzhou began to attempt a counterattack.

With his current strength, any Qin Family Disciple below Foundation Establishment could be easily dealt with by him with just a single sword strike.

The Qin Family Elders pursuing from behind also discovered this situation and immediately ordered all Qin Family members below Foundation Establishment to stop the pursuit.

"Phew, there are finally fewer people!"

Just when he thought he could escape like this, another Foundation Establishment Cultivator suddenly popped up ahead.

More importantly, the other party's Cultivation was actually Peak Foundation Establishment!

Bai Yunzhou hurriedly adjusted his direction, preparing to avoid the other party.

However, he found that all directions around him had been blocked off by the Qin Family's Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

Clearly, he had now become a turtle in a jar.

"Fellow Daoist's methods are truly remarkable; you actually managed to slay so many of our Qin Family's personnel single-handedly and could still escape for so long under our joint pursuit."

That Peak Foundation Establishment Cultivator of the Qin Family let his gaze fall upon him and spoke.

Suddenly!

Astonishment appeared on the other party's face.

"You are actually only at Early Stage Foundation Establishment Cultivation?"

Hearing these words, the surrounding crowd of Qin Family Foundation Establishment Cultivators was also filled with shock.

You must know that right here and now, a majority of the Qin Family's Foundation Establishment Cultivators had gathered, and they had still almost let the person before them escape.

They had thought the other party was at least a Late Stage, or even Peak Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

Yet they never expected the other party to merely be Early Stage Foundation Establishment!

"Could this person be a Prodigy Disciple from some large Sect?"

Everyone in the Qin Family had such thoughts pop up in their minds.

After all, ordinary factions couldn't Cultivate an Early Stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator with such terrifying strength.

For a time, everyone wore grave expressions.

If this matter wasn't handled well, it could very likely lead to the destruction of the entire Qin Family.

At this moment, Bai Yunzhou vigilantly stared at the surrounding crowd without speaking.

He was also hesitating whether to state his identity in order to get away.

After all, he was a proper Inner Sect Disciple of the Qingxuan Sect, and even Elder Zhou Mu's Disciple.

Judging by the reactions of the people before him, if he reported his identity, there was a high probability he could escape.

But it could also lead to an even worse outcome.

The Qin Family members, worried that the matter of hunting him down would be exposed, would risk their lives to keep him here.

However, just as he was hesitating whether to explain his identity, an Elder among the Qin Family's Foundation Establishment Cultivators pointed at him and said,

"Clan Chief, a Disciple reported just now that a wuling fruit tree was found in the cave he stayed in earlier, and judging by its age, it has already blossomed and borne fruit!"

"I suspect that wuling fruit must have been taken away by him!"

wuling fruit!

Hearing this, everyone in the Qin Family gasped.

"I didn't expect that in this Baiduan Mountain Range, there would actually be such a spirit fruit!"

"Could this fruit be the Opportunity mentioned in Tianji Pavilion's intelligence?"

"That's right, it must be! With Clan Chief Clan Leader Qin Bei's current situation, if he can consume this fruit, he will definitely Breakthrough to Core Formation in one go!"

"..."

At this moment, Clan Leader Qin Bei's breathing became rapid.

If he could Breakthrough to Core Formation, his Qin Family could become the number one noble Family in Tiandao City!

Thinking of this, he looked at Bai Yunzhou and spoke.

"Fellow Daoist, hand over this fruit, and this old man can consider letting you leave. How about it?"

Hand over the wuling fruit?

Bai Yunzhou smiled bitterly in his heart.

That wuling fruit had long since transformed into a Dao Enlightenment Fruit through experience critical hits and had been consumed by him.

How could he possibly hand it out now?

"Sorry, I don't know anything about a wuling fruit!"

Bai Yunzhou said with a gloomy face.

"However, if you members of the Qin Family can let me leave, I will definitely compensate double for the Qin Family's losses in the future. How about it?"

"Compensate double?"

Clan Leader Qin Bei let out a cold snort.

"It seems Fellow Daoist wants to refuse a toast only to drink a forfeit!"

Now that the Cultivator before him had been surrounded by his Qin Family members, capturing him was only a matter of time.

If not for fearing that the other party might have quite a background, why would he bother talking nonsense with him like this?

But looking at it now, if he didn't make a move, his Opportunity would probably be gone.

"Since this person is unwilling to cooperate, we will just keep him here permanently. Anyway, everyone here is a member of my Qin Family."

"Even if trouble really knocks on our doors in the future, we just need to flatly deny it!"

Thinking of this, his heart immediately hardened.

He directly took out a long spear from his storage ring and threw it toward Bai Yunzhou.

Seeing this, the remaining Qin Family Cultivators also successively cast arts, assaulting towards him.

Seeing this, Bai Yunzhou naturally couldn't just sit back and await death.

He hurriedly activated the 'Peerless' state of Savage Bull Strength, causing his Physical Body strength to surge by another fold!

Then, he locked his eyes on a direction.

"Swish!"

His Flying Sword speed instantly erupted to the extreme, directly dodging the powerful blow assaulted by everyone.

At the same time, he charged toward the weak point among the Qin Family members.

With just a single strike.

He slayed a Mid Foundation Establishment Elder of the Qin Family.

"How is this possible? Why has his strength suddenly surged by so much?!"

Clan Leader Qin Bei exclaimed in shock!

But this also made his expression even uglier.

After all, the other party likely carried the Opportunity for him to Breakthrough to Core Formation.

If he let the other party escape just like that, wouldn't all the Qin Family's previous efforts fall short of success?

"This person must have used some secret technique to forcibly enhance his strength; he won't be able to maintain this state for long."

After reacting, he immediately roared,

"Stop him for me!"

However!

Bai Yunzhou's strength was already above ordinary Late Stage Foundation Establishment. Now that he had activated 'Peerless', his strength was sufficient to rival Peak Foundation Establishment.

How could those ordinary Foundation Establishment Cultivators of the Qin Family possibly stop him?

Seeing him rush out of the encirclement, he lashed out a sword behind him, forcing back the group of Qin Family Cultivators who were about to charge up.

In just this brief moment, Bai Yunzhou had already surged several miles away.

Seeing this, Clan Leader Qin Bei hurriedly took out a disposable Spirit Treasure from his Storage Pouch and activated it.

He watched as the Spirit Treasure in his hand instantly transformed into golden light, shooting away toward the escaping Cultivator in the distance.

However, when he caught up, he only found the remnants of his long-exhausted Spirit Treasure; as for that Cultivator, there was already no trace of him.

Just at this moment, he suddenly received a sound transmission from a Disciple in the clan, saying that a Realm-Breaking Pill had been found in an Immortal Cave.

He was stunned for a moment.

"My Opportunity to Breakthrough to Core Formation is still here?"