134: Chapter 134 Chaotic Battle

After another hour, Chen Changqing and his companion arrived at the opposite side of the valley. Turning back to look, the corpses of countless Bloodthirsty Locusts filled the entire valley passage.

Boom!

In the rear, one Foundation Establishment Cultivator after another fought their way through to this side as well.

Although the two of them were not the fastest, they were not slow either.

"Fellow Daoists, since we have arrived here, please feel free to do as you wish," one of the ninth-layer Foundation Establishment Cultivators said at that time. Immediately after, he picked up a communication talisman and sent a message to the rear.

"Maternal Grandfather, restore your spiritual power first. I will send a message to my grandfather-in-law," Chen Changqing said slowly after glancing toward the rear.

"Alright." Li Taixuan immediately took out a spirit-restoring pill and swallowed it.

"Grandfather-in-law, are you there?" Chen Changqing sent a voice transmission over. Before long, a reply came back.

"I am here, Changqing. I am coming over now." Fang Yunchen's tone was calm, as if nothing had happened earlier.

Had Bai Yuqing not warned Chen Changqing, he would have genuinely believed that nothing had happened in the rear.

"Mm, is everything alright on your side?" Chen Changqing asked.

"It is fine. The Cultivators on our side are hurrying over."

Hearing this, Chen Changqing let out a long sigh of relief. It seemed that Purple Mansion Master had no intention of making a move yet, or perhaps was lurking at the back of the valley.

Still, he did not dare be careless. Who knew whether that Purple Mansion Master would make a move or not? In any case, those coming did not harbor good intentions.

Since that was the case, they would head deeper first and see if there were other exits.

He glanced at Li Taixuan. Seeing that he had recovered somewhat, he pulled him up, preparing to run.

"Changqing, do you mean...?"

"Something happened on my grandfather-in-law's side. A lot of Foundation Establishment Cultivators are coming this way, intending to ambush and kill us," Chen Changqing explained, and then dragged Li Taixuan along as he ran.

Hearing this, Li Taixuan asked no more questions.

The two ran swiftly in one direction. Seeing this, the remaining people grew anxious and scattered in various directions, terrified that Chen Changqing and Li Taixuan would snatch the treasures first.

A portion of the Cultivators stayed behind to receive and support their companions from the rear.

After a short while, the sounds of battle echoed from behind. Chen Changqing didn't even turn his head, heading straight deeper into the core area. Li Taixuan was puzzled and glanced back, confused, but still followed Chen Changqing.

Seeing this, the rest of the Cultivators turned to look as well, curious about what had happened.

Some of the Cultivators turned back to reinforce, wanting to know why the Cultivators who had stayed behind suddenly attacked their own companions as soon as they arrived.

"Junior Brother, what are you doing?" someone hurriedly shouted.

"Senior Brother, I have no choice. I can only ask you all to go to your deaths."

"Brother Pan, the few of us risked our lives to get here. Why are you suddenly attacking me?"

"Brother Qi, after you die, I will take care of your wife and children for you, as my apology."

"You?!"

A fierce battle erupted immediately, and the Foundation Establishment Cultivators belonging to the Anti-Immortal Alliance joined in as well.

Both new and familiar faces astonished these Foundation Establishment Cultivators who had risked their lives to forge a path.

They had already expended too much spiritual power. Before they could recover, they were ambushed, losing nearly ten people in the blink of an eye. So even though they had the advantage in numbers, they were still suppressed at this moment.

Chen Changqing and Li Taixuan did not care about what was happening behind them, blindly sprinting deep into the area. In an instant, the battlefield behind them vanished from view, but Chen Changqing still felt it was not safe enough, so he dragged Li Taixuan along for another dozens of miles.

Chen Changqing and Li Taixuan stopped, Li Taixuan having many doubts now.

Chen Changqing also saw the confusion in his eyes and explained, "Fellow Daoist Fang was probably controlled by them as well."

"Are we going back to save him then?" Li Taixuan asked.

Chen Changqing shook his head, his brows slightly furrowed. "It's not that I don't want to save him, but that I can't. It's not just them behind us; there are likely other Cultivators. Just now I saw many new faces, and most of them are very powerful, all above the eighth layer of Foundation Establishment."

"What? Changqing, are you telling the truth?" Li Taixuan asked. He had only focused on what was right in front of him earlier and really hadn't paid attention to the rear—he only knew that dozens of Foundation Establishment Cultivators had arrived, with many new faces among them, and then they suddenly struck, killing the closest Foundation Establishment Cultivators in an instant.

Wait!

Just now, the distance between them exceeded five miles. At that time, although his Divine Sense could probe seven or eight miles, he could only vaguely perceive anything beyond two miles.

Yet Changqing was actually able to perceive it so clearly. Could his Divine Sense be far superior to his own?!

Perhaps it really was. It was precisely because his Divine Soul was naturally powerful that whether he was Cultivating or crafting talismans, he got twice the result with half the effort. No wonder this kid Changqing was so monstrous; so that was the reason.

Li Taixuan thought he understood the secret behind Chen Changqing's formidable strength, knowing in his heart that he could never achieve it in his lifetime.

However, he was still thinking too simply. Chen Changqing didn't have just this one trump card; his Physical Body was also extremely powerful.

But up until now, no one had forced out this trump card of his yet.

"Let's not talk about this for now. Grandfather, let's find a place to rest for a while to recover our spiritual power. We don't know if that group of Cultivators will enter the core area to hunt us down. If they do, we'll at least have some power to fight back."

"Mm." They indeed needed to recover some spiritual power. After three hours of depletion earlier, even with spirit-restoring pills, they only had less than forty percent of their spiritual power left in their bodies right now.

If they recovered to their Peak, the two of them could team up and try to delay until the end of this Secret Realm exploration, at which time those people would have no choice but to leave.

Having decided, the two immediately searched for a quiet and safe place to rest.

The next day.

Inside the Immortal Cave carved out by Chen Changqing and Li Taixuan, Li Taixuan had restored his spiritual power to its original state and stepped out of the Immortal Cave.

Ever since they fled here yesterday, nothing had happened.

At most, there were occasional roars of Yao Beasts echoing from the surroundings, along with the sound of flying birds cutting through the air.

He looked toward the Immortal Cave on the other side. That stone door had not opened yet, so Chen Changqing was likely still recovering. That made sense; he was only at the sixth layer of Foundation Establishment. While his combat power was formidable, his spiritual power capacity might not necessarily match that of a ninth-layer Foundation Establishment Cultivator. Coupled with yesterday's hurried journey, his spent spiritual power had already exceeded that of ordinary sixth-layer Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

As time slowly passed, a violent explosion suddenly came from afar.

Boom!

Li Taixuan was shocked. Could those Cultivators have caught up?

No, he had to go call Changqing out of seclusion. Just as he stepped forward, the tightly shut stone door slowly opened, and Chen Changqing walked out from within.

"Changqing, that group of Cultivators might have tracked us here."

"Mm, Grandfather, I know. I heard that explosion just now."

"No rush for now. We don't know how many of them there are, and they are likely chasing down other Cultivators. Thus, we need to be even more patient."

The two thus waited for the commotion in the distance.

The sounds of battle constantly echoed from over there. During this time, they even heard Yao Beasts roaring as they rushed toward that direction.