121: Can you guys, who are terrible with directions, find this place?

The battle for Xie Ning and the others had entered a white-hot stage, while Lu Bingyun's group, whom they had mentioned, was currently busy fleeing.

Lu Bingyun and Xiao Ya rode the Flowing Fire Ice Lion through the Earth-Splitting Beast Canyon, traversing a yellow forest where tree shadows flashed past them accompanied by the whistling wind.

"Damn it, I didn't expect that despicable guy to be there too!" Xiao Ya hugged Lu Bingyun's slender waist, glanced back, and spoke through gritted teeth before she couldn't help but get a feel of her. "But truth be told, it really feels great."

Slap~

"Behave yourself."

Lu Bingyun slapped her thigh hard and then said solemnly, "I didn't expect Lingbei Academy to be so shameless as to send people to intercept us."

"Hmph! If we give them the earth cracking beast inner core, what face will we have left to see Old Xie? He gave us the easiest task."

Hearing this, Lu Bingyun smiled.

At that moment, a blade light brushed past the two girls and struck a tree ahead, which fell with a loud crash.

"Oh no! They've caught up!" Xiao Ya looked back and exclaimed.

The Flowing Fire Ice Lion let out a roar, its cold air freezing the tree in place so they could quickly pass through. Once they were clear, the tree ignited with Flowing Fire and collapsed with a boom, blocking the enemies behind them.

They continued to gallop along, avoiding several ambushes, and finally stopped in a clearing in the woods.

"Yo~ why aren't you running? Can't run anymore?" A somewhat familiar voice came from the woods. Following the voice, eight figures appeared—both men and women—all wearing the same combat suits.

Lu Bingyun looked at the people surrounding them and said with a frown, "You guys from Lingbei Academy are really as persistent as dog-skin plasters."

"Chen Lian, you pretty boy! An Advanced Class student hunting down a Beginner Class student—what kind of skill is that!" Xiao Ya shouted angrily.

Chen Lian was the same person who had tried poaching outside Lingnan Academy on enrollment day and was forced back by Xie Ning.

"Hahaha~ In the past, you ignored me; now, I am far beyond your reach." After saying that, Chen Lian laughed triumphantly, ignoring the disdainful looks of those around him.

Lu Bingyun and Xiao Ya exchanged a look that seemed to say, "Where did this idiot come from?"

At this time, a more burly male student standing next to Chen Lian took a step forward. "Give up. Our team has someone specialized in tracking. As long as it's a person, there's nowhere he can't find them."

The male student wore a pair of iron gauntlets. He was tall and sturdy, with a steady gait, and his Ancient Martial Arts level appeared to be quite high.

"You can track anyone?" Lu Bingyun asked again.

The male student nodded and replied, "Yes. As long as it's a person, their hiding and fleeing may seem baseless, but every decision made has a psychological factor behind it. That's why you were found both times you tried to escape."

"I have no grudge against you. Hand over the earth cracking beast inner core, and you can leave. If you don't know what's good for you, don't blame me for punching you in the face—disfigurement would be inevitable." The man nodded as a powerful Aura erupted from his body.

Lu Bingyun nodded in realization and asked, "I see. Then I wonder, can you find someone with no sense of direction?"

"No sense of direction?"

Lu Bingyun suddenly smiled and said, "Since you want the earth cracking beast inner core, then you can have it."

After saying that, Lu Bingyun and Xiao Ya threw their respective backpacks forcefully toward the front and back, drawing everyone's attention.

When they grabbed the backpacks and pulled them open to look inside...

"Damn it! There's nothing!"

"We've been tricked!"

"Where are they?"

By the time they realized the truth, Lu Bingyun and Xiao Ya had already vanished without a trace.

"Quick, after them! We must teach these two broads a lesson!"

Chen Lian shouted exasperatedly, but the iron-fisted male student shook his head. "Forget it. Since it's not with them, don't waste your effort."

The others responded in agreement, and no one paid any attention to Chen Lian.

Clearly, the leader of this team was the iron-fisted male student.

"Although we came up empty, I believe the people from the Flower Sect should have quite a harvest." After saying that, the iron-fisted male student took the lead and left, with the others following closely behind, leaving Chen Lian looking unwilling but forced to follow... The people from the Flower Sect had a rich harvest?

Because they were currently inside the Earth-Splitting Beast Canyon.

"Quick, kill! Kill more! We must kill all of these before the Young Lord returns to give him a bountiful result." Within the Flower Sect, as many as a dozen people were hunting Earth-Splitting Beasts. These people had only cultivated crude Ancient Martial Arts and their personal strength wasn't high, but their Demon Tamers Beasts were all Bronze Intermediate or Bronze Advanced.

Working together, the dozen or so people hunted the Earth-Splitting Beasts very quickly. One inner elixir after another was dug out and placed into the bags they carried.

Finally, they had slaughtered most of the Earth-Splitting Beasts and gathered a full harvest, showing satisfied smiles.

Suddenly, a dark shadow flashed past, and a henchman who had just picked up an earth cracking beast inner core slowly collapsed. That earth cracking beast inner core was nowhere to be seen.

"Who's there?!" the leader shouted, and everyone took out their weapons, looking cautious.

Thud!

Another henchman fell, and an earth cracking beast inner core was snatched away.

"Damn it! Attack! Use area-of-effect attacks!"

The leader was exasperated and gave the order. Everyone's Demon Tamers Beasts launched attacks. In an instant, lightning and thunder, pillars of fire and water jets—all sorts of attacks covered the space around them.

After ten seconds...

"That's enough! Stop!" the leader shouted.

As the attacks subsided, revealing the devastated ground, the leader focused on searching for the corpse he hoped to see.

Thud!

Another henchman fell to the ground, and an earth cracking beast inner core similarly vanished.

The leader roared, "Damn it! They're still alive! Keep a close eye on the inner cores, otherwise, if the Young Lord loses his temper, none of you will live!"

However, no matter how he roared or how cautious he told them to be, every few seconds, a henchman would fall to the ground, and an earth cracking beast inner core would disappear along with them.

"Everyone retreat immediately! Secure the earth cracking beast inner cores!"

Almost as soon as the words were out, before he could even finish, a henchman who couldn't stand the torment anymore bolted toward the exit of the canyon.

Unexpectedly, after only a few steps, he collapsed instantly. Everyone only saw a flash of black light.

"This..."

Amidst the fear, one figure after another fell, and bag after bag of inner cores disappeared.

"You damn bastard, if you have the guts, state your name! Being brave enough to do it but not to admit it—what kind of skill is that!" the leader roared with a grim face.

Unfortunately, the only response was the sound of the wind blowing past.

He gritted his teeth, looking furious. "It seems you're determined to oppose the Flower Sect. I've remembered you. You'd better not let me find out who you are! Otherwise..."

Before he could finish, a black light flashed behind him, his eyes rolled back, and he fainted directly.

"Heh, boring." A raspy male voice rang out... somewhere within the Houtu Secret Realm.

The Heavenly Star Bird was flying aimlessly. On its back was Lan Yu, who had a serious expression but a confused look in her eyes, carrying a heavy backpack.

"Um... no, not here. To the right, to the right."

Ten seconds later.

"Oh dear, wrong again. I remembered wrong. To the left, to the left."

Twenty seconds later.

"It seems... how about we try going straight?"

The Heavenly Star Bird: "Chirp!!!"

"Oh, I just accidentally... got lost. I remember this time. Fly forward for one minute—about one minute—it's definitely right this time, trust me!"

One minute later.

The Heavenly Star Bird: "Chirp?"

"Uh..."