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Chapter 725: Chapter 731: Closing In
"But how should I get in?"
Li Zhirui’s brows were furrowed tight. His method of concealing his mana was decent, but it was not so flawless as to be undetectable in front of Nascent Soul cultivators!
Suddenly, he remembered a type of Spirit Grass he had once obtained from the Xuanfa Pavilion—the Rongxi Cao! 𝓃𝓸𝓋𝓹𝓾𝓫.𝒸ℴ𝓶
After consuming it, one could completely meld their aura into the surroundings, plus with a fourth-order Invisibility Talisman, as long as Li Zhirui didn’t make physical contact with a Demon Cultivator or circulate his mana, he wouldn’t have to worry about being discovered.
’The Precious Pill has not yet been refined, but it seems that the Rongxi Cao will come in handy first.’
He silently retreated several miles, took out a stalk of fresh Spirit Grass from his space, consumed it, and then applied the expensive fourth-order Invisibility Talisman he had purchased.
Without the slightest noise, Li Zhirui completely blended into the world, like a wisp of breeze in the forest or a stream in the mountains, not arousing the slightest suspicion.
Then, with great caution, he passed through the many Demon Cultivators to a spot not a hundred yards from the auction site—any closer, and he would have entered the battlefield!
Seeing the Formation above the palace teetering on the brink of collapse, Li Zhirui once again felt fortunate that he had left ahead of time; otherwise, they too would have been trapped inside, like fish in a barrel.
He didn’t know why this group of Demon Cultivators was so brazen as to attack the Xuanfa Pavilion, but they surely had something to rely on; they weren’t here on a suicide mission.
Since the invasion began with Loose Cultivators and had now been taken up by Demon Cultivators for more than half an hour without any sign of reinforcements from the Xuanfa Pavilion, it was apparent that the Demon Cultivators must have methods to prevent the Pavilion from supporting their forces in the short term.
Judging by the state of the Formation, it wouldn’t be long before the Demon Cultivators broke through!
Hiding within thousands of cultivators, he wondered how many would survive in the end.
However, their fate had nothing to do with Li Zhirui; he had found a hole that had been blasted open and ducked inside, waiting for the auction site to be breached.
The item he sought was inside—a set of incomplete Divine Transformation Enlightenment!
Perhaps for powers like the Xuanfa Pavilion and Wanxiang Sect, Divine Transformation Enlightenment wasn’t so precious, especially an incomplete set, but for the vast majority of Nascent Soul powers, it was an unparalleled treasure!
Li Zhirui now stood at this junction; perhaps this Enlightenment could save him decades, or even a hundred years of painstaking cultivation.
Of course, he might also gain nothing from it.
But having it was better than not, and besides, the Xuanfa Pavilion had gone to great lengths for this auction, collecting many rare Spiritual Objects. Even if he didn’t get the Enlightenment, acquiring some treasures would be good.
Many of these items were things not normally seen.
Boom—Boom—Boom—
Over fifty Nascent Soul Demon Cultivators acted together, and in an instant, the sky turned black with Demonic Qi, filled with the howling of Fierce Ghosts, the roaring of white bones, and a boiling sea of blood—terrifying Spells unfolded one after another.
The Formation, already on the verge of collapse, held on for just a moment longer before shattering with a loud crash!
The Demon Cultivators had come for the Nascent Soul cultivators, their eyes glowing greedily green at the sight of those dozens of Nascent Souls. If they could capture a few more Nascent Soul cultivators, their own cultivation would surge forward!
On the side of the cultivators, although their top combatants were not much weaker, they hadn’t thought to join forces against the Demon Cultivators; when the Formation broke, their first instinct was to flee!
As for the disciples they had brought with them, only those with truly outstanding talent, such as the Heavenly Spiritual Root, or those who possessed a special Spiritual Body, or perhaps those of extraordinary heritage backed by powerful benefactors, were spared. The rest were abandoned.
In the encirclement of demon cultivators, burdened with these liabilities, it was highly likely that their own lives would be endangered, so when necessary, even the disciples they had first taken away could not escape the fate of being abandoned!
"Thinking of running away? Too late! Just surrender obediently."
The demon cultivators let out a weird laugh, and the demonic qi that had previously broken the formation all converged, forming a pseudo-natural formation to obstruct the cultivators’ escape.
"No! We can’t be trapped here, otherwise we are certain to die!"
"So many Divine Transformation elders in Xuanfa Pavilion, how come not even one has shown up until now!"
"Everyone join forces, let’s first break through this barrier of black fog."
Under the threat of death, all cultivators erupted with strength greater than usual and also united, all to break the ’formation’ to facilitate their escape.
For a moment, lightning flashed and thunder rolled, as wind and rain lashed out, and all cultivators used their most skilled abilities, with various colors of Spirit Light shining in the black fog, their multicolored rays penetrating the thick demonic qi.
The demon cultivators were not to be outdone, with hundred-zhang demonic insects, zombie creatures as large as hills, and Dark Ghosts covered in pitch-blackness, all countering the cultivators’ attacks.
At the same time, the demon cultivators also cast all kinds of insidious spells, hoping to quickly capture the cultivators.
Deep down they were acutely aware that Song Yalong wouldn’t be able to delay for too long, and they had to escape before the Divine Transformations acted, otherwise, there would be no chance.
Meanwhile, Li Zhirui, hiding not far away, couldn’t help but furrow his brows. He was very close to the battlefield, but there seemed to be a domain forming there, isolating the inside from the outside!
Without using his mana, he had no way to get in, but if he used it, he would be discovered the moment he entered.
Just as he was uncertain about what to do, suddenly a loud explosion came from deep within Xuanfa State. Li Zhirui immediately looked up and suspected: ’It must be the demon cultivators who were entangling Xuanfa Pavilion and delaying the reinforcements that have been dealt with.’
Then he saw a large number of Spirit Lights soaring into the sky, flying in this direction.
As they got closer, Li Zhirui realized that those arriving were actually more than a dozen Divine Transformation elders! They were not at all Nascent Souls, making him sigh, ’All that planning, only to end up empty-handed in the end.’
He couldn’t be sure that his hiding methods would go undetected by Divine Transformations, after all, being so clandestine, even if he was not a demon cultivator, he was definitely up to no good.
Angry Divine Transformations might just take out Li Zhirui on a whim, without wasting words on questions.
For safety’s sake, he planned to back out a few miles more, which, even if he was discovered later, would buy him time to slip into space.
And the demon cultivators still fighting the cultivators were completely unaware that death had already appeared above their heads!
Escape now, and there’s a chance to survive, but any later, and it’s unlikely that many would live.
"You’re courting death!"
Accompanied by several roars, several imposing Divine Transformation elders casually struck and broke the demon cultivators’ formation, and the demon cultivators who were closer were directly injured.
The gap between Nascent Soul and Divine Transformation was like the difference between auspicious clouds above the ninth heaven and the dust buried deep in the earth, an unbridgeable distance.
The demon cultivators, who had initially gained the upper hand and even injured several Nascent Souls, planning to capture them, were suddenly terror-stricken and fled without a second thought.
