Rebuilding the Immortal Cultivator Clan

Chapter 816: Chapter 822: Failure

"Not good! They’re trying to escape!"

Outside the unsteady Formation, Great Devils saw members of the Li family entering the portal to the outside world, growing intensely anxious in their hearts.

"Quick! Strike with all your might, we must capture them!" A Great Devil urgently shouted, transforming back to its true form and charging towards the Formation.

"Hmph!"

On seeing this, Xiaoqing scoffed coldly, controlling a Fifth-order puppet to teleport in front of it and directly knocking it flying with a loud bang, its huge body falling to the ground, killing who knows how many low-order demon beasts.

"Hurry up! Discard what needs discarding; nothing is more important than life!"

Despite the Li family members moving very quickly, Li Chenghuo couldn’t help but urge them to hasten.

"Cang, focus specifically on those Fourth-order Great Devils! Don’t give them a chance to strike." Xiaoqing instructed, hoping to maintain the Formation for as much extra time as possible.

In the final quarter of an hour, Xiaoqing and the others desperately resisted the attacks of the demon beasts, continuously releasing various spells.

Crack—

The Fourth-order Formation was broken by the demon beasts, but by then, all the clan members had already evacuated the Secret Realm, leaving only Xiaoqing and other Nascent Souls still resisting.

"Go!"

Xiaoqing retracted the Fifth-order puppet and, regardless of whether her meridians could withstand it, unleashed all the spells inside the Precious Pill, creating a gale that temporarily blocked the demon beasts.

Cang supported the exhausted Xiaoqing while Li Chenghuo and the others didn’t hesitate for a moment, transforming into Spirit Light flying towards the exit, and in the blink of an eye, they had disappeared without a trace.

The moment they left the Secret Realm, Cang immediately manipulated the Boundary-Arranging Device to close the portal.

Roar!

Once the storm had cleared, the Great Devils, seeing the mess but no one around, let out roars of fury.

After such great sacrifices, the cultivators had still escaped, how could they not be enraged?

Above the calm waters of the Boundless Sea, if not for the numerous cultivators present, this place wouldn’t appear different from any other.

Xiaoqing had fallen into a coma, and Cang, too, was due to controlling the puppet, his Divine Sense exhausted, was currently resting his eyes, forcing Li Chenghuo to take charge and say, "Let’s head back quickly."

Many of the clan members were in a state of depleted Mana and Divine Sense, in need of numerous healing Spirit Pills, and with the outside world not being safe, if they encountered a large number of Water Devils in their current state, they wouldn’t be able to defend themselves.

Several Spirit Boats quickly returned to Wanxian Island, alerting all the members of the family.

Li Mingzi soon came out, seeing everyone’s miserable state, especially a few Nascent Souls, her brows were tightly furrowed as she asked, "Cheng Huo, are the injuries severe?"

The situation in the Secret Realm was evident without asking.

"No members of the clan have fallen, but many have consumed too much, their meridians and Spiritual Souls may be damaged; they need a large amount of healing Spirit Pills and time to recover," Li Chenghuo replied weakly.

This attempt to explore the Secret Realm was a complete failure!

Everyone had returned injured, yet with little to show for it.

Li Mingzi wanted to ask exactly what had happened, but seeing Li Chenghuo’s condition, she couldn’t bring herself to ask and quickly said, "Then you elders should go rest first; we can talk about anything else later."

"Quick! Go to the storehouse and bring all the healing Spirit Pills, distribute them to all the clan members, and if that’s not enough, have the Alchemists quickly make a batch to ensure no one suffers lasting issues!" Li Mingzi instructed the Elders nearby.

"Okay." Several people quickly responded and brought the Spirit Pills at the fastest speed, distributing them among the Executors.

"Ancestor, here are the Spirit Pills."

Li Chenghuo shook his head, "My injuries are not serious, so I don’t need them. Give them to other members of the Li family."

"Don’t worry, Ancestor. We still have plenty of Spirit Pills." Li Mingzi stuffed them into his hands, not giving Li Chenghuo a chance to refuse, and quickly went on to the next family member.

"Ah!" Li Chenghuo sighed and left with a heavy heart.

Those clan members who could still move on their own took the Spirit Pills and slowly returned to the Cave Mansion, while those like Xiaoqing and Cang, who were incapacitated, could only rely on others to help them heal.

The disturbed Li Zhirui personally stepped in, produced a few Top-Tier Treasure Pills, and instructed Li Mingzi, "Dissolve these Treasure Pills into the Spirit Water and give three drops of the Spiritual Liquid to the severely injured Golden Core clan members."

As for the Foundation Establishment Cultivators, unable to withstand such immense medicinal effects, they had to use other Spirit Pills.

Li Zhirui then left with Xiaoqing and Cang to treat their injuries personally.

Cang, whose injuries were lighter, soon regained consciousness. Li Zhirui shook his head at him, signaling him not to talk and to focus on healing first.

Xiaoqing, who had been unconscious, did not wake up until the next day.

"Cough cough!"

Xiaoqing’s first words upon waking were to inquire about everyone’s safety, "Is everyone okay? There haven’t been any deaths, have there?"

"Everyone is fine. No one has died, rest assured," Li Zhirui soothed.

But such words couldn’t fool Xiaoqing, who gloomily said, "If it wasn’t for my stubbornness, if I had led the clan members to leave as soon as I noticed the massive attack by the devil beasts, we wouldn’t have ended up in this predicament."

Cang gave a bitter smile, "It was my idea to have everyone stay. It’s not your fault."

Seeing the two about to argue further, Li Zhirui frowned and interrupted, "Enough, your injuries aren’t healed yet. Why argue? Just focus on your recovery."

Seeing them calm down, Li Zhirui then stood up to leave. Li Chenghuo, who had recovered, wanted to tell the family in the Great Hall what had happened in the Secret Realm. He decided to go and listen.

"The Secret Realm is vast with dense Spiritual Energy, hence the devil beasts there are very powerful, divided into many tribes..." Li Chenghuo narrated calmly.

"This last battle must have gathered all the devil beasts of the Secret Realm, that’s why we ended up in such a dire situation."

Everyone was silent, having underestimated the strength of the Secret Realm’s devil beasts.

"What do you think the family needs to send in terms of strength to eliminate the devil beasts?" Li Zhirui broke the silence in the hall.

Li Chenghuo pondered for a moment and carefully said, "At least ten Nascent Souls, over a hundred Golden Cores, and a hundred or two Foundation Establishment cultivators for logistics, not to mention the two Fifth-order puppets are essential."

"Besides, the Array at the base should preferably be the Mountain Protection Array, not just any ordinary Defensive Array."

As for various Spirit Pills, Talismans, and other resources, Li Chenghuo didn’t mention them because he couldn’t estimate them precisely, but it was certainly a substantial number.

"But even then, I’m not certain that we can handle the devil beasts."

"This..."

Li Mingzi and the Elders were dumbstruck; they hadn’t expected such a tremendous force to be needed, especially with no certainty of success.

Li Zhirui frowned upon hearing this. From what Li Chenghuo had said, the Li family might have to pay a significant price to conquer this Fourth Order Secret Realm!