klisemfg Chapter 1023
Chapter 1023
"It's her?" Wang Kaixuan narrowed his eyes slightly, a hint of wariness flashing in them. "She's quite cautious. After we parted, she first found a secluded place to heal her wounds."
Under the gaze of Wang Kaixuan and Ziyu, Diexue felt a tightness in his heart and subconsciously frowned.
When her gaze fell upon Chen Xuan, who stood below with his hands behind his back, she tensed up instantly, her heart feeling as if gripped tightly by an invisible hand. Suppressing her fear, she managed a weak nod to Chen Xuan.
Chen Xuan seemed oblivious, not taking Die Xue to heart at all. He had already made a vow to Heaven, and he firmly believed that Die Xue would not dare to reveal a single word about that matter.
Seeing that Chen Xuan made no threatening moves, Die Xue secretly breathed a sigh of relief and reluctantly found a place to land.
As expected, the last few groups to return were all the kind of people who were extremely cautious in their actions.
As the great formation stirred once more, Ji Tianchen's team of four, along with other teams from smaller sects, returned one after another.
However, when everyone looked around, they noticed that one beautiful figure was missing from the nearly forty people.
"This Zhanxin, surely he didn't oversleep?" Wang Kaixuan stroked his chin, a hint of doubt on his face. "It's the last day already, why hasn't he come back yet?"
“She has already obtained enough divine ore source stones, so there is no need for her to explore for divine mines anymore. Could it be that she encountered some trouble on her way back?” Yue Ming also analyzed with a worried expression.
"Impossible. The name of the female demon has already spread among the cultivators of this small world. After those people have fallen, who would dare to make a move against her?" Wang Kaixuan shook his head decisively, denying this guess.
Chen Xuan remained calm. In his view, at her peak, no one among the cultivators participating in the assessment could rival Zhan Xin except for himself.
Just as the four were talking to each other, a refined-looking cultivator in the distance, dressed in tattered clothes and with a weak aura, was frantically searching for something with his eyes wide open and his features contorted.
"Qingyuexuan, Liuheqing, return my Divine Source!" The refined-looking man was named Fang Yu, and he came from a small sect. Chen Xuan remembered that he had come in a six-person team, but now Fang Yu's teammates were nowhere to be seen.
"You killed my junior brothers and sisters and stole the divine ore source stones we painstakingly accumulated. This hatred is irreconcilable! Come out, come out here!" Fang Yu's voice, filled with endless grief and indignation, echoed in the sky above the square.
Unfortunately, no matter how hard Fang Yu searched the entire plaza, he couldn't find any trace of Qingyuexuan's six-person team. Of those brutal battles, only Die Xue, who had sworn an oath to the Heavenly Dao, survived.
As Fang Yu caused this disturbance, the other weaker cultivator teams were also enraged and began to berate the six members of Qingyuexuan.
It turns out that after discovering the danger during their first exploration of the mine, these six people abandoned their search for the sacred mine and instead lay in ambush, murdering and robbing the treasure.
The commotion grew louder, drawing the displeasure of the armored, bald man in the distance. He suddenly roared, his voice booming, "Silence! If you're robbed in the wilderness, you can only blame yourself for being outmatched!"
"Hmph, this is a branch of the God-Slaying Guard. Anyone who dares to make a move here will be killed without mercy!" The alluring woman sneered, a ruthless glint in her eyes. "If you have any grudges, you can do whatever you want once we leave the Azure Dragon Mountains."
Two Nascent Soul Daoists spoke up to suppress the crowd, and the agitated crowd below was barely calmed down.
These people were either fellow disciples or brothers from their tribes who had been brutally murdered, and each of them harbored a burning rage in their hearts.
"Whoosh—" Just then, the mountain-guarding formation rippled once more. Everyone looked up, their eyes filled with anticipation. Sure enough, Zhan Xin had returned.
When Zhan Xin's aloof figure appeared before everyone's eyes, a low gasp and a sound of astonishment immediately rose from the crowd.
Back when the treasure of creation was born, this woman stood alone in front of dozens of cultivators and fought them fiercely.
They witnessed Zhan Xin frantically blocking everyone's way, his fearless demeanor forcing many to abandon their plans to take advantage of the chaos. Consequently, several relatively weaker teams left early on.
But who could have imagined that Zhan Xin, who was besieged by three generations of tribal princes and many outstanding disciples of sects, would return unscathed?
In contrast, none of the young masters from the three clans who had besieged her, nor the numerous disciples from various sects, appeared again.
Such an astonishing thing happened right before their eyes, and a breathtaking result slowly surfaced in everyone's minds.
"She...she actually came back unharmed?"
"How is that possible? Did she voluntarily give up that priceless treasure?"
"Definitely, otherwise, how could the young masters of the three major tribes have let her go?"
……
As Zhanxin returned, the alluring woman in mid-air ahead stiffened and took out her star chart again to examine it.
Sure enough, all the exorcism talismans had gathered here. Upon seeing this, the alluring woman immediately took out a token and said a few words.
Then, the cracks in the temporarily activated mountain-guarding formation slowly closed.
This scene immediately made the cultivators who were still waiting below extremely anxious.
"Senior, my friends haven't returned yet?"
"Yes, senior. Even if they fail to return on time and fail the assessment, we should still bring them back to the Xuanxiao World, right?"
……
Faced with these doubts, the alluring woman gave a cold laugh, a laugh devoid of any warmth. She swept her gaze across the crowd and said in an icy voice, "Come back? Those who haven't come back yet are all dead."
These words caused an instant silence, followed by an uproar as the crowd's emotions were reignited, plunging the entire square into chaos and shock.