#995 - Digging a hole to bury yourself

When Jun Wuxie returned to the ground, he saw that the Bloodmane Lion-Dog Beast's spirit was much better than it had been three days prior. The emaciated body had grown a lot of flesh, and although the outline of its bones could still be seen, its energy and spirit had improved greatly.

"The divine beast Suanni's blood essence is very effective!"

The Bloodmane Lion-Dog Beast King said excitedly when he saw Jun Wuxie.

"Seeing that you are in good condition now, seize the time to continue repairing the origin of your life. I estimate that the Ning Prince's Mansion's second batch of experts will arrive within a day or two, and when they do, they will most likely launch an attack directly."

"Give me another day, and as long as they don't send experts of the Great Saint Extreme Heaven Realm, even if my current power is less than ten percent of what it was, I can still kill them, leaving not even a piece of armor behind."

Jun Wuxie nodded, but he didn't feel relaxed.

This concerned whether Prince Ning could break through his shackles and achieve the Overlord Saint Realm. If it weren't for his concerns about the Emperor's side, he probably would have come himself.

There probably really are experts in the Great Saint Extreme Heaven Realm!

Therefore, the situation they were about to face was still very dangerous. A direct confrontation was definitely not an option. When the time came, he could only try to break through the encirclement and get far away from here.

As long as he could temporarily get rid of those people and find a place to hide, allowing the Bloodmane Lion-Dog Beast King to continue repairing his injuries, everything would be fine.

"Since they haven't arrived yet, you can continue to cultivate."

"Time is short. Even if I continue to cultivate, I won't be able to break through to a higher realm. Besides, I need to be constantly aware of the movements around me."

"Break through again?"

The Bloodmane Lion-Dog Beast King said with suspicion, "Do you mean that you have already broken through to a higher realm in these three days?"

Jun Wuxie nodded slightly.

"How is that possible?"

The Bloodmane Lion-Dog Beast King was shocked. Breaking through to a higher realm in three days?

What kind of heaven-defying speed was this? It simply couldn't believe it.

Who else cultivated at such a terrifying speed? It had never heard of such a thing!

"Did you use the beast core I gave you to cultivate? Even a beast core of the Overlord Saint level wouldn't have this effect. With your mythological domain talent, the energy required for a breakthrough far surpasses others. How could you refine so much energy in three days! What realm are you in now?"

"Saint Realm Minor Heaven Completion. Don't use ordinary people's standards to measure me. In these three days, I fused a Saint King Initial stage beast core, which was just enough to break through a small realm."

"You… you are simply a monster…"

The Bloodmane Lion-Dog Beast King was incomparably shocked. He had refined a Saint King Initial stage beast core in three days, and such a beast core could only allow him to break through a small realm in the Saint Realm Minor Heaven stage!

How terrifying was the amount of energy required for this young man to cultivate?

Its understanding was once again subverted.

It had never expected that this young man's realm would only be the Saint Realm Minor Heaven stage.

That meant that he had entered the mythological domain two years ago. With his abnormal cultivation speed, what realm was he in two years ago?

It meant that he was already a myth before the Saint Realm!

"Heal your injuries."

Jun Wuxie sat down cross-legged under the ancient tree, his Great Saint Extreme Heaven Realm peak divine sense constantly sensing the movements within a thousand miles around him.

At the same time, in the depths of his sea of consciousness, within the Universe Cave Heaven, many rune secret texts emerged.

This was the rune Dao method recorded in the [Primal Rune True Explanation]. It elaborated on the most essential things of the rune Dao, elaborating on the "one" that derived thousands of rune Daos, that original point.

It was very profound and mysterious. Even with Jun Wuxie's Great Saint Extreme Heaven Realm peak soul, understanding it felt somewhat obscure and difficult.

Cultivating the rune Dao required comprehension, comprehension of the heaven and earth, and comprehension of nature.

Since ancient times, rune masters who had achieved success were all people with strong souls and extraordinary comprehension.

"It seems that I can only comprehend it sentence by sentence…"

He pondered repeatedly in this way. As time passed, he finally grasped something.

At this moment, he suddenly opened his eyes, because his divine sense sensed that the sect's foundation experts were already approaching this place, less than a thousand miles away.

Looking at the sky, he realized that he had been studying the rune Dao for so long that it had already gone from morning to dawn the next day.

"The Ning Prince's Mansion's second batch of experts should be arriving soon, and I should take action too."

Jun Wuxie used the Minor Void Technique to quietly leave the valley and came to the middle of the canyon along the long canyon.

"Lieshan Sect, Rising Sun Sect, Zixia Cave Heaven, you want to use my sect's foundation experts to attract ancient beasts and ferocious birds, then I'll let you experience the feeling of being focused on by ancient beasts and ferocious birds."

Jun Wuxie quickly inscribed runes, imprinting them into the earth of the canyon. Countless runes sank into the ground, forming a magic array.

Half an hour later, the magic array was completed. He quickly went towards the canyon entrance.

Arriving at the magic array location at the canyon entrance, he quietly sank into the ground, activated the Rune Dao Pupil Technique, and observed the formations laid out by the three sects.

"So that's how it is…"

He observed for a moment and discovered the function of this magic array.

The magic array had a sensing function. It could sense the aura of living beings entering the magic array area. It was targeted. Only when a certain number of human cultivators entered the array could it be activated.

After it was activated, it would not attack those who entered the array. Instead, it would instantly release all the magic array's energy to attack the living beings within a semi-circular area of two or three hundred miles in front of it.

"This kind of special magic array cannot be researched by ordinary rune masters. It shouldn't be from the hands of the three sects' rune masters. It's more likely to be from the rune masters under Prince Ning's Mansion…"

Jun Wuxie pondered, and a cold smile gradually appeared on his face.

He began to inscribe runes, targeted runes, one after another, imprinting them into this special magic array.

"Although with my current rune Dao attainments, I can't break this level of magic array, it's not a problem to slightly affect it, and that's enough."

He finished these preparations and returned the way he came, carving a star symbol on the canyon wall in the middle of the canyon where he had set up the rune array.

At this time, his powerful divine sense crossed hundreds of miles and transmitted to the ears of the Azure Cloud foundation experts.

Those foundation experts shook together and quickly looked around, searching with their divine sense, trying to find his location, but they couldn't find it no matter what.

"Don't look for me. I'm far away from you. I used special means to enhance the divine sense voice transmission effect."

"Wuxie, where exactly are you? Are you safe now?"

"I'm very safe now. Listen to me. Now, all of you go to the canyon entrance where the Rising Sun Sect, Lieshan Sect, and Zixia Cave Heaven have set up their magic arrays."

"This… there are magic arrays set up by them. What are you asking us to do there?"

"There is a special magic array there, but I used some means to blind the magic array's sensing for a few breaths of time. You wait there. Once the Bloodmane Lion-Dog Beast in the valley releases its energy, and those Beast Kings retreat to within three hundred miles of the canyon entrance, you quickly enter the canyon. Don't delay."

"What? You said you used means to blind the magic array's sensing. How did you do that?"

"Could it be that, Wuxie, you know the rune Dao?"

"I understand a little about the rune Dao. Coincidentally, I once came into contact with that special magic array they set up, so I know how to blind the magic array's sensing. It's just that my rune Dao attainments are shallow, and I can only blind it for a few breaths of time. Within a few breaths, there's absolutely no problem. You don't need to doubt it."

"There really isn't a problem?"

They were unsure. That was the rune Dao after all. What if something went wrong? Wouldn't they all be trapped at the canyon entrance?

"Do you want to counter-kill the foundation experts of the Lieshan Sect, Rising Sun Sect, and Zixia Cave Heaven?"

"Of course we want to. Those shameless and insidious villains!"

"If you want to, then choose to believe me. Go to the canyon entrance now and wait. When those Beast Kings retreat to within the range I said, quickly pass through the canyon entrance and go to the middle of the canyon. If you see the star symbol I left on the stone wall of the canyon, stop and don't continue forward, and don't retreat. Just stand there."

"Wuxie, do you have a plan?"

"They were full of questions, wondering why he wanted them to do this. Could this really counter-kill the three sects' experts?"

"The place where you said you left the star symbol, is there a deeper meaning for us to stop there and not move?"

Although their hearts were full of question marks, they still gathered towards the canyon entrance.

"Of course!"

Jun Wuxie said, "Although I don't have a 100% certainty, the chance of successfully counter-killing them is very high. There's a magic array at the place with the symbol that will temporarily take you deep into the earth."

"When the three sects' foundation experts think that there's a problem with the magic array they set up, and other areas are difficult to escape the Beast Kings' sight, and you have safely penetrated without attracting the Beast Kings' attention, they will think that you have successfully infiltrated the valley and are waiting for an opportunity."

"In this way, their greed and luck can be fueled. In addition, you have passed through the canyon entrance before, and the magic array was not activated, then unless they completely give up on snatching the beast core and blood essence, they can only enter from that canyon entrance."

"But they probably won't stay in that magic array area for long. In a few breaths of time, even if they slow down, they can safely pass through."

The foundation experts expressed their doubts.

Jun Wuxie said, "Don't worry, as long as they decide to enter the valley from the canyon entrance, the magic array will definitely be activated. A few breaths is the total time. Each time someone passes through, the total time of blinding the magic array will be consumed. They won't all pass through together for the first time. Only some people will try it out, and the others will stay far away…"

The Azure Cloud foundation experts were silent.

"Fortunately, you are a disciple of my Azure Cloud Sect. If you had joined any of the three sects, that would be too terrifying…"

They had already arrived at the canyon entrance. More than twenty people gathered here.

“After you come out, continue to follow the groupings, leave quickly, and return to the sect without lingering. This trip to the Flowing Cloud Forest is just a formality for you, to lure the foundations of the three sects into the game. This time, we are destined to offend Ning Wangfu to the death, so staying here is very dangerous and may suffer the attacks of Ning Wangfu's experts.”

“What about you? When will you return to the sect, and will you be in danger?”

“It’s too dangerous here. You should also return to the sect as soon as possible. After you counter-kill the foundations of the three sects, you should leave with us!”

“No, I can’t return to the sect yet. I have very important things to do, concerning whether the sect can survive under Ning Wang's power in the future. I will be fine, you don’t have to worry.”

“Then… alright, you must be careful, we will act according to your plan!”

Jun Wuxie's divine sense did not respond again. He was now quickly returning to the valley.

At the mouth of the canyon, under the dense trees, the Qingyun's foundation experts were all shocked.

In such a dangerous place, their nerves were highly strained, and they had to be careful to restrain their aura, lest they be detected by ancient beasts and ferocious birds.

But Yue Wuxie, as a disciple of the sect, could not only hide well here, but also use the three sects' formations to plot against them.

“He said that he had only been exposed to that special formation laid down by the three sects, and then with superficial talisman knowledge, he could deceive their perception. How can I not believe it?”

“I don’t believe it either. His talisman attainments are definitely not low, otherwise how could he do these things? Moreover, he also set up a formation in the center of the canyon that can take us deep into the earth to hide. Can someone with superficial talisman knowledge do this?”

“Cultivating both talisman and martial arts, with no low attainment in talisman arts, and extremely high achievements in martial arts cultivation, who exactly is he? Such talent is simply unheard of!”

“Yes, this is heaven-defying talent! I don’t know if our Qingyun has picked up a treasure, or…”

“He wouldn’t be that secret wanted man…”

“What do you want to say? What is it?” The leading foundation expert rebuked in secret, “He is just a disciple of our Qingyun Zhenwu Peak, his other identity is not important!”

“He can't be the person on the secret wanted list. It says that the body cultivator has golden blood energy, while Wuxie has crimson blood energy. This means that their bloodline constitutions are completely different! Let's not guess blindly, let alone try to explore his secrets. If we make him unhappy, the future of our Qingyun will depend entirely on him!”

“That makes sense. With such an unparalleled talent, it would not be an exaggeration to treat him like an ancestor. Whoever dares to make him unhappy, this seat will never agree. Don't blame this seat for turning against him regardless of our ten thousand years of brotherhood!”

“Thinking back to how we used to cultivate Qin Yi as hope, and now comparing Qin Yi with Wuxie, the difference is truly indescribable. If it were Qin Yi, he probably wouldn't even be able to reach this area. Even if he was lucky enough to get here, he wouldn't survive for more than a quarter of an hour. But Wuxie has been here for several days, seeing through the conspiracy of the three sects and Ning Wang, and even designing a method to counter-kill the foundations of the three sects. It can be said that whether it is talent in cultivation or strategy, Qin Yi is more than a hundred and eight thousand miles away from Wuxie!”

“As long as Wuxie continues to grow, our Qingyun will surely be incomparably brilliant and prosperous in the future!”

“This seat believes it!”

“This seat is also convinced!”

…

The Qingyun foundation experts were excited for a while, and the fire of hope in their hearts burned fiercely, making it difficult for them to restrain their excitement, and they were almost unable to restrain their own fluctuations, so they hurriedly calmed their emotions.

“Roar!”

Just then, a terrifying roar sounded from the depths of the valley at the end of the canyon.

The sound waves containing the laws swept like a tide. Within a radius of hundreds of miles, the mountains and forests shook, and the leaves fell one after another.

Almost at the same time, a wild aura was released, and terrifying energy fluctuations surged out of the valley. A blood-colored sea of clouds formed above the valley.

On the peaks on both sides of the valley, the ancient beasts and ferocious birds guarding the area all showed fear in their eyes.

But soon, the eyes of the ancient beasts and ferocious birds turned into fiery heat and excitement.

Feeling the terrifying killing intent, they quickly retreated, deciding to avoid the edge for the time being.

In the past few days, the injuries of the Blood鬃 Lion-Dog Beast King have stabilized, and its life aura seems to be getting stronger and stronger. They originally thought that there was almost no hope.

But they didn't expect the Blood 鬃 Lion-Dog Beast King to suddenly become manic, which means it's dying, and these few days were just a final burst of glory!

Their speed was very fast, and hundreds of ancient beasts and ferocious birds all retreated hundreds of miles.

“Those ancient beasts and ferocious birds have retreated to the range that Wuxie said. Let's go!”

The Qingyun's foundation experts looked at each other, and then quickly rushed into the canyon, passing over the formation.

“Go, go to the middle of the canyon to find the star mark left by Wuxie!”

They looked back at the mouth of the canyon and quickly headed inside.

At the same time, the three sects' experts lurking near the mouth of the canyon watched as the twenty-odd foundation experts of Qingyun rushed into the canyon, and a sneer appeared on their faces.

“They have already stepped into the abyss of death. Our opportunity has come. Prepare to enter the valley, haha…”

The laughter stopped abruptly, and the faces of the three sects' foundation experts showed shock.

“Why hasn't the formation been activated?”

“They have already entered, why is the formation reacting not at all!”

“Could it be that there was a mistake when we set it up?”

“Impossible, we have repeatedly checked it, how could such a problem occur!”

…

Their faces were gloomy, their facial muscles twitched, and they had the urge to vomit blood.

After setting it up for so many days, it turned out that it was not activated. In this way, the ancient beasts and ferocious birds could not be attracted by the people of Qingyun. How could they sneak into the valley before them, kill the dying Blood 鬃 Lion-Dog Beast, and obtain its beast core and essence blood?

“Roar!”

In the valley, roars sounded, with mania and pain, and from time to time a violent energy swept out, and the wild aura was overwhelming, forming a blood-colored sea of clouds above the valley.

“That Blood鬃 Lion-Dog Beast is about to die!”

“The people of Qingyun have been in for so long, and they haven't been discovered by ancient beasts and ferocious birds!”

“At their speed, they are probably already at the mouth of the valley. If the Blood鬃 Lion-Dog Beast suddenly dies, they might really be able to get there first!”

“We must not let them get the beast core and essence blood, otherwise their people will not be destroyed, and they will also complete the task. Ning Wang will definitely blame us for our ineffective actions!”

“Let's go and test the formation first. Come after you are sure it's safe!”

“You don't want to get ahead of us, do you?”

“Bullshit, it's all this time, and there's still infighting. If that's the case, you go and try the formation!”

The foundation of the Rising Sun Sect said coldly.

“We were just saying it casually.” The foundation expert of the Raging Mountain Gate smiled and said, “You should go, we need to trust each other.”

“Humph!”

Immediately, five foundation experts from the Rising Sun Sect quickly went to the mouth of the canyon, looked at the formation area with uncertain eyes, and then stepped into it without any reaction.

They were stunned for a moment, then turned around in the formation area, confirmed that there was indeed a problem with the formation, and then withdrew from the formation, came to the mouth of the canyon, and transmitted their divine sense to the remaining foundation experts of the sect and the people of the Raging Mountain Gate and Purple Cloud Cave Heaven: “Come quickly, there is a problem with the formation, confirmed!”

Soon, dozens of people landed at the mouth of the canyon.

They walked into the canyon together, stepped into the formation, and the foundation expert of the Rising Sun Sect said with a dark face: “I don’t know who made a mistake when setting up the formation, which caused us to fail…”

Rumble!

Before the word 'fail' could be uttered, the ground formation made a loud bang, and patches of runes lit up instantly, bright and blazing.

“Buzz!”

In the formation, energy rushed out from the edges like a torrent, rushing towards the semi-circular area in front like huge waves.

“Wh… what’s going on?”

The foundation experts of the Rising Sun Sect, Raging Mountain Gate, and Misty Cloud Cave Heaven were stunned.

“Run!”

They reacted, their faces were ashen, and their legs were cramping in fright. They couldn't care about the experts of Qingyun, nor could they care about the beast core and essence blood of the Blood鬃 Lion-Dog Beast. They rushed out of the canyon in horror.

“Roar!”

An angry and violent beast roar resounded through the eight wastelands.

Those ancient beasts and ferocious birds were suddenly attacked and blown away by the energy, and they were immediately furious.

Although a distance of nearly two hundred miles cannot be reached instantly, as they rushed towards the mouth of the canyon, some opened their mouths and spewed out huge flames, falling in front of the mouth of the canyon more than a hundred miles away, instantly turning it into a sea of fire.

Some stretched out their claws, condensed huge true energy claws, penetrated a hundred miles of sky, and slammed down towards the area of dozens of miles around the mouth of the canyon.

Some bird kings flapped their wings, and endless true energy sword blades pierced the sky, like a rain of swords, launching a large-scale bombardment of that area.

“Your mother!”

The frustrated voices of the three sects' foundation experts came from the area at the mouth of the canyon.

They were extremely embarrassed and wanted to rush out, but were blocked back.

Then the attacks of hundreds of ancient beasts and ferocious birds all fell.

“Ah!!!”

A foundation expert from the Rising Sun Sect let out a heart-rending scream.

He frantically dodged and blocked, but it was of no avail. Such an attack was too fierce, shattering his defense. A claw light almost tore his body in half.

“Digging a pit to bury myself, this seat is not reconciled!”

“You bastards, there was a flaw in the formation, killing all of us, you stupid idiots! Ah, my arm!”

Screams and curses rose one after another. They frantically broke through while dodging, but the attacks of the ancient beasts and ferocious birds were overwhelming, and they couldn't rush out at all.

Several rising suns rose, blooming with dazzling light, rushing out of the ancient beasts and ferocious birds.

But they were instantly shattered by the beast king's claws, tearing the rising suns apart.

Dense true energy arrows shot out from the canyon, but were shattered by the bird king's wings.

The purple light of dawn surged into the sky as several core powerhouses from the Purple Dawn Grotto, covered in blood, forced their way into the high altitude, attempting to break through the encirclement. However, they were bombarded by a group of ancient beasts, nearly falling apart, and plummeted straight down.

They couldn't escape at all; this place had become a death trap for them.

Hundreds of ferocious beasts had already arrived, surrounding them layer upon layer, launching relentless attacks from all directions.

"Ah!"

Someone screamed miserably, grabbed into the high altitude by a swooping ferocious bird. It was a powerhouse from the Rising Sun Sect, torn apart alive in the air by two sharp claws, blood splattering everywhere, the screams incomparably shrill.

"A bunch of useless idiots!"

In certain areas in the distance, the lurking powerhouses of the Ning Royal Mansion had gloomy expressions.

That was originally a magic formation designed to entrap the core powerhouses of the Azure Cloud Sect. These idiots from the three sects, who knows how they arranged it, actually trapped themselves in a dead end. Could there be anything more idiotic than this?

"Don't bother with them anymore. That Blood鬃 Lion-Dog Beast is about to give out. We need to quickly approach the valley now; we don't need to wait for reinforcements anymore. We thought its injuries had really stabilized; turns out it was just a final burst of energy, preparing to make a move!"

The lurking powerhouses of the Ning Royal Mansion communicated with each other through divine sense, quickly taking action and heading towards the valley.