Huang Yingying was worried that the escape tunnel they had originally dug would lead directly into the heart of Flame Mountain. If they emerged there, the three of them would be immediately surrounded by the Burning Heaven Cult. Thus, she used her earth-tunneling spell to carve a new exit within the mountain, and the trio emerged on the mountainside, well away from the summit where the Burning Heaven Cult was based.
Before she had rescued Qiao Ruohe from the Burning Heaven Cult, she had already spotted Yue Yunshang and a middle-aged woman flying toward the cult’s mountain gate on their swords. Yue Yunshang had referred to the woman as her master. Before casting her tunneling spell, Huang Yingying had quietly followed them. When they entered Flame Mountain, the Burning Heaven Cult—having apparently received word—had already set up a massive flame formation to trap them. Although both were Metal-attribute cultivators—and in the cycle of the Five Elements, fire overcomes metal—the master’s cultivation base was exceptionally high, and she managed to break through the formation. With a single strike, she killed dozens of Burning Heaven Cult disciples. Seeing that his subordinates were outmatched, the elder Yan Cangqiong had intervened personally to engage the middle-aged cultivator in a "Combat of Immortals" at the summit.
From what Huang Yingying could see, Yue Yunshang had already been defeated and captured, while her master was still locked in a fierce struggle with the elder…
Chapter 52