Mountain wind carrying gravel whipped against Ye Fan's face. He gripped the array-breaking diagram in his hand, which still retained his body heat, while hearing Su Qingxue's hurried breathing behind his shoulder. The sound of the mountain collapsing a moment ago had made his eardrums ring. When he looked back, amidst the flying stones across the sky, that mass of black-and-red liquid outside the cave was churning into a vague human shape—it was an evil entity sealed within the earth vein. He had seen something similar in his past life; it was a malevolent spirit refined using living people, capable of devouring the souls of cultivators.
"Move!" Lin Zhaoyue's sword cleaved a path ahead, her sword Qi snapping bowl-thick vines while the ends of her hair brushed against gravel debris. "The mountain is collapsing, and the evil spirit is breaking free by taking advantage of the turmoil in the earth vein. We must get the Mystic Ice Marrow before it takes form." As she turned, the cyan jade pendant on her sword tassel struck Ye Fan's wrist, as cold as a block of ice.
Chu Hongzhuo suddenly grabbed Ye Fan's back collar, and the Golden Silkworm Gu darted out from her sleeve, spiraling into a golden net of light above everyone's heads. "The poisonous insects detected the aura of living creatures three miles away, and they're not beasts." She pinched a silver bell between her fingertips, the ringing mixed with the unique buzzing of Gu insects. "They are Nether Palace scouts, at least a…
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