Chapter 137

Chapter 137: Trapped in the Formation

The moment the restriction was broken, the Golden Core demonic cultivator sensed it. His eyes turned sharp as he stared at Yun Xi, who was barely holding on. “You actually have help!”

Yun Xi kept forcing lightning spiritual power into the Doom Staff as she said coldly, “If I dared to come knocking, how could I fight alone?”

“Hmph! It doesn’t matter! I’ll kill you first, then capture them again. It’s the same.” As soon as he finished speaking, he formed seals rapidly, and the curved blade in the air split into two, relentlessly attacking the protective shield around Yun Xi.

Yun Xi hated how low her cultivation was, but she had already received Dian Dian’s voice message saying the captured cultivators had been rescued, and there were even two familiar people from Hundred Flowers Pavilion. After thinking for a moment, Yun Xi knew who they were. In Hundred Flowers Pavilion, she only knew Yu Qing Cheng and her senior brother.

“Dian Dian, don’t come looking for me. Find a place to hide first,” Yun Xi sent.

“Yes, Master!” Dian Dian replied.

Dian Dian knew itself well. Its combat power was too low, and if it could not help its master, it should not become a burden. Still, it was not out of things to do. Its master had been thinking about those Third Rank Fei Xia Butterfly eggs, so it would go collect the payment first.

Dian Dian sniffed the air and followed the Fei Xia Butterfly’s aura, searching through the cave.

On the other side, after Yu Qing Cheng and the others took the antidote and could mobilize spiritual power again, they rushed toward the exit.

However, the place where Yun Xi and the Golden Core demonic cultivator were fighting was the only path for everyone to leave. When Yu Qing Cheng and Liu Hao Tian saw Yun Xi struggling, they immediately stepped forward to help, but the Golden Core demonic cultivator flicked his sleeve and swept them back.

“You little shrimp, don’t come here to make trouble.”

Yu Qing Cheng and the others were swept back to the cave entrance they had just come out of.

Everyone’s qi and blood churned. The difference in strength was far too obvious.

Yun Xi was still barely holding on. She also realized that if they did not deal with the Golden Core demonic cultivator, neither she nor anyone else would be able to leave this cave, but the realm gap was a hard problem.

She had treasures protecting her, so she could last a while longer, but once the hairpin was destroyed, she would have to face Golden Core attacks head-on. Yun Xi’s mind spun rapidly. The best move was to trap him first, then slowly grind him to death.

“Dian Dian, I need that Fourth Rank formation plate.”

At that moment, Dian Dian was swallowing a butterfly egg. After receiving its master’s message, it quickly replied, “Master, Dian Dian will bring the formation plate over right away.”

Yun Xi warned again, “Put on the Breath-Concealing Talisman. Don’t let the Golden Core demonic cultivator notice you. Be careful.”

“Yes, Master!”

Dian Dian stopped searching for eggs and hurried back along the same route. As it approached the fight, it slapped two more Third Rank Breath-Concealing Talismans onto itself. Only then did it use cover to silently creep closer to where the Golden Core demonic cultivator was.

Under the Golden Core demonic cultivator’s attacks, the white magnolia hairpin already had cracks. Yun Xi knew the hairpin had used up two of its defensive effects, and it hurt so much it felt like her heart was bleeding.

Liu Hao Tian and Yu Qing Cheng could also see how urgent it was. The two exchanged a glance and decided to use Hundred Flowers Pavilion’s secret art, temporarily raising one person’s cultivation to Golden Core to give Fellow Cultivator Wei Yun Xi a hand.

Meanwhile, the Third Rank Fei Xia Butterfly that had avoided the fight earlier had already found its eggs. But when it saw the eggs stained by demonic qi, it was furious beyond control. These bastards actually dared to do this to its offspring.

The Fei Xia Butterfly fanned its wings and vanished on the spot.

Dian Dian silently crept to within a hundred meters of the Golden Core demonic cultivator, but it did not dare to get any closer, afraid he would sense it. Its master had told it to stay still and wait for the right moment.

Yu Qing Cheng and Liu Hao Tian had already activated the secret art. Yu Qing Cheng layered her own mid Foundation Establishment cultivation onto Liu Hao Tian. Liu Hao Tian was originally late Foundation Establishment, but with his junior sister’s cultivation stacked onto him, his cultivation actually rose to the Golden Core Stage for a short time.

The moment his cultivation surged, Liu Hao Tian formed seals and condensed a fire dragon that wrapped around one of the curved blades.

At the same time, a huge Fei Xia Butterfly appeared above the Golden Core demonic cultivator. As the demonic cultivator reacted, the butterfly’s proboscis shot out, stabbing toward the top of his head.

The demonic cultivator immediately tilted his head to dodge, but this Fei Xia Butterfly was also Third Rank, and all it wanted was revenge for the ruined eggs. Its proboscis stabbed down rapidly while its wings beat fast, scattering powder onto the demonic cultivator’s body, actually neutralizing part of the demonic qi.

This was exactly the opening Yun Xi had been waiting for. She immediately sent a voice message, “Dian Dian, activate the formation plate. Turn on confinement, slaughter, and illusion – all of it.”

“Yes, Master!”

Dian Dian pulled out the formation plate, activated it, and threw it out.

Yun Xi’s Seven-Star Doom Staff had already built up enough lightning spiritual power, and it even lit up the last star, the Yao Guang Star.

At the same time she dismissed her defense, she gripped the staff with both hands and used all her strength to strike the other curved blade. Because the demonic cultivator was distracted, she knocked the blade away, but she herself was also blasted backward again.

The Golden Core demonic cultivator was attacked from three directions at once. As he dodged the Fei Xia Butterfly’s strike, his weapons were bound by two forces, one lightning and one fire, both of which restrained him. He quickly recalled the curved blades, and then his vision blurred and everything around him changed.

“Damn it!”

The moment the words fell, bolts of purple lightning crashed down from above his head.

Everyone watched the Golden Core demonic cultivator disappear, and they all let out a breath.

Liu Hao Tian quickly returned the borrowed cultivation to Yu Qing Cheng. Even so, both of them looked terrible, clearly suffering heavy depletion.

Dian Dian ran to Yun Xi as fast as it could and patted its master’s face with a paw. “Master, are you okay?”

“I won’t die.”

Yun Xi felt like she had been hollowed out all at once, and the empty feeling in her dantian was truly uncomfortable. After getting up, she swallowed two Second Rank top-grade Spirit-Replenishing Pills and quickly circulated her cultivation method to absorb the medicinal power.

The Fei Xia Butterfly had lost its target for revenge. It instantly shrank down and returned to Yun Xi’s hair.

Only then did the other cultivators who had been suppressed step out from the cave entrance. Seeing the three looking somewhat disheveled, they all cupped their fists to thank them. They were especially polite to Yun Xi, because the Trail-Seeking Rat was standing on Yun Xi’s shoulder.

Yu Qing Cheng smiled as she spoke. “It’s been years. Yun Xi little sister has become even more lovely, and your strength has grown so fast. Thanks to you saving us, Senior Brother and I owe you another favor.”

Yun Xi smiled slightly. “Fellow Cultivator Yu, you’re too polite. I sensed what was happening here was related to demonic cultivators, so I wanted to investigate. I just didn’t expect you would be here too.”

“Ah, it’s a long story. We were captured by a Golden Core demonic cultivator.” Yu Qing Cheng’s phoenix eyes narrowed. She accepted her lack of strength.

“I also didn’t expect there would be a late Golden Core demonic cultivator here. If you two hadn’t acted in time just now, I probably wouldn’t have had any chance to throw out the formation plate.”

Liu Hao Tian took over the conversation. “Fellow Cultivator Wei, how long can your formation plate trap him?”

Yun Xi gritted her teeth. “I don’t plan to trap him. I’m going to kill him!”

“Do you need the two of us to help?”

“No need. Since everyone has recovered spiritual power, it’s best to leave here as soon as possible. I’m not sure if the demonic cultivators still have some backup plan.”

The other cultivators did not interrupt their conversation, but they could tell the three of them knew each other, and they also understood that they were not completely out of danger yet.