Chapter 80

Chapter 80: Successful Rescue

The two sides met in a narrow passage, and in an instant they were locked in a chaotic fight. When the two forces collided, chunks of stone kept dropping into the tunnel.

Sheng Yu Hong snorted coldly. “Hmph! You dared to abduct Hao Ran Sect disciples. Then leave your life here!”

As soon as he finished speaking, he charged forward with his sword. The other three Foundation Establishment Stage disciples followed right behind him with their own weapons. Attack after attack landed on the three-headed snake’s three heads, and it only enraged the beast even more.

Long Dao Yu was completely stunned. He had not expected their little team to have such terrible luck and run into the culprit itself. He did not have the strength that Martial Uncle Sheng and the others had, so he quickly slapped three defensive talismans on himself and hid to the side. Whenever there was an opening in the fight, he tossed attack talismans at the three-headed snake to support them.

Sheng Yu Hong had already cultivated sword aura, so he swung his blade again and again. His strikes kept landing precisely on one of the snake heads. The other two also each held off a head of their own. Spells exploded nonstop, and more and more rubble fell, filling the tunnel with crashing stone.

Because the tunnel was cramped, and because the three-headed snake kept its vital spot hidden inside the passage and never exposed it, Sheng Yu Hong and the others could not hit its weakness. They could only focus their attacks on its eyes.

The fight was deadlocked on this side. On the other side, Du Yu Ling and the other two followed the tunnel and found the underground pit where Yun Xi and the others were being held.

When the pit started shaking and rocks began to fall, Yun Xi and the others put away the snake eggs in their hands, gripped their weapons, and stared warily at the only exit.

To prevent them from escaping, the three-headed snake had placed a restriction barrier at the exit. Their cultivation was no match for the beast’s. Earlier, Mu Ning Zhu and the others had tried to attack the barrier, but they had only drawn the three-headed snake over. It had lashed them viciously, and they had no choice but to stop.

Now the three-headed snake was clearly being attacked, so it felt like the right time to flee. Everyone tensed and prepared.

“Yun Xi, do you think Martial Uncle Sheng and the others have found this place?” Qin Tong Shuang had calmed down and asked in a low voice.

Yun Xi nodded. “With this kind of commotion, probably. It’s very likely the two sides are already fighting. Let’s wait a little longer.”

Then the pit shook even harder. Mu Ning Zhu clenched her teeth. “We can’t wait. Everyone, start attacking the barrier. Let’s get out first.”

With Mu Ning Zhu’s order, everyone’s attacks slammed straight into the barrier.

“Bang, bang, bang!” The impact rang in their ears. All kinds of spells exploded against the barrier, showing how anxious they were.

As the two forces collided, the entire pit shook more violently. It clearly could not withstand this kind of beating, but no one dared to stop. If they stopped, they would be trapped underground.

At that moment, Du Yu Ling and the other two also followed the sound of the attacks and reached the barrier. Seeing the bright points flashing across it, Du Yu Ling turned her head and said, “Attack this barrier.”

“Yes!”

All three were Foundation Establishment cultivators. Their attacks were naturally stronger than those of the people trapped inside. With the pit already half-collapsed, the barrier was finally blasted open by force, and the Hao Ran Sect disciples successfully reunited.

“Junior Sister Du!”

“Senior Sister Mu, it really is you!”

“It’s us! Where’s Senior Brother Sheng? Are you here to rescue us?” Mu Ning Zhu stepped forward with her sword and asked.

Du Yu Ling replied at once. “We accepted the mission to find the missing disciples. The one leading us is Senior Brother Sheng Yu Hong. After we entered the underground pit, we split up. They should be facing the demon beast that abducted you right now.”

After hearing that, Mu Ning Zhu said, “Then we’ll send the Qi Refining Stage disciples out first, and then go support Senior Brother Sheng.”

Among the rescued people, only she was at the Foundation Establishment Stage (not counting Yun Xi), so she could not just leave.

“Good. Have them use Earth Escape Talismans to leave this place,” Du Yu Ling said decisively. The Qi Refining Stage disciples would not be able to help even if they stayed, so it was better for them to leave first.

Mu Ning Zhu turned back and gave Qin Tong Shuang and the others a few instructions, then left the way they came with Du Yu Ling.

Qin Tong Shuang and the others all knew the situation was urgent. Staying would be useless, so each of them slapped on an Earth Escape Talisman and vanished on the spot.

Yun Xi did the same, but instead of escaping out of the pit, she kept burrowing downward.

Yun Xi did not know how deep she went until she fell into a hollow space underground.

The moment she entered, she sensed dense spiritual energy. When she released her spiritual sense, she realized she was actually in a place filled with spirit stones.

“I’m rich! I’m rich!” Yun Xi said excitedly. She even pinched her cheek to make sure she had not fallen into an Illusion Realm.

The pain in her cheek confirmed it was not a dream. After sweeping the area once with her spiritual sense, she immediately took out a Third Rank array plate and activated it. Then, very carefully, she took the Xian Ling Grass out of her space.

The Xian Ling Grass stretched its leaves, let out a satisfied little groan, and sent a voice transmission. “Little master, you found a spirit vein this quickly?”

“This really is a spirit vein?”

“Yes!”

“What’s the quality like?”

“Mid-grade. It’s enough for you to cultivate all the way to Core Formation.”

The Xian Ling Grass shook its leaves as it answered.

“Then you handle absorbing the spiritual energy. I’ll mine some spirit stones for my own use first.” Yun Xi still felt like she was dreaming, like it did not feel real, but her hands did not slow down at all.

“Fine. Put me on the spirit vein,” the Xian Ling Grass transmitted.

“Okay!”

Yun Xi became even more cautious. She set the Xian Ling Grass beside her, then pulled out a small shovel and started digging spirit stones.

The first ones she dug out were low-grade spirit stones. The spiritual energy concentration was not high, but there were a lot of them.

As Yun Xi dug, she kept putting the stones into the storage bag at her waist. When the bag filled up, she used her spiritual sense to move some of them into her space.

The more she dug, the more excited she got. Slowly, among the low-grade spirit stones, she began to find some mid-grade spirit stones mixed in.

“Xian Ling, I’ve already dug up mid-grade spirit stones.”

“Then it’s about time. I’m going to speed up my absorption,” the Xian Ling Grass said. It had been holding back on absorbing spiritual energy, afraid it would drain the spirit vein in one gulp and leave Yun Xi with nothing to mine, so it had kept slowing down and slowing down.

Yun Xi stared at the growing number of mid-grade spirit stones on the rock wall. She wiped at her mouth, swallowed hard, and forced herself to put the shovel away. Then she said to the Xian Ling Grass, “I’ve dug about a thousand mid-grade spirit stones. That’s enough for a while. Go ahead and absorb!”

The Xian Ling Grass shook its leaves. The green specks of light on its leaves became even more crystal clear, and the hollow cavern started shaking again.

Yun Xi frowned. “Are they about to fight their way down here?”

Only after a while did the Xian Ling Grass answer. “There’s a concealment array here that runs on the spirit vein. Now that I’ve drawn out all the spiritual energy in the spirit vein ore, the array will automatically stop running. Do you want to go take a look?”

After hearing that, Yun Xi immediately released her mid Foundation Establishment spiritual sense and swept the entire hollow cavern. Sure enough, she found something strange on the rock wall with the fewest spirit stones.

With a loud boom, a huge rock fell from the ceiling and smashed down at Yun Xi’s feet. That made her hesitation vanish instantly, and she rushed toward that rock wall.

The moment Yun Xi’s body completely sank into the rock wall, the place where she had been mining collapsed entirely.

The three-headed snake in the battle also became frenzied and started attacking Sheng Yu Hong’s group wildly.