"Soul Search"—
Long Chen pierced the forehead of the Celestial Human powerhouse with a single finger, instantly erupting with soul power and violently searching his soul.
"Boom!"
The human warrior's primordial spirit shattered. But at the very moment of shattering, Long Chen's soul power erupted, forcibly examining his memories. Although his soul was protected by restrictions, Long Chen still saw some scenes.
It turned out that the Celestial Clan had gathered countless powerful warriors to attack the Dragonblood Legion. Their malicious intent forced the Dragonblood Legion into that evil gate.
Once the Dragonblood Legion entered the gate, the Tianren clan experts left. These several thousand were not the Tianren clan's combat elites, but merely left to clean up the battlefield.
"Die!"
Long Chen shouted angrily, the flame lotus in his hand bursting forth rapidly. The Tianren clan experts had no chance to resist before being swallowed by the flame lotus and instantly reduced to nothingness.
After comprehending the seventh volume of the Great Brahma Heaven Sutra, Long Chen's World-Destroying Fire Lotus could almost be unleashed instantly, with power nearly equal to a full-strength strike he'd been gathering for so long.
"Let's go!"
After annihilating the Tianren clan powerhouse, Long Chen grabbed Yu Qingxuan and rushed straight toward the terrifying spatial gate.
"Whoosh"
As they approached the spatial gate, the violent suction force, like the mouth of a magical beast, swallowed Long Chen and Yu Qingxuan.
Entering the spatial gate, a terrifying heat surged, and at the same time, an evil aura made Long Chen's soul tighten.
"The Aura of Yanxu"
As they entered the spatial gate, Long Chen and Yu Qingxuan exclaimed simultaneously, both sensing the aura of Yanxu Flame.
"Rumble rumble...
At that moment, from the endless darkness, a roar and explosion erupted, and bursts of fire appeared. Through the firelight, Long Chen realized that this was actually a crisscrossing passage.
At this moment, the jade token at Long Chen's waist flickered even more intensely. He rushed forward along the passage, but the passage was like a maze, quickly blocked by a wall.
"Sorry, Senior, can I help you out?"
Long Chen was helpless, directly took out the Qiankun Cauldron, and smashed it fiercely forward.
With a loud explosion, the barrier stretching tens of thousands of miles was breached, revealing another passage. Long Chen held the Qiankun Cauldron and, following the jade token's instructions, pressed forward.
"Boom boom boom... Long
Chen dashed in one direction, and if he was blocked, he would smash it fiercely with the Qiankun Cauldron.
That barrier was as solid as steel, but before the Qiankun Cauldron, it was as fragile as tofu.
"Boom!"
As Long Chen broke through the barrier once again, his vision lit up. Countless beings wrapped in black flames were frantically charging toward a passage.
"Boss!"
As Long Chen broke through the wall, Guo Ran's delighted cheers came from the distant passage.
Long Chen didn't have time to think and immediately rushed over. At this moment, the Dragonblood warriors were forced into a dead end, fiercely battling the creatures outside.
Those creatures were pitch black, resembling apes. They had no eyes, and on their massive heads were only a bloody maw, jagged teeth, frantically tearing at the formation Xia Chen had set up.
No one knew what special abilities that strange creature had. The barrier Xia Chen had set up was extremely tough, but under their gnawing, the formation rapidly dimmed, and within a few breaths, it was bitten through.
The previous formation was bitten through, and Xia Chen immediately formed another one, turning it into a war of attrition.
"World-Destroying Fire Lotus"
Seeing the situation was critical, Long Chen immediately rushed forward, his large hand spreading wide, and a massive flame lotus exploded among the strange beings.
With a loud explosion, countless strange beings were blasted away, but to Long Chen's shock, those strange beings were not actually wiped out.
"That's the fiery evil spirit. Here, they are immortal and indestructible." The Qiankun Cauldron reminded them.
"Rainbow Shield"—
the strange beings were sent flying, surging forward like a tide. At that moment, Yu Qingxuan arrived, and a seven-colored shield firmly protected Long Chen and the passage behind him.
"Squeak, squeak, squeak... The
fiery evil spirit lunged at Yu Qingxuan's shield, biting wildly. Yu Qingxuan formed hand seals and recited scriptures, the shield trembling continuously, and the fiery evil spirits were all knocked away.
However, once repelled, they would lunge again. The fiery evil spirits were endless, crashing into Yu Qingxuan's shield like a tsunami. However, with the blessing of the Great Brahma Heaven Sutra, they could not threaten anyone for now.
"Boss, you're here..."
"Guo Ran!"
Long Chen cried out in surprise. At that moment, Guo Ran couldn't stand and collapsed, but Long Chen hurriedly caught him.
Only then did Long Chen notice Guo Ran was covered in blood, his battle armor already tattered and nearly shattered.
Fortunately, there was no fatal injury. Besides, he had already swallowed a pill and was recovering. The reason he collapsed was because he was mentally exhausted.
Long Chen looked at the others and saw that Gu Yang, Li Qi, and Song Mingyuan were all covered in blood, their breaths weak and listless, while Yue Zifeng's face was deathly pale, and he had already fallen into a coma.
"Zifeng..."
Long Chen was shocked and hurried to investigate Yue Zifeng. Yue Zifeng's face was as pale as paper, and his soul fluctuations were extremely weak—a sign of severe overdraw, which was extremely dangerous for sword cultivators.
Long Chen hurriedly fed Yue Zifeng a pill and slowly nurtured his soul with his own soul power, preventing his spiritual root from deteriorating due to severe lack of soul power. That would be unbearable for Yue Zifeng.
"Boss, it's our incompetence that dragged Zifeng into this." Gu Yang said with a face full of shame.
"If it weren't for Zifeng, we'd all be finished. Damn it, those Tianren clan—sooner or later, we'll wipe them all out." Li Qi said through gritted teeth.
"What exactly happened?"
At this moment, Yu Qingxuan was guarding the entrance of the passage. The fiery evil spirits posed no threat to them, so Long Chen asked why.
"Sorry, we've dragged you into this."
At that moment, a timid voice rang out, followed by hundreds of women dressed in green long skirts and carrying wooden longbows, their tall and graceful figures approaching from behind.
"What are you talking about? We're the best friends of the Spirit Clan, but we're too useless and didn't protect you completely, leaving over a thousand of you... "Hey..." Gu Yang gritted his teeth in anger, clenched his fists, and said he couldn't continue.
"No, no, it's all our fault. You fell into the Tianren Clan's trap to save us and were forced into this land of death. It's all because of us that you were dragged into it."
The spirit clan woman's voice choked with emotion, her delicate body trembling. Having just endured a great battle, witnessing her tribe's tragic deaths with her own eyes, and seeing the Dragonblood Legion fall into desperate situations to save them, their hearts were filled with grief and guilt.
"Miss, you don't need to blame yourself. We are the closest friends of the Spirit Clan. Whether in the mortal realm or the immortal realm, the Spirit Clan has given us countless helps. Protecting you is our responsibility. Come on, tell us what really happened."
Long Chen looked at Gu Yang, and what Gu Yang said immediately ignited Long Chen's anger in an instant.