Chapter 406

Chapter 406 Desperate Escape, Awakening

The more the white-robed youth thought about it, the more convinced he was that his speculation was correct.

Or perhaps, he simply wanted to believe it.

At this thought, a cold look flashed across his eyes.

“Little thief, don’t let me find you, or I’ll grind you to dust, extract your soul, and use it as a wick. I’ll burn you with poisonous fire for over a hundred years, leaving you unable to live or die!”

His murderous intent was so chilling that it condensed a layer of icy ice around the surrounding air.

The next moment, the white-robed youth transformed into a stream of light again, flying towards the secret realm’s entrance.

He had to find the thief as quickly as possible.

Otherwise, if the thief wasted the treasure, it would be troublesome.

On his way to the secret realm’s entrance, the white-robed youth encountered several other Xiantian realm warriors still lingering within.

Already in a bad mood, he casually wielded a few streams of light, annihilating them all.

By the time the white-robed youth reached the secret realm’s exit, he had already eliminated over 80% of the martial arts masters lingering within.

Only the few who were on the edge, undetected by him, managed to escape.

After leaving the secret realm, the white-robed youth immediately activated his telepathy to its maximum, then began searching outward, centered around the secret realm entrance.

As the white-robed youth searched, he saw several figures hiding in a cave dozens of miles from the secret realm entrance.

One of the middle-aged men looked at a broken jade token in his hand with a grim expression.

“The third brother is dead.”

“The third brother is dead, who killed him?!” a woman nearby exclaimed in shock.

“I don’t know, but it’s very likely that it was the monster from Zhongzhou who killed him,” the middle-aged man said in a deep voice.

“I tried to persuade the third brother to come with us before, but he couldn’t bear to part with that unripe spiritual herb.

Those two monsters were incredibly brutal, wiping out several sects in Zhongzhou. How could he possibly hope for such a lucky break?”

another man said.

“It’s come to this, there’s no turning back. I think we need to keep going, get out of here!”

the middle-aged man said gravely.

“Leave now? That monster in the secret realm shouldn’t emerge so quickly, right? Big Brother, why don’t we rest for a while before we go?” the woman asked.

They had just been exerting excessive force to escape the secret realm, and their Qi had been depleted to such an extreme that they hadn’t even had time to recover.

“We can’t afford to take chances! That monster is so brutal and unpredictable, who knows if it might suddenly reappear?

Better to tire ourselves out now than lose our lives!”

the middle-aged man said firmly.

For some reason, he felt a nagging fear, as if something terribly dangerous was about to happen. He

didn’t want to linger here any longer. After all,

they had gained quite a bit from this exploration of the secret realm, so it wasn’t a wasted trip.

“Okay, I’ll listen to you, Big Brother!” the other man said immediately. The

remaining two men agreed.

They all knew that Big Brother possessed an uncanny ability: a keen sense of danger.

When they were still weak, they had escaped deadly assassinations more than once under the guidance of their eldest brother.

Now that their eldest brother was so insistent, he must have sensed danger again.

Unfortunately, since they achieved the Xiantian realm, they had worked together and had hardly encountered any danger.

This was why the third brother lost his vigilance and did not come out with them, perishing in the secret realm.

Without even taking a break, they immediately left the cave and continued to rush out.

Along the way, they didn’t even have time to hide their tracks, and speed was everything.

Because they knew that in the face of the monster’s strength, concealing their whereabouts was useless.

Under the perception of the soul, nothing could be hidden.

And so, with their desperate efforts, they finally escaped the Shiwan Mountains.

“We’re finally out!”

“Brother, where are we going next?”

Gazing at the vast sky ahead, they all felt a surge of joy.

“Keep going, and then find a small town to hide in. The farther we get, the less likely we’ll encounter that monster.”

The middle-aged man, however, had a heavy expression.

He felt the oppression weighing on his heart, far from easing, grow even heavier.

Even his mind felt paralyzed.

This oppression was far heavier than any crisis he had ever faced.

It gave him a terrible premonition.

If they didn’t get farther, they, the brothers and sisters, would face unimaginable disaster!

“Hurry, speed up!”

the middle-aged man commanded, suppressing his inner depression.

“Okay!”

Though the other three were exhausted, their trust in their eldest brother encouraged them to persevere and continue on their journey.

They walked a little further, and suddenly, they felt a surge of peace and joy.

The surrounding spiritual energy suddenly grew richer, invigorating their weary minds.

“What’s going on? Is there some treasure nearby?”

“Brother, look, there’s a village up ahead!”

Several people were standing on a hillside, looking down. They saw a village shrouded in mist at the foot of the mountain below.

The surrounding spiritual energy was slowly gathering there, making the hillside where they stood even more dense.

“Such a mysterious village exists on the edge of these Hundred Thousand Mountains?”

“Is some master living in seclusion here?”

The several people immediately recognized the village’s extraordinary qualities and were all amazed.

However, just as they were astonished, the middle-aged man’s expression suddenly changed.

He suddenly roared, “Run!”

In an instant, he exerted his agility to the utmost and rushed forward.

The other three were stunned at first, but their years of tacit understanding allowed them to react quickly.

They also used their agility to follow the eldest brother down the mountain.

However, it was too late.

Before the few of them ran out more than a few dozen feet, an extremely dangerous aura came from behind them.

At the same time, a huge repressive force fell on them, making them like fish frozen in ice, completely unable to move.

“It’s over!”

A look of despair appeared in the middle-aged man’s eyes.

The next moment, he felt his body tighten, and an extremely powerful squeezing force came from all directions, making him unable to hold back and spit blood.

Then, his eyes went black, and he knew nothing.

At the end of his consciousness, he only heard a cold voice, ringing in his ears: “Humph, a group of ants.”

“What is that?!”

In Jiuli Village, Lu Qing, who was in seclusion to polish his soul and body, suddenly felt a very dangerous aura and woke up suddenly.

(End of this chapter)