A Mortal's Start in the Spirit Beast Mountain

Chapter 71 Escaping Tiannan

If it were only the Thousand Demon Banner, Wang Chan might not dare to openly plot against it. However, the Zhiyang Bird in Luo Ming's hand, which was specifically designed to subdue Yin spirits, was a spirit bird that he coveted.

Once the Ghost Spirit Sect discovers this bird, they will surely be able to see its true nature, and a struggle for it will be inevitable.

What's even more troublesome is that the other side is accompanied by two Core Formation cultivators, while Elder Hu of the Yuling Sect is alone and may not be able to restrain them all. If Wang Chan is determined to obtain the Fat Sun Bird and sends one person to entangle Elder Hu while the other focuses on Luo Ming, then the situation will be difficult to salvage.

As Dongmen Xiao was racking his brains trying to figure out how to cleverly coax Wang Chan away, a sudden surge of spiritual energy came from the ground below. Immediately afterward, a blinding yellow light broke through the rock barrier and shot straight into the sky like a sharp sword, turning the dark sky a golden hue.

Wang Chan's eyes gleamed with excitement, her heart filled with joy: "Could it be the birth of a priceless treasure?"

Recalling Dongmen Xiao's deliberate act of driving him away, his expression immediately turned cold, and he snorted coldly: "Brother Dongmen, you have quite the scheme, trying to keep the treasure for yourself after discovering it." After saying that, he turned to an old man with white hair behind him and instructed: "Elder Li, please investigate."

Dongmen Xiao was anxious and wanted to speak up to stop them, but it was too late. He stared at the yellow light, full of confusion: Luo Ming was only at the Foundation Establishment stage, how could he have caused such a commotion? Could it be that a great treasure had just appeared here, and those two had stumbled upon it by chance?

In the underground chamber, Luo Ming and Han Li saw the teleportation array runes flowing and finally successfully activated. They quickly took Qu Hun and stepped onto the teleportation platform.

Just then, a deafening roar came from above. The heavy stone roof was violently ripped open by a tremendous force, and a fierce wind carrying the malevolent aura of the demonic cultivators rushed in. Above, a group of black-robed figures stared in astonishment at the three people on the platform.

"It really is them! They've actually gathered together."

Luo Ming recognized Wang Chan and Dongmen Xiao as the leaders, and then noticed the golden core pressure emanating from the three people beside him. His heart sank to the bottom.

He knew that this ancient teleportation array needed a short buffer period from activation to stable teleportation. The opponent had three Core Formation cultivators. Although Han Li's Inverted Five Elements Array was exquisite, it could only defend itself by itself because there was no one in charge. Under the combined fierce attack of the three Core Formation cultivators, it probably wouldn't last long before it was broken.

At that time, the two of them will be like fish on a chopping board, helpless and powerless to resist.

"I can only hope that this treasure can buy me some time." Luo Ming's mind raced, and he immediately reached into his storage bag and took out a golden-blue interwoven talisman, which was none other than his most treasured Golden Wind Cone.

The more magical power infused into this talisman, the stronger its power becomes. Only now does he realize that back in the Crimson Forbidden Land, he had only barely managed to unleash its full potential, far from reaching its limit.

"It's an ancient teleportation array!"

Elder Li looked down, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes. This kind of teleportation array no longer existed in Tiannan; he had only seen it in the sect's ancient texts. But then his expression changed drastically, and he shouted sharply:

"Quick! Stop them! These two kids are trying to escape!"

Before he finished speaking, he flicked his sleeve, and a black, poisonous blade slashed toward the array platform. However, it was blocked by the five-colored light barrier activated by the Reversed Five Elements Array, making a crisp "clang" sound.

Seeing this, Elder Li immediately called out to everyone, "Work together to break the formation! Don't let them escape!"

If they were to capture this teleportation array, they would gain control of a unique passage, the benefits of which to a sect would be self-evident.

At this moment, Hu Lao also confirmed from Dongmen Xiao's words that the young man in the formation was Luo Ming, who had taken the Thousand Demon Banner. He was immediately enraged and flicked his wrist to summon a green ray of light. The ray of light transformed into a ten-foot-long vine whip in the air, which lashed at the light screen with a whistling sound. The force was so strong that it caused ripples to spread across the light screen.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The three Core Formation cultivators attacked simultaneously, their Golden Core power coalescing into a violent torrent of spiritual energy that continuously assaulted the five-colored light barrier.

It should be known that the gap between Foundation Establishment cultivators and Core Formation cultivators is enormous. The strength of Core Formation cultivators' magical power and the intensity of their spiritual sense are several times that of Foundation Establishment cultivators. Such a joint attack would require even a late-stage Core Formation cultivator to concentrate and deal with, let alone an unattended formation.

In a short while, the colorless light screen began to tremble violently, the spiritual energy on its surface flowed erratically, and many places turned grayish-white, clearly indicating that it was nearing its limit.

"go!"

Luo Ming roared and poured ninety percent of his mana into the Golden Wind Cone. His spiritual energy was instantly depleted, and his face turned pale. The reason he consumed so much mana was to unleash its maximum power so that he could achieve the result he wanted.

Nourished by magical power, the Golden Wind Cone instantly transformed into a dazzling golden-blue streak of light. Its speed was so great that it tore through the air with a sharp whistling sound, instantly traversing dozens of feet and heading straight for Dongmen Xiao's face. Even the Core Formation cultivators present were secretly shocked by this speed.

In his mind, the gap between the Foundation Establishment and Core Formation realms could not be bridged by a single talisman. Although the Golden Wind Cone was sharp, it could never possibly harm a Core Formation cultivator.

But it's different for Foundation Establishment cultivators like Dongmen Xiao who have powerful backgrounds. Focusing on him will surely force others to come to their aid.

Caught off guard, Dongmen Xiao never expected that this Foundation Establishment kid would dare to be distracted and launch a sneak attack on him. In haste, he had no choice but to summon a black bone shield.

This magical artifact was crafted by him from the bones of a high-level demonic beast, possessing astonishing defensive capabilities and having saved him from fatal attacks several times in the past. He thought to himself: This talisman is only good for speed; such an unorthodox talisman must have limited offensive power.

If he knew the origin of this talisman, he would never have dared to think this way.

With a soft "whoosh," the supposedly indestructible bone shield was pierced through as easily as paper. The Golden Wind Cone, still brimming with power, continued its attack straight for Dongmen Xiao's heart.

"What!" Dongmen Xiao was shocked and his soul almost left his body. At that moment, Old Hu had already manipulated the emerald green vine whip to block in front of him. With a loud "clang", the golden wind cone collided with the vine whip, and a muffled sound came from the air.

Luo Ming was shocked, but the force of the backlash rebounded along with his divine sense, causing his mind to roar, his vision to go black, and his divine sense to almost lose control of the Golden Wind Cone.

It turned out that the Vine Whip magic weapon of that Core Formation cultivator surnamed Hu had almost shattered Luo Ming's divine sense on the Golden Wind Cone with a single strike.

Having learned his lesson, Luo Ming no longer fought head-on. Relying on the extreme speed of the Golden Wind Cone, he would sometimes flank Dongmen Xiao from behind and sometimes harass Wang Chan, always staying on the edge of everyone's attack range. He neither clashed head-on with the magic weapon of the Core Formation cultivators, nor did he fail to keep the two of them focused, preventing them from attacking the teleportation array with full force.

At the same time, Han Li was fully focused on controlling the Great Teleportation Token, constantly making hand seals with his fingertips, and continuously injecting the power of the spirit stones into the Great Teleportation Token.

Finally, an even brighter yellow light shot into the sky, completely engulfing the figures of Luo Ming, Han Li, and Qu Hun.

The attack of the crowd in the sky paused, and they looked at the yellow light that pierced through the heavens and earth with different expressions.

Elder Li's face was grim as he said in a deep voice, "Such a commotion must be from an extremely long distance, at least a million miles away. I never expected that such a hidden ancient teleportation array would be found here." Three Core Formation cultivators joined forces, yet two Foundation Establishment cultivators managed to escape with ease. If this were to spread, they would surely become a laughingstock.

Hu Lao's face grew even uglier, his brows furrowed as he said, "The teleportation array's whereabouts are unknown, and those two brats even possessed the Great Teleportation Token. We don't know where they obtained it from." The sect's newly forged Thousand Demon Banner was lost in his hands. Although he wasn't primarily responsible, according to the rules of the Yu Ling Sect, he couldn't escape blame.

Just then, the yellow light of the teleportation array suddenly dissipated, the runes on the platform dimmed, and all spiritual energy fluctuations disappeared. Everyone's expressions grew increasingly grim—this meant that the other party had destroyed the array's foundation at the teleportation endpoint. Unless they turned back voluntarily, this ancient teleportation array would be completely rendered useless.

Dongmen Xiao stared at the empty array platform, his eyes surging with killing intent, but he could only sigh helplessly.