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Chapter 248: 234 Retreat
Chapter 248: 234 Retreat
Chapter 248: Chapter 234 Retreat
At this moment…
They continued onward.
Suddenly.
Elder Qin at the front stopped.
Those following him also halted their steps.
Ahead, densely packed, a vast sea of red—Redflame Devouring Spirit Ants swarmed the area.
Among these Redflame Devouring Spirit Ants, there were even three that were larger than the one they had encountered earlier.
Moreover, two of the ants had remnants of torn clothing dangling from their mouths.
Clearly.
Some cultivators had already met their demise at their jaws.
At this time, Elder Qin at the forefront had a grave expression on his face.
He watched the Redflame Devouring Spirit Ants ahead.
As they spotted the ants,
the ants had also discovered them.
With a shrill scream, the ants charged toward the crowd as if responding to a battle horn.
The entire army of Devouring Spirit Ants surged forward like a crimson tide, overwhelming the whole cave.
“You all retreat first, I’ll hold them off…”
Elder Qin’s eyebrows were tightly knitted as he turned back and roared at the crowd.
Seeing this, no one dared to delay.
Even disciples from the Qingyuan Sword Sect, like Senior Han, were no exception.
As the group began to withdraw, Elder Qin made his move.
He produced a Magical Treasure resembling a Glazed Jade Bead, which emitted a hazy purple light illuminating the path ahead.
The range of this purple light wasn’t very wide, but it was formidable.
The Redflame Devouring Spirit Ants that rushed into the purple light immediately turned into ash.
Only the larger ones could endure for a while before dying.
From the looks of it.
This Magical Treasure could only annihilate the weaker Redflame Devouring Spirit Ants.
It would likely have no effect on the three ants larger than millstones.
And it was at this moment that Elder Qin charged forward.
……
After Elder Qin charged off, the others also retreated.
Although…
There were still many Redflame Devouring Spirit Ants behind them, the threat they posed was significantly smaller compared to the more formidable ones.
Quickly.
The group retreated to their starting point, the location of Lin Jing’s previous abode.
It was then that they heard the sound of something tearing through the air behind them.
Hearing this sound, the group turned back to look.
Several were even ready with their Magical Treasures.
But shortly after.
The group let down their guard.
It turned out to be Elder Qin who had caught up from behind.
Elder Qin’s clothes were slightly disheveled with specks of fresh red staining them, and even the corner of his mouth bore a trace of blood.
It was evident that Elder Qin was injured.
“Let’s go, follow me…”
Upon seeing the group, Elder Qin didn’t waste any words.
He abruptly passed the others and took the lead.
With Elder Qin leading the way, everyone felt significantly more at ease.
Because among them,
only Elder Qin was a Golden Core Stage cultivator.
Without him, if they encountered Redflame Devouring Spirit Ants as large as millstones again, likely none would survive.
On the road, the crowd followed closely behind Elder Qin, speeding onwards.
Suddenly, Senior Han stayed always near Lin Jing,
for fear of his falling behind.
There was one other person who constantly paid attention to Lin Jing.
That, of course, was Liu Yiyuan.
Seeing Han Jing’s concern for Lin Jing,
he pondered a great deal.
His speculations about Lin Jing also grew considerably.
Perhaps due to the current situation, Liu Yiyuan didn’t take any action.
He just followed the group with his head down, like an unnoticed presence.
……
After that,
the group followed Elder Qin to other passages.
However…
The situation in these tunnels was even less optimistic.
And also,
as so much time had passed, even more Redflame Devouring Spirit Ants had emerged.
The entire cave was a dark shade of crimson.
Everyone was retreating while trying to clear away the Devouring Spirit Ants.
But there were too many of these ants; they seemed endless.
Gradually, some began to falter as their Spiritual Power drained, and their pace slowed.
Seeing this situation,
Elder Qin’s frown deepened even further.
It was at this moment,
Elder Qin seemed to make up his mind after a brief contemplation, and with a wave of his hand, he then said,
“Come, follow me.”
“This time, I’ll take you out through the Teleportation Array.”
“Good…”
Who would have thought that inside this cave, there would actually be a Teleportation Array.
Upon hearing this, everyone quickly responded with excitement and hastily agreed.
Following that,
Elder Qin turned around to take the rear, charging forward as the vanguard along the corridor.
This time, since they were passing through paths already cleared, the going was smooth.
Before long,
they arrived at a fork in the path.
Elder Qin directly turned into it.
Seeing this, everyone followed suit and turned in as well.
However,
just upon entering the fork, they discovered
this passage was littered with innumerable Redflame Devouring Spirit Ant corpses, as if someone had just passed through here.
Elder Qin glanced over the scene, then without stopping, continued to charge forward.
Without the luxury to ponder, everyone hurried to keep up.
In such dire straits, lagging behind meant death.
No one dared to delay.
Following Elder Qin, just as they turned a corner,
suddenly…
they bumped head-on into a group of cultivators.
When the yellow-robed elder leading the other group saw Elder Qin, joy appeared on his face.
He quickly spoke up,
“Daoist Qin, I didn’t expect to find you here, I thought you had already broken through…”
Elder Qin was also surprised upon seeing this person:
“Daoist Xie…”
“How… why did you come out from the inside?”
Upon hearing this, Elder Xie explained to Elder Qin:
“There are four particularly formidable Redflame Devouring Spirit Ants inside; two of them are equivalent to the Golden Core early stage, and two to the Mid Golden Core stage, truly difficult to deal with…”
“Now that you’re here, it’s perfect…”
“Together, we can deal with those four Redflame Devouring Spirit Ants, and then leave this place through the Teleportation Array.”
After saying this, he added with a sigh,
“These Redflame Devouring Spirit Ants seem to be under someone’s control, blocking every exit.”
Elder Qin nodded at this,
“Good…”
“I too noticed this situation just now…”
Daoist Xie nodded and said,
“Together, we should be able to break through here with them.”
After speaking,
he also glanced at the people following him.
Among these people were offspring from large families.
And some were directly disciples of the three major Sects.
But without exception,
they all had close ties with the three major Sects.
Otherwise, they would not possibly have come to train in this core area.
Therefore,
the two elders had been protecting them all this time.
Subsequently,
Elder Qin stepped up to join forces with Elder Xie.
And the people following them merged with Lin Jing’s group.
In this crowd, Lin Jing did not see Yun Long.
It was uncertain whether he had been killed by the Redflame Devouring Spirit Ants or had already escaped.
Just then, the two elders regrouped and led everyone deeper into the corridor.
Continuing further inside, Lin Jing noticed even more corpses of the Devouring Spirit Ants.
After a short while, they reached further in.
Suddenly, ahead came strange noises, like wild beasts running amok…
It was then that Elder Xie spoke up:
“Here they come…”