Gateway of Immortality

Chapter 96: Each Fled Their Own Way

Crack!

With his spiritual power depleted, the spirit stone shattered into several pieces.

Qin Sang suddenly opened his eyes, a flash of determination in his gaze, and commanded, "Go!"

The ebony sword pointed towards the cavern. The blade trembled and instantly transformed into a streak of light, vanishing from Qin Sang’s sight. The speed of this burst left him astounded.

Next, Qin Sang activated the Empty Wind and flew out of the Soul-Devouring Array, only to find Zhao Yan collapsed on the ground, unmoving.

A pool of blood lay on the ground, bright red.

Qin Sang further used the ebony sword to probe Zhao Yan’s body, then flew over and lifted him up. Zhao Yan’s eyes were wide open in shock, likely having just seen the ebony sword before being struck down.

Phew!

Qin Sang’s tense nerves finally relaxed as he slumped to the ground, feeling the pain throughout his body and overwhelming exhaustion, wishing for nothing more than a good rest.

But he couldn’t afford to relax yet. The danger had not passed, and the current state of the battle outside remained unknown.

Fortunately, the ebony sword had efficiently killed Zhao Yan without a deadlock, leaving Qin Sang with plenty of spiritual power still remaining from the spirit stone.

Qin Sang grabbed Zhao Yan’s Mustard Seed Pouch and looked at the mysterious orchid securely placed in the jade box. He grinned, feeling that despite his suffering, it was worth it to take the orchid.

If the Yuanzhao Sect had been taken over by the Kuiyin Sect and he was unable to escape, he could claim to have encountered formidable enemies. With Zhao Yan dead and him controlling the Four-Clouded Divine Seal to flee, he might still find a chance.

The possibility of the Kuiyin Sect being counterattacked by the Yuanzhao Sect seemed slim.

However, he wasn’t sure if this explanation would save his life. He would have to assess the situation and adapt accordingly once he was out.

For now, his priority was survival.

Qin Sang couldn’t help but smile wryly. There was little he could do about it; such immortal herbs were never meant for someone like him.

Sensing the spiritual power within him slowly dissipating, Qin Sang dared not delay any longer. He seized the transparent jade from Zhao Yan’s hand.

But the protective array of the sect was covered in cracks, indicating the situation was dire.

Qin Sang quietly climbed to a higher vantage point and saw that Yuanzhao Sect was in chaos. The disciples inside were like headless flies, with escaping lights darting everywhere and distant sounds of frantic shouting.

After some thought, Qin Sang put away the Four-Clouded Divine Seal and used Empty Wind to fly toward his Huiyang Valley. Fortunately, Yu Hua did not appear.

However, as Qin Sang passed Cloud Valley, he was intercepted by Meng Ruhui, who found the disciples from Cloud Valley standing outside the valley, looking worried.

"Junior brother Qin, where have you been? I've been searching for you for ages," Meng Ruhui said urgently.

Qin Sang had already prepared an excuse. He replied with a panicked tone, "I was in the lecture hall. After the sect encountered a change, Senior Uncle told us to find a place to hide, and only now did I dare to come out. Senior brother Meng, what's the situation now? What is going to happen to us?"

Meng Ruhui said, "A senior uncle just passed a message that the sect will gather the power of the array to fight the demonic sect to the death. The demonic sect doesn't have enough manpower to deal with our Qi Refining Realm cultivators, so once the array opens, we’ll disperse and wait—"

Before he could finish, a thunderous crash suddenly echoed.

Everyone looked up in shock to see a massive crack appear along the edge of the protective array. A corner of the array had collapsed, with several mountains at the edge breaking apart, rocks flying, and demonic flames igniting on the mountains, causing the flames to surge wildly, threatening to incinerate everything. The disciples of Yuanzhao Sect screamed in terror.

The protective array... was broken!

"Run!"

Meng Ruhui summoned his flying needle artifact, calling out urgently.

In an instant, countless escape lights lit up across Yuanzhao Sect, like thin fireflies in the night sky. The sect's disciples fled in all directions, each relying on their own methods.

Qin Sang deliberately lagged behind, avoiding Meng Ruhui. Besides Meng Ruhui, he was unfamiliar with the other disciples from Cloud Valley and they wouldn't pay him much attention.

After escaping Yuanzhao Sect with the crowd, Qin Sang left the group and flew southwest alone.

He was most afraid of high-level cultivators from Kuiyin Sect ambushing him outside, so he remained vigilant.

Just as he was about to relax after flying far from Yuanzhao Sect, he suddenly felt a fierce wind from behind, slamming him forcefully into the forest.