After Yang Kai finished speaking, he carried Qu Huachang on his back again and walked forward step by step. Without even turning his head, he said, “Sorry to bother you, please continue.”
Boom… An earth-shattering sound rang out behind them as the Baboon and the Wolf once again clashed, causing Yin Xinzhao to cough up three liters of blood. While these two were fighting, the battlefield was actually moving towards them.
“Let’s go!” Yin Xinzhao shouted in a low voice, quickly bringing his two fellow disciples with him as he fled a hundred kilometers before finding a direction to take a detour and continuing his pursuit. However, he also knew that if they delayed any longer, it would be difficult to find Yang Kai’s whereabouts.
At this moment, Yang Kai was carrying Qu Huachang on his back as he ran. Although he had temporarily escaped from Yin Xinzhao and the others with the help of the two powerful Sixth Order Monster Beast, the other party would definitely not let this matter rest and would continue to flee.
As he ran, Yang Kai suddenly felt that the terrain here was somewhat familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere before.
After a moment of contemplation, Yang Kai suddenly came to a stop and took out an animal skin map from his Space Ring. He stared at the map for a moment before comparing it to the place he had been before and couldn’t help feeling surprised. Wasn’t this the route marked on the map?
This beast skin map was something he had obtained when he first entered Blood Monster Cave Heaven and killed a cultivator who had ambushed him in the swamp. At that time, he had studied it and knew that this map was a part of Blood Monster Cave Heaven's route, but he had no idea where its final destination was.
He had originally planned to go to this place and take a look. After all, this map looked like it had been here for several years, so perhaps it was a treasure map or something.
However, he had met Bu Lianzhong and the others along the way, and later encountered the Blood Monster Divine Monarch's Blood Dao Inheritance, so he had been delayed.
Unexpectedly, after fleeing for his life these past few days, he had somehow arrived at the route marked on this map.
Taking a closer look, the destination on the map wasn’t too far away from him. At most, it would take him four hours to reach it.
Yang Kai’s eyes flashed as he put away the map and sped towards the finish line.
It wasn’t that he wanted to search for treasures, but in his and Qu Huachang’s current state, they both needed to recuperate properly. Since this map marked such an end point, whether it was a treasure trove or something else, it must be extremely well hidden!
Four hours later, Yang Kai arrived in front of a huge lake, took out a map, and compared it with the one he was looking for, he confirmed that this was the final destination.
Yang Kai stared at the lake with a speechless expression. If the destination was here, what the hell was he doing? He had come all this way with the intention of finding a place to heal his injuries. The surrounding terrain of this lake was clearly visible, so not to mention Yin Xinzhao and the others chasing him, even encountering a Monster Beast would be troublesome.
Enraged, Yang Kai put away the map. Now, he could only hide inside the Mysterious Boundary Bead and hide it somewhere else.
It wasn’t that he hadn’t thought of hiding inside the Mysterious Boundary Bead before, but this Blood Monster Cave Heaven was filled with dangers. If the Mysterious Boundary Bead was discovered by another person or Monster Beast, it would be extremely dangerous.
However, this lake in front of him was a good place to sink the Mysterious Boundary Bead into, provided there were no ferocious Monster Beasts inside.
Thinking up to this point, Yang Kai felt a little better. After all, his hard work had not been in vain.
Arriving at the edge of the lake, Yang Kai sent out his Divine Sense to investigate.
The next moment, Yang Kai’s face went cold! There was something wrong with this lake. Looking at it with his eyes, he could see that this lake was extremely real. The surface of the lake was sparkling and the water was clear, but with his Divine Sense, Yang Kai discovered that there was something wrong with this lake!
There was a Formation here! This lake was actually an extremely profound Illusion Array, so it was not real.
Just as he understood this point, a black shadow suddenly flew out from the surface of the lake, enveloping the world as it flew towards Yang Kai.
Yang Kai was startled and prepared to retreat, but at the same time, he felt a chill from behind him.
Caught off guard, Yang Kai quickly turned around, roared, and pushed his palm forward.
With a loud bang, the palm strike seemed to hit someone, and with a muffled groan, a phantom-like figure appeared in Yang Kai’s field of vision and was sent flying. It was a short man with an expression as if he had just seen a ghost. It was as if he hadn’t expected Yang Kai’s strength to be so tyrannical, and even though he seemed to be seriously injured, he was still no match for him.
However, his goal had also been achieved. Yang Kai was repelled by his strength, his body involuntarily retreating as he fell into the black shadow that was attacking from the lake.
The next moment, Yang Kai felt a strong binding force wrap around him from all directions, binding him and Qu Huachang together.
What came from the surface of the lake was a giant net, and at this moment, he and Qu Huachang had fallen into it.
This was obviously a treasure used to trap enemies, and as the net tightened, Yang Kai immediately felt uncomfortable.
“This little brat is too troublesome, quickly use your Hard Yuan Nail!” The short man who was sent flying by Yang Kai shouted.
Chi chi chi… A few rays of cold light shot towards Yang Kai, causing him to feel a slight pain in his body before being struck by these rays of cold light. His struggling paused slightly as a look of surprise appeared on his face.
This so-called Hard Yuan Nail was actually a strange artifact that could confine the Emperor Qi in a cultivator’s body. Under his perception, he could clearly feel a few cold energies sealing the vital points of his meridians, causing his Emperor Qi to flow erratically!
Yang Kai quickly circulated the power of his Dao Seal and swept his Golden Crow True Fire into his body, immediately burning the Hard Yuan Nail and allowing his blocked Emperor Qi to flow freely again.
Shua, shua, shua, a dozen figures descended from all directions and surrounded Yang Kai.
Yang Kai remained calm and collected as he held Qu Huachang in his arms and coldly observed his surroundings. If these people thought he had been impeded by the Hard Yuan Nail, he would give them a big surprise.
However, what Yang Kai found strange was that these people didn’t have any killing intent. Whether it was the net or the Hard Yuan Nail, they only had the effect of trapping the enemy. Even the short man who had ambushed him from behind was only trying to force him into the net and had no intention of taking his life.
Who were these people?
Yang Kai had thought they were disciples of some kind of Sect, but now that he looked at them, they didn’t seem to be it, because their style of dress was quite strange, slightly different from what he had seen before.
The young man in the lead had a handsome face. Turning his head to look at the short man, he asked, “Are you alright?”
The short man shook his head, “This little ability of his can’t hurt me.”
The young man coldly snorted, “He was injured, otherwise do you think you’d be safe?”
The short man said indignantly, “I didn’t use my full strength.”
The young man no longer paid any attention to him and instead looked Yang Kai up and down before asking, “A guest from outside?”
“What?” Yang Kai frowned, not understanding.
The young man pointed to the sky and asked, “Are you from the outside world?”
Yang Kai asked curiously, “Aren’t you?” As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly remembered something. The Proprietress had said that not only were there Monster Beasts inside Blood Monster Cave Heaven, but there were also some natives! These people had been brought into Blood Monster Divine Monarch’s Small Universe World when he was alive, allowing them to multiply and survive here to enhance the world's vitality.
The High Rank Open Heaven's Small Universe World had already transformed from illusory to real and was no different from the real Universe World. Naturally, it could accommodate living things.
Many High Rank Open Heaven's Small Universe World were inhabited by living creatures, but because of their limitations, these living creatures could never break through to Open Heaven unless they could leave the Small Universe World.
Could these dozen or so people in front of him be the natives of Blood Monster Cave Heaven? That’s right, no wonder they were dressed so strangely.
Realizing this, Yang Kai immediately nodded, “Yes, my companion and I came from the outside world.”
The other party didn’t seem to have any malicious intent, so Yang Kai naturally wouldn’t be rude to them. He had just escaped the pursuit of two groups of people, so he really didn’t want to fight anymore. What he needed to do now was rest and heal himself.
“Another two hundred years…” The young man lowered his head and muttered before looking up at Yang Kai, “Don’t be afraid, we won’t kill you, but we need you to come with us.”
Yang Kai said in his heart; “I’m not afraid!” But since the other party didn’t have any malicious intent, it wasn’t impossible for him to go with them. It would be a good opportunity to take a good rest at their place. It wasn’t difficult for him to recover, but Qu Huachang’s injuries this time were quite serious.
As the young man spoke, he raised his hand and put away the large net, but he didn’t mention the Hard Yuan Nail that had struck Yang Kai’s body. In his opinion, with the Hard Yuan Nail, Yang Kai wouldn’t be able to escape.
A group of ten or so people immediately escorted Yang Kai to the surface of the lake. The young man held a token in his hand and waved it, causing the surface of the lake to flicker with light. Space rippled as a city appeared in front of them.
Yang Kai was slightly shocked.
Although he could tell that the lake was an Illusion Array, he didn’t expect that there would be a hidden city behind it. He had brought Qu Huachang to their city gate, so it was no wonder they had found him.
At this point, Yang Kai also understood that the beast skin map he had found from someone else’s Space Ring indicated this city as the destination! It wasn’t a treasure trove at all. It was likely that this person had obtained this map from somewhere else and didn’t know anything about this place.
If the previous owner of the map were the one to find this place, it would definitely be the same as what he was experiencing now.
Walking into the city, he found that it wasn’t very big and could only be considered a small city, at most able to accommodate a few thousand people. There were city walls surrounding it, and there were many large bows and artifacts mounted on the walls, as well as things that looked like warships and cannons. On the thick city walls, large patches of dried blood had already turned black, and some of the city walls had collapsed and were being repaired.
Obviously, this place was not some kind of paradise, and all signs indicated that it was frequently under attack. It was no wonder they had set up an Illusion Array outside to confuse others.
TO BE CONTINUED...
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