Chapter 689: The Participants' Team That Suffered a Light-Speed Defeat

After seeing the medicinal herbs they needed, Xiao Yixian picked them up and, unable to help herself, exclaimed: "We people are probably the few who have completed their tasks most smoothly in past Dan Assemblies."

That really does seem to be the case.

Hearing Xiao Yixian's words, the other three women were first stunned, then they laughed and cried helplessly.

Immediately, the three women began chatting while searching for what they wanted among the dazzling array of medicinal herbs.

As for Lin Feng, while everyone was picking herbs, his gaze unintentionally glanced in the direction Zi Yan had left.

Originally, that girl had planned to show off her figure in front of Xiao Yixian.

But upon discovering that Cao Ying and Dan Chen were also following, she chose to leave first.

As for the reason, it's likely she didn't want anyone from the Dan Tower to find out she had been here.

However, while the few women were happily picking herbs, Xiao Yan and the others, who had leisurely reached the mountainside, also encountered a large number of magic beast attacks.

Although Song Qing, Xiao Yan, and the other stronger individuals promptly sensed the danger and avoided the magic beasts' attacks when suddenly faced with such a large-scale magic beast assault.

But the team Song Qing had painstakingly assembled instantly fell into chaos.

"Damn, over a hundred Seven Rank Magic Beasts, I'm just a three-star Fighting Sect—how could I possibly fight that many Seven Rank Magic Beasts? They must be here to avenge our stealing the herbs; we need to run!"

Those participants who had already obtained all the required items, upon seeing the astonishing number of Seven Rank Magic Beasts, immediately turned and fled without hesitation.

At this moment, the shortcomings of the hastily formed team were fully exposed under this crisis.

After all, these people had long since met the standards to participate in the Dan Assembly finals.

They only refrained from leaving outright because of the prior agreement before entering the mountain and the help they had received from others along the way.

But now, faced with such a massive magic beast horde attack, they felt that engaging these beasts in battle would entail extremely high risk.

Thus, naturally they chose to save themselves over others, immediately slipping away and fleeing on the spot.

"You bastards, have you forgotten our prior agreement? Come back, don't scatter, or you'll be surrounded and beaten by the magic beasts!"

Seeing many cultivators fleeing, Song Qing quickly shouted loudly.

Although he sometimes loses his rationality when dealing with matters concerning Cao Ying.

But being selected by the Dan Tower Elder, he is naturally not lacking in any aspect.

After quickly scanning the battlefield, he found that the number of Fighting Sect experts on his side exceeded those Seven Rank Magic Beasts by several tens.

If these people could unite, their strength would surely be far greater than that of the magic beasts.

But at present, his side is in extreme panic, with people running about like headless flies.

If these magic beasts were somewhat smarter, they would likely divide and encircle them, creating a situation where many would be outnumbered locally.

In that case, these people would die even more miserably!

Most importantly, if they cannot stop those people from fleeing, it would likely trigger a chain reaction within the team.

By then, the remaining people would also fear being abandoned, flee together with those individuals, and thus form a rout.

At that point, there would truly be no way to turn the tide!

However, all of Song Qing's efforts are destined to be in vain.

Those who had already completed their tasks, although they knew that if over a hundred of them united, their strength could possibly surpass the magic beasts.

But in this extremely high-risk situation, those who chose to uphold their reputation and stay to resist the magic beasts were few and far between.

The vast majority simply turned and fled as quickly as they could.

And when those people ran, many of the remaining participants—whether they had completed their tasks or not—were also dragged along by them.

Even some participants, influenced by those people on the field, feared being left behind as cannon fodder.

In their panic, they even took out a Space Stone, crushed it, and were teleported out of the Dan Realm.

However, while they gained safety, they also lost their eligibility to continue the competition.

As for Song Qing's shouting, it did manage to gather some participants who had not completed their tasks and did not want to give up just yet.

But that earlier group of over a hundred people has now mostly fled, about eighty or ninety percent gone.

The current team, including Xiao Yan and Song Qing, numbers only about twenty people.

"You cowardly, death-fearing bastards, once I get out of the Dan Tower, you'll regret it!"

Gazing at the numerous black dots gradually disappearing into the horizon, Song Qing immediately burst out cursing.

And Xiao Yan, upon seeing those people's reactions, also furrowed his brows tightly.

Although he knew some of these hastily assembled teammates were unreliable, he never expected them to be this terrible.

Upon seeing this massive horde of magic beasts, they didn't even fight before being frightened into fleeing.

However, he promptly shifted his gaze, bewilderedly scanning the large number of magic beasts charging wildly through the team.

"Why would so many Seven Rank Magic Beasts suddenly gather to attack us? Could it be that our earlier ganging up on them forced them to unite and protect their belongings?"

Gazing at these magic beasts before him, Xiao Yan wondered inwardly.

However, as one of the few strongest members of the team, Xiao Yan has priority in distributing whatever the team obtains.

Thus, he had already gathered all the medicinal herbs required for this stage's task.

And upon seeing this massive horde of magic beasts before him, Xiao Yan also began to feel inclined to retreat.

If it were one-on-one, he would certainly not fear these Seven Rank Magic Beasts.

Even if among the magic beast horde there were several whose strength reached the peak of Seven Rank, he would be confident in killing them.

But the magic beast horde that attacked them this time is simply too numerous.

Even he does not want to provoke them rashly.

After all, although he can defeat one or two, facing over a hundred Seven Rank Magic Beasts, he would merely be dragged to death.

"There are too many magic beasts here; let's withdraw first. As for your tasks, we'll figure something out later. Anyway, we still have five days until the task deadline."

Subsequently, Xiao Yan swept his gaze over the people behind him, saw that they also had no intention of staying, and immediately proposed.

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As for the former's words, although those who had already completed the task were all in agreement, those who had not yet completed the task showed some hesitation in their eyes.

After all, if these demonic beasts don't disperse for several days, wouldn't they be eliminated?

"Here we only have about twenty people, while those demonic beasts number over a hundred, and they are all seventh-rank; how could we possibly fight them? It would be better to go back and make a plan. After all, if we haven't gathered the medicinal herbs, we can think of a solution later, but if we lose our lives, then we really have nothing left."

Seeing those people hesitate, the participants who had already completed the task hurriedly advised.

After all, they now have the qualifications to participate in the Pill Assembly finals, so there's no need to keep risking their lives here.

Now that they see they can escape, they naturally become quite "enthusiastic" in urging those who don't want to leave to leave.

"That's fine."

Therefore, the participants who had not completed the task, after hesitating a while, could only nod helplessly.

At this moment, they also saw the situation clearly.

Those who had already completed the task simply did not want to accompany them in taking risks here.

If they insist on staying, the others would likely just quit outright.

Therefore, they could also leave first and talk later.

Later, after these demonic beasts disperse, we will call those people to accompany us into the Myriad Medicine Mountains.

"In that case, let's leave here quickly."

Song Qing, seeing everyone agree to leave this place, immediately shouted.

After all, he is by nature extremely fond of life and afraid of death; in the original work, he sought even a sliver of a chance to escape.

He actually chose to flee himself, using Cao Ying, whom he had always liked, as a shield.

This time, he did not choose to flee immediately because he discovered that his side's strength was greater than those demonic beasts.

However, due to the drag of a bunch of pig teammates, their side's strength was inexplicably reduced by eighty or ninety percent.

And seeing that they could not defeat those demonic beasts, Song Qing naturally thought of fleeing.

Immediately afterward, Song Qing, with the matter settled, led the remaining group in a swift dash outward from the Myriad Medicine Mountains.

As for Xiao Yan, he was not as fearful as those people.

As he was leaving, he glanced doubtfully at those demonic beasts.

"Could it be my illusion? Why do I always feel that those demonic beasts are not here to take revenge on us, but rather deliberately trying to scatter us?"

Having felt doubtful in his heart, Xiao Yan immediately turned around, full of confusion, and left the Myriad Medicine Mountains.

After all, he alone would not dare to linger long among the hundreds of seventh-rank demonic beasts.

"Hehe, the appearance of these demonic beast hordes scattered the participants beside Xiao Yan, saving me a lot of trouble."

Not long after the crowd left, a black figure suddenly appeared above the demonic beast swarm, exclaiming in delight.

Originally, upon seeing Xiao Yan and those people form a team, he had been worrying about how to deal with this large group.

He had wanted to give it a try this way, to see if he could kill Xiao Yan and take the Burning Scripture and Strange Fire.

But he did not expect that, within the Myriad Medicine Mountains, a large group of seventh-rank demonic beasts would suddenly surge out and scatter Xiao Yan's entourage.

However, don't think that those participants, after being frightened by those seventh-rank demonic beasts below, immediately fled in utter panic.

That is because many of them were thinking only of quickly turning in their tasks, with no will to fight further, which led to their defeat.

If he forced those people into a desperate situation, the power they would unleash would probably trouble even him greatly.

After all, among those participants are not lacking juniors from major forces, who possess many means of self-preservation.

Especially after they gather together, even he, a three-star Battle Venerable powerhouse, cannot help but temporarily avoid their sharpness.

And if he lets those people escape, he will fall into endless trouble.

Leaving aside the reprisals of those forces, his actions this time were not even told to the other members of Soul Hall; he simply wanted to seize the Burning Scripture and Strange Fire.

If this therefore causes a great disaster, Soul Hall will certainly not let him off lightly.

But now, this trouble has been taken care of in one fell swoop by those demonic beasts!

Thinking of this, Mu Gu Lao Ren could not help but shout excitedly: "Heaven's will, Xiao Yan, may you this time forever remain in this blessed land of the Pill Realm!"

Having said that, he did not even bother to pay attention to the demonic beasts below, as the space beside him suddenly stirred up violent fluctuations.

Then Mu Gu Lao Ren strode directly into those fluctuations, leaving this place and pursuing Xiao Yan!

However, before he entered the space wrinkles, a jade pendant suddenly appeared in his palm, which he then crushed.

Although he believed he could deal with Xiao Yan's twenty-odd people, since his subordinates had already come to the Pill Realm, he definitely summoned them as a precaution.

But the former did not notice that, among those demonic beasts, a seventh-rank peak demonic beast appeared after he left this place.

He also hurriedly flew at full speed toward the summit at the center of the Myriad Medicine Mountains.

As for the remaining demonic beasts, after completing their tasks, they likewise scattered in a rush to the gathering point to await the distribution of pills.

And the death toll of this demonic beast group is zero.

After all, those participants never engaged them in direct combat.

Except for a few that were wounded by quick-reacting people, the other demonic beasts never clashed with those participants. (End of chapter)