Chapter 81: Third-Rank Demonic Cave

Somewhere in the Outer Realm Battlefield, beneath the Xuantian Sect's distress seal.

Two figures stood suspended in the air, gazing with grave expressions at a hole below emitting demonic qi.

"Roar!"

Various roars echoed incessantly from within the hole!

Just as the two were vigilantly watching the hole emitting demonic qi below, the sound of tearing air suddenly came from afar.

A figure was rushing toward them at extreme speed.

In the blink of an eye, that figure had arrived beside the two, standing with hands clasped behind his back while treading on a sword.

After the two clearly saw the newcomer's form, they immediately exclaimed with joy:

"Senior Brother Wu, you've arrived!"

The newcomer was none other than Wu Hong, the sole Nascent Soul realm cultivator among the group on this mission.

Wu Hong nodded to the two, then frowned as he looked down at the hole continuously emitting demonic qi.

After sensing the level of the demonic qi, Wu Hong breathed a slight sigh of relief and said gratefully, "Fortunately, it's only a Third-Rank Demonic Cave!"

For a Third-Rank Demonic Cave, he was confident he could handle the demonic beasts inside; if it were Fourth-Rank, he would have no choice but to report it.

However, this demonic qi was not easy to deal with.

Watching the demonic qi continuously pouring out of the cave, Wu Hong circulated his spiritual power and tentatively launched an attack.

The white spiritual power and black demonic qi instantly tangled together, constantly emitting sizzling sounds.

Although a large amount of Third-Rank demonic qi was worn away by Wu Hong's spiritual power, under the continuous siege of the endless demonic qi, Wu Hong's spiritual power was likewise completely exhausted.

Seeing that the demonic cave remained completely unaffected, Wu Hong did not act rashly but quietly waited for the others to arrive.

Soon, the crowd who saw the Xuantian Sect's distress seal began to arrive continuously.

Among those who came were not only the people Wu Hong led into the Outer Realm Battlefield, but also other Xuantian Sect disciples.

Those who arrived first were mostly Xuantian Sect disciples at the late Purple Mansion realm or higher, including Long Zhiyun.

Those who arrived later were mostly Xuantian Sect disciples at the Purple Mansion realm or Foundation Establishment realm nearby; Ye Qingxiao, bringing along the dead weight Yu Xueqing, was among them.

After the two entered the scene, they quietly stayed aside and began to observe the current situation.

Except for Long Zhiyun glancing at the two from time to time, they did not attract anyone else's attention.

Ye Qingxiao ignored Long Zhiyun's gaze and instead looked thoughtfully at the demonic cave below, which was continuously emitting demonic qi.

Time passed, and when the number of people who had arrived reached over a hundred, Wu Hong scanned the crowd and thought silently:

"This should be enough."

Then, he finally spoke:

"Junior brothers and junior sisters at the Foundation Establishment realm, retreat to the outer perimeter and protect yourselves."

"Junior brothers and junior sisters at the Purple Mansion realm, follow me to launch an attack on the demonic cave shortly."

"Loot will be divided according to the old rules: whoever kills a demonic beast gets the demonic qi essence left behind upon its death, but no one is allowed to snatch prey from others."

"As for the demonic cave's essence, it will be divided according to the contribution of demonic qi worn away."

After speaking, Wu Hong glanced at the crowd and said in a heavy voice again, "Junior brothers and junior sisters, do you have any objections?"

Hearing this, everyone exchanged glances, then nodded slightly to indicate they had no objections.

The loot distribution rules stated by Wu Hong were basically the default rules Xuantian Sect disciples followed when venturing in the Outer Realm Battlefield; relatively speaking, they were fair, so everyone could basically accept them.

Those Xuantian Sect disciples at the Foundation Establishment realm then began to retreat backward on their own, after all, a Third-Rank Demonic Cave was not something they could meddle with. Among the retreating crowd was Yu Xueqing, who was still at the late Foundation Establishment realm.

However, although she retreated backward, her gaze remained fixed on Ye Qingxiao.

This made Long Yunze, who noticed all this, extremely jealous.

After all the Xuantian Sect disciples at the Foundation Establishment realm had retreated, Wu Hong raised one hand, preparing to order the attack, but was suddenly interrupted by a voice:

"Wait!"

Immediately, the seventy or eighty Purple Mansion realm cultivators in the field turned their eyes in unison toward the person who spoke.

For the first time, Ye Qingxiao felt so many Purple Mansion realm gazes; he secretly swallowed, cursed inwardly, but kept a smile on his face and continued:

"Um, senior brothers, if I alone can resolve the demonic qi of the cave, does the cave's essence belong to me alone?"

Hearing Ye Qingxiao's words and seeing his cultivation base was only early Purple Mansion,

some scoffed, others gave him cold stares; in short, no one was willing to believe Ye Qingxiao could alone resolve all the demonic qi of a Third-Rank Demonic Cave.

Long Zhiyun seized the opportunity and mocked aloud, "Ye Qingxiao, don't lose your mind here; we don't have time to play with you."

But Ye Qingxiao did not pay attention to Long Zhiyun; he simply turned his gaze toward Wu Hong.

Wu Hong noticed Ye Qingxiao's gaze, looked at him deeply, and finally spoke:

"According to the regulations, it should be so; if junior brother can resolve the demonic qi of the cave alone, then naturally the cave's essence belongs to junior brother, but."

Immediately, Wu Hong changed the subject and continued, "If junior brother cannot resolve it within a short time, then do not make unreasonable trouble; we do not have so much time to waste."

The implication was very clear: if they slowly wore it down, everyone could individually wear away the demonic qi of the cave; it just required consuming a large amount of time and energy.

If Ye Qingxiao relied on this method, it was unnecessary.

Ye Qingxiao naturally understood the meaning in Wu Hong's words, but he did not retreat; looking down at the demonic cave, he smiled and said:

"Senior brothers, junior brother naturally will not make unreasonable trouble; please, senior brothers, wait a moment; leave the demonic qi of this cave to me to resolve!"

After speaking, Ye Qingxiao squeezed the Third-Rank Spirit-Cleansing Nuclear Bomb Pill in his hand and muttered to himself:

"Qingxuan, don't screw me over, or I'll lose face on a massive scale!"

Thinking of the scene he would have to face if he failed, Ye Qingxiao felt a wave of shame and anxiety.

At the same time, he secretly regretted, "If I had known, after arriving in the Outer Realm Battlefield, I should have tested the power of the Third-Rank Spirit-Cleansing Nuclear Bomb Pill beforehand."

But since it had come to this, regret was useless; looking at the Third-Rank Demonic Cave continuously emitting demonic qi, Ye Qingxiao felt that one Third-Rank Spirit-Cleansing Nuclear Bomb Pill was not quite safe.

So he took nine more Third-Rank Spirit-Cleansing Nuclear Bomb Pills from his storage ring.

After gathering ten, Ye Qingxiao used his spiritual power to control their trajectory and hurled the ten Tier-3 Spirit-Cleansing Nuclear Core Pills toward the Tier-3 Demon Lair.

Then he bolted, and before leaving, he couldn't forget to shout, "Senior Brothers, everyone run quickly!"

The Xuantian Sect disciples present, though unaware of what Ye Qingxiao had thrown into the Demon Lair,

still, out of caution, no one was willing to risk their lives, and they all fled toward the distance.

Among them, Wu Hong, with his thick eyebrows and big eyes, ran the fastest; almost as soon as Ye Qingxiao ran, he followed closely behind.

Even Long Zhiyun, who disliked Ye Qingxiao, was no exception; although he claimed not to believe it, his feet moved just as fast.

In these times, those who refuse to believe in the supernatural and have heads as hard as iron basically can't even keep a grave mound.

Of those who survive to the end, which one hasn't been cautious, cautious, and then cautious again to keep surviving while exploring the outside world?

(End of this chapter)