Chapter 179

"Wait! Let Elder Alice come!"

"Snow Hou and Fire Qilin are sworn enemies! Killing it with fire-based techniques might be able to divert attention!"

Hearing this, Zhongli stopped immediately and looked at Alice.

The Great Demon seemed to have heard some earth-shattering joke and laughed up at the sky.

"Elder?"

"Hahahaha..."

"Elder? A mere female cultivator in the late stage of Qi Refining into Spirit?"

"Good, good, good, the dignified Shushan Sword Sect, a giant of the cultivation world, has now fallen to having a mere late-stage Qi Refining into Spirit cultivator serve as an Elder?"

"The King was right! Shushan's glory is truly gone!"

"It's truly laughable! To be able to hear such news before dying, I can die in peace!"

The Great Demon laughed weakly a few times, then looked at Alice with cold eyes.

"You want to use my death to provoke a battle between the King and that trash Fire Qilin? Ridiculous!"

"I would rather die than frame the King!"

"Shushan disciples, let's go to the Yellow Springs together!!!"

An extreme sense of crisis rose from the Great Demon, and the sound of its heartbeat reached everyone's ears.

Everyone was stunned; although they didn't know what had happened, it didn't seem like a good thing.

Jiang Yan's divine sense instantly appeared, and he said in a deep voice:

"Run! It's going to self-detonate!"

Instantly, everyone was terrified.

Venti was the fastest, and a gust of air swept everyone up, fleeing in the opposite direction with all his might.

Zhongli was still not satisfied, casually pulling out a flying sword and driving it fiercely into the Great Demon's body.

Just as the group escaped several tens of thousands of meters, a violent explosion suddenly erupted behind them.

The surging power turned into a shockwave that swept away everything, and the indestructible tall trees vanished in an instant.

The violent spiritual energy pushed over, and seeing that they couldn't escape, Zhongli and the others combined their efforts to build a true essence shield and withstood it head-on.

But after all, it was the self-detonation of a Qi Refining into Spirit Great Demon.

Even though they were late-stage Qi Refining into Spirit cultivators, caught off guard, they were still pushed away for tens of thousands of meters.

After a while, everything settled down.

Ningguang and the others looked back at the center of the explosion with lingering fear.

Within a radius of several hundred kilometers, all areas were turned to ashes, leaving only a huge crater.

All signs of life vanished.

This was the first time everyone perceived the terror of a Qi Refining into Spirit cultivator.

The self-detonation actually leveled such a large area.

If this were in Teyvat, half of Liyue would probably be gone.

And this was only the early stage of Qi Refining into Spirit?

"Still ran too slowly; it seems I have to learn an escape technique."

Venti sighed; the Great Demon's self-detonation just now only caused his true essence to fluctuate.

After all, it was only the early stage of Qi Refining into Spirit.

If it were the middle stage, he would probably be seriously injured now.

"What a terrifying cultivation world... what's with self-detonating at the drop of a hat!"

Venti complained unhappily.

"Hmph!"

Zhongli looked angrily in the direction of the Great Demon's self-detonation; he cared a lot about the Great Demon constantly insulting Mo Yixi.

"It was my mistake; I fell for the demonic beast's provocation; I should have acted faster!"

Zhongli sighed, and Alice shook her head, comforting him:

"We didn't expect the opponent to self-detonate at the time; just be more careful next time."

Alice also blamed herself a bit.

Having read many cultivation novels, she naturally knew about the ultimate means of self-detonation.

But just now, immersed in the real cultivation world battle, she had forgotten about this.

It was truly inexcusable.

"It's a pity; the body of a Qi Refining into Spirit Great Demon should be very valuable."

Immortal Liuyun clicked her tongue.

Suddenly, Jiang Yan said in a deep voice:

"What you should be considering now isn't whether it's valuable or reflecting on yourselves."

"Before the three-headed demonic bird self-detonated, it stalled for time to send a message to the Snow Hou, and moreover, the commotion of the self-detonation has attracted more demonic beasts."

"If you don't run now, this expedition of yours will be forced to end."

Hearing this, everyone was shocked, only then remembering that the opponent had also contacted the Snow Hou.

Immediately, they didn't care about checking their status, nor did they have time to look at the spiritual fruit.

They threw Ten Thousand Mile Divine Travel Talismans onto Venti without caring about the cost, and Venti also fled the area with everyone at top speed with all his might.

After running for a full several hundred thousand meters, Venti stopped, feeling a bit exhausted.

"Sect Master, this distance... should... should be enough, right?"

Jiang Yan didn't reply, and after a while, he said gloomily:

"You'd better pray that the Snow Hou won't detect your tracks and chase after you."

"Otherwise, at this distance... no matter how far you run, it's useless."

Now, everyone felt worried.

This exploration of the Nine Nether Secret Realm to find spiritual fruit was a failure in every way, full of holes.

For a time, everyone's mood was a bit low.

"It seems we are still too naive, thinking of the cultivation world too simply; this exploration was full of mistakes, it's our problem."

"We've disgraced Shushan; I'm sorry, Sect Master."

Ningguang lowered her head in guilt, not daring to look directly at Jiang Yan's gaze.

"No matter, you are only just beginning to cultivate, so it's reasonable not to understand the situation of the cultivation world."

Jiang Yan shook his head and comforted them softly:

"The cultivation world has many disputes, and all kinds of methods are countless."

"Be cautious in the future, especially in the Nine Nether Secret Realm, where demons run rampant; it is truly an extreme danger zone."

"What's more, you don't know too many demonic beasts; in the next lecture, I will focus on telling you about the demons in the cultivation world."

"When you come to explore again in the future, you will be able to recognize many of them yourselves."

"Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated."

"After you are safe and sound, you can summarize the mistakes in collecting spiritual fruit this time; many low-level errors really shouldn't have been made."

"The most important point is..."

Jiang Yan paused and said helplessly:

"Demonic beasts are one thing, but in the future, you will inevitably have to explore the real cultivation world."

"You must abandon all womanly kindness; when killing an enemy, you must also destroy their soul."

0 Seeking flowers

Hearing this, everyone was shocked and looked at Jiang Yan in a dilemma.

After a while, Venti said hesitantly:

"Sect Master, isn't that a bit vicious?"

"Vicious?"

Jiang Yan shook his head.

"The cultivation world has always been like this; if you don't destroy them, they will also destroy your souls after they kill you."

"In the cultivation world, you cannot judge whether your enemies have any powerful background."

"If you don't eliminate them completely, the forces behind them will come to investigate, and if you are not careful, you will be hunted down by an entire force."