Chapter 2919: All Fly Out of the Nest
Ye Liuyun again asks Qiong Qi: "Will the hole you opened be discovered by the Formation's controller? When we exit, will this hole be sealed?"
The An Family expedition army has now returned, and the number of experts is certainly not few; once trapped, they will be in danger.
Qiong Qi cannot confirm these questions from Ye Liuyun.
After thinking, he says to Ye Liuyun: "How about this: after you go in, I will follow and seal this hole, then wait for you at another spot. Give me a map, and I'll hide at a location near you."
"Once you succeed, notify me, and I'll open another gap for you, so that An Family cannot use this gap to ambush you from outside!"
"Alright, then thank you for your trouble! I'll go in first to check the situation and withdraw immediately!"
Ye Liuyun says this, letting his clone also wear an Invisibility Cloak to scout for Qiong Qi. He himself enters the Secret Realm, using Divine Sense and Golden Pupil to probe the situation.
Divine Sense probes and finds no abnormality. But using Golden Pupil, he discovers several Elders hidden in the shadows. They are all concealed within fixed Formation Plates, which can block Divine Sense probing.
Ye Liuyun watches for a while; within the range visible to his Golden Pupil, he finds three Elders. Judging by the density of those Elders' arrangement, the number of guards inside the Secret Realm must be far greater than the twelve outside.
Moreover, looking at their positions, it is clear they have set up a defensive belt around the Secret Realm to prevent anyone who breaks the Formation from entering the deep interior from outside.
The distance between two Elders is just right for their Divine Senses to meet, ensuring that anyone coming from outside cannot slip through between them.
Ye Liuyun immediately retreats, has Qiong Qi restore the gap, and then waits here with him. He also sends a Transmission Voice to Tang Xinyao, urging them to hurry over, and secretly transmits the positions of the An Family elders outside the Secret Realm and his own position to Tang Xinyao.
Ye Liuyun does not tell Tang Xinyao about the arrangement of the guard Elders inside the Secret Realm. He still needs them to draw fire; if he told them, they might not dare to come in.
Tang Xinyao and his six companions, under the gaze of Ye Liuyun and two clones, rendezvous with Ye Liuyun's group.
After Ye Liuyun sees them, he only then releases Lei Ming, holds him in his arms, and lets Qiong Qi open another gap. When they
arrive, Ye Liuyun leads them through the gap.
Once inside the Secret Realm, Ye Liuyun leads them forward for a while, allowing the trailing Qiong Qi and the clone to follow in. The clone uses Golden Pupil to help Qiong Qi observe the Elders inside the Secret Realm, rushing along the edge toward the position Ye Liuyun prepared for withdrawal.
The An Family Elders inside the Secret Realm pay little attention to the edge positions, focusing only on Martial Cultivators who break through their defensive belt. Thus the clone and Qiong Qi remain completely safe along the way, unnoticed.
At this moment the Second Clone also transmits to Ye Liuyun: "An Family has a strong one leading some disciples, already blocked at the spot where you just entered the Formation."
"Sure enough, the controller of this An Family Secret Realm can detect someone entering the Formation."
Ye Liuyun immediately understands; their actions inside the Secret Realm are fully known to An Family.
The clone immediately moves with Qiong Qi, not staying at a single spot but continuously traveling along the edge of the Secret Realm, making An Family mistakenly think the two are merely exploring the edge and will eventually enter their guarded defensive circle.
Meanwhile Ye Liuyun and Tang Xinyao's party, after scouting, slip through the Divine Sense ranges of the two Elders and enter their encirclement.
However, their displayed realms are relatively low, so the An Family Elders do not strike directly, but summon some An Family disciples to practice.
"Some little ones dominating the Sixth and Seventh Layers have even rushed into our An Family Secret Realm!" the Elders mock them with Transmission Voice.
They didn't even summon An Family's elite disciples, only called some ordinary inner-door disciples to spar.
With the location information they provided, the An Family disciples quickly intercepted Tang Xinyao's group. Ye Liuyun fights while retreating, using the chaos to slip away alone.
Tang Xinyao's group gathers, kills the An Family inner-door disciples, and then slowly explores toward the center of the Secret Realm.
Ye Liuyun follows the route known to An Ran, cloaked in an Invisibility Cloak, and heads straight to the location of the golden source liquid.
Some An Family Elders, seeing that the dispatched inner-door disciples were all wiped out, unleash a thunderous rage toward those disciples.
"A few martial cultivators dominating the Sixth and Seventh Layers, yet your twenty‑plus inner-door martial cultivators dominating the Eighth and Ninth Layers can't defeat them? You worthless bunch! The clan wasted so many resources raising you!"
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"We go!" several inner-door elite disciples immediately volunteer for battle.
"All of you! If you can't win, die inside; raising you trash is useless!" Finally, an An Family elder, enraged, orders all An Family inner and outer-door disciples to pour out like a swarm, all entering the Secret Realm to fight Tang Xinyao's group.
Tang Xinyao's six gather together, drawing the attention of all An Family disciples, which allows Ye Liuyun to smoothly reach the golden source liquid's location.
However, there are also An Family strong ones guarding it, together more than ten, and even two Elders of the First and Second Layers and one Elder of the First and Third Layers.
Ye Liuyun uses Golden Pupil to observe their core pills, finding their True Essence very solid. Moreover, these people immediately sense someone probing them and become alert.
Yet Ye Liuyun is at a distance; they sweep the area with Divine Sense but detect no one.
Ye Liuyun also examines the golden source liquid, noting its color and energy resemble the previous Dragon Submerged Pool, but its quantity is several times that of the pool.
At this time Ye Liuyun receives a distress message from Tang Xinyao.
"All An Family disciples are hunting us, we can't hold them back! If this continues, we'll all die here!" Tang Xinyao's anxious voice comes through the Transmission Talisman.
Ye Liuyun immediately points Tang Xinyao the way, telling him to rendezvous with him.
"You all rush to the position I gave you. An Family elders are already charging at you; if you're slow you won't escape!" Ye Liuyun estimates that once he acts, the An Family elders will strike. So he isn't scaring Tang Xinyao, just predicting.
Tang Xinyao also immediately tells the others: "Tang Xiaofeng discovered An Family elders charging toward us, urging us to flee quickly; if we're late we won't get away. Follow me to withdraw!"
Having said that, she leads the group toward the spot Ye Liuyun designated.
"Where is he? We're fighting here desperately, where did he hide? Isn't he very powerful?" a male disciple questions Ye Liuyun.
"He was scattered by attacks, then chased continuously by An Family disciples! Now isn't the time for blame; after we all withdraw we'll discuss." Tang Xinyao also explains for Ye Liuyun, then drives them at full speed toward Ye Liuyun's designated location.
End of Chapter
