"Maybe the fluctuations in the grand formation have disturbed them. What should we do?" Should we hide underneath? Xia Chen said.
"We can't hide. They will definitely sense something is wrong. We must escape immediately. Get ready, we can't teleport anymore. I'll take you away." Long Chen's expression was serious because he felt a terrifying threat.
"Boom!"
Suddenly, the ground exploded. The wings of the Kunpeng behind Long Chen trembled. The moment he emerged from the earth, he saw countless demon clan experts patrolling the surroundings.
The moment Long Chen flew out, these demon clan experts roared in fury and charged at him at high speed.
"Damn humans, I hate your aura."
A half-step immortal-level demon clan expert stepped into the void, his claw covering the sky, and suddenly grabbed at Long Chen and the other two. The force of that claw made heaven and earth tremble, and the entire space instantly froze.
Xia Chen and Guo Ran's faces changed dramatically. The pressure of this half-step immortal-level demon was actually similar to the Immortal Black Turtle they had encountered before. The vast killing intent had already locked onto them, and both immediately felt their bodies stiffen, as if they were about to lose control.
The two were shocked. This half-step immortal of the demon clan was probably no weaker than the Immortal Black Turtle.
"Buzz!"
The wings of the Kunpeng behind Long Chen trembled, grabbing Xia Chen and Guo Ran as he shot away like a meteor.
With a loud explosion, Long Chen's location was pierced through by a claw from the demon warrior. The rubble shook but hit nothing.
The half-step immortal-level demon was furious, yet Long Chen was unaffected by his pressure and immediately sprang into pursuit.
"Rumble rumble... Countless
demon clan experts roared in anger, chasing in the direction Long Chen was heading. Among the hundreds, dozens were at the Celestial Venerable level, while the rest were all Realm Kings.
However, although the demon clan warriors were strong, they were no match for Long Chen in terms of speed. The farther they pursued, the farther they were, and soon Long Chen disappeared.
The demon clan experts roared in fury, but there was nothing they could do. They could only watch helplessly as Long Chen and the other two escaped.
"Whew."
Long Chen grabbed Xia Chen and Guo Ran, running for more than half an hour before finally finding a secluded spot to rest.
"Wow, luckily I ran fast, or else we'd be doomed." Guo Ran said, still shaken.
"How can that demon clan expert be so terrifying? Once its aura locked onto me, I couldn't move. Xia Chen said in shock.
"Luckily, the boss wasn't afraid of its lockdown, or we'd really have died on the spot. Damn, we just made a fortune—if we just die like this, we'd be so unwilling." Guo Ran said bitterly.
Long Chen let out a long sigh of relief. He himself was startled. The soul pressure of that half-step immortal-level demon was terrifying. Fortunately, his soul was strong and his will was firm, unaffected; otherwise, if he had escaped even a moment, he would have truly been finished.
After Xia Chen and Guo Ran were locked on, they couldn't move. This was an absolute suppression of their realm gap. In Nie Yingtian, they had never encountered such a situation before, but here, absolute suppression had appeared.
Absolute suppression is almost unbreakable, unless the gap in realms can be narrowed. For example, when two ascend to Kaiou, this absolute suppression will offset a lot.
Although they would still be suppressed, it wouldn't be so terrifying—at least they could escape. But now, they didn't even have the right to run—the powerful beings here were terrifying.
And this was a half-step immortal-level expert. If it were an immortal-level expert, Long Chen wasn't sure if he could still be affected.
Long Chen had said before that the Golden Winged Demon and the Five-Colored Black Tortoise were rogue cultivators here. Even immortal experts were considered weaker. But Long Chen was right—a true powerhouse, even half-step immortal, was not something they could handle.
"What should we do next? Should we run away? Xia Chen asked.
Now that they have been discovered, they may face a large-scale manhunt next. If they escape now, it might still be too late.
Long Chen shook his head and said, "It's probably too late to escape now. Running away is no different from walking right into a trap. They will definitely seal the entrance as quickly as possible." Xia
Chen and Guo Ran fell silent. Indeed, if they were these demon clan experts, they would definitely guard the exit first before trying to catch them.
Most importantly, they feared that if they broke the Void Law, they wouldn't even be able to use the teleportation array, and then there would truly be no way to ascend or enter the underground.
"So what should we do now?" Xia Chen asked.
"Ignore them. We'll continue with our original plan. At my speed, they can't catch up. As long as we're not surrounded by them, they can't do anything to us."
Since he had come in, he couldn't come for nothing. He had to bring more treasures and find ways to deal with them. Long Chen said.
Xia Chen and Guo Ran nodded. Long Chen's speed was unmatched. As long as they were careful, this place was so large and so empty, finding them would be like looking for a needle in a haystack.
"Alright, I'll set up more teleportation points. That way, we'll have more hiding places and it'll be easier to escape." Xia Chen said.
As he spoke, Xia Chen chose a hidden spot, set up a teleportation array, and enhanced the illusion array. If anyone discovered or damaged it, he would notice immediately.
The three continued searching for the ruins, setting up dozens of teleportation points along the way. The more teleportation points, the safer it would be for them.
Finally, after half a day, the three discovered another human ruin. It had been completely destroyed, and no resources had been collected, but they found a broken stone tablet.
A map was carved on the stone tablet. When they saw it, the three cheered. Because the map was so old, many parts were already blurred, but they could still roughly make out some terrain.
Soon, they found their location and also the Zhantian Divine Sect's location, making it much easier to read the map.
"The Zhantian Divine Sect is a super-large sect, so this large graphic is used to represent it. This sect is a small force, and the image is only the size of a soybean." There were no text on the map, only some strange shapes, and they were already blurry, but the three of them still noticed some clues.
The emblem of the Zhantian Divine Sect was as big as a fist, indicating that the factions here were distinguished by the size of the icons on the map.
"Boss, there's another place over there about the same size as the Zhantian Divine Sect. Let's go check it out over there!" Guo Ran pointed to a corner of the map, speaking excitedly.
Long Chen glanced at the map; the distance was extremely long. He shook his head and said, "No need to go straight there. Let's plan the route and try not to miss any faction."
Large sects will inevitably be targeted and may preserve not many items, and smaller sects may leave behind less either. Since they've come, they should clean up and try to keep every grain in storage. Long Chen said.
Xia Chen and Guo Ran nodded, thinking Long Chen made sense, and immediately began to act. But just as they reached the first ruins, the jade token at Xia Chen's waist suddenly flickered.
"Boss, this is getting interesting." Xia Chen looked at the jade token at his waist, a smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.