In a valley within the Jialin Immortal Land, two teams of strong warriors were locked in fierce combat, one of which was a powerhouse from Lingxiao Academy.
A team of over five hundred from Lingxiao Academy was surrounded. Although the enemy was not outnumbered, they were clearly at a disadvantage, with more than a dozen corpses left on the ground.
This was a guild ranked in the fifties at Lingxiao Academy. By rights, their strength should be quite good, but the opponents were simply too strong. They were surrounded and couldn't break through.
"Little lambs of Lingxiao Academy, give up resisting and hand over all your treasures, or I'll kill you all."
Among the opponents, a tall figure with arms as thick as a person's thigh sneered from above.
"Bastard, we're so unlucky. We just finished exploring a cave dwelling and we've already been discovered." A disciple from the academy gritted his teeth and said.
You have to know, this is the outskirts of the area, and who's been searched countless times. Logically, there shouldn't be any treasure at all. They were lucky enough to encounter a mountain collapse, revealing a natural cave dwelling.
Inside the cave dwelling, they collected several weapons and several bone books. The weapons were likely too old, and their spirits had been worn away.
As for those few bone books, no one could recognize the text, so they could only be brought back to the academy and asked scholars to translate them to understand their value.
However, for any ancient book, whether it's history or martial arts and combat techniques, the academy will spend a fortune to buy back. Sometimes, the value of a single book can instantly propel a person to the peak of their life.
Although the academy's rules are somewhat unfair, the price for acquiring treasures is always higher than outside, and there is absolutely no deceit. This has a very good reputation in this regard.
So these few bone books were already a great comfort to them. But before they could even dream about the future, a group of passing experts discovered them and immediately surrounded them. Without a word, they started hacking wildly, killing more than a dozen people before asking for the goods.
"Let's hold on a little longer. I'll send out a distress signal immediately. If Senior Brother Long Chen receives it, he'll definitely come to support us." A powerful figure wielding a spear struggled to block the attack from ahead, speaking to the person behind him.
"Will Senior Brother Long Chen really come? After all, we don't have such a good relationship. One person said nervously.
"For the sake of the treasure, we can only fight for it. If he doesn't come, we'll have to hand over the bone book."
The academy disciples fought desperately to resist, but the strength gap between the two sides was overwhelming. In an instant, more than a dozen people were slain, and for a moment, the academy disciples were terrified.
In the past, they had fought fiercely against demons on the battlefield, but when facing true powerhouses, they were shocked to find that the techniques they had learned were hardly useful.
But they were a collective; the leader did not speak, no one dared to call for surrender, which would disrupt morale, so they could only grit their teeth and endure.
"What a bunch of idiots. Since they're courting death, then kill them all." The burly man leading them showed a fierce look in his eyes.
"Then let's do as you wish." At that moment, a lazy voice came from above the void.
"Who is it?"
The burly man was startled and looked up. At some point, a giant silver eagle had appeared in the void. Atop the eagle's head stood a thin figure—a handsome man with a blade of grass in his mouth, arms crossed over his chest, overlooking the entire battlefield.
"Pfft!"
Just as the burly man finished shouting, Long Chen raised his finger, and a thin bolt of thunder flew past, instantly shattering the man's head.
The burly man was the leader of this group, yet he was killed by Long Chen with a single finger. The strong warriors were shocked, and the formation instantly fell into chaos.
The ranks fell into chaos, and the academy's disciples, overjoyed, launched a frenzied counterattack and broke through the encirclement in an instant.
"Boom!"
Just as they broke through the encirclement, the ground suddenly trembled, and a fist-sized flaming lotus exploded among the enemy crowd.
Those powerful figures hadn't even understood what was happening before they turned to ashes. Out of more than five hundred experts, only seventy or eighty remained, and many were still injured.
At that moment, the silver giant eagle beneath Long Chen's feet spread its wings and transformed into a silver meteor shooting off. His voice came from afar:
"Kill them all, leave no one alive. If even one escapes, buy a piece of tofu and run it into your comrades lying on the ground to apologize."
By the time the last word fell, Long Chen had already vanished without a trace, leaving only the academy disciples who seemed to be still dreaming.
"Kill them all, avenge our fallen brothers." The leading expert finally snapped out of it, roared angrily, and charged at the terrified-faced warriors, mercilessly raising his butcher's knife.
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"Senior Brother Long Chen, you arrived just in time. Otherwise, we would all have died here."
The alliance leader, ranked seventeenth on the guild leaderboard, bowed deeply to Long Chen, his eyes full of gratitude.
They had just encountered the powerful figures from Qinghe Palace. The palace experts were extremely powerful. Upon seeing them, they didn't hesitate and immediately ordered them all to be killed, without mentioning whether to hand over any treasures. It seemed they only wanted to kill, as if they had a deep grudge against Lingxiao Academy.
Their group of over seven hundred was killed by the enemy as soon as they made contact. The opponent was too strong; if Long Chen hadn't arrived in time, they probably wouldn't have lasted the time it takes to burn an incense stick before being wiped out.
Long Chen shook his head: "It's not that the other side is too strong, it's that you are too weak. Honestly, I'm so weak I want to curse people." Those
disciples immediately lowered their heads in shame. At the same level, they were indeed much inferior to the others.
"Senior Brother Long Chen, what should we do now?" The alliance leader asked, his face flushed red.
Long Chen pondered for a moment and said, "Right now, you have only two choices. Either search the outskirts, which lowers the chance of finding treasures, but also reduces the chances of encountering enemies, making it relatively safer."
The second option was to join up with other guild experts. Once there were enough people, they would slowly advance deeper inside.
The advantage is safety; the downside is that search efficiency decreases and more people get involved. The pros and cons are up to you personally. The
man thought for a moment and said, "The chances of finding treasures on the outskirts are too low. If we miss this chance, we'll all regret it for life."
I accepted my senior brother's second suggestion: let's join up with other guilds and head deeper together. "
Remember, if you encounter anyone from another faction, kill them all as long as you can win. You're already the seventeenth wave I've sent to rescue."
I've met all five major powers. Their attitude toward our Lingxiao Academy is either killing or robbing treasures, or exterminating them completely. So don't show any mercy. Long Chen reminded him.
In the Jialin Immortal Land, Long Chen sensed a conspiracy. It seemed that the five major powers were collectively targeting Lingxiao Academy, aiming to wipe out all those who wanted to do so.
Suddenly, Long Chen's expression changed slightly. He received Luo Bing's distress signal, immediately boarded the silver giant eagle, and quickly arrived at Luo Bing's location, only to find that Luo Bing and the others were not in danger.
"Third Brother, we've discovered terrifying experts from Qinghe Palace. It seems they're making a big move, and we're afraid they won't be able to eat it, so they invited you to come and take a look. Mu Qingyun said excitedly.