Chapter 111: Diyuan Underworld Clan

"Boom!"

The xianling railgun emitted continuous roars, and streaks of extinction immortal light bombarded the bodies of those Asking Pinnacle realm exotic beasts.

However, the effect of the xianling railgun, which could directly blast low-tier exotic beasts into pieces, was greatly reduced when bombarding the bodies of those Asking Pinnacle realm exotic beasts.

An Asking Pinnacle realm exotic beast battling a Jiuyou Palace Elder was directly blasted into a mid-air somersault under the bombardment of the xianling railgun.

The spot directly hit by the xianling railgun looked like it had been touched by a red-hot branding iron, and even wisps of crimson liquid slowly flowed down along the exotic beast's body.

The hit exotic beast let out a series of frantic roars, and its already fierce aura immediately became even more irritable.

However, the effect caused by the xianling railgun's bombardment stopped right there.

Although it looked extraordinary in power, these hit Asking Pinnacle realm exotic beasts actually only suffered minor injuries.

After a short while, these exotic beasts hit by the xianling railgun sprang back to life and charged back at the Jiuyou Palace Elders.

Palace Master Ouyang Mo, who was suppressing three Asking Late Stage exotic beasts nearby, couldn't help but slightly frown upon seeing this.

Although it seemed that under the auxiliary suppression of the xianling railgun, the group of Jiuyou Palace Elders could still fight evenly with those Asking Pinnacle realm exotic beasts,

it was hard to say how long this situation could be maintained.

Firstly, the Jiuyou Palace Elders, after all, relied on the external force of the xianling railgun to fight evenly with the numerically superior Asking Pinnacle realm exotic beasts.

Secondly, the number of exotic beasts was still continuously increasing, and no one knew if other Asking Pinnacle realm exotic beasts would charge over again.

Moreover, Jiuyou Palace only had so many combat-capable forces, and there were no subsequent reinforcement forces at all.

Dragging it on like this would be somewhat ominous for Jiuyou Palace.

Thinking of this, Palace Master Ouyang Mo suppressed three Asking Late Stage exotic beasts while thinking rapidly with lightning-fast thoughts.

A moment later, Palace Master Ouyang Mo made up his mind.

"All Jiuyou Palace Cultivators, gather the supplies in the camp onto the starry sky giant ship, and prepare to retreat deep into the dense forest!"

At this moment, Palace Master Ouyang Mo's voice spread throughout the entire Jiuyou Palace camp.

As his voice fell, a large number of Cultivators belonging to Jiuyou Palace immediately began to move.

Except for a portion of Cultivators who were still relying on the defensive Formation to bombard a large number of low-tier exotic beasts,

the other Cultivators immediately transported various supplies from the camp onto the starry sky giant ship.

After a short while, all the supplies in the camp were transported onto the starry sky giant ship.

All the Cultivators in the camp also closely followed and evacuated onto the starry sky giant ship.

Jiuyou Palace was powerful. Under the cover of more than a hundred starry sky giant ships, they didn't need to leave cannon fodder behind for final resistance like the Yusheng Sect.

After all the supplies and low-tier Cultivators in the camp boarded the starry sky giant ship,

the group of Jiuyou Palace Elders also, under the cover of the hundreds of starry sky giant ships, abandoned their opponents one by one and fled into the starry sky giant ships.

Palace Master Ouyang Mo, who stayed behind until the last, after forcing back three Asking Late Stage exotic beasts with a single palm, also flashed his figure and entered the largest starry sky giant ship.

Seeing this, nearly ten Asking Pinnacle realm exotic beasts roared in fury.

Then, leading several million low-tier exotic beasts, they frantically pursued in the direction of Jiuyou Palace's retreat.

The more than one hundred starry sky giant ships of Jiuyou Palace, aside from sporadically firing a few xianling railguns at the pursuing exotic beasts,

fled deep into the dense forest without looking back.

After pursuing deep into the dense forest, a large number of exotic beasts suddenly slowed down their speed.

In the eyes of the leading Asking Pinnacle realm exotic beasts looking deep into the dense forest, there was a deep look of dread.

Not long after, these exotic beasts completely stopped continuing their pursuit.

After taking a deep look at the direction where Jiuyou Palace fled, several Asking Pinnacle realm exotic beasts turned around without hesitation and flew towards the Sea of Fire.

Since the leading Asking Pinnacle realm exotic beasts had left, the remaining low-tier exotic beasts naturally dared even less to continue pursuing deep into the dense forest.

Several million low-tier exotic beasts immediately scattered in all directions, divided into several groups, and retreated into the Sea of Fire.

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Several days later, with the speed of the starry sky giant ship, even without turning the speed to maximum, they had already arrived at the extreme depths of this dense forest.

Upon discovering that the chasing exotic beast packs behind them had all dispersed, the more than one hundred starry sky giant ships of Jiuyou Palace gradually stopped.

Palace Master Ouyang Mo's figure emerged from the largest starry sky giant ship, and then with a lift of his foot, he arrived mid-air.

As soon as Palace Master Ouyang Mo appeared, his massive Divine Sense swept across the surroundings like a storm.

After discovering no other danger, Palace Master Ouyang Mo directly ordered all Jiuyou Palace Cultivators to set up a camp here anew.

He also dispatched his subordinate Cultivators to contact and search for other Level 5 Cultivation Nations scattered everywhere, and to collect the specific situations of other Level 5 Cultivation Nations battling the exotic beasts.

This time, under the scheming of Chen Long from the Daluo Sword Sect, the Destiny Star Cultivators and the Sea of Fire exotic beasts had a tragic and fierce battle.

Jiuyou Palace was doing fine. With formidable strength and deep pockets, although they chose a strategic retreat, they didn't suffer any major losses.

But the other Level 5 Cultivation Nations were hard to say.

Except for Sects like the Yusheng Sect, which had good strength and high enough vigilance,

many of the other numerous Level 5 Cultivation Nations, along with the Level 3 and Level 4 Cultivation Nations under their command, were almost completely annihilated by the Sea of Fire exotic beasts.

The effect achieved by Chen Long's strategy could be said to be very good.

Meanwhile, at the location of the Qianyuan Sect camp, Sect Master Lü Daoxuan said to Sun Xuan with some worry:

"Fellow Daoist Sun, over these past few days, the commotion of the great battle has truly been quite significant.

I wonder how the battle situation actually is right now.

However, by today, the commotion of these battles has also gradually subsided.

The messages brought back by the Cultivators sent out to scout say that, except for a few Level 5 Cultivation Nations that were completely exterminated,

other Level 5 Cultivation Nations, including Jiuyou Palace, have all retreated deep into the dense forest.

Should we continue to wait here, or retreat our camp deep into the dense forest together?"

Hearing this, a trace of slight contemplation could not help but appear in Sun Xuan's eyes.

The actions of the major Sects were indeed retreating deep into the dense forest as Sect Master Lü Daoxuan said.

However, based on Sun Xuan's covert observations during a few trips out, he discovered a phenomenon that made him feel somewhat strange.

That was, these exceptionally brutal Sea of Fire exotic beasts, after penetrating a certain distance deep into the dense forest, would refuse no matter what to continue penetrating deeper into the dense forest.

It was as if there was something in the depths of the dense forest that terrified them.

This phenomenon could not help but greatly raise the vigilance in Sun Xuan's heart.

"Brother Lü, although the situation seems to have stabilized now, I always feel there is something strange.

However, since all Sects are retreating deep into the dense forest, for us to remain at this peripheral position would appear somewhat abrupt.

Moreover, there might still be some other dangerous situations happening.

In this case, I suggest moving our camp a distance deeper into the dense forest.

But do not go too deep either.

Before the dangers on this Barren Planet are completely exposed, it is advisable for us not to be greedy for merit and advance rashly."

After pondering for a moment, Sun Xuan spoke, deliberating his words to Sect Master Lü Daoxuan.

Hearing Sun Xuan's words, Sect Master Lü Daoxuan nodded slightly and then said:

"In that case, let's do as Fellow Daoist Sun suggests first.

As for afterwards, we will act according to circumstances!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Sect Master Lü Daoxuan began to issue orders to the Qianyuan Sect Disciples, preparing to migrate the camp deep into the dense forest.

After Sect Master Lü Daoxuan finished giving his orders, Sun Xuan spoke to Sect Master Lü Daoxuan once more:

"Brother Lü, the time has come to send the small ball containing red runes that I intercepted after injuring Zi Shu previously to Jiuyou Palace.

Now that their battle with the Sea of Fire exotic beasts has concluded, continuing to let the Daluo Sword Sect Cultivators hide in the shadows would be somewhat inappropriate.

Telling Palace Master Ouyang Mo the news that the Daluo Sword Sect is making mischief in the shadows at this moment, I believe Palace Master Ouyang Mo will be very happy to take action against the group of Daluo Sword Sect Cultivators.

After Brother Lü sends someone there, tell Palace Master Ouyang Mo that although we intercepted this rune long ago,

we had not yet had time to report the news before the Sea of Fire exotic beasts tightly surrounded Jiuyou Palace's camp.

Only at this moment is there an opportunity to inform them of the news that the Daluo Sword Sect is playing tricks behind the scenes.

This will save Jiuyou Palace from suspecting us of withholding information knowingly, turning the merit of reporting the Daluo Sword Sect's news into a crime."

After Sun Xuan finished speaking, Sect Master Lü Daoxuan nodded thoughtfully and then summoned a Soul Formation stage Elder.

He had him take the restriction ball containing the crimson twisted runes and speed towards the location of Jiuyou Palace's new camp at this moment.

Meanwhile, Sun Xuan, Sect Master Lü Daoxuan, and other Qianyuan Sect Cultivators boarded the starry sky giant ship and slowly headed deep into the dense forest.

Sure enough, Palace Master Ouyang Mo personally questioned the messenger sent by Sect Master Lü Daoxuan.

After listening to the words of the Qianyuan Sect messenger, Palace Master Ouyang Mo flew into a rage on the spot.

He then temporarily shelved even the task of continuing to explore the Barren Planet.

He directly sent people to search with all their might for the traces of the Daluo Sword Sect Cultivators.

This showed how much hatred Palace Master Ouyang Mo had for the Daluo Sword Sect people who were making trouble behind the scenes.

Although powerful figures like Marquis Lingtian of the Daluo Sword Sect were people Palace Master Ouyang Mo couldn't afford to provoke,

Palace Master Ouyang Mo was not afraid in the slightest of the few brats headed by Chen Long.

Although after killing Chen Long and the others, Marquis Lingtian might take action to retaliate against him,

Tianyunzi would definitely not allow such a thing to happen.

Otherwise, if these juniors were left to be retaliated against by Marquis Lingtian, how would Tianyunzi command respect in the Tianyun Star Domain in the future?

Dozens of reconnaissance teams were dispatched by Palace Master Ouyang Mo to carefully investigate the surroundings.

In Palace Master Ouyang Mo's view, the purpose of the Daluo Sword Sect Cultivators was to hide in the shadows and make trouble.

Right now, there must be informants staring at them.

Moreover, the Daluo Sword Sect Cultivators hidden in the shadows definitely wouldn't be too far away from them.

Catching the Daluo Sword Sect Cultivators off guard and dragging them out was only a matter of time.

Thinking of this, a slight trace of killing intent couldn't help but reveal itself at the corner of Palace Master Ouyang Mo's mouth.

Chen Long and his bunch—he, Palace Master Ouyang Mo, was determined to slaughter them.

Just as Palace Master Ouyang Mo was plotting to kill Chen Long, deep in the deepest part of the dense forest, inside a huge abyss,

countless bizarre people quickly flew from the depths of the abyss into the surface dense forest.

This abyss was extremely large. Looking over at a glance, it was like a collapsed earth with no end in sight.

Standing on the ground and looking down towards the abyss, besides a deep darkness, nothing could be seen.

Even a Cultivator's Divine Sense would be greatly suppressed inside the abyss.

The distance that their Divine Sense could investigate inside the abyss was less than a third of usual.

And within this abyss, which was like a death zone, so many bizarre people unexpectedly survived.

The complexions of these bizarre people rushing out from the depths of the abyss showed a trace of abnormal paleness.

Their bodies were relatively short and frail, but their heads were extremely large—at least noticeably larger than normal humans.

Moreover, the clothes they wore had a huge difference from the normal dressing style in the starry sky.

Their entire bodies seemed to be wrapped in a piece of black gauze, giving people an overall gloomy, dim, and oppressive feeling.

As for other aspects, they were no different from ordinary humans.

After a large number of abyss bizarre people rushed out, two bizarre people who were obviously leaders suddenly appeared at the edge of the abyss.

The most obvious distinction between these two leader-like bizarre people and the ordinary abyss bizarre people was that

at the center of the eyebrows of these two leaders, there was a shallow circular mark composed of two semi-circles, one black and one white.

Above this circular mark, a light mist seemed to slowly float, and an extremely faint yet very peculiar fluctuation slowly emanated from above this circular mark.

Right at this moment, one leader said with a solemn expression to the other leader:

"Third Royal Brother, external enemies have invaded our Mingyu Star, and their strength is obviously not weak.

Can just the two of us and these troops under our command really drive out these invading external enemies?"

Hearing this, the leader addressed as Third Royal Brother couldn't help but flash a gleam in his eyes, and then spoke softly to that leader:

"Little Seven, when encountering things, use your brain first; don't just think about pushing forward blindly.

This opportunity to expel the invaders was something I, as your Elder brother, managed to fight for from Royal Father with great difficulty.

For so many years, the position of crown prince has remained vacant, and recently news about establishing an imperial successor has finally come out.

This battle to expel outsiders—even if we cannot completely expel them, we must fight it brilliantly.

Only in this way will I have the opportunity to be established as the imperial successor, and your days in the future will be better.

Otherwise, once Second Brother or Eighth Brother ascends to power,

whether the two of us can keep our lives in the future is a matter of debate.

After all, within the Diyuan Underworld Clan, everyone knows that you, Little Seven, are my person!"

After Little Seven heard Third Brother's words, his already pale complexion immediately turned even paler. For a moment, Little Seven became somewhat speechless and tongue-tied.

Seeing Little Seven like this, Third Brother couldn't help frowning slightly as he said:

"You don't need to be afraid; I already have a preliminary plan on how to deal with this group of invaders.

You just need to do as I say.

For this position of imperial successor, Second Brother and Eighth Brother can absolutely never compete with me!"