Chapter 755: An Old Acquaintance?

On the other side, after leaving the capital of the Yue Kingdom and propelling the purple gold gourd forward for three days, Ye Wudao had entered the vast Black Wind Mountain Range within the borders of the Dongyi Divine Kingdom.

He looked around and saw nothing but undulating primeval forests in every direction.

Ancient trees towered into the sky, and the roars of beasts rose and fell in succession.

A vast and wild aura permeated the heavens and earth.

After confirming that there were no humans within a five-hundred-mile radius, Ye Wudao moved his mind, and a red light flew out from the hongmeng pagoda, landing on the ground.

"Roar!"

A deafening tiger roar instantly rang through the mountain forest, and the massive body of the Crimson Flame Heavenly Tiger suddenly appeared before Ye Wudao.

A mere half a month had passed, and the injuries it had sustained in the Secret Realm had completely healed; it was even a bit more robust than before.

Its entire body of crimson fur looked like burning flames, and the pair of strange wings on its back—with lightning faintly appearing on the left and wind swirls circling the right—looked extraordinary and magnificent.

As soon as it landed, the Crimson Flame Heavenly Tiger restrained its ferocity and looked at Ye Wudao.

"Woo-ao…"

It let out a soft cry, its huge head affectionately rubbing against Ye Wudao, while its throat emitted a satisfied purr, like a giant cat seeking affection.

"Alright, alright, stop acting spoiled."

Ye Wudao smiled and patted its large head, saying, "For the next period of time, this place will be our training ground. Perk up."

The Crimson Flame Heavenly Tiger understood immediately and excitedly roared at the sky.

Roar!

In an instant, a tyrannical aura of the Creation Realm Second Layer was released without reservation, startling the myriad beasts in the forest into hiding and preventing the birds from daring to take flight together.

The training of the man and the tiger began.

They had no fixed direction, only choosing to head toward the most sinister places where the aura of Yao Beasts was the strongest.

Ye Wudao treated this place as an excellent venue to hone himself.

When encountering Yao Beasts of the Creation Realm, he never used Precious Techniques directly, instead using only the Nether Sword to fight them.

The Moves within the Nether Sword Art were repeatedly deconstructed and fused in actual combat, allowing him to use them with increasing ease, and his Sword Intent became more and more refined.

Only when encountering Yao Beasts he could not resist did Ye Wudao unleash Precious Techniques, letting the Crimson Flame Heavenly Tiger help.

The Crimson Flame Heavenly Tiger also completely unleashed the ferocity in its bones.

It generally did not attack, but once it did, it faced enemies of at least the Creation Realm Fourth Layer, the kind that required going all out.

In battle after battle, its coordination of the three Divine Abilities of wind, thunder, and fire became increasingly proficient and natural.

Time flew by, and over a month passed.

On this day, Ye Wudao was meditating in a quiet valley, recovering the spiritual power consumed by days of fighting.

Suddenly, a violent fluctuation of spiritual power came from a great distance, mixed with the roar of Spirit Treasures colliding and the angry shouts of Cultivators.

Someone was fighting!

Ye Wudao raised an eyebrow, his massive Mental Energy instantly spreading out and extending toward the direction of the commotion.

Soon, he perceived the source of the commotion.

It turned out that in a mountain hollow hundreds of miles away, two groups of Cultivators were engaged in a fierce battle.

One side was numerous, with over thirty people.

They had surrounded a small team of only seven, their offensive continuous like a tide.

The side under siege had clearly reached the end of their rope.

The defensive Formation they had formed was dim and on the verge of collapse.

Everyone within the Formation was either vomiting blood or had broken bones, looking extremely miserable.

Ye Wudao had always followed the prudent principle of "less trouble is better than more."

The Divine Realm was vast, and there were fights everywhere; he had no interest in being some savior.

This accidentally encountered battle naturally had nothing to do with him.

So, he immediately withdrew his Mental Energy, preparing to take the Crimson Flame Heavenly Tiger and detour.

However, just as his Mental Energy was about to be fully withdrawn, it unexpectedly swept across the face of one of the people.

That person was one of the seven under siege, also severely injured, looking disheveled and covered in blood.

He held a tattered soul banner, and together with the other six, was desperately supporting the Formation, while loudly cursing something.

Ye Wudao did not recognize the people beside him.

But this face, Ye Wudao was very familiar with.

"Li Yi?"

"How could it be him?"

Ye Wudao immediately stood up, his brow slightly furrowed.

That person was none other than Li Yi, the Tianhun Sect Disciple Ye Wudao had accidentally met when he first entered the Tianyuan Chamber of Commerce!

It was also Li Yi who had given him a map before the Starry Sky Battlefield opened.

It was even more the Tianhun Sect Disciple who, when Ye Wudao and Yue Liuli were being hunted by Cultivators from the Loose Cultivator Alliance in the Starry Sky Battlefield, had unhesitatingly requested Sect Elders to intervene, allowing Ye Wudao and his companion to turn danger into safety!

Although Li Yi's big mouth left Ye Wudao speechless, Ye Wudao had always kept Li Yi's repeated help in his heart.

Back in the Starry Sky Battlefield, he had indeed given a copy of his insights on Formations to Li Yi, which counted as compensation.

But Li Yi's request for the Tianhun Sect Elder's help at that time had saved the lives of both Ye Wudao and Yue Liuli, which could not be offset by a mere copy of Formation insights!

Ye Wudao knew he was no saint, but he had always been clear about gratitude and grudges.

He repaid kindness with kindness and grudges with grudges.

Looking at Li Yi's precarious situation, a touch of coldness appeared on Ye Wudao's originally calm face.

"Little Tiger, let's go."

He patted the napping Crimson Flame Heavenly Tiger beside him, jumped directly onto its back, and said, "Some favors need to be repaid."

Roar!

The Crimson Flame Heavenly Tiger opened its eyes, which were as large as copper bells, and let out a low roar.

It immediately flapped its wings, carrying Ye Wudao as it transformed into a streak of crimson light, speeding toward the direction where the sounds of fighting came from!

Meanwhile, in the mountain hollow.

Blood constantly overflowed from the corners of Li Yi's mouth, and his eyes were filled with urgency.

"What do we do, what do we do?!"

"The Formation is about to collapse!"

"Hurry up and think of a way!"

He shouted with difficulty to his fellow Disciples beside him while desperately maintaining the Formation.

However, what solutions could his fellow Disciples possibly have?

The seven of them had originally come out for training; who would have thought they would be hunted down?

Most importantly, the people hunting them were too strong!

They were routed in just a single encounter.

If it hadn't been for Li Yi having studied some Formations, and desperately building a defense during the time his fellow Disciples bought, they would have already been dead!

But in the face of such a huge gap in strength, the sliver of survival Li Yi had bought for everyone simply could not be maintained!

Whatever they feared most, happened.

Just as those six Tianhun Sect Disciples were anxious like ants on a hot pan, not knowing what to do.

Crack!

The defensive Formation that Li Yi was desperately maintaining truly emitted a crisp sound and shattered directly!