145: I don't care about this or that.

The composition of Spiritual Qi encompasses all things, and Yin Qi is naturally among them; Chu Yuan would absorb it during his usual Cultivate sessions, but it had never been this imbalanced...

However, Li Qi was right; they weren't here in the Soldier Soul Profound Realm to go into seclusion and Cultivate, so there was no need to waste time on this.

Chu Yuan focused his mind and formed a hand seal.

Wang Ying asked curiously, "Chu Yuan, what are you doing?"

"I'm looking for someone."

"Looking for someone?"

"Yeah, I found them... in this direction."

"???" Wang Ying mimicked Chu Yuan's finger movements, "How... how did you find them like that?"

Yuan Yang couldn't watch anymore, "It's definitely a high-Rank Martial Skill, dummy!"

Chu Yuan smiled without saying a word...

"There is a large city three hundred kilometers away! We can go into the city to gather information first!" Not long after, Li Qi returned and reported his findings.

"Well done!" Yuan Yang praised, "But we are going this way."

Li Qi was puzzled and frowned, "Why?"

"Chu Yuan has mastered a Martial Skill for tracking people and has already found the location of the target we need to rescue."

"..." Li Qi was silent for a moment and couldn't help but say, "If you have such a Martial Skill, why didn't you say so earlier? Then what was the point of me running all the way out there?"

Wang Ying interjected, "It counts as you running fast."

"..."

Chu Yuan explained, "I was momentarily distracted by the scenery, and by the time I came to my senses, you had already gone far away..."

"Tsk... fine." Li Qi was just complaining; in fact, he was relieved.

The most troublesome part of a rescue mission is actually finding the people.

If the target was so easy to find, someone else would have found them long ago; how would it be their turn to look for them?

He had been prepared for a long and exhausting journey... but he hadn't expected the problem to be solved so easily!

He felt envious again; often, the things Chu Yuan revealed casually were existences he yearned for but couldn't reach...

The Niyuan Qianshen Technique was originally learned by Chu Yuan to find Jiang Fei; he didn't expect that not long after, he would use it on Jiang Fei again.

Chu Yuan also felt a bit emotional; Jiang Fei clearly had an impressive background, so how did he end up in such a sorry state?

The group sped past without encountering any trouble.

There were strange entities wandering in the wilderness that wanted to chase them when they saw them, but their Rank was not high, and they were quickly left behind.

Thus, these strange entities continued to wander with dull expressions, floating around aimlessly...

"We are almost there," Chu Yuan said, as a huge city had already appeared within his Divine Sense range!

The warnings from Elder Zhao Zheng and Legion Commander Vermilion Dragon suddenly flashed through his mind...

So he unleashed his Divine Sense without any hesitation!

Damn it, there was only one Eighth Realm strange entity in the entire Soldier Soul Profound Realm; he didn't believe he would be unlucky enough to run into it!

He hadn't spent so long contemplating Elder Zhao Zheng's insights on Cultivate for nothing!

In an instant, various alien races appeared within his Divine Sense range, as well as a few high-Rank strange entities with intelligence...

Soon, Yuan Yang also saw the outline of the huge city in the distance and said solemnly, "Are they inside the city?"

"Yes."

"That's troublesome... in the Soldier Soul Profound Realm, flying over large cities is not allowed. To enter the city, one must go through the city gate and pay an entry fee..."

The entry fee was not precious, just a portion of Mental Energy. Even for an ordinary Martial Artist, they could recover it after resting for a few days, but during those few days, it would inevitably affect their combat power.

Li Qi chimed in, "It's not surprising. They can only hide in the city. Large-scale fighting is not allowed within the city. Once buildings are damaged or the original inhabitants are affected... the consequences will be very serious."

Chu Yuan didn't speak, his eyes narrowing slightly.

A crisp sword hum rang out, and in an instant, ink shadow turned into a black line and darted forward! The target... was the city!

At the city gate, a Sixth Realm strange entity was holding a cluster of misty radiance, greedily absorbing it. This was the 'toll' extracted from those entering the city.

Although it had to be handed over, keeping a little bit wasn't a big problem... it had always been like this.

But suddenly, a not-so-weak sense of crisis arose, causing his form to flicker for a moment! Subconsciously looking up, he saw a sharp sword shadow attacking into the city!

His eyes instantly turned fierce. Who was so eager to seek death!? A piercing, shrill whistling sound rang out...

"Damn military, the promised reinforcements are dragging their feet..."

"Stop talking."

"Cough, cough... you guys go, I'm done for today." Old Wu lay on Jiang Fei's back, the blood he coughed up soaking Jiang Fei's shoulder.

Originally he only had one eye left, but now, even that eye seemed to have been gouged out by something sharp, leaving only a terrifying hollow.

"Still have to try to save you..." Jiang Fei's pace was fast, but his face was also a bit pale.

"Pfft~ save my ass..." Old Wu's voice grew weaker and weaker.

Behind them, several blurry figures were fighting in silence; that was Miao Xiuxiu holding off the pursuers.

Not far from them, strange entities were either floating in mid-air or poking their heads out of walls, watching them greedily. Their faces displayed a ravenous appetite, like vultures waiting for prey to die...

Miao Xiuxiu knew that the strange entities were waiting for them to 'break the rules'.

Once someone broke the rules and affected the surrounding buildings or the original inhabitants, the strange entities would rush up to devour him/her...

Perhaps this time they really couldn't escape, Miao Xiuxiu thought. They were locked onto by both sides simultaneously—pursuers and strange entities. Although the latter two were not in the same group, they were all waiting for them to die...

All energy was tightly constrained within their bodies, fighting completely relying on their physical bodies and weapons!

Miao Xiuxiu swept her dagger horizontally, using the momentum to throw a Nightmare Insect Clan member away. The opponent couldn't retract their strength in time and crashed into a building, kicking up a large amount of dust!

Immediately, several excited, strange cries rang out. A few strange entities rushed into the dust together, and soon a short, sharp scream followed.

But this delay caused her to be firmly surrounded by the remaining figures! Mental Energy attacks, along with the cold gleam of claw tips, struck together, covering all the vital points of her body!

Fortunately, a sword light suddenly rose from the outside, strangling forward and opening a gap for her...

"Why did you come back?" Miao Xiuxiu asked.

"Old Wu is dead." Jiang Fei said expressionlessly, the veins in his hand gripping the sword hilt bulging.

"Then you shouldn't have come back, you should have escaped on your own."

"You're right." Jiang Fei agreed, then moved his feet, his long sword thrusting toward a Nightmare Insect Clan member that had already closed in!

Miao Xiuxiu glanced at the few strange entities that had avoided the battlefield again, a mocking smile curling at the corner of her mouth.

The master of the Soldier Soul Secret Realm could have directly stipulated that fighting was forbidden within the city, but they had to create such an incongruous and ambiguous rule! Why? Because if it were the former, then no one would fight in the city, so how would the strange entities eat? These scumbags...

The more she thought about it, the angrier she became, until she was finally enraged! The dagger in her hand flashed, and dozens of energy threads formed a large net that covered the area in front!

Several Nightmare Insect Clan members jumped backward in unison, and the energy threads fell onto the building. The building turned into powder, and blood could be vaguely seen flowing out from it...

"Miao Xiuxiu!" Jiang Fei roared through gritted teeth. Only then did he notice that, at some point, a particularly small Nightmare Insect Clan member was standing in the distance; Sixth Realm!?

The strange entity, looking like a supervisor, trembled with excitement, its expression twisted as it rushed up; a sword light descended from the sky...