198: Seize the core of the formation
Xia Weiyu didn't care that controlling multiple Clones might damage her spirit.
If the area was large, multiple Clones would search together. If ten weren't enough, she'd use a hundred; if a hundred weren't enough, two hundred.
She had to confirm whether Su Chen was safe.
After a search, she finally found a severely damaged figure.
Looking at the unrecognizable figure before her, tears streamed endlessly from her eyes.
She tried her best to hold back her tears, but seeing Su Chen's current state, she couldn't help but sob.
"Why are you crying? I'm not going to die."
"He used a Self-detonation attack on me. If he knew I was fine, he'd definitely die of anger."
Xia Weiyu didn't care who won or lost; she was only worried about Su Chen's safety now:
"But your body..."
"Don't worry, I'm fine. Trust me."
"Can't you see my injuries are recovering visibly?"
"You just came early. If you had arrived a little later, I would have fully recovered."
Thinking that this was Xia Weiyu's Clone, he wondered if it would be useful for her to retrieve the array eye, or if he should go himself.
"Help me up for a moment, I need to retrieve something."
Xia Weiyu's Water Clone helped Su Chen up and walked a dozen steps forward as instructed.
They saw a corpse with a long sword plunged into its back.
The corpse's hand was stretched forward, and about an inch in front of its fingers floated a Dragon-shaped Pendant.
Su Chen sat cross-legged on the ground, ignoring the floating Dragon-shaped Pendant.
Instead, he flipped the corpse over, searched around, and first retrieved the gold spirit pearl.
Everything around was destroyed like this, yet the gold spirit pearl was completely unharmed.
It was clear that this spirit pearl and the pendant before them were extraordinary items.
Fortunately, the Flying Sword struck just now, otherwise, if Fourth Elder had succeeded, all would have been lost.
"Weiyu, do they know your Clone is here?"
"No, I secretly sent my Clone."
"That's good."
After his body recovered somewhat and he had the stamina for normal activity, Su Chen instructed:
"Get ready on your end. Once the array eye is taken, the Secret Realm will dissolve. After we get out and I finish dealing with things, I'll come find you."
"Stop fighting, stop competing."
Xia Weiyu hugged Su Chen and shook her head repeatedly. Compared to these treasures she couldn't name,
she cared more about Su Chen's safety. If something happened to Su Chen, she wouldn't want any amount of treasure!
"It's fine, just some cleanup work. If we don't deal with them, we'll still be trapped in the Cave."
"My stamina is almost recovered, and I still have trump cards. Don't worry about me."
"When you teleport back to the Cave later, hide yourself well."
The moment Su Chen removed the array eye, the surrounding scenery changed once again.
When he opened his eyes again, he was back inside the previous Cave.
Inside the pitch-black Cave, not only were there no figures, but not a single sound could be heard.
It was a random teleportation, but still within the Cave.
Although he wanted to find Xia Weiyu first to catch up, Su Chen held back.
There were more important matters to handle now: first, dealing with the Heavenly Fiend Cult watchmen here.
After the trivial matters were handled, they would meet up... Somewhere in the Kunlun Mountains,
this place had become a battlefield, and the fighting had not stopped for a day and a night.
Several mountaintops were nearly stained red, and the corpses of Strange Beasts and Strange Humans were everywhere.
"Pfft!"
Heavenly Fiend's true body coughed violently a few times. The Divine Soul attack that had pulled the rug out from under him had caused him considerable backlash.
This left him at a disadvantage now that he was fighting Azure Dragon.
Ignoring his injuries, he activated a Secret Technique, shattering the Black Bead on the chest of one person from the team he had just sent into the Secret Realm.
In this situation, he didn't care about one more death; he only wanted to personally see Fourth Elder emerge with the gold spirit pearl.
But when he finally reached the Secret Realm entrance and saw that fighting had already begun there, he knew he had failed.
That person hadn't died, had seized the array eye, and escaped.
He had the Secret Realm entrance covered by a light screen. Even a Ninth Grade expert attacking from the outside would take half a day, and the backlash damage from the light screen would destroy the surroundings.
The current situation clearly indicated that the light screen had been deactivated from the inside.
The person who created the light screen only had dozens of people around him.
The main force had entered the Secret Realm. That person could easily deal with hundreds, so dealing with merely dozens was as easy as flipping a hand.
This level of strength was utterly negligible to that person!
"Sect Master, let's retreat. That person has already left with the spirit pearl. We don't know which way he fled; chasing him now is like looking for a needle in a haystack."
"Argh!"
The only response his subordinate received was a hoarse, furious roar from the Sect Master!
The reinforcement squad dared not speak, fearing they might incur the Sect Master's wrath.
Damn it, the spirit pearl that was right in front of him was gone!
"A bunch of trash! So many people couldn't even snatch one spirit pearl!"
"And those traitors!"
"If just one of them had come to help! None of this... I wouldn't have ended up in this situation."
"If someone had helped me hold them off, I would have gone to the Secret Realm myself, and none of this would have happened!"
Even though Heavenly Fiend was filled with ten thousand degrees of unwillingness, he understood that the tide had turned, and there was no hope in continuing the fight.
He finally gave the order. As the word left his mouth, he looked as if he had aged several years.
"Retreat..."
Once the retreat order was given, the Heavenly Fiend Cult members near the spatial fissure stopped fighting and scattered, fleeing into the spatial fissure.
Heavenly Fiend exchanged a few more blows with Azure Dragon, then retreated into the spatial fissure, filled with unwillingness.
Azure Dragon and the others did not pursue. With the situation unclear, rashly chasing after them could lead to an ambush.
Listening to the report from his subordinates, he understood the reason for the enemy's retreat.
But judging by Heavenly Fiend's expression just now, the plan must have failed. But who broke in to help?
Someone from Gourd Mountain, he could only assume.
The news came from Gourd Mountain people, yet none of them were seen in this battle. It was highly likely they went there to obstruct the Heavenly Fiend Cult's final plan.
Yet, he and his people did not know the specifics of the matter.
"Take a team and follow me near that light screen. First, surround the area, capture all remaining Heavenly Fiend Cult members, and try to keep them alive."
"Interrogate them first. We must know what they were plotting there. This matter cannot be taken lightly!"
After giving the instructions, he immediately flew in that direction... Inside the Cave,
After Su Chen broke through the Heavenly Fiend Cult's light screen, he returned to the Cave.
Changing back into his original attire, he began searching for Xia Weiyu and the others.
The effect of the hint card saved him a lot of effort.
The first person he found was Xiao Hei. It wasn't a coincidence; Xiao Hei was the first person he wanted to find.
He wanted to ask Xiao Hei for some information first. He didn't care about the treasures or spirit pearls inside the Ruins; he just wanted to resolve the confusion in his heart.
"Share any information you have, specifically anything related to Xia Weiyu. After all, we are allies now."
"I put in a lot of effort protecting the gold spirit pearl for you."
"Information..."
Xiao Hei was confused by this. He hadn't expected Su Chen to ask him about matters related to Xia Weiyu:
"I've only met her a few times. You're asking the wrong person about her."
"Xia Weiyu can use the God King Body with only Third Grade strength. You must know why, so why haven't you asked?"
Hearing this, Xiao Hei understood.
He realized that Su Chen might not know about Xia Weiyu's true identity.
Since things had reached this point, he felt there was no need to hide anything.
"What do you want to know?"
"Everything. Everything you know."