Cultivation: I Can Reincarnate Into Various Worlds

"The array is broken?"

"Quick, escape!"

Just moments before the array technique was broken, its light shield was seen gradually dimming, emitting CRACK! CRACK! sounds as it fractured. Hua Shu and the other high-level members of the Qiming Sect had already reacted.

The strength of this Abyssal Demon God far exceeded the Qiming Sect's ability to withstand. Just one palm strike was too much for the Qiming Sect to handle.

They ordered their disciples to flee as quickly as possible.

Under the crushing power of absolute strength, fervent courage did not benefit the overall situation.

Previously, with the Sect-protection Array in place, lower-level disciples had some use.

But now that the Sect-protection Array was about to break, the lower-level disciples were like ants waiting to be slaughtered, with no power to fight back.

Furthermore, the lower-level disciples fleeing in all directions could not only find escape routes for themselves but could also help these high-level members by diverting some pressure from the Fragrant Fox Sect, making it easier for them to escape.

"Sect Master, we should withdraw too..."

Three Pill Seal Realm Ghost Immortals protected Hua Shu, holding up a lotus leaf-shaped Soul Treasure. This lotus leaf, as large as a millstone and vividly green, dripped with Gold light, shielding the four of them.

These three Pill Seal Realm Ghost Immortals were the protective force of the Sect Leader's lineage.

They were not part of the Qiming Sect's normal inheritance sequence.

Now that the Qiming Sect was on the verge of extinction, the other Pill Seal Realm Ghost Immortals could fend for themselves, but these three could not.

"Withdraw to Dayue Mountain," Hua Shu ordered via Sound Transmission using her Divine Sense.

Five Thunder Mountain had just been a bluff to deceive Xu Xing, not the true ancestral land of the Sect.

Dayue Mountain was the Qiming Sect's real contingency.

Its internal Spirit Land possessed a Sect-protection Array comparable to the one at the Qiming Sect's main headquarters.

The remaining House Elders also received instructions from Hua Shu to execute a planned withdrawal.

All of this, from the appearance of the Jade Palm to the Qiming Sect scattering its forces, took less than half a breath.

As early as when the Qiming Sect held the advantage, they had formulated a perfect plan for an orderly escape should the Sect-protection Array be breached.

The Qiming Sect was no mere small faction; it was a major sect with a legacy spanning over four thousand years.

Thus, the moment the Sect-protection Array collapsed, countless Escaping Lights flickered, breaking through the Fragrant Fox Sect's encirclement and fleeing in all directions.

"Trying to escape..."

Nangong Ancestor of the Fragrant Fox Sect sneered, retrieving the Green Bronze Piece. She glanced warily toward the Nameless Peak where Xu Xing was. Then she dashed towards the direction Hua Shu had fled.

Just now, she had sensed the aura of a powerful person in the northwest direction. However, this aura vanished quickly, as if its owner had no intention of interfering in the battle between the Fragrant Fox Sect and the Qiming Sect. The Fragrant Fox Sect, known for identifying people by scent, excelled at sensing the auras of powerful individuals.

"Drive her towards that powerful person."

"If that powerful person... is related to the Qiming Sect, I'll use the Green Bronze Piece again and annihilate them all at once."

Nangong Ancestor had decided on her course of action. She preferred to settle things in one go.

The power of the Abyssal Demon God manifested by the Green Bronze Piece could be used a maximum of three times. Any more, and it would damage her Origin Energy.

With her plan set, Nangong Ancestor pursued Hua Shu and the others, blocked their path, and forced Hua Shu and the three Pill Seal Realm Ghost Immortals guarding her to shift their escape towards Xu Xing's location.

With her cultivation, catching up to Hua Shu and the others was not difficult. The challenge lay in defeating them quickly.

Although Approaching Yang Realm Ghost Immortals held an overwhelming advantage in strength over Pill Seal Realm Ghost Immortals, it did not mean the latter were utterly defenseless.

Moreover, they were protected by the lotus leaf, a Sect-level Soul Treasure.

It wasn't difficult for Hua Shu and the others to neutralize her attacks. By consuming their Origin Energy, they could even manage to counter her.

But—

The suppression from a higher Realm was no empty threat.

Nangong Ancestor could afford to err a hundred times, but Hua Shu and her group could not afford a single mistake. One mistake would mean their demise.

「One quarter of an hour later.」

Originally fleeing southwest, Hua Shu and the other three, under Nangong Ancestor's relentless pressure, were forced to change their escape route and began to flee towards the Nameless Peak where Xu Xing was hiding.

Meanwhile, Xu Xing, an observer with a clear view of the situation, realized his hiding place had also been exposed after witnessing Nangong Ancestor's several moves.

But he did not act rashly. Since Nangong Ancestor's perception was astonishingly strong, it was obvious that if he withdrew from the Breath Holding Array, his presence would inevitably be detected by her. At that point, she might abandon Hua Shu and the others to pursue him instead. He wasn't sure he could match Nangong Ancestor, especially since she possessed the Green Bronze Piece. Moreover, by the time he realized he was partly her target, the distance between them had already shrunk considerably—less than ten miles. Such a distance was negligible, traversable in a mere instant for an Approaching Yang Realm Ghost Immortal. For such a short distance, escaping now or later made little difference.

On the contrary, by remaining hidden within the array, he could use it to impede Nangong Ancestor and deplete some of her strength. Although the array he had hastily set up was far inferior to the Qiming Sect's Sect-protection Array, he had arranged it personally and understood its workings. His cultivation was even a notch higher than Nangong Ancestor's. This synergy was far greater than the sum of its parts.

Furthermore, if he fled directly, he would end up empty-handed this time. He had to at least test the waters. If, after probing, he found the situation untenable, it wouldn't be too late to withdraw. Even if he couldn't retreat unscathed, he wouldn't lose his life over this. If the Green Bronze Piece were truly that overwhelmingly powerful, Nangong Ancestor wouldn't have waited until today to try and annihilate the Qiming Sect.

"Sir, acting so secretively and stealthily is neither the way of a gentleman nor a powerful person."