Chapter 523: 385
After the fire in the tunnel had gradually diminished until it disappeared, Xzavier finally dissolved the air wall blocking the cave entrance. With the vanishing of the air wall, the entrance of the passage sucked in the outside air like a giant mouth inhaling breath.
After waiting at the entrance for a while, Yara was the first to enter the passage. Noticing several spots on the ground were still emitting blue smoke, she warned the others, "It’s time to move, be careful of the smoldering embers hidden underground."
After speaking, Yara took the lead into the passage, followed closely by the three Awakeners. The eldest of the Simon Family said to Dong Tianyu, "You go ahead, we brothers will cover the rear."
At this moment, Dong Tianyu didn’t act like those in TV dramas who would endlessly argue over who should cover the rear. Upon hearing the eldest of the Simon Family’s instructions, he resolutely rushed into the passage and quickly caught up with the Awakeners who had entered before him.
Then he surpassed them to join Yara at the front, the two of them clearing the way together.
Although the fierce fire had driven out the Soldier Bugs from the passage, as the charred color on the ground started to fade, it became clear they were about to leave the area previously enveloped by flames.
When the ground had completely lost its scorched traces, Dong Tianyu and Yara advanced a little further and then saw the tunnel clogged with a dense mass of Soldier Bugs.
The sight of the Soldier Bugs in the tunnel was like mud clogging a water pipe; besides a little space above them, the ground was entirely occupied by the bugs.
Seeing this, Yara showed a hint of panic on her face for the first time, her voice trembling slightly as she asked Dong Tianyu beside her, "Zachary, do you have a way to deal with this situation?"
Hearing Yara’s question, Dong Tianyu took another look at the tightly packed Soldier Bugs ahead. Although there was no change in his facial expression, his inner struggle was intense.
If it were just Dong Tianyu there by himself, whether it was a head-on fight or using other methods to escape, he had a hundred ways to leave this place.
However, with so many eyes watching around him, if he were to force a breakout using violence, it might not necessarily reveal his Cultivation system, but it would indeed expose a part of his true strength.
And if he chose not to help, unless none of Yara and her team escaped from the cave, information regarding Dong Tianyu would definitely be spread by the one who did manage to escape.
Although Dong Tianyu was somewhat selfish, he was not so heartless as to actively hunt down his teammates. It was for this reason that he felt hesitant at this moment.
Although Dong Tianyu appeared calm on the surface, Yara could still detect the hesitation in his eyes.
The more crucial the moment for their survival, the less Yara dared to urge Dong Tianyu beside her.
After the Simon brothers who were covering the rear had come closer, Dong Tianyu also made a determined decision in his heart.
"I’ll clear a path, you all stay behind me."
No sooner had he spoken than Dong Tianyu, holding his Longsword, moved towards the Soldier Bugs blocking the way.
Before Dong Tianyu could get close, a few excited Soldier Bugs let out low hisses upon seeing a human approaching, but even as they grew more excited, none of them moved closer.
Just as Dong Tianyu was about to approach the Soldier Bugs in front, Sword Qi suddenly enveloped the Longsword in his hand.
As Dong Tianyu swung his Longsword left and right, streaks of Sword Qi, some horizontal, some vertical, some diagonal, shot from the blade’s edge toward the bugs ahead.
When these Sword Qi collided with the Soldier Bugs’ bodies, they sliced through them as easily as a knife through tofu, meeting no resistance whatsoever.
Witnessing Dong Tianyu slicing through the bugs effortlessly, Yara stood there in stunned silence. She had heard from Ye Liuyun that Dong Tianyu was strong, but she never imagined him to be this powerful.
Initially, Yara thought Ye Liuyun’s assessment of Dong Tianyu’s strength was exaggerated. After all, a hidden dragon doesn’t grow in shallow waters, and Pengcheng, that small place, surely couldn’t provide the resources needed for a powerhouse to flourish.
In Yara’s speculation, Dong Tianyu might be stronger than her, but at most, she expected him to be at the peak of Energy Cultivation or, exaggerating a bit, at the beginning of the Path Entry Realm.
But what she didn’t know was that Pengcheng had always been a strategic military location throughout history, and it had even produced several emperors, not just the kind that were briefly mentioned in the annals of history.
No need to mention other emperors, as the most famous one was universally recognized as the Son of the Plane, the Child of Destiny, the Great Magician, the life winner—Terrance.
There was also a legend that Pengcheng was the Land of Hidden Dragons, and in times of chaos, dragons always emerged from the depths.
It was said that since Dragon Mountain in Pengcheng resembled a sleeping dragon, someone built a Lock Dragon Well at the dragon’s head to prevent a ’new dragon’ from emerging there.
The idea was to anchor the potential dragon energy of Pengcheng in the abyss, so that the people living there wouldn’t have the fate of a ’dragon rising from the abyss’ in times of chaos.
Looking at Yara standing still in shock, the three Awakeners, unnoticed by her, came up beside her.
Seeing Yara not moving, Mekhi nudged her shoulder and reminded her, "Boss, your friend is getting away. Let’s hurry up and follow. The Simon brothers at the rear aren’t far from us now."
