Chapter 163: Outside Cultivators! "Calling" Su Tianyi!
The battlefield gradually fell silent under the Jade Pure Sect’s relentless counterattack.
Chen Xuan observed the scene from above, his gaze sweeping calmly across the battlefield.
In particular, he paid close attention to Su Ying, who had rushed deep into the enemy ranks and was fighting one opponent after another.
Given her Early Stage Core Formation cultivation, she should have been far from invincible under normal circumstances.
However, most of the enemy’s strongest experts had already been dealt with. More importantly, Su Ying herself was anything but an ordinary cultivator.
As her divine sense stirred, the many magic treasures she carried immediately lit up.
The robe she wore radiated brilliant light, effortlessly blocking every incoming attack without allowing her to suffer the slightest injury. At the same time, offensive treasures shot toward her enemies one after another.
Swords. Sabers. Spears. Flying needles. Arrows.
Each treasure complemented the others, leaving almost no openings in either offense or defense. Whenever one weapon was forced back, another immediately filled the gap, creating an almost seamless barrage.
Only one word could truly describe the current Su Ying.
It was neither valiant nor powerful.
It was rich!
This woman was simply far too rich!
Even the Jade Pure Sect’s Elders and disciples couldn’t help but glance at her twice, almost suspecting that they had mistaken what they were seeing.
When they confirmed that those dazzling treasures were all truly hers, many of them silently looked away.
For a brief moment, some even felt the absurd urge to rob her.
Of course, the thought disappeared as quickly as it appeared. After all, anyone capable of casually carrying so many Spirit Weapons clearly wasn’t someone they could afford to offend, much less her identity as the Peak Master’s subordinate.
Chen Xuan witnessed the scene with a faint smile.
Although he had agreed to bring Su Ying along, he naturally had no intention of placing her in actual danger.
These Spirit Weapons had all been treasures he had practically forced into her hands. In fact, accepting and refining them had been his condition for allowing her to accompany him.
Even though Su Ying had repeatedly insisted that such extravagant protection was unnecessary, she had ultimately yielded.
"This... should qualify as a life-and-death experience," Chen Xuan muttered inwardly as he watched Su Ying dart unhindered across the battlefield. Even when enemy spells landed on her, the layers of defensive treasures neutralized them before they could touch her.
He nodded in satisfaction.
At least now, he no longer needed to worry about her safety while dealing with other matters.
After confirming that the battle was rapidly drawing to a close, Chen Xuan shifted his attention elsewhere.
With a wave of his sleeve, he erected a barrier around himself to conceal his actions.
Then, he reached out. A figure suddenly appeared before him.
Dressed in crimson robes and deathly pale, it was one of the demonic cultivators who had previously helped maintain the Blood God battle formation.
It was one of the few who had managed to remain alive.
Seeing the faint hope flickering within the man’s eyes, Chen Xuan’s own gaze revealed a trace of pity.
Then, without hesitation, he placed a hand atop the man’s head and activated one of the cruelest demonic arts—Soul Search.
Instantly, agonized screams echoed from within the barrier.
The demonic cultivator’s body convulsed violently, veins bulging across his forehead as his soul was forcefully torn apart and examined.
Within the very first second, he wished he had died alongside the rest of his companions. Unfortunately for him, Soul Search was not something that ended so quickly.
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Several moments later, Chen Xuan casually waved his hand.
A burst of flames engulfed the now-unconscious demonic cultivator. He disappeared without even leaving behind ashes.
Watching the flames fade away, Chen Xuan felt no guilt whatsoever. If anything, he considered it an act of mercy.
After exhaling softly, he closed his eyes and sorted through the memories he had just extracted.
Before long, he found what he had been looking for: the origin of the battle formations.
’According to this person’s memories, these battle formations were only distributed a few weeks ago. They were ordered to practice them in preparation for the coming battles.’
’However, they only began using them after the Soul Formation experts disappeared.’
The more memories Chen Xuan reviewed, the more convinced he became that his earlier suspicion had been correct.
There was something deeply unnatural about these battle formations. Or rather, their very existence felt unnatural.
It was as though they had appeared out of nowhere.
’There are also the moving corpses and those puppets. All of them surfaced within the same period, and cultivators from various sects were ordered to master them as quickly as possible.’
To most people, such timing might have seemed like nothing more than coincidence.
Even if they found it suspicious, they would probably attribute it to the demonic faction finally revealing hidden trump cards.
But Chen Xuan was different.
Recalling everything that had happened in the eastern region of the Tianxuan Domain, a bold speculation surfaced in his mind.
’Could these techniques have come from forces outside the Tianxuan Domain?’
’Has the demonic faction secretly allied itself with outside cultivators?’
As soon as that thought took root in Chen Xuan’s mind, he found himself unable to shake it off.
The more he considered it, the more plausible it seemed.
Fortunately, he had a way to verify his guess.
With a thought, Chen Xuan retrieved a crimson token from his spatial ring.
Its appearance was ordinary.
In fact, among the thousands of communication tokens piled inside his ring, it was hardly worth noticing. Some of the others had remained untouched for so many years that he had nearly forgotten who they belonged to.
Yet this crimson token carried a distinctive aura.
One Chen Xuan would never mistake.
It belonged to Su Tianyi.
She had once given it to him, claiming that it symbolized the bond between husband and wife.
However, soon afterward, Chen Xuan discovered another one of its functions:
Only afterward had Chen Xuan discovered that, besides its symbolic meaning, it also functioned as a communication treasure, much like a transmission talisman or the communication mirror he had obtained in the Nine Origins Seas.
Pouring Spiritual Energy into it, Chen Xuan watched as crimson light spread across its surface.
The token attempted to establish a connection.
Initially, he assumed he would have to wait for a while. After all, contacting someone without prior notice rarely resulted in an immediate response.
Yet almost as soon as the token activated, its light quickly receded.
A familiar, sweet voice sounded from the other side.
"Husband, you finally decided to call me. Hehe... I was beginning to think you’d forgotten about your wife and were having an affair outside."
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