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Chapter 56: They Should Be at the Sacrificial Ceremony

"Senior brother Li-Gah!"

Liu Qingshuang's eyes lit up, and she responded. However, due to her excitement, she accidentally moved and caused her wounds to ache, making her involuntarily inhale sharply.

"Don't move, Sister, I have a pill here. Take it first."

Li Xun squatted down in front of Liu Qingshuang and produced a crimson pill, offering it to her.

She cooperated by opening her mouth, swallowing the pill. The moment the pill entered her stomach, the potent medicinal power spread throughout her body, and even her fractured bones showed signs of recovery.

[Ding, congratulations to the host for investing a Life-Retaining Pill. Would you like to claim a thousand-year jade marrow mushroom?]

"No need to claim it," Li Xun quickly responded.

Beside them, after taking the pill, Liu Qingshuang's complexion regained some color, and her eyes brightened. She said, "Thank you, Senior Brother."

"Don't mention it. It was just a small effort on my end," replied Li Xun.

Li Xun waved his hand and asked, "Sister, do you know the current situation of the others?"

"Most of our senior brothers and sisters have likely been captured by the Extraterritorial demons," Liu Qingshuang's complexion darkened, and she said solemnly, "And some of them have become the demons' food." As she spoke, she glanced at Senior Brother Zhou not far away.

This Senior Brother Zhou had to be said to have had very good luck. He encountered a demon that didn't eat dead bodies. Otherwise, it would have been impossible to preserve his corpse intact.

"Where were they taken?" Li Xun inquired.

"It seems to be over there..."

Liu Qingshuang struggled to raise one arm and pointed in a direction for Li Xun.

Within this black array, black mist covered everything, and Li Xun had lost his sense of direction the moment he entered. Fortunately, this was just a trapping formation, allowing entry but not exit. If it had been a killing formation, all the inner disciples of the Xuanyang Sect would probably have been wiped out by now.

"By the way, Sister Liu..."

Li Xun glanced in the direction indicated by Liu Qingshuang and asked again, "Do you know the strength of the most powerful individuals among these Extraterritorial demons?"

"And how many of the strongest demons are there?"

Li Xun had plans to rescue people, considering that almost every Xuanyang Sect disciple was injured at the moment. Rescuing just one person would yield an investment opportunity. However, he didn't want to court death. The Extraterritorial demon he faced earlier was already formidable. If there were many others of similar strength at the center of the formation, it would be beyond his capacity to handle.

Perhaps it would be better to stay here with Liu Qingshuang and wait for the rescue from the sect's elders. After all, they were only a little over a thousand miles away from Xuanyang Sect. Even without a Spirit Navigational Boat, it would take them around half an hour to arrive.

"Just now, Senior Brother Li killed one of the strongest demons among them. Besides him, there should be two more," Liu Qingshuang thought for a moment and replied.

"At the beginning, when the formation just rose, they surrounded Senior Brother Wang, who was leading us. Because they are Extraterritorial demons, they can rapidly recover from any injuries. Even though Senior Brother Wang is a Spirit Connection Realm expert, he couldn't deal with them at all in the short term."

Later, Senior Brother Li killed one of these Extraterritorial demons, which suddenly appeared and began chasing us. I suspect that Senior Brother Wang..."

Liu Qingshuang didn't continue, but Li Xun could guess what happened afterward.

The leader, Senior Brother Wang, in all likelihood had met an unfortunate end. However, Liu Qingshuang mentioned that Senior Brother Wang was a Spirit Connection Realm expert. In theory, even if the Extraterritorial demons had nearly indestructible bodies, the power gap should have prevented them from harming Senior Brother Wang.

Could it be...

Li Xun thought of a possibility. Did these three Extraterritorial demons have some kind of trump card?

Thinking about it, Li Xun breathed a slight sigh of relief. As long as their trump card wasn't overwhelmingly powerful, it should be manageable. Besides, who didn't have their own trump card in a fight?

If the enemy used their trump card, he could also rely on his own. He believed that once they retreated into the Spirit Navigational Boat, the enemy wouldn't be able to break through it. Of course, whether the enemy's trump card could be used a second time was uncertain.

There was a high probability that the enemy had no more tricks up their sleeve.

"Sister Liu, I've already taken care of most of the demons in the vicinity. It shouldn't be long before the sect's elders arrive. For now, stay here and don't wander around," Li Xun said.

"In a little while, I estimate that the sect's elders will come."

"Is Senior Brother Li going to rescue the others?" Liu Qingshuang asked.

"Yes," Li Xun nodded. "Then... Senior Brother, please be extremely cautious," Liu Qingshuang said seriously.

She didn't try to stop Li Xun or insist on going with him. Liu Qingshuang understood that in her current condition, she would only be a hindrance if she went along.

As she watched Li Xun depart, Liu Qingshuang forced herself to stand up, walked behind a large tree, concealed her presence completely, and waited.

Meanwhile, several miles away, on a mountain peak shrouded in black mist and thick with demonic energy, a sinister pattern had been drawn on the ground using crimson blood. In the center of this pattern, a blood pool slowly rotated, and blood-red light ascended into the sky, entering a rift in the space hanging overhead.

This blood-red light seemed like a tether, with one end connected to the mountain peak and the other end leading to an unknown, horrifying presence. As time passed, a terrifying aura seeped out from the rift in the sky, carrying a malevolent nature that sent shivers down one's spine.

"Master, what are they doing?" Ye Han lay nearby, concealing his aura completely. His whole body blended with the darkness, only his eyes remained exposed.

Just three days ago, he had, by a stroke of luck, officially become an inner disciple of Xuanyang Sect. He had originally intended to hunt some more demonic beasts in the Xuanyang Mountains to exchange for spirit stones within the sect, in order to stabilize his soul for his Master.

However, he never expected that upon arriving in the Xuanyang Mountains, before he even had a chance to act, he would encounter this situation. Thankfully, he managed to flee in time and hide, avoiding being captured by the Extraterritorial demons. But others weren't as lucky. Many were killed on the spot, and the rest were rounded up, bound to dark pillars like pigs.

At this moment…

Ye Han had an excellent vantage point from where he could clearly see every Xuanyang Sect disciple who had been captured. He could also observe the two Extraterritorial demons at the edge of the formation. These demons, dressed in black robes like the others, were chanting incantations and continually forming symbols with their hands, which were then immersed into the blood pool. Each time they formed a symbol, the red radiance within the blood pool grew stronger. Similarly, the aura emanating from the rift in the sky became more terrifying, as if in a short time, an unparalleled entity would cross over.

"If I'm not mistaken, they should be performing a ritual!" a voice with an elderly tone echoed in Ye Han's mind.