Cultivating immortality relies on spatial abilities; defying fate to become the protagonist.

Chapter 260

With everyone working together, they charged towards the Demon Tower, overcoming numerous obstacles to enter. Gu Shihan destroyed the control center within the tower, causing the demonic cultivators and demonic beasts to instantly lose control and cease their actions.

"Hanhan, there are people inside the tower!" Xingbai transmitted his voice.

Gu Shihan and the others rushed over and saw a large pool.

The pool water shimmered with a dark green light, and there were countless wooden stakes inside, each with a monk with his face covered by a black cloth tied to it.

Seeing this, Gu Shihan was furious and gritted her teeth, saying, "These demonic cultivators are utterly despicable!"

After saying that, she rushed forward to rescue the cultivators. However, as soon as she approached the pool, a powerful suction force suddenly surged up from the water, pulling Gu Shihan further in.

Xingbai quickly reached out and grabbed her, and everyone used their spiritual power to resist the suction force.

Just as the stalemate reached its conclusion, a masked demonic cultivator emerged from the adjacent secret chamber. He let out a sinister laugh: "You think you can save people so easily? This is the nourishment we use to nurture our demonic artifacts; how dare you destroy it?"

Gu Shihan retorted angrily, "Your cruel actions will surely be punished!"

While resisting the suction force, the group also fought against the demonic cultivator.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Shi Qinghan threw out the Immortal Binding Rope, which immediately entangled the demonic cultivator. Although the demonic cultivator was entangled by the Immortal Binding Rope, he did not panic. Instead, he began chanting incantations.

In an instant, black light emanated from the cultivators on the wooden stakes, and they writhed in agony. Gu Shihan was frantic and shouted, "What have you done?" The demonic cultivator sneered, "If anything happens to me, they will be buried with me."

Everyone was hesitant to act, unsure of what to do. Just then, Duan Siqi quietly circled behind the demonic cultivator and launched a surprise attack.

Caught off guard, the demonic cultivator was struck in a vital spot, interrupting his incantation. The others pressed their advantage and subdued the demonic cultivator.

Taking advantage of the situation, Gu Shihan broke free from the suction force, leaped into the pool, and quickly cut the ropes on the wooden stakes, rescuing some of the cultivators.

Others quickly joined the rescue effort, and hundreds of people were pulled from the ink pool.

But just after rescuing the cultivator, the Demon Tower began to shake violently, and it looked like it was about to explode.

Xingbai formed hand seals, using the power of confinement to imprison the Demon Tower. "Hanhan, quickly lead the people away. This Demon Tower is equipped with a self-destruct device. Once the control center is destroyed and the guardian fails, it will collapse."

Gu Shihan had no time to think, so she shouted, "Run!" The group quickly fled the Demon Tower with the rescued cultivators.

Just as they escaped the magic tower, it suddenly exploded, and a large amount of dark green liquid spread out.

Gu Shihan put all the people she rescued into her sleeve pocket. This "Sleeve Universe" was a new technique she had recently learned, and she never expected it to come in handy so soon.

"Everyone, please be careful. Close your five senses, use isolation talismans to isolate everything, and burn this place down. We cannot allow this liquid to continue to pollute the land, lest it leave behind a disaster."

"Alright!" Everyone unleashed their flames, the dark green flames seemingly alive within them. A piercing cry echoed throughout the space, but thankfully, everyone's senses were sealed, so they were unaffected. The fire raged for a full half hour, until the ground was scorched, before everyone finally stopped!

Xingbai led Long Teng and the others around to check things out before saying, "Everything's settled, let's go back!"

The nine people stepped onto the teleportation array. The moment the teleportation array was activated, Gu Shihan threw five Heavenly Thunderbolts into the small space.

A deafening rumble resounded, causing the teleportation array to shake violently.

Fortunately, the teleportation array was intact, and everyone returned to their starting point without any major incident.

Just as they regained their footing and their feet touched the ground, an unusual atmosphere instantly enveloped them, making everyone's heart tighten.

The once abandoned mining area was now filled with a suffocating atmosphere of tension.

Looking ahead, one could see a group of cultivators dressed in various colorful and unique Taoist robes gathered together in a circle not far away.

From a distance, one could only vaguely see through the gaps in the crowd that several figures seemed to be pressed firmly to the ground in the center of the circle, unable to move. The identities of these people looked extremely suspicious.

Just then, a furious shout suddenly rang out from the crowd: "Who goes there! How dare you trespass here!" As the words fell, a tall male cultivator looked over with a wary expression, his gaze sharp as if he could see right through the person in front of him.

Upon seeing this, Mo Yu stepped forward without hesitation and said loudly, "I am Mo Yu. We are here to find the whereabouts of the demonic cultivator! We hope you will do us a favor."

A female cultivator standing nearby was skeptical of Mo Yu's explanation. She frowned, eyeing Mo Yu and the others suspiciously, and questioned, "Hmph, words are no proof. How can we easily believe what you say? Perhaps you are actually demonic cultivators in disguise, spies who deliberately appeared here for some purpose!"

Upon hearing this, Duan Siqi smiled slightly, gently raised her right hand, and instantly a powerful surge of immortal spiritual energy erupted from her palm, transforming into a dazzling light that surrounded her.

With a smile, he said to the female cultivator, "Fellow Daoist, have you ever seen a demonic cultivator surrounded by such a rich aura of immortality?"

The female cultivator stared wide-eyed at the strength Duan Siqi displayed, momentarily speechless. But she quickly retorted, "Who knows if you used some special method to conceal your demonic energy? You might be spies sent by demonic cultivators. It's hard to believe that you suddenly appeared here by such coincidence!"

Faced with the female cultivator's difficult behavior, Gu Shihhan had clearly lost his patience. He was unwilling to get entangled with this group any longer, so he simply said directly, "To be honest, we have been here at Mopan Mountain for several days now, and I'm sure you have all investigated some of the unusual events that have occurred here. To tell you the truth, the huge noise we made earlier was caused by us. If you don't believe me, you are welcome to go and check it out yourselves."

At this moment, several cultivators came out from behind and said loudly, "Fairy Gu, hello! Thank you for saving our lives."

Lin Feng looked at the cultivators and said, "Everyone, I am Lin Feng. We can testify that we were rescued from this Mopan Mountain by this Fairy Gu."

The middle-aged cultivator slowly spoke, "Well, it's even better since we're all on the same side. Not long ago, we captured several suspected demonic cultivator spies. At that time, we learned about this Millstone Mountain from one of them, so we all came here specifically to investigate!"

After talking, Gu Shihan and his companions finally understood the ins and outs of the matter.

(End of this chapter)