Family Cultivation: Rise of the Wilderness

Chapter 374 Chasing Troops
Boom!!

A deafening roar, like a thunderclap suddenly exploding in the sky, seemed to make the entire earth tremble at that moment.

The sound of the explosion swept in all directions, and the shockwave was like a violent hurricane, sweeping up the surrounding trees, rocks and dust. It was also like an omnipresent military flag, commanding thousands of troops to break through all obstacles.

"cough!"

Yin Feng poured his magic power into the magic shield to resist the fierce shockwave, but he still coughed constantly and vomited blood from time to time.

After a long while, the echoes of the explosion gradually faded, and the earth slowly returned to calm, leaving only smoke and dust.

Yin Feng knelt on the ground, panting heavily. Then, remembering something, he hurriedly looked up and shouted, "Senior Brother Fang!"

"Senior Brother Fang, are you alright?"

"I'm fine"

A weak voice came from behind him. Fang Renkui, half-covering his stomach, staggered toward Yin Feng.

Yin Feng's eyelids twitched, and he hesitated before asking, "Senior Brother Fang, you..."

"Bad luck? No problem!"

Fang Renkui exhaled and moved his hand away. His abdomen was covered in blood. Fortunately, it was an external injury. Although it looked serious, it was nothing to a cultivator.

Seeing this, Yin Feng looked towards the center of the explosion with lingering fear.

Although the Mana Barrier is the simplest spell, it is also the most commonly used. Its protective ability is closely related to the user's mana.

Senior Brother Fang, who possesses the ninth level of Qi Refining cultivation, was still injured, which shows just how dangerous the situation was.

If he and Senior Brother Fang had switched places, they would probably be long gone.

"Where did this madman come from?"

Yin Feng couldn't help but ask.

Ordinary cultivators, even if they die in battle, would not choose to self-destruct.

Because monks also believe in the importance of a peaceful burial and the concept of reincarnation.

Once it self-destructs, not only is the physical body destroyed, but even the soul vanishes into nothingness.

They died completely.

"I don't know, let's retreat first."

Fang Renkui's expression was extremely gloomy. The power of that strange man's self-destruction was not something a cultivator at the seventh level of Qi Refining could produce.

Fortunately, he had received a mid-grade magic bead with defensive capabilities from the sect leader a few days ago.

He used to keep complaining that he wanted to get a new offensive magic weapon, but now he just feels lucky.

Because in just a few days, there simply wasn't enough time to refine the new magical artifact.

If it were an attacking magic weapon, it would be completely useless. On the contrary, the magic bead in my hand knows how to protect its master. Even though it hasn't been refined much, it still effectively reduced some of the damage from the explosion.

Yin Feng had long intended to retreat. The people who came to kill Li Xiangcheng were clearly not ordinary people. He carried Li Xiangcheng and the white-faced cultivator on either side of his waist and followed closely behind Fang Renkui.

However, after flying for a short while, a roar came from behind.

"Useless! Stop them!"

Yin Feng hurriedly turned around and saw more than a dozen streaks of light flying densely from the horizon.

"Damn it, the explosion was too loud and attracted the pursuers."

"Take the person away first!"

Fang Renkui had Yin Fengfei go first, while he followed behind, keeping a straight line of escape.

However, in just a few breaths, two blood-red figures were right in front of them.

"Blood Escape?"

Fang Renkui gasped, utterly bewildered by the madness of these people, who had even resorted to using Blood Escape.

Blood Escape is an extremely domineering escape technique that uses the cost of burning mana and blood essence to gain incredible speed, so fast that it leaves people speechless.

However, Blood Escape is unsustainable. Once it is used for too long, the mana and blood essence will be exhausted, and the person will turn to ashes, with their soul destroyed, which is no different from self-destruction.

Moreover, even if a Blood Escape cultivator maintains restraint and manages to escape, the depleted mana is easily restored, but the lost essence blood cannot be replenished.

In the path of cultivation, one must have a complete balance of essence, energy, and spirit. If one's energy and blood are deficient, not only will one's body become weak, but even entering a meditative state will become extremely difficult. How then can one achieve the Great Dao?
This is similar to the cultivation world's refusal to accept or value elderly disciples. Regardless of their spiritual roots or aptitude, their insufficient blood and energy inevitably lead to a slower cultivation speed compared to energetic young people.

Once a cultivator uses Blood Escape, the essence blood consumed is a concept unique to cultivation, a hundred times more precious than ordinary vital energy. Therefore, the situation these cultivators face afterward is far more difficult than that of elderly disciples entering the Dao. Of course, this is a different story if one can continuously consume rare and precious herbs and elixirs to replenish vital energy.

However, only a minority of people in the cultivation world possess such wealth.

Most cultivators who use Blood Escape will find it difficult to make any progress in their cultivation throughout their lives.

Unless in dire circumstances, Blood Escape is never the first choice.

However, these pursuers seemed oblivious to the dangers involved. In addition to the two Blood Escape cultivators in front of them, two more used Blood Escape techniques to flank them from the side and rear.

Fang Renkui's face was grim. Without his magic weapon, his combat power was less than 70% of what it used to be.

Fortunately, these pursuers were of average cultivation level, either at the fifth or sixth level of Qi Refining.

He immediately shouted and waved his hands, sending two dragons flying out. The two Blood Escape cultivators on the flanks dodged instantly, but the dragons exploded at the right moment, and the powerful waves of magic power threw them away, scattering blood all over the sky.

This wasn't the end of it. Fang Renkui, already intent on killing, advanced instead of retreating, engaging the two Blood Escape cultivators directly in combat.

After only a few rounds, both of them screamed in agony, their blood-red aura dissipated, and they fell to the ground, clearly dead.

"How brave!"

This delay allowed the main force on the horizon to catch up. The gray-clad youth at the head of the group shouted and charged forward.

Seeing that he was very young, Fang Renkui immediately sneered: "A mere brat dares to kill someone?"

As soon as they finished speaking, the two attacked simultaneously. Fang Renkui retreated with a palm strike, his immense magical power sweeping towards the gray-robed youth like a dragon emerging from the sea.

The gray-robed youth sneered, his sleeves billowing like sails even without wind. He then flicked them, and a gale arose, countless magical powers coalescing into a long spear around him, pinning the dragon firmly in mid-air.

"what?"

Fang Renkui was greatly surprised and hurriedly retreated.

The magic exploded in the sky, making a deafening noise. The gray-robed youth passed through the aftershocks of the magic, his figure as fast as lightning, and in an instant he rushed in front of Fang Renkui, striking him directly on the top of his head with a palm.

With nowhere to retreat, Fang Renkui steeled his resolve, poured all the extracted magical power into his palms, and thrust it out forcefully.

"Boom!"

The clash of their magical powers generated a massive shockwave, causing Fang Renkui to spit out a mouthful of blood and fly backward.

The gray-clad youth showed no mercy and continued chasing after Fang Renkui, determined to kill him completely.

"Senior Brother Fang!!"

Seeing this, Yin Feng, who was still retreating, immediately stopped and shouted anxiously.

"Cough, cough!"

Fang Renkui coughed up several mouthfuls of blood again while flying backwards, but he had the cultivation of the ninth level of Qi Refining and rich experience in combat. He quickly stabilized his body, but most of his magic power had dissipated and his aura was weak, indicating that he had been seriously injured.

Facing the menacing gray-clad youth, Fang Renkui's eyes flashed with intense anger.

How could he be taken down by some unknown young punk?

In a short while, Fang Renkui suddenly flung out a dark yellow bead.

The gray-clad youth formed his five fingers into claws and immediately slashed out. The bead burst forth with a strong yellow light, blocking the magical power carried by the claw strike.

At the same time, a lifelike dragon pounced.

"what?"

The gray-clad youth glanced at Fang Renkui in surprise, not expecting the other party to still have such strength remaining.

This was during a period when he was depleting his magical power, and this guy had found a good opportunity.

But it's just a ritual implement; who doesn't have one?

The gray-clad youth scoffed, and with a wave of his hand, he tossed out a golden fishing net, firmly binding the dragon. Each time the dragon struggled, the net tightened further; in no time, the dragon, having lost too much of its magical power, was unrecognizable.

Not only that, the gray-clad youth patted the storage pouch at his waist, took out a gleaming silver bow, drew the bow, and shot an arrow at Fang Renkui.

Although Fang Renkui tried his best to dodge, the arrows were clearly imbued with divine consciousness and followed the gray-clad youth's orders, relentlessly pursuing him.

Finally, Fang Renkui, whose magic power was exhausted, was pierced through the shoulder blade by an arrow and let out a wail.

"Senior Brother Fang!"

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