Immortal Martial Saint, something's wrong with my entry.

Following the guidance of the Wuji Xuanzong Pan, Zhou Yi chased the figure all the way to a lakeside, where the figure vanished.

"What? You lured me here, but you're too scared to show yourself?"

Zhou Yi stood by the lake, cautiously looking around. Although she was confident in her abilities, it was always better to be safe than sorry.

"As expected of Pavilion Master Zhou of the Eastern Treasure Pavilion, his wondrous magical treasures are truly impossible to defend against."

Zhou Yi felt that the voices were erratic and came from all directions.

"That charlatan rat, too afraid to show itself?"

Holding a longsword in her right hand, Zhou Yi rubbed the base of her index finger with her left thumb, revealing a ring that was faintly visible.

In the blink of an eye, Zhou Yi held a tiny compass in her left hand. As she infused it with vital energy, the pointer on the compass spun rapidly, eventually pointing to the lake to her right.

But Zhou Yi's face remained expressionless, and she continued to pretend that she hadn't found it.

"What, you dare to do it but not admit it? Since you dared to attack my Dongfang family, why don't you dare to show yourself?"

Zhou Yi deliberately turned her back to the lake, but in fact, the long sword in her right hand was already trembling slightly as she infused it with vital energy.

"What Pavilion Master Zhou said is incorrect. My target was that peasant. How was I supposed to know that the young master of the Dongfang family would be on the same flying boat as that kind of peasant?"

Hearing the man's words, Zhou Yi sneered. She had just received a message from the family guards that Dongfang Jinghong was unharmed, so the man's words seemed even more ridiculous.

"That peasant you call a fool, he unraveled your carefully laid trap. And do you think I didn't investigate that kid's background? Could he possibly have offended an enemy of your caliber?"

Before the man hiding in the lake could reply, Zhou Yi had already finished preparing and, with all her might, swung her sword down at the location indicated by the compass.

If Dongfang Jinghong or Li Youan were here, they would see that when Zhou Yi swung her sword, more than a dozen cyan longswords appeared out of thin air.

It was the "Return to Origin Sword Technique" used by Dongfang Jinghong, but the cyan longswords wielded by Zhou Yi were dozens of times longer than those of Dongfang Jinghong, and their power was incomparable.

Whoosh.

One longsword after another was strung together and plunged straight into the lake.

Bang bang bang.

The calm lake surface looked as if a massive boulder weighing tens of thousands of tons had been thrown in, with huge columns of water shooting straight into the sky, and the spray exposing the lakebed.

Moreover, as the cyan giant sword continued to smash down, it even deepened the lake bottom by several meters.

The scattered water droplets soaked the dry land by the lake, but the water flying towards Zhou Yi was repelled by an invisible force.

Within a radius of three zhang centered on Zhou Yi, the land remained dry and unaffected.

But none of this affected Zhou Yi. She kept her eyes fixed on the lake. Sure enough, the moment the water column reached its highest point, the man in black was ejected from it and flew away into the distance.

He even carried several fish out of the lake.

"Where do you think you're going!"

"The mouse can't hide anymore? Now that it's out, it doesn't need to run anymore."

The man in black didn't respond at all, but simply fled rapidly into the distance.

Zhou Yi immediately took to the air and chased after the man in black who had fled.

"The Return to Origin Sword".

Zhou Yi was rapidly closing the distance with the man in black, but she didn't just wait idly. Instead, she casually brandished her sword and attacked the man in black from the side.

"Skyclaw."

Three sharp blades appeared out of thin air in the man's right hand, and he slashed fiercely in the direction of the cyan longsword, as if the space in the path of the longsword had been cut open.

The two attacks collided, creating a powerful explosion.

The explosion did not affect their speed at all; in fact, it increased their speed to a new level.

The man in black concealed his left hand beneath his body, gently rubbing white particles in the air. These particles turned into powder and drifted away.

Zhou Yi and the man in black were getting closer and closer, their cyan longswords clashing frequently with the Sky-Splitting Claws.

"Heavenly Fire Sword Technique - Burning the Sky".

Before the man in black, an endless sea of ​​fire appeared out of thin air, and fireballs kept falling from the sky, hurtling towards him.

The man dodged left and right, even taking several fireballs head-on. But realizing that he couldn't escape the boundless sea of ​​fire no matter what, he retracted his claws, drew his long sword, and swung it repeatedly forward.

"Nine Nether Demon Blade - Asura Slash".

Black blade light shot out in all directions from the man's center. Seeing that the sea of ​​fire had been partially dispersed, the man in black poured in his vital energy and unleashed his full power, the blade light pouring down like a torrential rain, filling the entire sky.

Zhou Yi held her sword horizontally in front of her to block the incoming blade light. Then, she twirled the sword, spinning one of the blade lights along the blade and flicking it back.

Bang bang bang.

Although the sea of ​​fire was broken up, the scattered sparks, under Zhou Yi's control, all drifted towards the man in black, and would explode on their own when they got close enough.

Violent energy explosions were occurring everywhere in the sky, and the aftershocks of the energy destroyed the forest below. Some of the scattered blades even sliced ​​off a small mountain. The sparks that the man knocked down further ignited the already ravaged forest below, leaving the surrounding area a scorched wasteland.

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With the Sky Shuttle traveling at top speed, Li Youan finally brought Dongfang Jinghong to the outpost.

Outpost No. 1 was built amidst a range of mountains. The highest and most majestic peak in the mountain range was hollowed out from the inside, and even a section of the summit was cut off to form a platform.

On the platform atop the mountain, hundreds of demon-slaying crossbows, identical to those on the walls of the front-line base, were deployed.

As they approached the perimeter of Outpost No. 1, Li Youan and Dongfang Jinghong had already sent a message via their terminals. Therefore, under Li Youan's control, the Sky Shuttle carried the two of them directly to the mountaintop platform.

Guided by several cultivators, Li Youan controlled the Sky-Piercing Shuttle and brought it to a stop in the area where the flying boat was parked.

After storing the Sky-Piercing Shuttle in their Heavenly Pivot Ring, Li Youan and Dongfang Jinghong headed towards the registration desk. At this point, thanks to the medicinal pills, Dongfang Jinghong had essentially recovered.

"Name."

"Li Youan".

"Eastern Amazing Beauty".

"Hold on."

The registration staff found the records somewhat strange, but after repeatedly checking them and confirming that they were correct, they still informed the two of the results.

"That's strange, how come two newbies are in the same team?"

Hearing the mutterings of the registration staff, Li Youan and the other person exchanged a glance.

With just one glance, Li Youan understood that this must have been arranged by Dongfang Jinghong behind the scenes, and he didn't say anything more. After all, he had also received money, and by following this little rich woman, Dongfang Jinghong, he wouldn't have to spend spirit stones in many places. From any perspective, he had made a profit.

And so, Li Youan and the other person were told that they had been assigned to the thirteenth squad together.

Guided by the staff, Dongfang Jinghong and Li Youan walked through the passage towards the residential area of ​​the thirteenth team inside the mountain.

"here."

After walking through the passage for a while, the two saw a sign with the number 13 hanging at the entrance of a cave ahead. After confirming the location, the two went inside.

"Captain, is the new recruit arriving today?"

As they approached the cave entrance, the two heard a young man's voice coming from inside.