Hidden Battle, Moving

“What?”

This scene made the eyeballs of everyone present fall to the ground.

They were collectively petrified on the spot.

Just so casually slashing down, and over a dozen demon lords were hacked to death just like that?

What kind of terrifying strength was this exactly?

The scene before their eyes was simply shocking, making their scalps tingle.

“Master, there’s a face growing inside this flower.” At this moment, Zhong Qing suddenly noticed the thorny plant and cried out in alarm.

“It really is!”

Yi Feng looked at the face and felt a chill run through his heart.

“Disciple, let me borrow your blade for a moment.” Yi Feng stretched out his hand and said.

“Yes, Master.”

Zhong Qing obediently handed the blade to Yi Feng. After taking the blade, Yi Feng slashed at the plant without saying another word.

The face in the middle immediately revealed an expression of fear, before it could react in panic, the entire thorny plant was hacked down by Yi Feng.

Yi Feng guessed that this plant was most likely the man-eating flower from his previous life. This kind of thing could easily endanger lives if one was not careful, so he cut it down.

“Hiss!”

But when Li Shuhua and the others saw this scene, they sucked in a breath of cold air.

Not only did the little boy casually hack more than a dozen demon lords to death, but this youth that the little boy called Master also slashed Song Ke with a single strike?

Good heavens!

What in the world was happening?

The three who had trampled Song Ke's avatar to death earlier were still fresh in their minds, and now there were another two just as terrifying individuals!

Everyone’s minds were blank.

They couldn’t figure out these mysterious immortal-like characters that kept appearing in this mountain range.

The key was that they didn’t seem to care at all about killing Song Ke, it was like casually taking care of things as they passed by.

After taking care of it, they would continue to immerse themselves in their own world and go about their business!

Phew!

After a moment of shock, everyone finally remembered to go up and greet them with thanks, but like the previous three, these two had already disappeared without a trace.

Fate.

It was so profound!

Everyone looked at each other, it seemed they had narrowly escaped death once again.

“Heaven is helping our Imperial Sword Sect and the Li family.”

Yang Tianyu said excitedly, “With Song Ke's avatar being destroyed twice, his soul is bound to be wounded, and the time for him to make his breakthrough to Sage will definitely be greatly delayed. Most importantly, all the demon lords under him have been hacked to death by those two seniors just now, so now is the perfect opportunity for us to regain the Fragrance Bag.”

Hearing this, a light of hope flashed in everyone's eyes.

They hurriedly began regulating their breathing on the spot, and with their own cultivation, they quickly forced the toxins out of their bodies.

After taking some medicinal pills to recover a bit from their injuries, the dozen or so martial sages rushed towards Song Ke's main camp.

This time there were no accidents, and they quickly arrived at the valley.

“The Fragrance Bag must be next to Song Ke's main body. Let's sneak over there quickly.” Li Shuhua ordered.

Hearing this, everyone crept through the dense bushes towards Song Ke's main body.

“Disciple, this valley below looks gloomy, I'm afraid there will be quite a few beasts!”

On the cliff, Yi Feng looked at the valley below and said softly.

“Master, let's go, I'm not afraid!”

Zhong Qing tightened his grip on the large blade, and said excitedly.

“As expected of my good disciple.”

Yi Feng rubbed Zhong Qing's head approvingly, then led his young disciple towards the forested valley...

“Look, the Fragrance Bag is right there.”

After sneaking to Song Ke's main body, they quickly discovered the Fragrance Bag hanging on a branch of the locust tree where his main body was.

“He hasn't noticed our approach. Song Ke is probably so affected by the destruction of his two avatars that he can't spare any attention to deal with us. Let's quickly rush up and grab the Fragrance Bag, then get out of here.” Yang Tianyu instructed.

Everyone nodded.

Their eyes fixed on the Fragrance Bag, and they were about to take action.

But in the next moment, the locust tree in front of them suddenly erupted with a massive aura, radiating in all directions.

Under this aura, even Li Shuhua and the others were shocked and staggered back repeatedly before steadying themselves. When they looked at Song Ke's main body again, their expressions had changed drastically.

“This is bad, Song Ke has already become a Sage!”

“How can this be, how did this happen?”

Yang Tianyu cried out in panic and bewilderment, his face full of shock.

They absolutely did not expect that the destruction of the two avatars would not have any impact on Song Ke's main body, and instead he had even advanced to become a Sage ahead of time.

The reason why Song Ke did not notice them was probably because his entire mind was focused on making his breakthrough.

“What do we do now?”

Everyone anxiously shouted, “Should we take this chance while he still hasn't noticed us and hurry up and leave?”

“No, it's true that Song Ke hasn't discovered us yet, but if we activate our cultivation techniques to move, he will sense it. I'm afraid we won't even be able to escape the mountain range before we're caught up to by Song Ke after his breakthrough to Sage!” Li Shuhua said solemnly.

“Then what should we do, go all out?”

Yang Tianyu gritted his teeth and said, “Look at the part of the tree trunk beneath him with uneven coloring, that's the heart of his tree. We just need to take the chance while he's unaware to destroy it, and Song Ke's strength will be greatly reduced. At that time, we may have a chance against him in battle.”

But everyone had bitter expressions on their faces.

The heart of the tree was as important to other demonic beasts as the demon core, and like the dantian in humans, it was the core hub of all power output. Its importance goes without saying.

But Song Ke's tree heart was on the tree trunk, it wouldn't be so easy to destroy.

This idea simply wouldn't work.

“Alright.”

Yang Tianyu also knew that he was just desperately grasping at straws just now. He could only say anxiously again, “Since that's the case, then we should think of a way before Song Ke discovers us. Once he finds us, it'll be too late to do anything.”

“It seems we have no choice but to do so.”

Li Shuhua gritted his teeth and took out a scroll in his hand.

“Is this... the Li family's treasured Concealment Formation?” Yang Tianyu said in surprise.

Li Shuhua solemnly nodded.

This Concealment Formation was one of the greatest treasures of his Li family, and he had brought it along this time in case of unexpected circumstances.

Yet he did not expect to really have to use it now.

Everyone nodded. They couldn't escape now, nor could they win in a fight, so they could only hide in the formation for the time being to save their lives.

“The space in the Concealment Formation is limited, there are too many of us, so you must quickly squat close to me so that the space is barely enough!” Li Shuhua said hurriedly.

Hearing this, everyone immediately moved to squat close to Li Shuhua.

“Concealment Formation, activate!”

Li Shuhua waved the scroll in his hand, and a spatial force immediately enveloped everyone, then the dozen or so people vanished into thin air.

This was the ingenious part of the Concealment Formation.

It could form its own small space, the outside world could not see into the interior of the space, yet they could see outside from within.

“Hmph!”

“You tiny humans, did you think I wouldn't know where you're hiding?”

“I'll show you how I can break that foolish Concealment Formation with my power...”

A pair of eyes suddenly grew out of the tree trunk, emanating a massive aura.

But in the next moment, an invisible force enveloped the entire space, completely suppressing Song Ke's aura from before.

“What’s going on?”

Song Ke’s expression changed drastically, and his sharp gaze immediately turned to look around in all directions.

Because this force had also suppressed his Sage aura tightly, completely preventing him from unleashing any of his power.