Although it was more than half an hour slower.
However, the opposing team was a whole group, mostly Foundation Establishment cultivators.
Therefore, less than half an hour had passed.
Lin Xiuyuan and his group then found the enemy's trail.
Lin Xiuyuan signaled for the escape light to slow down, and then the two of them put down the Foundation Establishment disciples that the escape light was dragging.
"Distribute these spirit talisman array plates. Once we pinpoint the location and begin the battle, spread out in all directions and make sure no one escapes."
Lin Xiuyuan took a Qiankun bag from his waist, threw it to a disciple, and said.
Then Lin Xiuyuan gestured for Xu Zeda to follow.
Xu Zeda, looking bewildered, activated his escape light to catch up, then looked at Lin Xiuyuan and said, "Just the two of us?"
"No, I also have a spirit beast, which is also at the Purple Mansion stage."
Seeing the other person's somewhat dazed expression, Lin Xiuyuan smiled and said.
After Huo Yun finished her seclusion at the Spirit Spring Cave, she was only a hair's breadth away from reaching the Upper Realm.
After emerging from seclusion, he stayed in the spirit beast pouch and cultivated diligently. Not long after arriving at the Purple Mountain Herb Garden, he finally broke through to the Purple Mansion stage!
A look of surprise flashed across Xu Zeda's face, but his expression quickly fell.
Lin Xiuyuan possesses a fire python with astonishingly strong combat power.
This is something that all the disciples in the sect are aware of, and countless people envy it.
Unexpectedly, Lin Xiuyuan nurtured that fire python to the Purple Mansion stage; it was truly astonishing.
Even so.
But it's just a spirit beast at the early stage of the Purple Mansion realm. Even though the Fire Python is a demonic beast with amazing combat power, it's not certain that it can bring about any fundamental changes.
Ultimately, it's just the two of them, plus a spirit beast at the early stage of the Purple Mansion realm!
In comparison, it wouldn't be accurate to say it was courting death, but it was certainly somewhat overestimating its own abilities.
"It's alright. With Protector Xu's combat strength, he should be able to hold his own against a rogue cultivator at the late stage of the Purple Mansion realm."
Lin Xiuyuan offered some words of comfort, saying, "As long as you keep this person occupied, leave the rest to me. Even if things don't go well, we have fewer people and nothing to worry about, so escaping will be easy. If you see things aren't going well, you can retreat in advance. You've seen my concealment techniques along the way; if I want to leave, they can't stop me!"
Upon hearing the first sentence, Xu Zeda almost thought that he had done something to offend Lin Xiuyuan in the past, and that he was being sent to his death!
Upon hearing the rest of the words, Xu Zeda breathed a sigh of relief, but then hesitated.
That alone gives him confidence.
As a disciple of a sect, one is superior to independent cultivators in terms of inherited knowledge and other aspects.
The cultivation techniques they practice are of a high or even top-tier level, and their magical power is generally one or two levels stronger than that of other cultivators of the same realm, not to mention their magical artifacts and other resources.
Thus, in the cultivation world, it's almost a consensus that disciples of major sects are generally capable of overwhelming independent cultivators of the same level. The core elites among them often fight against independent cultivators of higher levels, and there are numerous examples of them winning.
As a protector, Xu Zeda was naturally among the core elites.
Whether he can win against a rogue cultivator in the late stage of the cultivation realm is uncertain, but he can certainly restrain him and is capable of confronting him head-on.
Xu Zeda: "That's all?"
"Yes, that's all." Lin Xiuyuan nodded.
Xu Zeda thought about it. They really didn't have any grudges against each other before. Since that was the case, Lin Xiuyuan really intended to face the entire team alone, one person and one demon.
But before Xu Zeda could ask anything, or even confirm what he considered an absurd plan, he didn't ask.
At this moment, Lin Xiuyuan looked ahead and said, "We've arrived. Let's prepare to make our move!"
Lin Xiuyuan immediately concealed his aura and moved forward, a cold expression gradually appearing on his face.
Seeing this, Xu Zeda could only sigh and quickly follow.
Even now, I still feel a sense of déjà vu, as if I'm in a dream.
They inexplicably followed Lin Xiuyuan to snipe the enemy team, and with such a small force...
There's always a feeling of going to one's death.
Or perhaps they offended Lin Xiuyuan at some point in the past...
...
Not long after.
In their eyes, a group of several hundred people had already appeared ahead.
Three powerful cultivators at the Purple Mansion stage walked slowly ahead.
Following behind were nearly three hundred Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining cultivators, seventy percent of whom were Foundation Establishment cultivators!
The information is not much different from that of Xinyuan Pavilion.
Xu Zeda swallowed, looked at Lin Xiuyuan, and had a hesitant expression.
But before he could say it.
Lin Xiuyuan gently patted the spirit beast pouch at his waist and said, "Go ahead. You just need to hold off that late-stage Purple Talisman cultivator. Once I've dealt with the other two, that will be the moment to secure victory."
The words had barely left his lips.
A beam of red light shot out, initially thin and long, gradually transforming into a fan shape, covering an open area.
The light vanished in an instant, as if it had never existed.
As the red light completely dissipated, an astonishingly enormous creature suddenly appeared in the spot!
A vibrant, eye-catching splash of bright red instantly became the focus of everyone's attention.
The giant snake's body coiled up in layers, stacked up to be several stories high, resembling a towering mountain, with an imposing presence.
The snake's body continued to writhe and slither, its scales shimmering with an eerie and captivating red light in the sunlight, exuding a chilling and unsettling aura that made one involuntarily tremble with fear!
Especially its raised head, constantly flicking its scarlet forked tongue, and its cold, indifferent vertical pupils—when everyone's gaze met its, an indescribable sense of fear involuntarily rose from the depths of their hearts, making them tremble and feel a chill run down their spines.
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