Chapter 12 Southern Cultivators
This spear of true energy was extremely fast; as soon as it was formed, it swiftly thrust towards the man in black.
The man in black had just finished unleashing his attack and was unable to quickly use his movement technique to escape, so he could only clash head-on with the spear of true energy.
The protective shield collapsed, releasing a significant amount of true energy from within. Chen Zhou was inevitably affected and was immediately swept to the foot of the mountain by the true energy.
Chen Zhou was powerless to fight back and could only let the true energy cut through his body and push him down the mountain.
Pushing them down the mountain isn't a bad thing; on the contrary, it would get them out of the men in black's sight.
The most serious injury was to Chen Zhou's wounds, which had begun to scab over. However, due to excessive blood loss and depletion of his internal energy, Chen Zhou was powerless against the rampant internal energy.
They can only let them wreak havoc on them.
Chen Zhou's clothes were already tattered, with holes and blood all around. Some of the true energy would continue to impact even after tearing through his clothes.
"Bang!"
Unbeknownst to the man in black, a furtive figure was darting about in the bushes at the foot of the mountain; upon closer inspection, it was none other than Jiang Ying.
Jiang Ying was extremely anxious at this moment. She had also seen the intense light just now, which was the life-saving amulet she had given to Chen Zhou!
Jiang Ying believed that Chen Zhou would not use it rashly unless his life was in danger, but the fact that Chen Zhou used the protective amulet at this moment meant that his life was in danger!
With a loud bang, Jiang Ying stopped in her tracks and involuntarily looked up into the sky.
A huge black shadow was crawling behind the man in black. Jiang Ying could see the shadow clearly!
It was a huge corpse, with wrinkled skin, empty eyes, and even its skin had turned dark green.
Jiang Ying was able to see the dark figure clearly because the true energy spear released from the shattered protective amulet was emitting a dazzling light and clashing with the two longswords of the man in black!
"Rumble..."
The giant corpse opened its mouth and spat out a cloud of deep black mist that approached the spear. The spear quickly disintegrated and was eventually transformed into true energy, which was slowly absorbed by the black mist.
In the end, not even a glimmer of light remained.
Jiang Ying immediately lunged down, her heart pounding. The protective charm was shattered, and her life-saving talisman was gone.
Is Chen Zhou next?
Just as Jiang Ying was about to peek out to see what was happening outside, a hand pressed her head down again.
"who...."
"Don't speak! It's me." Chen Zhou awkwardly covered Jiang Ying's mouth with his other hand.
Chen Zhou's hands were covered in blood. He then covered Jiang Ying's mouth with his hand, and Jiang Ying could clearly smell the blood emanating from his hands.
Seeing that Jiang Ying didn't say anything more, Chen Zhou wisely removed his hand and relaxed completely, lying down in the grass.
With all that commotion just now, if we just hide here for a while, the man in black will probably leave quickly once he can't find us.
Just as Chen Zhou had expected, the man in black left on his own shortly afterward.
Strangely, as soon as the man in black left, the oddly shaped tree returned to its original state, becoming no different from other trees of the same species on the back mountain.
It was just a tattered garment hanging on one of its branches.
Not long after the man in black left, seven people arrived from a distance.
From a distance, each of the seven appeared to be standing on a long sword, with internal energy emanating from them, indicating that they were constantly on guard.
Upon closer inspection, all seven individuals possessed flowing white hair and an ethereal aura. If Chen Zhou could see these seven people, he would certainly be able to recognize one of them.
"Junior Brother! Junior Brother!" Jiang Ying peeked outside while Chen Zhou wasn't looking, and seeing nothing amiss, she was about to excitedly tell Chen Zhou.
However, Chen Zhou had already fainted, and his body and clothes were covered in blood.
"Junior Brother! Junior Brother!" Jiang Ying struggled to turn Chen Zhou around, shouting repeatedly, tears already welling up in her eyes.
It's all because of myself.
That's why Chen Zhou turned out this way.
Chen Zhou did this to protect himself; otherwise, he wouldn't have ended up like this.
Just as Jiang Ying was about to carry Chen Zhou down the mountain, their master, the Third Elder, took Chen Zhou from Jiang Ying's hands.
The Third Elder looked at Chen Zhou with a bitter expression, and without saying a word, he quickly led Chen Zhou away from there.
Jiang Ying knelt on the ground in anguish, watching her master and junior brother walk away, feeling an indescribable sadness in her heart.
"Young lady? Could you tell me what happened here?"
The newcomers were none other than the seven elders of the Sword Cloud Sect. At this moment, the eldest elder, who was in charge, spoke and asked Jiang Ying a question.
The Second Elder led the other elders to investigate the traces of the fight that had just taken place.
"I...I don't know..." Jiang Ying clutched her head and collapsed to the ground.
She doesn't want to answer anyone's questions right now, not even if you're the Grand Elder of the Sword Cloud Sect.
The Grand Elder sighed helplessly. Recently, many similar incidents had occurred in the Sword Cloud Sect. He had originally intended to issue an order prohibiting entry into the back mountain, but since the veracity of these rumors had not been confirmed, no one knew where the missing Sword Cloud Sect disciples had gone.
Every year, many disciples of the Sword Cloud Sect, unable to bear the burden of cultivation and the toil of chores, either secretly go to the Southern Kingdom or return to their hometowns.
Therefore, regarding the recent rumors of the missing disciples, no one has any evidence to confirm what is in the back mountain.
But this time, it's enough to prove it.
Upon approaching the Second Elder, the First Elder asked, "How is it?"
The second elder looked at the huge pit in front of him with a bitter expression.
"The true energy here is shrouded in a layer of corpse energy."
Upon hearing what the Second Elder said, the First Elder's expression changed slightly. Just then, a dazzling light shone from afar.
Three people were rapidly approaching them within the dazzling light.
"Are they cultivators from the Southern Kingdom?" The Second Elder also noticed this situation and asked in confusion.
Upon seeing these three cultivators from the Southern Kingdom, the First Elder seemed to have realized something and said, "The dazzling light that emanated from here earlier was probably from the broken token of the Southern Kingdom. Could it be that the Third Elder's disciple was sent by the Southern Kingdom a few years ago?"
The Second Elder rubbed his forehead and said, "The one sent by the Southern Kingdom is a princess, the one you just saw. The one the Third Elder took away is an orphan who was thrown into the Sword Cloud Sect back then."
As soon as the three approached, they saw Jiang Ying burying her head on the ground in pain, and immediately quickened their pace.
"Your Highness! We have arrived late to escort you! Please forgive us!"
Seeing that the princess was unharmed, the three of them could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
But when the three of them saw the pool of blood on the ground next to the princess, they could not calm down no matter what.
The princess is injured?!
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