Zhang Yuan rubbed his sore shoulder, slowly stood up, and then looked around at this unfamiliar world.
The boundless grassland, with a sphere like the sun hanging in the sky, emitting gentle light and heat, not as intense as the sunlight in the real world, and even visible to the naked eye.
In the distance, several lush trees stand alone on the grassland, their branches and leaves verdant and their canopies radiating colorful light.
Where is this?
Zhang Yuan murmured.
Soon, he saw the cultivators outside the paulownia grove. The cultivator in the green robe carrying a large gourd, the cultivator holding a palm-leaf fan, and others seemed to be searching for something on the grass. The young man in sunglasses had taken off his sunglasses and was also exploring the place.
"I think I've somehow ended up inside the ruins too!"
"Depend on!"
Zhang Yuan cursed under his breath.
His first thought wasn't to search for treasure like other cultivators, but rather, "How can I get out of here?"
Get out of this awful place!
After cursing a couple of times, Zhang Yuan realized he couldn't get out for the time being, so he followed the example of the other cultivators and searched the nearby grassland with his head down.
Now that we're already here, let's first look around and see if there's anything good nearby, and also figure out how to get out.
Whether it was good luck or not, Zhang Yuan turned around and saw a majestic sword stuck in a gray-white stone behind him!
The sword has a beautiful blade, and a chilling aura surrounds it!
Although Zhang Yuan knew nothing about swords, he could tell at a glance that this was definitely a fine sword! Because this precious sword exuded an astonishing aura!
When Zhang Yuan discovered the three-foot-long sword, the other cultivators also discovered it at almost the same time. However, because Zhang Yuan was the closest, he rushed towards the sword before the others could make a move.
Just as Zhang Yuan reached out to grasp the sword hilt, a loud shout came from behind him.
"Get out of my way!"
"The sword is mine!"
Accompanied by a loud, energetic shout, a sharp palm strike came from behind.
Faced with the choice between the sword and the powerful attack on his back, Zhang Yuan chose to forgo seizing the sword.
Because once he grasps the sword, his back will inevitably be attacked.
Judging from the sharp palm wind coming from his back, the person who ambushed him was definitely very strong!
Zhang Yuan immediately turned around and unleashed a powerful palm strike!
The fists and palms collided, producing a crackling sound!
Zhang Yuan was sent flying backward by a punch from his opponent, spitting out a mouthful of blood!
hateful!
He got injured as soon as he came in.
Zhang Yuan stood up from the ground and saw that the person who attacked him was the young man who had worn sunglasses earlier.
This person is stronger than he expected; he should have already reached the late stage of the Meridian Opening Realm!
Without using the Burst Pill, Zhang Yuan admitted that he was no match for him.
However, the Burst Pill was his trump card for survival, and Zhang Yuan didn't want to waste his only life-saving Burst Pill for a sword.
Therefore, he temporarily gave up trying to take the sword back from the other party.
After the young man in sunglasses took them off, a handsome yet cold face could be seen. He glared coldly at the injured Zhang Yuan, snorted softly, and then turned to draw his sword.
But others would not do as he wished.
Before his hand even touched the sword, the eagle demon had already attacked from the sky.
A powerful eagle claw descended from the sky!
The eagle demon's powerful palm technique locked onto the young man in sunglasses, causing dirt and grass to fly everywhere. The young man in sunglasses felt as if he were facing a formidable enemy. He wanted to escape but was unwilling to give up the Green Peak Sword, so he threw a punch with all his might to meet the enemy.
Bang!
The earthquake cracked, and the young man in sunglasses tumbled a long way away, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth!
Zhang Yuan originally thought that with Eagle Demon General's strength, this palm strike should be able to kill the man in sunglasses, but in the end he found that he only injured him.
I felt like something was off, but I didn't think much of it!
Therefore, other human cultivators also rushed over at this time. When the eagle demon attacked the young man in sunglasses, they scrambled to seize the Azure Peak Sword, but the eagle demon refused. In the end, the eagle demon and the cultivators fought.
A chaotic battle erupted on the grassland.
The eagle demon was the strongest among them, almost invincible, and no other human cultivator could match it in a one-on-one fight.
Zhang Yuan watched the battle from afar, as if he had discovered something.
Although the eagle demon attacked with all its might in every move, the cultivators fighting against it were only injured! Not a single one died!
That's a bit strange!
The eagle demon is a powerful demon general, a whole realm stronger than other human cultivators. Logically speaking, it should be a piece of cake to kill these cultivators in the Meridian Opening Realm!
The other cultivators also seemed to have noticed something was wrong.
The young man in sunglasses spoke first to the other cultivators on the grassland: "Only cultivators below the Golden Core realm can enter this ruin. The Eagle Demon is a demon general realm monster. Although we don't know how he entered the ruin, he can only exert the strength of the Meridian Opening Realm here!"
"Everyone, let's join forces and kill this eagle demon first. Otherwise, given its strength, we might not get anything from the ruins, and we might even be killed by it!!"
The young man in sunglasses' words immediately resonated with the other cultivators, especially those who had just been injured by the eagle demon, who hated the eagle demon to the core.
“Everyone enters the ruins to seize treasures. This fellow immortal is right. I’ll join forces to kill this eagle demon first, and then we can each search for treasures based on our own abilities!”
A cultivator wearing a gray robe, with a black crescent moon between his eyebrows, spoke.
Behind him, two other accomplices, also dressed in strange gray robes and with crescent moons between their brows, immediately stepped forward to support him.
That's right. Demons are inherently greedy. With him around, it will be difficult for us to take the treasure. We might as well join forces and kill this eagle demon first!
After saying that, the three gray-robed cultivators and the young man in sunglasses attacked the eagle demon together.
The Eagle Demon is a powerful Demon General. In order to enter the ruins, he suppressed his strength. Now, his cultivation level can only exert the peak combat power of the late stage of the Meridian Opening Realm. However, the demon race has a strong physique, and he has the body of a Demon General. Even the three gray-robed cultivators plus the sunglasses-wearing youth could only barely fight to a draw.
While the other four independent cultivators on the grassland were still hesitating, the young man in sunglasses, unable to break through their defenses after a long siege, roared angrily: "What are you waiting for! If we die in battle, you will all die too!"
At this moment, some of the cultivators who had been injured by the eagle demon earlier finally joined the battle.
Facing six opponents alone, the eagle demon was in dire straits. Seeing that the eagle demon was no match for them, the other two rogue cultivators gained confidence and joined the siege against the eagle demon.
Even though the eagle demon possessed the strength of a peak late-stage Meridian Opening Realm cultivator and had a powerful body, it was no match for the simultaneous attack of eight Meridian Opening Realm cultivators within the ruins and began to retreat.
His wings, chest, and other parts were injured by the combined attack of the cultivators, making him look extremely disheveled.
"Damn human cultivators! If I weren't trapped in the ruins and unable to unleash my full power, even if you all attacked at once, you wouldn't be enough for me to kill!"
The eagle demon spoke in human language.
Zhang Yuan observed silently, not easily joining the ranks of those surrounding and killing the eagle demon; he had no intention of entering this dangerous ruin in the first place.
From the battle between the cultivators and the eagle demon, Zhang Yuan discovered that among these cultivators, the young man in sunglasses and the leader, a man in black robes with a crescent moon, were the strongest, both having reached the late stage of the Meridian Opening Realm, while the other cultivators were at the early and middle stages of the Meridian Opening Realm.
He currently has no personal grudge against the Eagle Demon, but the young man in sunglasses had just injured him, so they already have a grudge.
The man in the black robe with the crescent moon shape didn't seem like a good person either. His mysterious attire and strange, arrogant behavior made him seem more like some evil, mysterious organization.
If they were to attack the eagle demon together, and the eagle demon were to die, then only the sunglasses-wearing youth and the black-robed crescent-shaped man would remain as the strongest! The situation would then be unfavorable to him.
Instead of ganging up on the eagle demon together, it would be more appropriate to let the eagle demon restrain the two of them.
The battle reached a fever pitch.
The cultivator carrying the gourd unleashed its massive gourd, and a powerful beam of light transformed into a shockwave that surged towards the eagle demon. The cultivator with the palm-leaf fan fanned himself, and a demonic wind swept towards the eagle demon. The black-robed crescent-shaped man unleashed a terrifying blade aura with his evil scimitar, while the young man in sunglasses punched out a powerful and yang-like aura. All the cultivators' attacks flew towards the eagle demon together.
Instantly, a surge of true energy swept across the grassland.
Upon seeing this, the eagle demon's expression changed. Even with his strong physical body, he couldn't withstand the combined attack of eight people. The eagle demon spread his wings and immediately fled into the depths of the grassland.
The cultivators' attacks caught up with the fleeing eagle demon, shattering its leather armor, sending feathers flying, and nearly causing it to fall from the sky!
However, the eagle demon endured its severe injuries and, with only a few feathers left on its wings, vanished into the depths of the grassland.
Because the eagle demon was too fast, the group was unable to catch up.
In the midst of the melee, the young man in sunglasses intentionally or unintentionally approached the Azure Edge Sword. As the eagle demon was severely injured and fled, he reacted swiftly, being the first to rush towards the Azure Edge Sword and, before anyone could react, pulled out the three-foot-long sword.
The moment the sword was drawn, terrifying sword energy shot out in all directions!
The young man in sunglasses burst into laughter.
"The sword is mine now!"
But his laughter stopped abruptly the next moment!
Thunder roared over the grassland, as if the sky was being torn apart by a powerful force. At the same time, the Qingfeng sword he was holding suddenly disappeared.
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