Cave Dwelling Ruins

Zhang Tie didn't have time to feel the pain in his body. In an instant, he dodged to the right with lightning speed. At that critical moment, the spot where he had been was instantly enveloped by a green and incredibly foul-smelling liquid.

As soon as the liquid touched the ground, it emitted a "sizzling" corrosive sound, instantly eating away at the ground, leaving it pitted and uneven.

Zhang Tie barely managed to stand firm, his eyes like lightning, fixed on the giant green snake on the big tree, its scarlet tongue flicking out. Without hesitation, he waved his hand, and several blazing fireballs instantly whistled out, flying directly towards the giant snake like meteors. At the same moment, Zhang Tie quietly gathered all the power of qi and blood in his legs.

With a flash of his body, he leaped like a phantom, instantly appearing behind the giant green snake. The giant green snake reacted with incredible agility, a fierce tail whip easily swatting away the incoming fireballs.

Immediately after, it sharply turned its head and spewed a stream of venom directly at Zhang Tie. Zhang Tie's body was like a swallow; he nimbly dodged to the side, skillfully evading the venom.

At the same time, he focused all his attention on controlling his flying sword. The flying sword, like a bolt of lightning, suddenly stabbed down from above the giant green snake, aiming directly for one of its eyes.

The giant green snake once again turned its head with astonishing speed, narrowly avoiding the vital spot. The flying sword, with a "bang," fiercely struck the hard green scales, instantly erupting in a dazzling spark.

In that split second, Zhang Tie, taking advantage of the giant green snake's momentary distraction while avoiding its eye, had already leaped to the back of its head like lightning. Zhang Tie unhesitatingly channeled the power of qi and blood throughout his body into the spirit artifact glove on his right hand, then forcefully swung it down with all his might.

With a deafening "boom," the giant green snake's head seemed to suffer a thousand-pound blow, crashing heavily to the ground from the tree. Zhang Tie didn't hesitate for a moment, instantly charging forward and delivering punch after punch to the snake's head, like a sudden storm, throwing more than ten punches in quick succession. Finally, the giant green snake's head could no longer withstand it, and with a "bang," it exploded like a watermelon, splattering blood and flesh everywhere.

Zhang Tie agilely and quickly collected the giant green snake's corpse, then controlled his flying sword and carefully plucked the incredibly precious spirit medicine.

He gently enveloped the spirit medicine with his spiritual power and carefully placed it into a jade box specifically used for storing medicine.

Zhang Tie knew very well that this place was a dangerous spot and he could not linger. Thus, he turned and, without hesitation, sped towards the depths. With a few leaps, his figure vanished like a ghost without a trace.

Zhang Tie searched everywhere without a clue, his heart filled with anticipation, eager to find the location recorded in the sect's secret realm scrolls, while continuously recalling the thrilling battle he had just experienced in his mind: the strength of this giant green snake should be at the middle stage of Foundation Establishment. Although its attacks were extremely sharp and fierce, its intelligence was truly low. It was precisely because of this that he was able to take advantage of the situation and successfully kill it in one go.

Just then, Zhang Tie's token suddenly showed an unusual anomaly. He quickly took out the token to check and found that in the direction he was heading, three red dots were rapidly moving towards his location. The first red dot was in front, with the other two closely following behind, presenting a clear pursuit formation.

If his guess was correct, it should be a situation of one chasing and one fleeing. The two behind were desperately chasing the person in front, and in the process, they unintentionally discovered him.

Zhang Tie pondered for a moment and finally decided to go and check the specific situation. Although he wasn't entirely confident he could defeat the opponents, with his own skills and methods, escaping should not be a problem.

As Zhang Tie gradually approached, he soon clearly saw that the approaching individuals were none other than Jiang Yun from his own sect. Jiang Yun at this moment looked extremely disheveled, with scorch marks all over his hair and clothes, and a long wound on his right arm. No blood flowed from the wound, indicating that he had already used a spell to stop the bleeding.

Jiang Yun also spotted Zhang Tie immediately and, in extreme urgency, shouted for help, "Brother Zhang, save me!"

Zhang Tie's gaze quickly shifted to behind Jiang Yun, and he saw that the ones chasing him were two young men wearing pink robes. These two youths looked almost identical, most likely twin brothers.

At this moment, Jiang Yun, panting heavily, arrived beside Zhang Tie. Zhang Tie, however, maintained a distance of over ten meters from him, his expression solemn as he asked, "Brother Jiang, what exactly happened?"

Jiang Yun's face was bitter, and he gasped for air, answering with difficulty, "They are the Joyful Union Sect's Ling Tianxing and Ling Tianyue brothers. They are extremely skilled in poison techniques, making them impossible to guard against. Brother Zhang, you must be extra careful."

Zhang Tie's face instantly turned as dark as water. He turned and made as if to flee in the opposite direction.

"Brother Zhang, don't go! I've been poisoned and truly can't run much longer. I coincidentally discovered a cave dwelling of an ancient cultivator in the valley ahead. The restrictions on the cave dwelling are still present, and no one should have entered it yet. It is precisely because of this that I have been chased by them," Jiang Yun shouted anxiously when he saw Zhang Tie about to leave.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Tie stopped and turned to look at the two brothers standing dozens of feet away. After a moment of thought, he spoke, "Two Senior Brothers from the Joyful Union Sect, we are willing to hand over our tokens. Can you spare our lives?"

One of them said coldly, "Hand over your storage bags as well, and we can spare your lives."

Zhang Tie hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "Alright!" With that, Zhang Tie quickly threw his storage bag to Jiang Yun and said, "Give them yours too. If it weren't for saving you, I would have already run away by myself."

Jiang Yun, with an extremely complex expression, took off his storage bag and then threw it forcefully towards the two from the Joyful Union Sect. One of them raised his hand, instantly condensing a large hand of spiritual power, and swiftly grabbed towards the two storage bags.

Just then, Zhang Tie suddenly moved, and the power of qi and blood throughout his body instantly surged into his legs like a flood. His figure vanished without a trace in an instant, covering dozens of feet in the blink of an eye.

Seeing this, another disciple of the Joyful Union Sect shouted in horror, "Be careful!" However, before his words even fell, a loud "bang" echoed, the storage bags still in the air suddenly dropped to the ground, a headless corpse slowly fell, its posture still maintaining the motion of grabbing.

The other disciple of the Joyful Union Sect, seeing this, turned as pale as death. He couldn't care about anything else and turned to flee with all his might, controlling his qi. Zhang Tie agilely picked up the storage bags of the two, and with a few leaps, he unhesitatingly pursued them.

A quarter of an hour later, Zhang Tie slowly returned from a distance, holding another storage bag. He slowly walked to the corpse of the Joyful Union Sect disciple from before, his expressionless face collecting the storage bag.

He walked to Jiang Yun's side, returned his storage bag to him, and asked, "Brother Jiang, how are you feeling now? Can you still walk?"

Jiang Yun seemed not to have fully recovered from the previous thrilling scene, his entire person stunned. Seeing this, Zhang Tie patted his shoulder again forcefully. Jiang Yun then seemed to wake up from a dream and replied, "Yes, I can walk. Thank you, Senior Brother Zhang, for saving my life." As he spoke, Jiang Yun quickly took the storage bag, took out several pills from it, and swallowed them without hesitation.

An hour later, led by Jiang Yun, Zhang Tie and Jiang Yun finally arrived in a valley. Jiang Yun slowly walked to a corner of the valley. From the outside, it looked like nothing was there, only messy weeds and rubble, and a few broken branches lying around without any pattern.

Jiang Yun walked straight into it without hesitation, his figure instantly disappearing. Zhang Tie followed closely without any hesitation. As soon as he stepped in, his body seemed to pass through a thin curtain of water, instantly entering another mysterious world. Zhang Tie looked up and saw Jiang Yun standing quietly in front of a stone gate more than two Zhangs high.

"This cave dwelling has probably existed for tens of thousands of years, or even longer. Due to the erosion of time, the protective formations here have weakened significantly," Jiang Yun said, pointing to the stone gate. "Before I fled, I had tried to break through the formations here, but the effect was minimal. Finally, I guessed that the method might be wrong, so this time we need Brother Zhang's cooperation."

"Just break through the formations with all your might. If you need my help, just say the word," Zhang Tie said without hesitation.

Jiang Yun nodded solemnly, quickly took out five formation flags and a formation disk. Jiang Yun focused his attention and cast magic arts towards the five formation flags. The five formation flags instantly shot out, quickly and accurately embedding themselves in the five specific positions in front of the stone gate.

Then Jiang Yun continued to cast complex magic arts on the formation disk. After a while, the formation disk began to glow, and a five-pointed star pattern actually appeared on the stone gate.

"Senior Brother Zhang, it's now! Give it your all and strike the center of the pattern," Jiang Yun shouted loudly.

Zhang Tie no longer hesitated. He stepped forward, took a deep breath, and then punched forcefully at the very center of the pattern. However, strangely, there was no earth-shattering collision as expected. He only saw that starting from the pattern, dense and fine cracks began to appear, and finally, with a crisp "bang," the entire pattern shattered like broken crystal.

Jiang Yun, panting heavily, put away the formation flags and the formation disk, then slowly walked to the front of the stone gate, channeled all his spiritual power, and pushed against the stone gate. The stone gate slowly opened to both sides. Zhang Tie also quickly walked to the front of the stone gate, then quickly set up a warning formation and an isolation formation in front of the stone gate, and then followed Jiang Yun into the cave dwelling.

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