"Yitian! Are you all right?" Yuan Ci reached out to check my condition. I nodded, took out a pill, swallowed it, and then sat cross-legged directly inside the passage formed by the Realm-Fixing Talisman.
I had been ambushed by that Heavenly Ghost Tathagata, Shang Wanchou. That woman had actually infiltrated the group for two days, waiting until everyone was at their most relaxed before choosing to attack me, even though I was surrounded by layers of protection! The fighting outside had already descended into chaos. Li Poxiao controlled his sword pellet and sent it surging out in front of me, while the sounds of Yin Ge and Official Zhao's attacks continued to come from outside. After I recovered some of my magic power and stabilized my Nine-Yang Realm, I couldn't help feeling fortunate that my companions had protected me. Otherwise, that strike just now would have reduced me to flying ash.
"Open the passage behind us immediately. We'll recover on the Upper Realm's side, then find a way to save Official Zhao and Yin Ge!" I immediately gave the order. We couldn't afford the slightest carelessness at a time like this. The passage deep within was extremely dangerous. Once fighting broke out, the space would certainly become unstable, and the Realm-Fixing Talisman couldn't withstand being tossed around inside. If our luck turned sour and the passage was shattered, we would all be finished. More importantly, I couldn't use the Realm-Fixing Talisman inside the passage at all, because the grand formation was outside!
The timing and the safety conditions had both made Shang Wanchou's ambush nearly perfect, and had plunged us into absolute peril. Only by breaking through to the Upper Realm could we regroup once more!
Yet right at that moment, another commotion rang out behind me!
The appearance of