Teleportation Talisman Saves a Life! Withered Wood True Person Takes the Blame!

Hearing Xiao Changsheng's words, Zhao Tianhai's heart burned with rage.

Yet he could not lay a hand on him.

The reason was none other than the agreement between the Xiao Clan's current Golden Core Ancestor and the Great Elder of a Nascent Soul power.

If he truly drove him to death, the Purple Cloud Sect would be destroyed as a result.

Regarding Zhao Tianhai's murderous gaze, Xiao Changsheng did not care. He merely turned his eyes toward Zhang Xuanchen and said with a smile:

"This young friend, I am Xiao Changsheng, the Xiao Family Young Master. As long as you agree to give half of the Earth Core Fire Crystal to my Xiao Clan,

I can guarantee that your life will be safe today. What do you say?

If you do not believe me, I, Xiao, can swear a Blood Oath!"

Meanwhile, Tianlan Sect said nothing. The leading woman merely watched Zhang Xuanchen.

From beginning to end, the youth had remained exceptionally calm, with not the slightest hint of panic in his eyes.

He definitely still had some trump card.

As it turned out, she was right.

Zhang Xuanchen was currently weighing the pros and cons.

The Elder beside Xiao Changsheng of the Eastern Xiao Clan was clearly no weaker than Lei Kuang and that woman.

That meant the strongest person on Purple Cloud Sect's side was merely Zhao Tianhai, who was at Foundation Establishment Late Stage.

They were the easiest direction to break through.

With a long sigh, he spread his hands, his face revealing helplessness.

As if resigning himself to fate, he said:

"It seems I really have no other choice now. I can only choose one of you as a patron."

Hearing this, Zhao Tianhai immediately broke into a smile. "Hahaha, young friend, you are very clever. I hope you consider things carefully and do not make the wrong choice."

After saying that, he cast a provocative glance at Xiao Changsheng, Lei Kuang, and the others.

In these waters, who did not know that the Purple Cloud Sect was the strongest?

He was extremely confident in that.

Once he temporarily placated the boy, how to deal with him afterward would not be entirely up to his own whim?

Zhang Xuanchen sneered inwardly.

I choose your mother's egg!

The furious curse rang through the skies, and everyone inevitably hesitated for a moment.

Before his words had even faded, his body shot toward the Purple Cloud Sect's direction.

The Second-tier Top-grade Swift Wind Escape Talisman instantly left the major factions far behind.

Seeing this, Lei Kuang shook his head. "Why struggle so bitterly? Unless you have a Third-tier Spirit Talisman, it is impossible for you to escape!"

With that, he transformed into a streak of lightning and chased after Zhang Xuanchen.

Keeping pace with him were Tianlan Sect's female Foundation Establishment cultivator and the Elder beside Xiao Changsheng.

Zhao Tianhai, however, fell a step behind due to his slightly inferior cultivation.

A Third-grade Top-tier Earth Core Fire Crystal—even a fist-sized piece could forge a priceless Third-grade Top-tier artifact. It was enough to serve as the foundation of a Golden Core power.

No one could possibly miss such a fortuitous opportunity.

Feeling the several powerful auras behind him, Zhang Xuanchen could no longer afford to feel heartache.

If this continued, he would definitely be caught once the Swift Wind Escape Talisman's effect ended.

With that thought, he directly took out the two Second-tier Top-grade Sky Burning Talismans.

Spiritual power flowed into them, activating them at once.

"Have a taste of this young master's grand gift!"

The two crimson fire talismans sped toward Lei Kuang and the others.

Before they could dodge, they exploded in an instant.

Orange-red flames immediately spread for several kilometers in every direction, condensing into several crimson pillars of fire.

Several savage flaming dragon heads emerged from the tops of the fire pillars.

The dragon heads opened their bloodthirsty maws and charged straight at the enemies pursuing from behind.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The flames instantly trapped everyone behind them.

Cultivators below Foundation Establishment were reduced to ashes in an instant.

Had Lei Kuang and the others not stood at the front to withstand it, even Foundation Establishment Early Stage cultivators would have been burned to death by those terrifying Fire Dragons.

Zhang Xuanchen did not hesitate in the slightest. He turned and ran toward the outskirts of the Earth Vein Volcano.

With the Swift Wind Escape Talisman's enhancement, he opened a gap of dozens of kilometers from those behind him in less than half a minute.

He used the Breath Concealment Technique, then with a thought, controlled the Bone Shifting Disguise Mask to alter his appearance.

He turned himself into a rugged man in his thirties.

After finishing all that, Zhang Xuanchen heaved a sigh of relief.

Even if those people caught up now, they should not be able to recognize him.

"Young friend, you really are cautious. But your luck is terrible—you actually fled right into this Old Man's hands.

Although I cannot obtain the opportunity at the Fire Flood Dragon's location, obtaining the Earth Core Fire Crystal still makes this trip worthwhile.

Green Wood Chain, Plants as Prison!"

The instant the voice rang out, Zhang Xuanchen felt as though something had truly bound his body.

Even moving a finger became incredibly difficult.

Enormous pressure squeezed his organs.

Pfft!

A mouthful of blood sprayed from his mouth.

His body was swept up by the flying green leaves.

Every leaf left a wound on his body.

His Meridians snapped inch by inch.

Had the Heaven and Earth Spirit Fire not aided him, even his Dantian would have shattered in an instant.

At the same time, the towering ancient trees around him seemed to come alive, their trunks growing at high speed.

In an instant, they formed a massive bell woven from ancient wood above Zhang Xuanchen.

Bearing immense pressure, it crashed down toward Zhang Xuanchen below.

"Damn it! How can my luck be this bad? I actually ran into a Golden Core True Person here!"

Watching the enormous ancient wooden bell plummet from above.

Zhang Xuanchen's eyes turned bloodshot. Bracing against the immense pressure on his body, he took out a Third-tier Low-grade Teleportation Talisman.

If he did not use it now, he would lose his life.

He could only keep praying that the Teleportation Talisman would not send him deep into the Dragon Mountain Range.

With all his strength, he activated a thread of spiritual energy within his body.

The Teleportation Talisman activated instantly.

Zhang Xuanchen's figure abruptly vanished from the spot.

Boom!

The enormous ancient wooden bell crashed to the ground.

The powerful spiritual energy shockwave flattened everything around it!

Withered Wood True Person stood atop the massive ancient wooden bell.

His expression was terrifyingly gloomy.

His left arm was now empty, making him look utterly miserable.

After great difficulty, he had escaped from the depths of the Earth Vein Volcanoes, and had even luckily encountered a brat carrying Earth Core Fire Crystals.

He had been immensely delighted.

When he saw the boy decisively throw out Second-tier Top-grade Sky Burning Talismans, he had also realized that the other party's identity was not simple.

If the boy had a Third-tier Spirit Talisman, his heavily injured body would not be able to withstand it at all.

Thus, he launched a sneak attack in secret, using his full strength from the very start, intending to cripple the boy's Dantian.

Without spiritual power, even if the other party possessed a Fourth-grade Spirit Talisman, it would be useless.

But he had not expected to miscalculate. The boy's Dantian had not been destroyed, and he had escaped using a Teleportation Talisman.

Searching for someone in the Dragon Mountain Range was like fishing a needle from the sea.

What was more, the other party also had the Breath Concealment Technique and a Disguise Artifact.

He violently stomped his right foot!

The ancient wooden bell beneath his feet instantly shattered.

The enormous force caused the ground within several miles to sink several meters in an instant!

At that moment, Zhao Tianhai, Tianlan Sect, the Xiao Clan, Purple Saber Lei Kuang, and the others appeared before Withered Wood True Person.

Zhao Tianhai stepped forward and questioned, "Senior Withered Wood, we have chased for so long. Is it not somewhat improper for you to steal the fruits now?

There are roughly two cubic meters of Earth Core Fire Crystal.

That is not something you can swallow alone, Senior!"

His voice was incomparably sharp as he directly revealed the approximate volume of the Earth Core Fire Crystal.

There was no longer any point in concealing it.

Only by letting the various factions know the amount of Earth Core Fire Crystal could they jointly pressure Withered Wood True Person.

With the Golden Core Ancestors absent, this was the only way they might force Withered Wood True Person to compromise.

"Brat! You... that boy escaped using a Teleportation Talisman. The Earth Core Fire Crystal is not in this Old Man's hands!"

Withered Wood True Person was extremely dissatisfied with Zhao Tianhai's attitude toward him.

But there was nothing he could do. He was seriously injured now, and if this matter was not handled properly, he might face pursuit from several major factions.

Two cubic meters of Earth Core Fire Crystal—even Nascent Soul powers would make a move to seize it if they learned of it.

Zhao Tianhai snorted with laughter upon hearing this. "Senior, do you take us for fools?

Even injured, you are still a Golden Core True Person. How could you possibly let a mere Qi Refinement brat escape!

Judging by your current condition, you must have suffered rather severe injuries, yes?

I wonder if you can withstand pursuit by my sect's Ancestor?"