Whoosh!
The little treant churned its short legs into blurs and shot into the layer of azure light with incredible speed, without triggering an attack from the cave abode's restrictive formations.
It felt as though it had broken through an illusory curtain of light. When it opened its eyes again, the view suddenly widened, revealing an unbroken expanse of palaces as a strange fragrance wafted into its nose.
Hong Yuan placed a strand of his awareness within the little treant and looked toward the source of the unusual fragrance.
Rumble!
Fierce lightning crisscrossed that area, where cultivators radiating Golden Core auras were locked in battle.
Hong Yuan quietly burrowed deep into the soil and approached through the earth, blending flawlessly with nature. He stopped several miles from the center of the battlefield.
He soon understood the situation.
The emergence of the Greenwood Cave Abode had attracted nearly every top power in the Nine Kingdoms Cultivation World.
Five orthodox sects had come, along with four demonic sects.
There was also the Great Zhao Dynasty, which had destroyed the Jiang Kingdom and subdued High Person Tian Luo. Its might and grandeur were unrivaled, practically stealing all the thunder from both the orthodox and demonic paths.
At first, the Grand True Persons of both paths who entered the Greenwood Cave Abode had tacitly set aside their old grudges, intending to eliminate Long Zhao first.
Under the combined assault of several Grand True Persons, even someone as powerful as Long Zhao had little room to fight back and could only maneuver among them.
Yet their encirclement lasted fewer than a dozen breaths. After they shattered a palace, they could no longer keep it up.
That palace was the Greenwood Cave Abode's medicinal hall.
After the medicinal hall collapsed, something flew out.
"Waaah! Waaah!"
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