The two advanced very slowly. Besides avoiding large groups of disciples from the Six Sects, they also gave demonic cultivators a wide berth whenever they encountered them.
Half an hour later, an ancient beacon tower came into view.
The beacon tower occupied an area roughly a hundred zhang across and rose several dozen zhang high. Its entire structure was dark yellow and covered in cracks, giving it an air of profound age.
At that moment, battle cries shook the heavens atop the tower. The disciples of the Six Sects were already fighting the two great demonic sects, each side vying for control of the Ancient Teleportation Array.
"The Ancient Teleportation Array is at the top of that beacon tower." Daoist San Zui extended a withered finger and pointed into the distance.
Xu Yan looked where he indicated.
At the top of the beacon tower was a vast circular platform, with rays of light blooming across it. It looked like a place of great importance.
The fighting was fiercest there, too. Core disciples of the Six Sects and direct successors of the Demon Sects clashed in a chaotic melee, spells flaring and terrifying fluctuations of magic power spilling in all directions.
"Excellent! The two forces are locked in a melee, and they seem fairly evenly matched. That gives us a few more chances of escaping this place."
Sharp gleams flickered in Daoist San Zui's aged eyes.
"Although we don't know why the two Demon Sects used a Secret Art to break into the Ancient Ruins Battlefield, the current situation certainly favors us." Xu Yan nodded.
"For the two great demonic sects to go to such lengths to break into the Ancient Ruins Battlefield, some extraordinary Spirit Treasure must have appeared here. But that has nothing to do with us. It's far