"Oh no, they've already broken through the Spirit Herb Garden's formation!"
Tang Tianbao's brows knitted tightly.
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Although Tang Tianbao had warned them that the Heavenly One Sect cultivators carried a Third-Tier Forbidden-Breaking Pearl,
Uncle Yang and the others were still shocked and puzzled that their opponents had breached the third-tier formation protecting the Spirit Herb Garden so quickly.
After the shock came anger!
This Secret Realm had been established by the Sacred Fire Cult's forebears. In the eyes of its cultivators, it naturally belonged to the cult.
The Heavenly One Sect's actions were no different from looting a burning house-blatant banditry.
Moreover, the gains from this Secret Realm would affect the cult's development for decades, perhaps even a century.
"We absolutely cannot let them succeed!"
Tang Tianbao, Uncle Yang, and the others exchanged glances, each seeing the resolve in the others' eyes.
Thinking that their opponents' attention was fixed on the Spirit Herb Garden and that they might have lowered their guard against their surroundings, Tang Tianbao charged ahead, swiftly leading the others toward the garden.
Years of hiding had made the Sacred Fire Cult cultivators thoroughly adept at moving stealthily. Even as they quickened their pace, they made very little noise.
A short while later, they were only two li from the Spirit Herb Garden.
By then, Liu Yu could see the situation in the garden clearly without even sweeping it with his divine sense.
The formation had been completely destroyed by the Heavenly One Sect cultivators. Ren Hongyan was leading her three junior sectmates into the Medicine Garden to harvest spirit herbs.
"This is bad."
"We can't let them enter the Medicine Garden."
All seven quickened their pace in unison.
Driving out the "thieves" who had invaded their home as its "owners" was only a secondary reason