"Boom!"
The Demon Fiend had barely finished speaking when the earth shook again with a deafening crash.
Everyone saw the ground behind Mu Longzhang suddenly rise into a small mountain thirty or forty zhang tall and several li across. It resembled a volcano about to erupt, with an opening at its summit spewing great billows of black smoke.
The mountain was still swaying and trembling, as though some underground monster were about to burst out.
Cheng Xinzhan's expression changed, and he looked at Zhou Qingyun.
"Are there any Demon Fiends sealed here by your Emei?"
Zhou Qingyun's expression changed too, but she truly did not know, so she turned to Ye Yuanjing.
Naturally, Ye Yuanjing had also heard Cheng Xinzhan's question, but such secrets were known only to the sect leader and a few deputy leaders. She did not know either.
Still, judging by the scene before them, the many Demon Fiends who had blocked their way earlier, and the fact that Poison Dragon Venerable had remained in that underground cavern without showing himself, it certainly looked as though the demonic sect was breaking a Demon Fiend's seal.
That was precisely how the Northern Faction had released Heart-Piercing Monk.
Ye Yuanjing, Xu Yuantong, and the few from the Chan Sect exchanged solemn looks, but quickly reached an agreement. There was no other choice. Even with a Fourth Realm cultivator present, they had to steel themselves and press on. Otherwise, if another Fourth or Fifth Realm Demon Fiend were released, the Righteous Path's position in the southwest would become even more untenable.
"Everyone below the middle tribulation of the Third Realm, retreat! The rest, cover me!"
Ye Yuanjing shouted, then took the initiative. She brought forth a silk handkerchief in five dazzling colors: purple, gold, white, red, and orange.
"**Take the