Chapter 553: Diverting the Trouble to the East
Ulu had successfully reached the top of the mountain when he was alone before. Now it was easier for the two of them to work together. They easily passed through many obstacles and reached the top of the white giant peak.
"Brother Ulu, where is the Time Cave you mentioned earlier?" Yuan Ming asked after looking around.
"Over the hill in front, you can see the Time Cave." Ulu said, activating the Sky-escaping Stone Talisman, hiding the traces of the two, and continued to move forward.
Yuan Ming also followed closely and continued to move forward, and soon crossed the hill in front.
A sloping mountain wall appeared in front, and the mountain wall cracked, forming a hole several feet in size, faintly revealing a strange black and white light, which stretched and contracted.
Next to the cave, three large characters were carved from top to bottom: Time Cave.
Yuan Ming's pupils shrank, and he pulled Ulu to crouch behind a large stone.
There were seven blue-black giant trees growing around the Time Cave, each of which exuded a powerful and unparalleled aura, and they all looked like they were at the upper level of the fourth level.
Dense tree roots fell down, wrapping the Cave of Time tightly.
"Brother Wulu, didn't you say there was only one upper-level fourth-level tree man in the Cave of Time? How come there are seven?" Yuan Ming asked in a voice transmission.
"I don't know either. When I came up before, there was indeed only one giant tree here." Wulu was also shocked and didn't know why.
Yuan Ming had no time to ask about the previous things. Now that he had to find a way to enter the cave, how to solve the problem of the seven trees sealing the cave was a top priority.
He looked at the cave entrance tightly covered by the tree roots, frowning.
The Sky-Escape Stone Talisman could only hide the whereabouts of the two people. Their bodies were still there and could not pass through the cave entrance blocked by the tree roots.
The strength of these giant trees was so profound that their roots could not be just ordinary tree roots. Ordinary escape techniques might not be able to hide from several giant trees.
"What should we do now? The Sky-Escape Stone Talisman has little time left." Wulu asked anxiously.
Yuan Ming did not answer. At this time, he had already urged the consciousness of the first soul to descend and was about to explore the interior of the Time Cave. Suddenly, he looked at a hidden depression a hundred feet away.
The entire depression was covered by a transparent light curtain. There was a faint flow of black and white air inside the shield. From the outside, there was nothing unusual. However, the consciousness of the first soul could easily penetrate the transparent light curtain.
Five figures stood inside. The Blood Realm Venerable and the white-browed boy who had been seen before were both here, standing with a burly man with a sword-like beard and a purple-haired beautiful woman.
The burly man had unfathomable mana in his body. He was a great cultivator in the late Nascent Soul stage.
The purple-haired beautiful woman was also a Nascent Soul cultivator, and her cultivation had reached the middle Nascent Soul stage.
Opposite the four Blood Realm Venerables stood a blood-robed man who looked to be in his thirties or forties, with stiff eyebrows and eyes, and was quite handsome, but he wore a black eye patch on his right eye.
"It's him..." Yuan Ming looked surprised.
He had seen this blood-robed man at the Immortal Fruit Conference. He was the Lord of Blood Swallow Island.
It was not uncommon to meet the Lord of Blood Swallow Island here when something strange happened on Fusang Island. What surprised Yuan Ming was the cultivation level of the Lord of Blood Swallow Island.
During the Immortal Fruit Conference, the Lord of Blood Swallow Island was still a great perfection cultivator of Jindan. Now the cultivation level he showed was actually the early stage of Yuanying!
"Haha, the Heavenly Hidden Shield of the Lord of Blood Swallow Island is really powerful. Even those tree people can't see through it. With this shield, it's more certain to enter the Cave of Time." The burly man looked around and smiled.
"Alliance Master Yuan is too flattering. A mere magic weapon is not worth mentioning. The matter of entering the cave still depends on the people of the Nongchao Sanmeng." The Lord of Blood Swallow Island complimented.
Yuan Ming's expression moved. Listening to the content of the conversation between the two, could it be that these people are members of the Nongchao Sanmeng?
After meeting the Tide-rider Jia Sifang, he collected a lot of information about the Tide-riders and knew a little about the current Tide-riding Alliance. The Blood Swallow Island Master called the burly big man the leader. Could it be that this man was Yuan Wuji, the leader of the Tide-riding Alliance who was famous in the East China Sea?
At the moment, it seems that the Blood Swallow Island Master and the Tide-riding Alliance also want to enter the Cave of Time.
"Brother Yuan, I have very little mana left and can't hold on." Wu Lu's face turned pale and urged again.
"Follow me." Yuan Ming's eyes turned, and he took Wu Lu to fly towards the Blood Swallow Island Master and others, landing quietly not far away from them.
"Okay, Brother Wu Lu, unlock the Sky-escaping Stone Talisman." Yuan Ming said.
"Right here?" Wu Lu looked surprised.
"Yes, Brother Wu Lu, don't use the secret technique to become invisible later, just show your tracks directly." Yuan Ming said.
"Why?" Wu Lu didn't understand.
"Brother Wu Lu, don't ask more, I have my own plan." Yuan Ming said.
Wulu didn't understand the meaning of Yuan Ming's doing this, but out of trust in Yuan Ming, he still unlocked the invisibility effect of the Sky-Escape Stone Talisman.
The two figures appeared and were exposed to the air.
The Blood Swallow Island Master and others were all stunned when they saw this scene.
"What's going on? Who are these two people and why did they suddenly appear here?" Yuan Wuji frowned.
"Wulu!" The Blood Swallow Island Master's pupils shrank when he saw Wulu, and he was horrified.
The seven dark blue trees in the Time Cave in the distance also noticed Yuan Ming and Wulu at the same time. Several branches of a giant tree grew longer in the wind, like several dark blue crossbows shooting at the two.
Yuan Ming and Wulu happened to be standing behind the Blood Swallow Island Master and others, and the dark blue branches hit the transparent shield one after another.
Because all this happened too suddenly, the Blood Swallow Island Master didn't have time to make too many moves, and Yuan Wuji couldn't control the Sky-Escape Shield. The transparent shield broke with a sound, and the Blood Swallow Island Master, Yuan Wuji and others also showed up.
"Island Master!" Wulu was shocked when he saw the Blood Swallow Island Master, and instantly understood Yuan Ming's purpose. He wanted to use the Blood Swallow Island Master and others to take the blame.
Several branches continued to stab Yuan Ming and Wulu, and Yuan Wuji and others just blocked them in the middle.
"Damn it!" Yuan Wuji had to take action, and a bloody light flashed in his palm, and a bloody long knife appeared.
The handle of this knife was a two-headed wolf relief. The blade was narrow and thin, emitting dazzling bloody light. There was a stream of black air flowing in the blade, which looked extremely weird.
As soon as this knife appeared, it hummed and trembled before Yuan Wuji urged it, and it also exuded a monstrous bloody smell that filled the four directions.
Yuan Wuji held the long knife in his hand, and a trace of blood in his eyes. At this time, he had no time to find trouble with Yuan Ming and others, and slashed at the branches that were whipping him.
A huge bloody knife light flashed, and several thick branches were cut off.
In a flash, Yuan Ming had already pulled Wulu away and was shocked when he saw this scene.
The power of this blood-colored long sword was not inferior to Gu Xuanyang's Zhuxian sword energy.
"This is the Blood-Transforming Divine Sword! The treasure of our sect is actually in this person's hands!" In the Shura Blood-Sucking Diagram, Xueying spoke again, with joy and shock in his voice.
"Blood-Transforming Divine Sword? It sounds like there is only one word difference from that Blood-Transforming Sword. Could it be the same type of magic weapon?" Yuan Ming asked.
"The Blood-Transforming Sword of our sect is made by imitating this Blood-Transforming Divine Sword, so the power is naturally different! The Blood-Transforming Divine Sword is the treasure of our sect, and its power is difficult to estimate. Some people think it is a broken spiritual treasure. I didn't expect that it was not lost and could be seen again! Master, can you please take this sword away? With this Blood-Transforming Divine Sword, my strength can be increased several times, and I can also win against a cultivator in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul!" Xueying said excitedly.
"Let's talk about it when we have a chance." Yuan Ming was speechless.
Yuan Wuji was a real late Nascent Soul cultivator, whose strength was far beyond that of an ordinary mid-Nascent Soul cultivator. Xueying really thought highly of him. Asking him to snatch treasures from a late-stage cultivator was no different from committing suicide.
Seeing this, Wulu let Yuan Ming take him, took out a pill and swallowed it, refining it with his internal energy to restore his mana.
Seeing this, Yuan Ming stuffed a green lotus seed in his mouth, and at the same time transmitted his voice quickly:
"Taking this can help you quickly restore your mana."
Wulu did not hesitate to hear this, opened his mouth and swallowed the lotus seed, refining it with his internal energy and leaving his personal safety to Yuan Ming.
Seeing so many cultivators suddenly appear, the giant trees that blocked the Cave of Time were naturally shocked and angry.
The ground shook, making a rumbling sound!
The roots of four giant trees pulled out from the ground, and the tall tree trunks quickly shrank, and the branches and leaves did the same. In the blink of an eye, they turned into four blue-black giants several feet tall, rushing towards Yuan Wuji and others.
The powerful aura emitted by Yuan Wuji and his previous behavior of taking the initiative naturally made him the target of public criticism.
The ordinary tree people nearby sensed the movement here and also rose from the ground and rushed here.
At the same time, Yuan Ming immediately performed the Void Art and cast a Hidden Magic on Wulu, and fled far away.
Yuan Ming and Wulu were both Jindan-stage cultivators, and at this time they were the farthest from the Time Cave, so the four blue-black giants naturally had no time to take care of them, and only focused on Yuan Wuji and the Yuanying-stage beings such as the Blood Swallow Island Master.
And those chasing Yuan Ming and the others were just some ordinary tree people.
Relying on the illusion of the first soul, Yuan Ming easily escaped from the encirclement of the tree people, and his figure disappeared on the edge of the cliff in the distance.
"Interesting, a junior in the Jindan stage can actually see through the hidden sky cover." Yuan Wuji's face showed a strange color, and his fingers in his sleeves pointed vaguely, and two obscure blood lights appeared under his feet, chasing after Yuan Ming and the others.
"Don't run away, bastard! Big brother, let me kill him!" When the Blood Realm Venerable saw Yuan Ming running away, new and old hatreds surged in his heart, and he gritted his teeth and wanted to chase him.
"No need, it's better to leave here first, and settle the account with him later." Yuan Wuji stopped the Blood Realm Venerable, his tone was neither hurried nor slow.
Yuan Wuji and his group were very powerful, but they did not dare to confront several upper-level fourth-level tree monsters and countless tree people head-on. They only fought a few times in a hurry, and turned around and fled when they saw the opportunity.
Several fourth-level tree monsters chased after them and soon disappeared in the distance.
Yuan Ming did not go far, and even cast an illusion to get rid of the tree people behind him, and took Ulu around and came to the vicinity of the Time Cave again.
Yuan Wuji and others led away four upper-level level four tree monsters, leaving only three tree monsters near the Cave of Time. Even the tree roots intertwined around the cave entrance were much scarcer.