However, this time she had activated the defensive formation in advance, using the branches of the elven tree as its core!
Because the time for Jin Huang to be reborn had taken too long, she now had to hurry to leave this place. Otherwise, the longer the connection between the formation and the cultivation world became, the more blurred it would be, and they would lose their way back.
Perhaps out of curiosity for human formations, the numerous phoenixes watched her creation closely until the entire formation lit up, and another rift tore open in the sky. The spiritual energy in the entire forest began to gather like a storm…
The few people within the formation also ascended. At this very moment, Jin Bao'er suddenly thought of something and quickly waved her hand downwards. More than thirty giant oval stone eggs rained down, crashing heavily onto the ground with a deafening sound…
Startled, a flock of phoenixes on the trees quickly dodged. Just as they were about to look up in fury, they heard a distant voice.
"Almost forgot! I chanced upon these on my way to Fallen Feather Forest, so I'm returning them to the phoenix clan…"
The Cangwu clan leader instinctively looked up at the sound, his face full of disbelief! However, the sky had already returned to peace, and the figures that had just been there had completely vanished!
"Clan Leader… Are these perhaps…?"
The young man in blue walked over, his gentle face filled with excitement!
Since childhood, he had once spent hundreds of years like a dormant egg due to his weak physique, barely managing to hatch. His mother, who had ventured alone into Fallen Feather Forest for him, had never been heard from since!
Therefore, within the giant stone eggs lay the ancestors of their phoenix clan who had entered Fallen Feather Forest in the last ten thousand years!
The elder nodded excitedly at his words, his trembling hand covering the stone eggs, his gaze complex and thrilled…
"Jin Bao'er… This debt, our clan will repay it!"
…
At this moment, a storm raged on the journey back…
The earth-shattering tremors made them sway everywhere, and the teleportation array was on the verge of disintegration every moment!
Jin Bao'er gritted her teeth, struggling to maintain the defensive formation. The phoenixes clearing the path ahead were relatively stable for now. Bao Bao was also clinging tightly to the transparent teleportation array, channeling spiritual energy. Only Tian Shu, who had just been released, was swaying around, unable to find any support!
A bolt of lightning struck the teleportation array, and Bao Bao let out a scream before immediately cutting off her spiritual energy supply. The defensive formation also flickered, almost collapsing!
Without time to hesitate, she took out the elven tree branch. Instantly, countless sources of life sprayed out, rapidly repairing the damaged parts of the teleportation array. As spiritual energy surged, it replenished Jin Bao'er's internal spiritual energy…
However, her dantian, which had already been filled in the Frost Lake of Fallen Feather Forest, was once again filled, instantly forcing her to advance her cultivation…
The sudden advancement nearly made Jin Bao'er cry out in surprise! The power she had managed to suppress surged again, impacting her dantian before radiating to her limbs and bones!
Spiritual energy churned wildly within her body, repeatedly clashing against her meridians, and her mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivation quickly advanced to the late-stage Nascent Soul. This also caused the spiritual energy in her dantian to be gradually depleted!
Thus, while propping up the defensive formation with one hand, she reached out with the other to grasp the elven tree branch. Her dry dantian seemed to have found a delicious meal, madly absorbing all the power within…
Depletion, filling, depletion again, filling again! After several cycles, the chaotic spiritual energy within her finally calmed down, and the once fresh and green branch in her hand gradually withered, its appearance now indistinguishable from Zhu Lu Yuan's original state…
Until a beam of light struck, blinding the entire world. Jin Bao'er completely lost consciousness, still tightly clutching the branch in her hand.
The cultivation world…
Within a certain sect, an elder with snow-white hair suddenly opened his eyes! His gaze was filled with shock and astonishment!
"This… Is this a spatial tremor?"
No… Impossible! Ever since the cultivator Jin Bao'er, who had shocked the continent five years ago, ascended in broad daylight in front of all cultivators, the spatial barrier of the cultivation continent had remained still, just like before! But just now… he wouldn't be mistaken!
Who? Who had such power?
The elder’s brow furrowed, and after many years, he began to deduce again…
The result of this deduction made him widen his eyes instantly!
"This… This is… She's back? How could this be!?"
A moment later, he quickly opened the door and rushed straight towards the main hall! The disciples of the Dao Sect looked up at their ancestor, their expressions surprised.
"Sect Master, immediately notify the other sect masters! Something big has happened!"
Half an hour later, in the secret chamber of the Dao Sect, transparent mirrors stood upright, displaying the figures of all the prominent sect masters in the cultivation world…
Sect Master of the Misty Sect: "What exactly happened? Senior Dao?"
As soon as he spoke, everyone's gaze turned to the old man at the end of the secret chamber… Dao Tianqi, the expert at the Out-of-Body stage! Seeing his extremely grim expression and tightly knitted brows, a rare tension was evident.
"Sect Masters, to tell you the truth! Today, the spatial barrier of the cultivation continent trembled. After I discovered it, I deduced it immediately! The cultivation world is likely to face disaster!"
This statement, as expected, shocked everyone, and they all paled.
"Spatial tremor? How is this possible? Who has such great power?"
Dao Tianqi shook his head…
"According to my deductions, this matter is likely related to the demon race. The cultivation world is in danger this time! Fortunately, there is also a glimmer of hope, but it is very faint, I fear…"
"The demon race? Could it be that those monsters are planning to attack again? But now we have three Out-of-Body stage mighty figures in the cultivation world, and the demon race only has one! How would they dare?"
The speaker was the Sect Master of the Dragon Tiger Sect, Li Bailuo! His face was extremely displeased and surprised.
For a moment, everyone remembered the great battle years ago. Indeed, three Out-of-Body stage cultivators had deterred the demon race, so they all looked at Dao Tianqi.
However, the elder shook his head, a bitter smile on his lips… his expression filled with complex emotion.
"To tell you the truth, esteemed sect masters, shortly after that great battle, that one… had already passed away! At that time, to deter the demon race, this matter was kept secret."
This meant that there were now only him and the Celestial Venerable Lou Yun at the Out-of-Body stage on the entire continent! There was no third person. And now that the demon race was becoming rampant again, it was likely that this news had leaked.
In an instant, everyone felt as if struck by lightning! Their expressions changed.
"What are you afraid of? Even so, we still have two, and they only have one… If a fight breaks out, who will win and who will lose is not yet certain!"
Mo Gandang, the Sect Master of the Di Yun Sect, who had been silent, suddenly spoke with disdain, his expression rather gloomy! His gaze fell on Xiao Baishan, whose face was grim, with a meaningful and sarcastic smile…
Everyone's gaze turned to Xiao Baishan at the same time. Before they could relax, they heard Xiao Baishan say with a solemn expression.
"Junior Brother… his condition is not good!"