In fact, they could only watch helplessly… unable to do anything but stare.

Not to mention stopping Chen Xiao, they couldn’t even get close to him.

Because as the Phoenix Spring spun rapidly, a powerful Qi wave had already formed around it.

The range of the Qi wave was constantly expanding, forcing the martial artists to retreat to avoid being injured.

Watching the Phoenix Spring water dwindle, the Zhushen Hall elders and hall masters felt their hearts bleed.

Could it be that the glory of Zhushen Hall was about to end?

Without the blessing of the Phoenix Spring, Zhushen Hall would lose its greatest advantage.

At that time, their disciples would only be able to cultivate and advance step by step like other ancient martial arts sects.

Compared to them, Chu He seemed much calmer.

Because many things had happened recently, and each one foreshadowed that the existing way of life would be broken.

So even if the Phoenix Spring was completely drained by Chen Xiao, Chu He didn’t care.

He only wanted to confirm one thing now: was Chen Xiao the legendary peerless genius!

If not, then the loss would be too great… and all his efforts would be in vain.

But that wasn't something he could control, and all he could do now was wait and see.

The Phoenix Spring was large and contained a lot of water, but it only took Chen Xiao a dozen minutes to absorb all of it.

However, these dozen minutes felt like years to the Zhushen Hall elders.

Every minute and every second, they were hoping, shouting in their hearts.

"Please stop using your supernatural powers and leave some for us!"

"Even if you just leave a small portion, leave us something to remember!"

But Chen Xiao obviously didn't hear their inner voices, and even if he did, he wouldn't listen to them.

He absorbed the entire pool of spring water completely, without leaving them a single drop.

The bottom of the pool wasn't silt but a whole piece of smooth, jade-like rock, emitting a faint, green glow under the sunlight.

The spiritual energy in this pool of water was more than the accumulation of Yaowang Valley over hundreds of years. Chen Xiao had absorbed it, but refining it might take some time.

And even if he refined it all, it wouldn't greatly improve his cultivation.

The spiritual energy needed to advance from the sixth level to the seventh level of the Nine Revolutions Azure Firmament Art (Jiu Zhuan Canglan Jue) was too vast.

If Chen Xiao wanted to break through in one fell swoop, unless the Phoenix Spring was an ocean.

Looking at the smooth pool bottom, Chen Xiao smiled apologetically and said to Chu He, "I'm sorry, Hall Master Chu, I accidentally drained the entire Phoenix Spring!"

Chu He smiled awkwardly and said magnanimously, "It doesn't matter!"

He really didn't see any sign of apology from Chen Xiao.

Having drained the Phoenix Spring, Chen Xiao was satisfied. This trip was finally worth it. But just as he was about to leave, he heard a ‘crack’.

It sounded like ice breaking.

Looking down, it wasn't ice that was breaking, but the rock under Chen Xiao's feet.

From the moment the first crack appeared, it became unstoppable. The cracks quickly expanded, and more and more fissures appeared.

Chen Xiao secretly cried out that something was wrong and quickly jumped up.

The moment he jumped, he heard a crash, and the rock layer under his feet shattered, like broken ice, falling downwards.

Only then did Chen Xiao realize that there was a huge abyss beneath the rock layer.

The abyss was bottomless, and the wind howled.

The wind wasn't blowing outwards but sucking inwards.

The wind speed was extremely fast, and the wind force was enormous.

Instantly, sand and rocks flew, obscuring the sky, and trees were uprooted and flew into the abyss.

The abyss was like a monster's giant mouth, devouring everything in the surrounding world. Even Chen Xiao was being sucked downwards by the huge wind force.

Fortunately, Chen Xiao reacted quickly enough and timely summoned the Yitian Sword, flying outwards on it.

But the wind force was too great, and even Chen Xiao found it difficult to fly while controlling the Yitian Sword.

If Chen Xiao was like this, then the surrounding martial artists were naturally even more helpless.

Those who reacted quickly could grab the rocks and trees beside them, while those who were slower were directly sucked into the abyss.

"Hall Master Chu, what's going on?"

Ye Santong was quick-witted. When the hurricane swept over, he grabbed a large tree next to him, preventing himself from being sucked in.

Xiao Hongchan was tightly grabbing her grandfather's leg, but her little face was full of excitement.

"I don't know what happened…"

Chu He was preoccupied with himself, clinging tightly to a protruding rock.

But the rock had begun to loosen and didn't look like it could hold on for long.

However, what couldn't hold on even sooner was the big tree that Ye Santong was holding onto.

The towering tree was uprooted and quickly flew towards the abyss.

Just as he and Xiao Hongchan were about to fall into the abyss, a yellow light sped over, and he and Xiao Hongchan landed on the yellow light.

The yellow light was Chen Xiao's Yitian Sword, which had now become huge.

They weren't the only ones who landed on the Yitian Sword. All the martial artists who had been sucked into the abyss were rescued by Chen Xiao's Yitian Sword.

The Yitian Sword not only blocked some of the wind force but also attracted the martial artists to it. Ye Santong took a closer look and sensed the spiritual energy constantly flowing on the surface of the Yitian Sword.

The reason why everyone was attracted to the Yitian Sword was precisely because of this constantly flowing spiritual energy.

"Mr. Chen is so capable!"

Ye Santong couldn't help but exclaim again from the bottom of his heart.

"Wow, Big Brother, you're so awesome!"

Xiao Hongchan jumped up and cheered for Chen Xiao. With that jump, she almost got swept away by the hurricane again.

Fortunately, Chen Xiao grabbed her little foot at the critical moment and pulled her back.

"Xiao Hongchan, quickly thank Mr. Chen for saving your life!"

Ye Santong felt a wave of fear in his heart.

"Hehe, thank you, Big Brother."

Xiao Hongchan didn't seem to know what fear was and instead found it fun.

Chen Xiao smiled slightly at Xiao Hongchan and continued to control the sword to fly.

The hurricane showed no sign of disappearing or weakening. Martial artists continued to be sucked into the abyss, and Chen Xiao controlled the Yitian Sword, like a swimming dragon, catching all the martial artists who were swept into the abyss.

Soon, all the martial artists had been sucked into the abyss and landed on the Yitian Sword.

At this moment, Chen Xiao had a thought, and the Yitian Sword flew high, out of the abyss, over the Zhushen Hall, and finally landed in a forest.

Here, they finally escaped the range of the hurricane's attack.

Looking from afar, the hurricane had obviously not stopped, because the entire Zhushen Hall was being attacked by the hurricane, turning into pieces of rubble and flying towards the abyss.

"Hall Master Chu, what's going on? How can your Zhushen Hall have such a terrifying place?"

"I almost lost my life here today. Fortunately, Mr. Chen was here; otherwise, the consequences would have been unimaginable!"

"Yes, we have to thank Mr. Chen. He is the savior of all of us."

"Hey? Where's Mr. Chen? Didn't he fly out with us?"

Just as everyone was preparing to thank Chen Xiao, they suddenly realized that Chen Xiao had disappeared…