255 Theres Someone Outside! (2/2)

If that's the case, let him open the way. He'll be the unlucky one if there's any danger. I'll just reap the rewards of his efforts! Chen Hui laughed lightly. Her eyes fell on the fissure in the ground ahead of her. She waited for a period of another dozen breaths or so before dashing into the fissure.

She soon reached the inside of the fissure. It was not completely pitch-black inside. A faint red glow came from the lower depths, allowing the cultivator some degree of visibility. Light flickered in Chen Hui's eyes after she entered, and she raced deeper into the fissure. She could see the indistinct, rotund figure of the other cultivator in the distance moving forward cautiously.

That gave her extreme pleasure. She had the feeling that she was an oriole, perched behind the unaware mantis that was stalking the cicada. She kept her distance and followed her mantis.

However, as Chen Hui continued her pursuit of the rotund figure, in the not so far away distance, at the edge of the fissure, the soil loosened. Wang Baole dug his way out, blinked, and stared in the direction the young woman left. He laughed, surprised.

There was indeed someone outside.

When Wang Baole had entered the fissure earlier, he hadn't rushed off immediately. Even though he had observed his surroundings and concluded there was no one around before entering the fissure, out of caution, he had pulled out a puppet replica of himself and let the replica dash ahead while he swiftly dug a hole and burrowed inside.

Since he was unsure if there was indeed anyone else lying in wait, the best course of action, in his mind, was to rig some bait and try to lure them out. If there was indeed someone else outside, after seeing him enter, they would definitely rush out and follow closely behind. They might even have the intention of letting him foolishly scout ahead first for their benefit.

If there was indeed no one, he would dig himself out after waiting for a while and venture in.

Seeing how he had successfully lured someone out, and that someone was not only a young woman but an extremely beguiling young woman whom he was unfamiliar with, Wang Baole sniggered. Slowly and carefully, he started following her.

As the two of them ventured deeper into the fissure, one behind the other, both thinking themselves the oriole, outside the fissure, beyond the forest—in a place ten miles away—seven to eight tall and muscular cultivators, their eyes shining with a brilliant strange light, were racing towards the fissure.

One of them was holding a compass which rapidly pulsated with a bright red light. The light sat directly on the fissure, which Wang Baole and Chen Hui had just entered.

”The Seeking Compass that Elder Lee crafted personally is amazing indeed. It can seek out all sources of Spirit Qi within a thirty-mile radius. As long as we, the Plume Manifestation Connate Sect, have this compass, our sect will have the most number of people to reach the Foundation Establishment realm this year in the Mystic Luna Realm!”

”Even if something unexpected is to happen, as long as we attain the Foundation Establishment realm, we'll have the power to defend ourselves!” The seven to eight Plume Manifestation Connate Sect disciples spoke in hushed, excited voices, finalizing their plan of action as they sped up.

”Everyone, be ready. If the rare treasure falls not into the hands of someone from our sect but into the hands of someone from another political force… we'll make sure to exterminate him, regardless of who he is! We must not let anyone else have it!”

The group of Plume Manifestation Connate Sect disciples raced ahead with murderous intent. In a separate direction, the youth from the Galactic Dusk Sect who had been robbed earlier by Wang Baole had clearly not sensed the Spirit Qi coming from the fissure, but he had unconsciously made his way to its vicinity in his search. He was dashing ahead dispassionately, searching for fragments to build his Foundation Establishment core.

Even further in the distance were the cultivators from the Senate faction, from the Five Generation Sky Clan, and even the four Dao Colleges. There were many who were traveling alone and many others who had formed groups of three to five cultivators.

As time passed, the visible side of the moon had been fully searched. The cultivators from the various political forces soon turned their sights to the dark side of the moon. The boundary between the dark and visible sides of the moon quickly saw the gathering of numerous cultivators.

Fortunately, even though the Spirit Qi from within the fissure was immense, unless one possessed something like Wang Baole's devouring seed, one would have to reach a certain distance before they could sense the Spirit Qi. If they were slightly further away, they wouldn't be able to locate it without great difficulty.

As the crowd gathered and hurried about in the regions nearby, Wang Baole followed secretly behind Chen Hui and gradually reached the lower depths of the fissure…