A quarter of an hour after Su Xing left, Du Jia and others came from the south.
The belated group of people headed cautiously towards the depths of the Grand Canyon. On the way, they all drew out their spiritual swords and prepared themselves for a battle with the lions.
Among the people, the one with the most solemn expression was Du Jia.
Although he was sure of Su Xing's strength among the younger generation of disciples, if what Han An said was true, what Su Xing encountered was a group of soul-breaking lions and a soul-breaking lion king...
I'm afraid the situation is now very dire.
On the way here, every time he thought about this, his heart would feel a little heavier.
It was obviously a time for all the disciples to practice well. If Su Xing had an accident, he would not be able to explain it to the dean.
Walking in the wasteland with his disciples, Du Jia let out a few sad sighs from time to time, thinking that if someone hadn't disappeared, he would not have ignored Zhou Qinghan's communication talisman from the beginning.
It took the four of them less than a quarter of an hour to walk from the entrance of the Grand Canyon to the deepest wall. During this time, everyone held their breath and concentrated, not daring to relax. Their eyes were darting back and forth, for fear of encountering them again.
The Ambush of the Broken Soul Lion.
Although the three disciples all knew that the Broken Soul Lions were not worth mentioning in Du Jia's eyes, what happened here last time brought too much impact to them, making them have to think twice.
However, until the wild wall at the end of the Grand Canyon appeared in the field of vision of the four of them, they did not hear a single roar of the lions.
"Chi."
Standing at the entrance of the desert wall, a fireball suddenly appeared in Du Jia's hand. He flicked his sleeve upwards, and the fireball immediately flew into the air and exploded.
The darkness of the Grand Canyon was illuminated by the sky full of firelight, and the cold atmosphere disappeared along with the darkness, completely revealing the environment around the desert wall.
The four of them opened their eyes wide and looked around intently, but they suddenly became stunned.
His eyes were as big as copper bells, his mouth was as wide as if he could swallow four eggs, his face was horrified, and his body was trembling slightly, as if he had seen something terrifying and indescribable.
"Who did this...?"
Hearing Zhou Qinghan's shocked question, the other three people's dry throats squirmed, but they did not speak.
Under the great wilderness wall, including the seventh-level ferocious beast Duanpo Lion King, a total of six corpses of Duanpo Lion appeared!
The Duanpo Lion King's body was covered with bruises, and his huge body was covered with fine sword marks, while the bodies of the rest of the smaller Duanpo Lions were chopped into two pieces and fell into a pool of blood.
Seeing such a bloody and brutal scene in the eyes of Han An and others made their hearts feel cold.
Even he, Han An, would never have the strength to kill so many soul-breaking lions, let alone a soul-breaking lion king among them.
Who did it?
This question also appeared in Du Jia's mind.
"Is it Su Xing?" Zhao Yiyun asked softly from the side, his tone not firm.
Du Jia, who had his back turned to everyone, shook his head and said softly: "Impossible. The Broken Soul Lion King is a seventh-level ferocious beast. It has a strength that is very close to the early stage of the Unsullied Realm. With Su Xing's current ability, he cannot kill it.
Killed so cleanly."
"Sir, do you mean that someone else took action?"
What Han An said was what he was thinking, but the disciples in the Three Avenues Courtyard who could kill a group of soul-breaking lions so easily had not yet finished their retreat.
"Elder Ge Yu?" Zhou Qinghan asked.
Du Jia shook his head again, "With Ge Yu's strength, if she takes action, these lions will not even leave their bodies behind."
After being silent for a while, he added: "I'm afraid that a disciple from the inner mountain who was about to enter the Demon Gathering Cave happened to be passing by here and saw Su Xing in trouble, so he came to the rescue."
But this is not the only way to the entrance of the Demon-Judging Cave, so why do the disciples in the inner mountain pass through this place?
Faced with this explanation, although everyone felt that it was a bit far-fetched, no matter how they thought about it, they only felt that this explanation was more reasonable, so they could only reluctantly accept it.
At this time, two gleams of light suddenly appeared in Du Jia's eyes. After scanning the surrounding deserted walls, he said calmly:
"There is no body of Su Xing here. He should still be alive, but he just missed us. Let's return to the Mingyang River now to see if other disciples have seen him."
Hearing this, everyone nodded obediently and followed Du Jia out of the canyon.
Before leaving, Han An took one last look at the corpses of the Broken Soul Lions.
Seeing the broken long horns, dirty fur, mutilated bodies and missing animal cores of the lions, he suddenly shivered and trembled.
Is this the method used by Uchiyama disciples?
He secretly wondered in his heart whether his moves would become so fierce when he entered the three main peaks.
…
At the same time, Su Xing, who had completely missed Du Jia and others, was already running quickly towards the middle section of the Mingyang River.
When he just left the Grand Canyon, he used his spiritual sense to explore all directions, but happened to find a large group of people gathered in the middle of the Mingyang River.
After calculating the time, it was obvious that there were still two days before the end of the training. Something must have happened that caused the team to gather together.
Could it be that everyone knows that the exotic treasure has been discovered?
Su Xing secretly guessed that he washed away the stains on his body at the bank of Mingyang River, took out a new set of clothes from the ring, and walked quickly along the river bank.
People's figures soon appeared in Su Xing's field of vision, and when everyone saw Su Xing's figure, their eyes were surprised and their faces showed shock.
Seeing everyone's appearance, Su Xing felt puzzled. Why did everyone look at him like they were looking at a monkey?
Being watched by a group of people all of a sudden, Su Xing froze, feeling very unnatural.
But when he scanned the crowd, he noticed something strange.
Except for Han An and others in his own team, there are obviously a few disciples missing here.
Lin Qi and You Yaqin didn't know their fellow disciples from Tongdao Academy. It seemed that there was one less disciple from Shenji Dao Academy.
And...Guan Yan'er!
Not seeing Guan Yan'er in Fang Yu's team, Su Xing's eyes suddenly shrank and he walked quickly towards Fang Yu.
"Senior Sister Fang Yu."
Su Xing bowed politely to Fang Yu. The two teams had already been on good terms before and often exchanged supplies while walking along the river bank, so they were relatively familiar with each other compared to other teams.
Seeing Su Xing, Fang Yu's eyes clearly flashed with surprise, but his eyes quickly fell down, his expression very lonely.
She didn't speak, but nodded in return.
Su Xing turned around and cast doubt on Guan Yaner's good friend Fang Xueyu.
Fang Xueyu's expression was equally gloomy, but she was not as indifferent as her sister Fang Yu. After saying softly "Follow me" to Su Xing, she turned and walked towards the woods in the distance.
Su Xing was slightly startled and quickly followed.
After a cup of tea.
"What did you say? They all disappeared?"
In the forest, Su Xing let out an exclamation, but quickly lowered his voice after Fang Xueyu glared at him.
He had only been in seclusion for three days, but he felt as if he was isolated from the world, unaware that so many things were happening in the outside world.
Senior brother Wang Nan from Yuyang Taoist Temple, Zhu Youhe from Shenji Taoist Temple, and Guan Yan'er from Xuanguang Taoist Temple disappeared one after another, while Lin Qi and You Yaqin also left without returning, citing the excuse of "looking for team members."
His team found Du Jia in the south and led him to the Grand Canyon.
Su Xing frowned unconsciously, roughly guessing that he and Du Jia and others who went to look for him happened to miss him.
"Then what's going on now?" Su Xing asked Fang Xueyu.
"Elder Ge Yu and Elder Yu Feng went to the north and east of the Mingyang River respectively. They have been there for half a day, but there is no news yet."
Fang Xueyu exuded a heroic spirit between her brows, making her look very calm and unrestrained at all times.
After hearing this, Su Xing lowered his head and pondered for a moment, thinking that his spiritual consciousness might have a vital effect at this time.
"I'm going to find Yan'er."
After saying so, Su Xing turned around and left.
Fang Xueyu was obviously startled when she heard Su Xing call Guan Yan'er by her name, but she quickly reacted and grabbed Su Xing's arm.
"You can't go. The elders said that there are no traces of these people outside the Mingyang River. The implication is that they are lost in those extremely dangerous deep areas. With your current strength, if you go there, you will be seeking death!"
"I have the power to protect myself."
With the help of the Black and White Spirit Grass, Su Xing has now reached the perfect state of the Huayuan Realm. However, his aura is restrained and he is still a master of the Huayuan Realm to the outside world.
At this moment, his Chaoyang Body has also reached perfection, and the third level of Fierce Sun has reached the ninth level. The vortex of Gang Qi has increased, and Gang Qi is under his control.
Therefore, as long as he does not encounter a ferocious beast at the seventh level, he is confident to fight it.
Fang Xueyu was speechless and watched Su Xing's figure disappear into the jungle.
The girl hesitated in silence for a moment, then the expression on her face suddenly became determined, and then she quickly followed Su Xing in the direction where he disappeared.