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Post-Mythical Era: I don't want to die in the third reincarnation-Chapter 426 - 419 Chaotic Battle
"How could this possibly be the way to the Immortal Court?" Ye Meier was the first to voice her doubts.
"Hu Biao Immortal, what's going on here? Weren't we headed to the Immortal Court? Why do I feel like we're being sent to our deaths?" Ding Huan didn't hesitate to add fuel to the fire.
Hu Xiangyang's face darkened and before he could respond, the surging Corpse-Devouring Dark Iron Beasts charged at them.
Ding Huan naturally was the first to retreat; he had no intention of sacrificing his life for these people.
Ye Meier hadn't expected Ding Huan to directly confront Hu Xiangyang and when she saw Ding Huan retreating without making a move, she naturally didn't hesitate to retreat as well.
If the normally timid Zhang San could retreat, why couldn't she, Ye Meier?
From a distance, Hu Bujiu quickly caught up to Ding Huan's side, "Brother Zhang San, it seems we've been tricked this time."
Despite being recruited earlier, only Ding Huan had bothered to speak a few words to him; the others hardly paid him any attention.
So, faced with a problem, his first thought was to form an alliance with Ding Huan.
"Even an idiot knows we've been tricked," Ye Meier snorted, her tone filled with anger.
Where did Hu Xiangyang have time to deal with Ding Huan and the others? He was already embroiled amongst the Corpse-Devouring Dark Iron Beasts, desperately fighting the swarming creatures.
The majority of these demon beasts were of the second and third level, with a few fourth-level beasts among them, making them not so easy to kill.
Seeing Ding Huan retreating, the cultivators recruited by Hu Xiangyang also wanted to retreat.
They too could see clearly; this was obviously a trap.
But they reacted half a step too slow and lacked the foresight of Ye Meier and Hu Bujiu.
"Whoever dares to retreat will be executed immediately. Even if you escape, my Ancient Road Commerce will issue a warrant for you," Hu Xiangyang roared furiously as he fought the Corpse-Devouring Unicorns.
Four cultivators, somewhat fearful of the rules of Ancient Road Commerce, reluctantly took out their Magical Treasures to attack the Corpse-Devouring Dark Iron Beasts, but two still chose to retreat.
At that moment, Shi Nuozhou had already set his sights on them. Hu Bujiu and Ye Meier retreated quickly, and Shi Nuozhou couldn't react in time to stop them.
The two cultivators had just retreated a few steps when they were executed by Shi Nuozhou, who was behind them, each with a single strike.
Simultaneously, a miserable scream echoed as one of the legs of Hu Xiangyang was bitten off by a Corpse-Devouring Dark Iron Beast.
Seeing a group of Corpse-Devouring Dark Iron Beasts charging towards him, Hu Xiangyang panicked and went all out, attempting to fight his way out first.
He managed to clear the area around him initially but quickly exhausted his strength, failing to break free and was surrounded once again, which led to severe injuries.
If he had been a bit more patient and preserved some strength during his attacks, he might not have lost the initiative.
With one leg gone, Hu Xiangyang's agility was reduced, and before he could react, a fourth-level Corpse-Devouring Dark Iron Beast bit off half of his head.
Shi Nuozhou had just retreated to Ding Huan's side, planning to force Ding Huan and the others to join the fight.
In his mind, as bodyguard cultivators, who gave them the courage to hide behind?
Seeing the tragic state of Hu Xiangyang, he subconsciously paused, giving Ding Huan no hesitation to kick at Shi Nuozhou's lower back.
Shi Nuozhou's Divine Will detected Ding Huan's action, and he was furious.
He hadn't even made a move, and this mere Golden Immortal had the audacity to strike him first? Courting death.
Yet Shi Nuozhou's rage quickly turned to horror as he unexpectedly couldn't dodge Ding Huan's kick.
As Ding Huan kicked, his domain had already locked down Shi Nuozhou's space; despite being a late-stage Profound Immortal, he thought he could easily escape Ding Huan's kick.
The reality, however, left him desperate; he could only watch helplessly as his body landed amidst a group of Corpse-Devouring Dark Iron Beasts and was then swallowed whole by one of them, without even a single chew.
When Ding Huan kicked, Ye Meier couldn't see it because of the angle.
But Hu Bujiu saw everything clearly, his forehead breaking out in cold sweat.
All this time, he had thought Ding Huan was one of the weaker ones among them. Who could have imagined that Ding Huan would kick Shi Nuozhou to death with one kick?
"What just happened?" Ye Meier was also surprised as she looked at Ding Huan and Hu Bujiu.
When Shi Nuozhou charged at them, she was still hesitating whether to attack him, and in the blink of an eye, Shi Nuozhou was dead.
"These guys probably won't last much longer," Ding Huan took the initiative to inform Ye Meier.
Ye Meier then looked ahead; of their group, only the young man who had followed Hu Xiangyang was still fighting.
The young man's domain was formidable, and with a Three-blade Knife in hand, each strike took the corpses of several Corpse-Devouring Dark Iron Beasts.
Besides the young man, around him were three more people; two women protecting the straw-hatted individual.
Because Ding Huan had retreated early, only about a dozen of the lower-level Corpse-Devouring Dark Iron Beasts rushed over to him.
"Let's go." Ding Huan brought out the Reincarnation Spear, sweeping it to kill two Corpse-Devouring Dark Iron Beasts blocking his path, and then sped up towards the front.
Where would Hu Bujiu and Ye Meier not know that now was the best chance? With others behind to block the Corpse-Devouring Dark Iron Beasts and Ding Huan clearing the path ahead, when else would they leave if not now?
Even as Ding Huan was retreating, his Divine Will fell on the ring of the Straw Hat Cultivator, easily breaking it open.
Seeing the contents inside the ring, Ding Huan was shocked.
There were at least tens of millions of High Grade Immortal Crystals inside, along with an Immortal Spirit Vein of decent quality.
As for the Immortal Pills and Immortal Spirit Grass inside, none of them were of low grade.
No, I couldn't leave like this.
Hu Bujiu and Ye Meier had already rushed far ahead while Ding Huan, who was supposed to lead the way, instead lagged behind and was surrounded by three Corpse-Devouring Dark Iron Beasts.
Ding Huan naturally wanted to take the ring from the Straw Hat Cultivator, so he purposely slowed down.
What he didn't expect was that Hu Bujiu was so loyal. Seeing that Ding Huan hadn't broken out and was surrounded by the Corpse-Devouring Dark Iron Beasts, he rushed back to attack the beasts.
Seeing Hu Bujiu coming back to fight the Corpse-Devouring Dark Iron Beasts, Ye Meier hesitated for a moment and then surprisingly also came back to help Ding Huan get out of the predicament.
Ding Huan was quite helpless, he couldn't exactly say "you go ahead, I can escape."
He truly could have escaped, considering those several Third-level Corpse-Devouring Dark Iron Beasts were entangling those three Da Yi Immortals.
Ding Huan hesitated for a moment, fighting off the Corpse-Devouring Dark Iron Beasts while using his Divine Will to enwrap a drop of Ten Million Year Old Sea Marrow and smear it on the Straw Hat Cultivator's arm.
Once Ding Huan withdrew his Divine Will's prohibition, the Corpse-Devouring Dark Iron Beasts went mad and all rushed at the Straw Hat Cultivator.
The Straw Hat Cultivator only had Golden Immortal cultivation, and he was being protected by those three Da Yi Immortals; otherwise, he would have lost his life many times over.
Now with so many Corpse-Devouring Dark Iron Beasts frantically charging at him, he was completely flustered.
The three Da Yi Immortals were originally there to protect the Straw Hat Cultivator. Seeing so many Corpse-Devouring Dark Iron Beasts charge at him, they desperately tried to intervene.
However, there were too many Corpse-Devouring Dark Iron Beasts here, and before they could reach him, the Straw Hat Cultivator's arm was already bitten off by one of the beasts.
Seizing the moment, almost simultaneously as the Corpse-Devouring Dark Iron Beast bit off the Straw Hat Cultivator's arm, Ding Huan had already snatched the ring from the severed finger.
With the ring in hand, Ding Huan quickly tossed it into an iron pot.
He was certain that there were still traces of Divine Will in the ring.
Carrying it on his person could be troublesome.
If it weren't for the fact that the objects inside the ring were urgently needed, he really did not want to proceed in such a manner.
With the ring in hand, the killing power of the Reincarnation Spear in Ding Huan's hands suddenly increased several times, despite another dozen Corpse-Devouring Dark Iron Beasts encircling them.
However, under the full force attacks of Ding Huan, Hu Bujiu, and Ye Meier, they quickly tore open a gap.
The three of them rushed out immediately, lest they attract Fourth-level Corpse-Devouring Dark Iron Beasts and then be unable to escape.
When Ding Huan dashed out of the encirclement of Corpse-Devouring Dark Iron Beasts, his Divine Will sensed that the Straw Hat Cultivator's skull had been torn apart by one of the beasts.
Ding Huan knew that whether this incident was related to them or not, they would probably face significant trouble later.
"Get on my Flying Treasure," Ding Huan decided, directly summoning the iron pot.
Hu Bujiu and Ye Meier leaped onto Ding Huan's iron pot, and Ding Huan activated it, instantly distancing them from the group of Corpse-Devouring Dark Iron Beasts.
Feeling the speed of Ding Huan's iron pot, both Ye Meier and Hu Bujiu were immensely shocked; it was probably even faster than a High Grade Flying Immortal Device.
Ye Meier also realized that Ding Huan was definitely not as simple as he appeared on the surface; she even began to suspect whether those Corpse-Devouring Dark Iron Beasts charging over were linked to Ding Huan.
After all, it was too coincidental.
Ding Huan had been in seclusion for several months without a sound.
It happened that those Corpse-Devouring Dark Iron Beasts followed right when Ding Huan lifted the prohibition and came out.
"Brother Zhang San, where are we going now?" Hu Bujiu was naturally no fool, otherwise, he wouldn't have been selected by Hu Xiangyang among so many people.
The reason he turned back to help Ding Huan was not only because Ding Huan gave him a good impression but also because Ding Huan's strength was strong enough.
Could anyone with weak strength have kicked Shi Nuozhou flying?
If he didn't save Ding Huan, he probably couldn't have gotten far either.
Since they were all possibly going to die anyway, it might be better to try desperately to save Ding Huan and then escape together, which would increase their chances.
Ding Huan said, "Hold on a moment, I need to think about where we can go."
Signaling Hu Bujiu and Ye Meier to wait, Ding Huan's Divine Will rested on a Direction Crystal Ball inside the ring of the Straw Hat Cultivator.
This crystal ball had a few large characters: Pangu Great World.
As his Divine Will penetrated it, Ding Huan was also immensely shocked.
He had never seen such a clear Direction Crystal Ball before; it didn't only clearly label the Five Heavenly Realms, even the distribution of forces in the Chaotic Realm, and which areas were relatively safe, were all comprehensively introduced.
Ding Huan wanted to replicate two copies of this crystal ball, but he immediately realized he was thinking too much; this crystal ball simply couldn't be replicated.
The prohibitions inside were too complicated.
Ding Huan could only rely on memory to replicate the general information from the Chaos Zone into the crystal ball.
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"Fellow daoists Hu and Ye, do you understand the situation we are in now?" Ding Huan asked gravely as he looked at both of them.