Chapter 1203

Worried about Dong Xuan’er’s safety, the woman almost used all her strength to rush along the way. At the beginning, she was still worried that Yang Kai couldn’t keep up and deliberately slowed down a lot. But later, seeing Yang Kai looking relaxed and freehand, she gradually increased the speed, and Yang Kai still didn’t fall behind.

And now, the other party is actually leading in front of her.

This made her secretly shocked. She thought that no wonder this person could chase after the Spirit Civet in the Flowing Flame Sand Field. The current speed probably hasn’t reached his limit. The other party is just waiting for her, so he is walking so unhurriedly.

After pondering for a while, the woman suddenly said： “This junior brother…”

“Huh？” Yang Kai turned his head and looked at her suspiciously, not knowing what she wanted to call him for. The other party’s cultivation level was two small levels higher than his own, so it was understandable to call him a junior brother.

“If you can go faster, don’t worry about me. Just go all out. I can keep up.”

A hint of surprise flickered in Yang Kai’s eyes. Only then did he know that the other party hadn’t used all her strength either. It seemed that all the martial artists who could enter the third layer had some hidden means.

He didn’t say much. After nodding slightly, he directly increased his speed to the limit. His body turned into a blurred shadow, and his speed soared.

Yang Kai didn’t use the Wind and Thunder Wings because he was sure that once he did, even if the woman had any trump cards, she would only be left far behind by him.

A strong Saint Yuan fluctuation came from behind. He didn’t know what means the woman had used, but Yang Kai felt that her speed had also increased a lot in an instant, and she was tightly biting behind him.

However, after her speed increased, her breathing suddenly stopped for a moment, as if a breath was held in her chest and not exhaled.

A hundred miles west of the huge Gangyin Ore, there is a vast lava lake. The lake water is completely composed of scalding lava. The extremely high temperature has distorted the scene of this area to the extreme. The lava in the lake is dark red and thick, and huge bubbles are constantly churning up from the inside and bursting open, making a popping sound. Each burst bubble contains some black mist-like energy, which contains extremely terrifying fire poison and corrosive power.

The entire lava lake is filled with such a doomsday-like scene, making people shudder at the sight.

And in the center of the lava lake, there is a tortoise shell floating on the lava lake. The tortoise shell is three zhang in circumference. Its original earth-yellow color seems to have become extremely red due to the baking of the lava, exuding a scalding breath. On the tortoise shell, there are countless small cracks like spider webs.

Through these cracks, the scorching breath in the lava lake penetrates inward, wantonly harassing a group of young men and women who are struggling on the tortoise shell.

This group of people is the core disciples of the Shadow Moon Palace. Wei Guchang and Dong Xuan’er are prominently among them. Besides the two of them, there are also two other men and one woman, a total of five people.

The area of the tortoise shell wasn’t too large, just enough for the five people to stand on together.

And at this moment, all five people’s bodies were swaying precariously, their complexions extremely pale, and the fluctuations of their Saint Yuan were almost nonexistent.

Among the five people, Wei Guchang’s situation was the best, but he no longer had his former high spirits. His face was filled with bitterness and chills. Only when looking at Dong Xuan’er would a trace of tenderness and reluctance flash in his eyes. And every time he saw the woman he loved sharing the same boat with him, some strength would inexplicably surge out in Wei Guchang’s body, making his situation a little better. If it weren’t for the obsession in his heart supporting him, he would have long been unable to hold on. Once he fell, the five people of the Shadow Moon Palace would surely be wiped out.

Dong Xuan’er was still gentle and quiet. Since falling into this restriction, she hadn’t said much more, just occasionally cheering up her fellow disciples and encouraging them to hold on for a while longer. But who knew that this woman in white, who always smiled gently at people and seemed content as long as she could be with Wei Guchang even if the sky fell, had now also reached the end of her rope？

All of this was just pretended by her. She had the same thought as Wei Guchang, that is, not to let the other three fellow disciples see the slightest bit of weakness and discouragement.

Once either of them let go, the situation would become even worse.

The conditions of the three people other than Wei Guchang and Dong Xuan’er were extremely bad. The two male disciples had a deathly pallor on their faces, and their eyes were dull, as if covered by dark clouds, without the slightest glimmer of light. They kept murmuring something. Under the threat of death, they had already lost their minds and were in a complete mess.

And the other woman in a red dress, with a tall figure, was also unbearably burdened. The tear stains on her cheeks were clearly visible. It seemed that she had cried dry her tears and only knew to mechanically pour the holy yuan that had just recovered in her body into the turtle shell, barely maintaining the defense of the turtle shell.

But whether it was Wei Guchang and Dong Xuan’er, or the other three disciples of the Shadow Moon Palace, all of them knew that as long as no one came to rescue them in a day or two, they would surely die.

They had been trapped here for too long, and all of their holy yuan had been completely consumed. In this kind of ghost place, they couldn’t operate their cultivation methods to recover. Relying only on holy crystals and pills, it was simply impossible to make ends meet.

When there were pills, it was still a little better. But after all the pills were used up a few days ago, no matter how they drew energy from the holy crystals, they still couldn’t make up for their own losses.

The treasure armors on everyone’s bodies were dull and dark. They no longer had any extra holy yuan to maintain the operation of the treasure armors.

If they were only trapped in the lava lake, this would not be difficult for the five core disciples of the Shadow Moon Palace. They just needed to find a way to reach the shore.

What made them helpless was that no matter how they urged the tortoise shell under their feet, the tortoise shell didn’t move at all. It was as if there was a mysterious force in the lava lake that bound the five of them firmly in place.

To make matters worse, it was unknown what kind of restriction had been set in the lava lake. From time to time, some attacks formed by the convergence of lava would emerge and attack them from all directions, which made the five people constantly in a dangerous situation. Fortunately, Wei Guchang could always burst out a little foundation at the most critical moment, so that the five people didn’t suffer any losses.

But he himself was scarred all over, with dark red burn scars all over his body. The fire poison gathered into a black breath at those wounds. Wei Guchang simply don’t have any extra strength to expel it and could only allow it gradually erode his vitality and strength.

Gradually, a trace of black breath also climbed onto Wei Guchang’s pale face, making his situation look very bad.

“Senior Brother…” Dong Xuan’er saw this scene and her heart trembled, almost shedding tears. “I’m sorry！”

Wei Guchang grinned and said in a full voice, “There’s nothing to be sorry about between you and me. Don’t say such polite words in the future.”

“But if it weren’t for me coming here to explore, we wouldn’t have fallen into this restriction！” Dong Xuan’er’s beautiful eyes were dim.

It was precisely because she discovered that there was something strange about this place that she wanted to come and explore. Who would have known that as soon as they stepped in here, the ground cracked inch by inch, and the originally cracked ground suddenly sank down, spewing out large swathes of scalding hot lava, instantly trapping the five of them in the center.

Unable to fly, the five of them could only rely on this piece of turtle shell that they had just found to barely save their lives, but it was absolutely impossible to leave this place.

This piece of turtle shell, no one knew if it was left behind after the death of a tenth-level monster beast. It was extremely strong. Even after being baked in the lava lake for more than a month, it still hadn’t shattered, only with many small cracks added.

But now this turtle shell didn’t look so good either, as if it would shatter at any moment.

“Don’t say that. Where there are benefits, there are dangers. Coming here to explore was something that the five of us all agreed to together. It has nothing to do with you.” Wei Guchang opened his mouth to comfort, “If not for this, we wouldn’t have found that good thing either. After we leave here, we’ll divide that thing equally. Presumably everyone’s strength will increase a lot.”

“Can we still leave here？” The tall woman in the red dress looked at Wei Guchang with her beautiful eyes. Suddenly, a few more tears oozed out of her big eyes, and she said mournfully, “Senior Brother Gu and Junior Sister Liu died as soon as we entered the third level… Is it the revenge of their resentful souls for us not saving them at that time？”

Upon hearing what the woman said, the complexions of the other two male disciples changed drastically. It seemed that they recalled the situation more than a month ago, and their already pale faces instantly lost all color.

Wei Guchang gave her a cold look and said in a deep voice, “Junior Brother Gu and Junior Sister Liu were killed by the fire spirit beasts. It’s not that we didn’t save them, but we were powerless. It’s natural disasters and man-made disasters and there’s no way to avoid it. Our encounter has nothing to do with them. Don’t think too much.”

The deaths of those two junior brothers and sisters had caused a great psychological shadow on the others. Because before entering the Flowing Flame Sandy Land, each of them was full of confidence. They were all core disciples, with quite outstanding qualifications and strength. Each of them felt that the Flowing Flame Sandy Land was not so remarkable and thought that with their own abilities, they would surely be able to obtain enough benefits in the Flowing Flame Sandy Land and then soar into the sky and become famous.

When to venture (roaming) in the first and second floors it was also extremely easy and they didn’t encounter any danger. But just after entering the third floor, two people were lost!

The fellow disciples who used to live and practice together with oneself, and even talked and laughed just a moment ago, died a tragic death right in front of one’s eyes. No one’s heart would feel good about it.

Although Wei Guchang was very disgusted with such negative thoughts, he could also understand the feelings of his fellow disciples, so he didn’t rebuke them too much.

If he hadn’t been out (roaming) outside all the time but had cultivated behind closed doors in the sect like these fellow disciples all day long, his psychological endurance would not be so strong. Indeed, only the flowers and plants that have experienced the wind and rain will grow strong.

These so-called core elite disciples, when in the sect, performed quite impressively. Each one was a favored child, Youdaoplaceholder0 by countless junior brothers and sisters. Usually, in. they were also extremely fierce. But once they came out, all kinds of problems were immediately exposed. If there is a chance to go back, I should talk to the master and Elder Qian. If the disciples of the Shadow Moon Palace continue like this, they will surely be ruined in the next generation. Wei Guchang secretly made up his mind in his heart.

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