The appearance of Chaos startled everyone. Even Jingyue was a little surprised; she hadn’t expected Su Qi to use her one and only chance over something so trivial.

’This is just reckless.’

Lan Yue and Qing Lian, however, were simply shocked. They had no idea Su Qi could do something like this.

’It’s like she’s using a cheat code.’

Qing Lian could also perform a Summoning, but it was only a projection and didn’t have much power.

It definitely wouldn’t be a match for this group of Tier Five beasts.

But Yongxi was completely dumbfounded. It looked like it had run into another brick wall.

Following Su Qi’s command, Chaos unhesitatingly charged forward to crush all the Spirit Beasts.

Faced with the terrifying might of the Ancient Fierce Beast, most of the Spirit Beasts were already prostrate on the ground. They stood no chance of winning.

However, Chaos didn’t stop. It swept past them in a single strike, taking out all the Spirit Beasts.

Almost all the Spirit Beasts were left severely injured and on the verge of death.

Yongxi screamed, "You animal—no, Uncle Jiang! No, Auntie Jiang! I misspoke just now! I’m actually an unparalleled delicacy! I was delivering myself as a meal!"

Su Qi wasn’t impressed. She didn’t care about any "unparalleled delicacy" and said directly, "Tear it limb from limb."

This Spirit Beast had been the one clamoring from the very beginning. There was no way Su Qi was going to let it go.

The next moment, Chaos tore off Yongxi’s four limbs.

Just as it was about to deliver the final blow, the cave residence’s Array activated. A beam of light shone on Yongxi and teleported it away.

Su Qi was stunned. She hadn’t expected this to happen.

The grudge was now set in stone. She wouldn’t be able to rest easy without killing it.

Just then, Jingyue said, "Don’t worry. My access privileges tell me that it’s been placed under protection. It won’t be able to get out anytime soon."

Su Qi asked in surprise, "Why?"

"Because it truly is an unparalleled delicacy, and it’s the last of its kind in the entire world. Of those who know, none can bring themselves to harm it. Only you would decide to kill it just like that," Jingyue said with a sigh.

"It tried to kill my husband," Su Qi said seriously.

’It could mess with anything else, but not her husband.’

This left Jingyue even more exasperated. "Yes, yes, I know, I know. But don’t worry. That Spirit Beast can’t stir up any trouble now."

Su Qi pointed at the severely injured Spirit Beasts and asked, "What about them?"

Jingyue frowned. ’These Spirit Beasts are gravely injured, but that doesn’t mean they’ll die. Should we kill them all?’

’It’d be a bit of a waste.’

Lan Yue walked over and said, "These are all rather rare Spirit Beasts. We could sell them to the Spiritual Control Sect. I know some people there. Want me to contact them for you?"

Jingyue and Su Qi were taken aback. ’That’s an option?’

Of course they would agree if they could make money from it.

"I’ll call my Eldest Senior Brother back first. He’s a master haggler, so he won’t let you get cheated." With that, Lan Yue began to contact Zi Feng.

’But I’m a huge gossip at heart. What did I just hear?’

’Jiu Xi is already married?’

’I’ve really never heard about this before.’

’Speaking of which, if I spread this around, would I be silenced?’

Glancing at Chaos standing off to the side, Lan Yue decided it was necessary to keep this a secret.

Chaos stood to the side. Although its job was done, it didn’t dare to return without Su Qi’s permission.

’It was a little scared. What if it provoked her again and died? Even its previous masters weren’t this ruthless. Last time, she had tried to obliterate it from its very foundation, giving it no chance to even beg for mercy.’

’Back then, it felt like its death was certain. So ruthless.’

At that moment, Jingyue looked at Chaos and said, "Let me ask you a question. Is it true that your true body can’t be summoned anymore?"

’Chaos was a bit confused. Was there a version of it that could be summoned that *wasn’t* its true body?’

Jingyue read its confusion and frowned. ’It seems to be a problem with the mark.’

’It must be an issue with the settings. The first time is a true Summoning, but subsequent ones might only draw upon a portion of its power.’

Jingyue didn’t say anything more about it, perhaps worried they would become too reliant on Chaos.

"You can go back now," Jingyue said.

But Chaos didn’t dare. It glanced at Su Qi. It wouldn’t move unless she spoke.

Jingyue looked at Su Qi as well. Su Qi sighed. "Fine."

’Her one and only chance was used up just like that, but she didn’t regret it. She was just frustrated that she hadn’t managed to kill that Spirit Beast.’

’She knew what Jingyue meant. If Chaos stayed, its existence would be revealed.’

’Something like this was best kept under wraps, especially in the early stages.’

******

Meanwhile, Jiang Zuo was frowning. He had just sensed the aura of Chaos.

Its true body, no less.

’Who used it? Are they in danger? And they can summon its true body? Is there a difference between men and women?’

But that didn’t seem right. Jiang Zuo couldn’t figure out what was going on.

’But there are three of them, and they can summon its true body. They should be fine.’

Before long, Jiang Zuo found Ximen Chuihuo and the others. Their Concealment skills were quite impressive.

’No one else here should have been able to detect them.’

But such Concealment techniques were largely ineffective against Jiang Zuo.

Jiang Zuo walked up to a seemingly empty tree and said, "I’m heading out. What about you?"

No one answered.

"If you don’t answer, I’m leaving on my own."

"Fellow Daoist, how did you find us?" Ximen Chuihuo finally couldn’t hold back any longer.

’It didn’t make sense. He was extremely confident in his Concealment. Not even a Tier Five expert could detect him, yet Po Xiao seemed to have seen him as plain as day.’

’Then again, it seemed even a Tier Five expert couldn’t kill that enormous Fierce Beast.’

Ximen Chuihuo revealed himself. Jiang Zuo directly handed the All-Things Cut back to him. "In my eyes, it makes no difference whether you’re concealed or not."

"Is it safe to leave now?" Zhong Yiyang asked.

This area had been destroyed, and it seemed the exit was destroyed along with it.

They had just heard someone say as much.

Jiang Zuo said, "It’s not a big problem, but we’ll need to find another way out."

’Every place has a back door.’

Besides, he had just seen the group of five Demon Cultivators. He now knew their main target was Chaos.

So, with a signal available here, the people outside must already know what happened inside.

Leaving through the main entrance now would be like walking into a trap.

"There’s another exit? How do you know?" Ximen Linglong asked, but she regretted it as soon as the words left her mouth.

She remembered the first commission she’d done with Po Xiao. Back then, too, everyone had been trapped with no way out.

But Po Xiao had gotten them all out, seemingly by magic.

’If he could do it then, it wasn’t impossible for him to do it again now.’

Jiang Zuo didn’t answer Ximen Linglong. Instead, he said, "Let’s go. We don’t have much time."

’They really were out of time. As the Saintess, it was highly likely that Jingyue also knew where the back exit was. They would surely take that route, and it would be bad if they ran into each other.’

’As for Yongxi, Jiang Zuo had no intention of looking for it. The Yongxi of now would be much harder to catch.’

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While Jiang Zuo’s group was preparing to leave, Jingyue and the others were busy selling the Spirit Beasts. When the people from the Spiritual Control Sect saw the beasts, their eyes nearly popped out of their heads.

’These were all rare species! How much would it cost to buy them all?’

’Cheating them was impossible. Zi Feng was standing right there. Prying Spirit Stones out of his hands was truly a difficult task.’

"There are quite a lot of Spirit Beasts. We’re thinking of buying just one or two," one of the Spiritual Control Sect disciples said, deciding to test the waters.

Zi Feng said nonchalantly, "Oh. I’ll take care of killing the rest, then. No need to trouble yourselves."

If they hadn’t promised him a cut, Lan Yue would never have been able to get him to come. The beasts weren’t going to die from their wounds, after all.