Heaven Refining physique-Chapter 190: Who Did That?

Ze Yu had already considered that a possibility. If they didn’t find them here, then it would still be somewhat good to find any clue regarding them. If they had left recently, then they still had a chance to catch up to them.

"Where would they go? They were already quite lucky to find this unamusing mountain. Beasts wouldn’t even give it another look—no wonder they’ve been able to survive here for this long," Bo Wen spoke while smirking.

Ze Yu didn’t speak any further. He didn’t know if it was true or not, but he had prepared himself for every possibility.

"Let’s break the barrier."

Ze Yu spoke, and a large golden spike formed above his head. Bo Wen waved his hand, and a big fireball, like a small sun, formed in front of him, while the monk took out a cane which flew out of his hand, growing even bigger than the metal spike created by Ze Yu.

They all attacked together. The air itself vibrated due to the force of the attacks, and when all of these collided with the array, they were surprised—because unlike what they had thought, the barrier got dismantled just by the touch of the attacks.

In fact, their attacks were still going towards the mountain.

They all immediately dismantled their attacks.

"This..."

Ze Yu was now sure that Huan Caiyi and Zhi Hui had already left this mountain, because the barrier wasn’t enforced by spirit stones.

"Dammit... how long are these bitches planning to run?"

Bo Wen understood too that no one was on the mountain.

"Go search the mountain. Only ten of you go"

Ze Yu spoke. He still wasn’t going to let everyone enter—just in case it was another trap.

Ten of the cultivators landed on the top of the mountain and, after thoroughly searching, they just found four empty caves with nothing in them.

"Nothing, huh..."

Ze Yu looked toward Bo Wen and said,

"Didn’t you say you’d be able to track them if they had left this mountain recently?"

"Of course. You think I was joking? Tsk! You guys aren’t the only ones with the ability to connect to the upper world. It’ll just take a little time," Bo Wen spoke and looked toward his own cultivators.

"Activate it."

They all nodded and moved across the mountain. Most of them were already relaxed, seeing that the mountain wasn’t covered in traps—if it were, they would have been activated by now.

Now even Ze Yu was relaxed.

"Go and check the whole mountain, even the base. See if you can find anything."

Ze Yu didn’t want to miss anything.

When Zhi Hui saw this, she spoke,

"Looks like doing it manually now wouldn’t change anything."

"I was waiting for you to say that," Huan Caiyi replied.

Both her and Zhi Hui could activate the array, as it had been attuned to their spirit sense.

Huan Caiyi didn’t wait and immediately activated her spirit sense.

Ze Yu, Bo Wen, and the monk had kept their spirit senses open, and when they felt another spirit sense enter their range, they were stunned. They wanted to react, but the speed of spirit sense is almost instantaneous—even for lower-grade cultivators.

So before they could do anything, a barrier formed, covering the entire mountain. Only Ze Yu, Bo Wen, and the cultivators of Golden Lotus Temple were outside.

Just as everyone thought it might be only a barrier, they all sensed immense spirit qi below the mountain, and then—

BOOOOOOMMMMMMMMM!!

An intense sound shook everything nearby. It was so loud that it would no doubt be heard hundreds of miles away.

Given how strong the senses of spirit beasts were, they would have heard this even from beyond the effective distance.

But the most noticeable thing wasn’t just the sound—it was the pillar of light that seemed to pierce the heavens themselves.

It was as wide as the mountain, so even the beasts from thousands of miles away could see it easily.

Looking at the pillar of light, Jiang Hao could easily understand what Senior Huan had planned.

There was no doubt—in just seconds, this area was going to be filled with territory lords. The eagle might be the first to arrive, but there was no doubt even peak stage grade 7 territory lords would appear.

Senior Huan really knew how to treat her guests.

Those who had entered the mountain were definitely dead, and those who were left—

Jiang Hao’s eyes widened suddenly as he looked at the white lion that appeared above the remaining cultivators.

It appeared so silently that if he wasn’t looking in that direction, he wouldn’t have even known about it. Forget about him—judging by how those cultivators were still stunned by the fading light, they definitely didn’t know about it. Even the three mid-stage Heavenly King Realm cultivators didn’t seem to be aware.

The size of the lion wasn’t that big—it was about the same as any grade 5 beast would be.

Just as he thought nothing more surprising would happen, he heard a voice.

"When did you humans become brave enough to come this close to our territory?"

Jiang Hao was really surprised by this voice. It was definitely from the lion, but he didn’t see it move its mouth.

What surprised him even more was that he had thought beasts couldn’t speak unless they became full demons.

"Spirit beasts can speak by manipulating the air around them, but it can only be done by those who are grade 8 or above, or a grade 7 beast if it has a wind-related bloodline.

This isn’t speaking—more like creating words of air. And before you think I can read your mind, let me tell you, your eyes got a little wider than usual, and they only become like that when you’re really surprised."

Yin Ni spoke without even looking at Jiang Hao.

He was totally speechless.

He shook his head and looked at the lion.

This was definitely a grade 8 beast. He had never seen any cultivator or beast of that level till now—unless he counted Senior Yao Ying and Yin Ni.

...

Ze Yu, Bo Wen, and the monk’s eyes widened to the extreme, and they immediately looked up.

Their breathing became heavy, and their blood ran cold. There was only one thought inside their minds right now—

They were thoroughly dead.

Nothing would work against this beast. In fact, they would have already been dead if it wanted to act earlier.

The lion looked toward the area where the mountain used to exist, but now only a shallow hole remained. That was because all the strength of the killing array had been directed upward.

"Who did that?"

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