Capítulo 1861: Chapter 1862: Hu Xiao Lost Contact

Su Chengyu’s figure flashed, instantly arriving beside Su Chengyu, immediately holding the barely breathing Chang Li.

Feeling Su Chengyu’s presence, the graceful girl finally stopped forcing herself, and in the next moment, transformed back into a crimson fox form.

Without daring to slack off, Su Chengyu immediately began treating Chang Li.

Fortunately, although Chang Li’s injuries looked terrifying, they were merely superficial wounds; the main reason for her coma was exhaustion.

Was it Hu Xiao?

Su Chengyu’s brows furrowed, and he immediately suspected Hu Xiao.

But after thinking it over, Su Chengyu couldn’t figure out why Hu Xiao would make such a move.

Moreover, if it were indeed Hu Xiao, he didn’t believe Chang Li would have had a chance to return alive.

After all, returning alive meant Chang Li hadn’t encountered a true threat, hence the Sword Qi left in her body hadn’t been triggered.

But if it wasn’t Hu Xiao, why had Chang Li ended up like this, and where was Hu Xiao now?

The intertwining mysteries made Su Chengyu feel that something was very wrong.

He attempted to use his Divine Sense to probe the direction they went, but at this moment, that place was completely shrouded by mist, so even with Su Chengyu’s abilities, he couldn’t penetrate it.

This situation made Su Chengyu feel even more uneasy; while helping Chang Li stabilize her inner exhaustion and quickly regain consciousness, he invoked the Heavenly Dao’s Breath within him, under the Mountain and Sea Scroll, recreating the scene behind him.

“What’s going on?”

Seeing the scene still shrouded in mist even on the Mountain and Sea Scroll, Su Chengyu’s brows knitted tightly together, knowing that even the White Tiger Tribe completely covered by the Thunder Pond was transparent to him before the intervention of the White Tiger Immortal Core.

“In this case, there’s only one possibility. The Heavenly Dao’s Breath of that place has gathered, completely isolating itself from the outside world. This mist is not formed by any single Heavenly Dao’s Breath, but the result of all the Power of the Heavenly Dao in that area working together.”

The Vermilion Bird Immortal Core explained the situation to Su Chengyu.

“Thus, it can block the scroll’s recreation; this scroll seems only so-so.”

Su Chengyu’s words were clearly filled with a bit of reproach and dissatisfaction, to which the Vermilion Bird Immortal Core was very annoyed.

“What do you know? Do you think it’s easy to deploy such a barrier? Even in our prime, the four of us couldn’t create a barrier of this magnitude.”

“Really?”

Su Chengyu asked in surprise, understanding that the four mentioned by the Vermilion Bird Immortal Core were the Four Directions Divine Beasts.

Even in the prime of the Four Directions Divine Beasts, without considering their combined efforts, they were genuine Earth Immortals above the Ascending Immortal Realm.

“Nonsense, I’ve said it before. This is recreated by the complete Power of the Heavenly Dao; such a barrier cannot be deployed by one individual’s power. It’s mostly likely someone of great ability borrowing some source of power from Heaven and Earth, then directly deploying it. Its nature is almost equivalent to the barrier between two worlds, an existence of the Heaven and Earth Laws. How many can ignore the Heaven and Earth Laws, even across the Myriad Heavens and Worlds?”

“Supreme Emperor…”

Seeing Su Chengyu’s realization, the Vermilion Bird Immortal Core calmed down considerably, speaking coldly.

“It’s good you know, aside from specific Immortal Venerables or Immortal Kings with unique Divine Skills or talents, only those high above, the Supreme Emperors.”

Su Chengyu immediately fell into silence, his expression becoming extremely grave.

Seeing the awareness of the White Tiger Immortal Core still within that girl’s body, Su Chengyu silently began to make some arrangements, then focused entirely on treating Chang Li.

“Uh…cough cough…”

Accompanied by a slight coughing, Chang Li’s consciousness finally returned.

Su Chengyu hurriedly placed her on the ground, then exerted a little force, transforming Chang Li directly into human form, and draped a white outer garment over her.

“No need to communicate with Divine Sense, your Inner Breath hasn’t stabilized. I’ll transform you directly into human form, just narrate to me verbally what happened.”

Chang Li’s condition was still unstable, making verbal communication the safest method.

After listening to Su Chengyu’s words, Chang Li was evidently still a bit dazed. She pressed her temples with her jade hand several times before suddenly recalling something and exclaimed excitedly.

“Master, Lord Hu Xiao is in danger.”

Su Chengyu blinked and calmly asked, “Hmm, did he ask you to return and report this?”

Chang Li nodded, “Following the master’s instructions, we went to explore that place, but as we approached, thick fog suddenly rose around us. Before I could react, countless attacks emerged from the mist, targeting me. Fortunately, Lord Hu Xiao reacted in time, and I was lightly injured but protected by him to escape the battlefield’s center.”

“Is that guy very strong?”

Chang Li scratched her head, pondering a bit, “I don’t know, but based on Lord Hu Xiao’s initial demeanor, he didn’t take the opponent seriously at all. It’s just…”

“Just what?”

Su Chengyu pursued the question; logically, if the attacker’s strength vastly inferior to Hu Xiao, he wouldn’t have Long Li actively come seek him for help. This was a perfect chance for him to compensate Chang Li, and with his personality, he definitely wouldn’t miss it.

“Lord Hu Xiao was indeed at ease initially, but after a brief exchange, the opponent’s attacks accelerated tremendously, causing increasing difficulty for Lord Hu Xiao. In just over ten moves, Lord Hu Xiao seemed to realize something and ordered me to quickly return to you, master, thus I…”

“That guy is acting as the rear guard?”

Su Chengyu was a bit surprised.

Chang Li pondered and then truthfully said, “Lord Hu Xiao, after alerting me, seemed to want to escape as well, but the surrounding mist had thickened from when it initially rose. Lord Hu Xiao was overextended and seemed to be completely trapped within.”

Su Chengyu blinked and said, “He probably understood that he couldn’t leave with you, so he stayed behind.”

“But…”

Chang Li frowned, clearly there was one more thing she couldn’t comprehend, to which Su Chengyu calmly replied, “He didn’t abandon you and escape because he knows that if he did, I wouldn’t let him off.”

“Even so, couldn’t he have just fled himself?”

Vermilion Bird Immortal Core coldly interjected from the side.

Su Chengyu made no rebuttal; Hu Xiao’s situation was indeed somewhat similar to Vermilion Bird Immortal Core’s, except that Vermilion Bird Immortal Core’s attitude towards him was relatively indifferent, whereas Hu Xiao was actively trying to get closer to his faction.

However, with almost identical positions, Hu Xiao staying behind was indeed a better choice at that time, since if he could cover Chang Li’s escape, he could surely have abandoned everything to forcibly escape himself.

And currently, only Chang Li had escaped, a situation that was definitely not to Hu Xiao’s advantage, unless… there was something else he wasn’t aware of.

Su Chengyu turned to look at the girl, and in the next moment, his pupils suddenly widened.

The White Tiger Immortal Core’s consciousness that had previously entered the girl’s body had now completely disappeared.

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