Longevity Martial Arts: Grinding Experience in the Chaotic World Chapter 1599 822: Perfect Timing (Part 2)

"Yes, Master."

Gu Yuanyuan hurriedly replied. Looking at the ruined surroundings, she actually felt at ease. At least they were safe for the moment.

Gu Sheng walked over to a broken stone pillar, sat down cross-legged, and closed his eyes to regulate his breathing.

The battle just now had been short, but controlling the Heavenly Demon Vine to kill three Peak Heavenly Martial Realm foes from afar, then rushing at high speed with Gu Yuanyuan, had consumed quite a lot.

Gu Yuanyuan didn't dare disturb him. She quietly walked to the side, imitated Gu Sheng, and sat cross-legged, trying to circulate her Cultivation Technique.

She quickly discovered that the hidden danger brought by those polluted Spirit Stones she had absorbed made her True Yuan circulate sluggishly, and her meridians throb with faint pain.

She recalled her Master's words, and her resolve to Exchange Technique and rebuild her cultivation grew even firmer.

A moment later, Gu Sheng opened his eyes and looked toward Gu Yuanyuan.

"Yuanyuan."

"Master!"

Gu Yuanyuan hurriedly stood up.

"This place is temporarily safe. I need to investigate something here."

Gu Sheng's gaze swept over the ruined palace.

"Stay here. Don't leave. If there's danger, call me immediately."

"Yes! This Disciple understands!"

Gu Yuanyuan nodded hard.

Gu Sheng said no more, rising and slowly pacing through the ruins.

His gaze was like the most precise scanner, sweeping over every brick and stone, every remaining trace of Array Patterns, every inconspicuous corner.

His powerful Divine Sense spread out, carefully sensing every residual Energy Fluctuation and spatial mark within this ruin.

He hadn't chosen this place at random. When entering these ruins, he had sharply noticed that the palace layout and remaining Array Patterns faintly echoed certain structures in the core region of the Thousand Souls Hall, as if… it were some kind of peripheral subsidiary node.

Perhaps hidden here were clues about the Wuya Holy Land, or the Thousand Souls Sacrifice Array.

Gu Yuanyuan watched her Master's focused figure probing the surroundings, her heart filled with admiration.

She didn't dare make a sound to disturb him, merely silently observing his movements, trying to learn something from them.

Suddenly, Gu Sheng stopped before a relatively intact wall covered in blurred relief carvings.

His gaze fell on an inconspicuous insignia in the corner of the relief, covered by dust—an emblem of a broken Ancient Sword with wings! It was exactly the same as the badge worn by Wuya Sect Disciples!

Gu Sheng's eyes narrowed slightly. He stretched out a finger and gently brushed the dust from the insignia.

At the instant his fingertip touched the insignia—

At the center of the insignia, where the broken sword lay, an extremely faint ghostly glow suddenly lit up!

At the same time, the ground beneath Gu Sheng's feet transmitted a very light, nearly imperceptible tremor! As though some hidden mechanism had been triggered!

A sharp light flashed in Gu Sheng's eyes!

Gu Sheng sat cross-legged within the remnants of a ruined palace circled by broken walls, eyes tightly shut. He seemed to be regulating his breath, but in truth, most of his mind had already sunk deep into his Sea of Consciousness.

Through a mysterious link, crossing space, he firmly controlled the Evil Cultivator puppet deep in the Secret Realm—the one named "Blood Jade"!

"Blood Jade" was at this moment mixed in among the Wuya Sect Disciples, following Xiao Beixuan's orders, searching for Bai Zhi's traces in the chaotic Secret Realm, while secretly observing Wuya Sect's movements as they hunted other Martial Artists.

"Xiao Beixuan… Sacrificial Array…"

A cold smile rose in Gu Sheng's heart.

"You want to use a thousand Sect Realm Martial Artists as offerings, to fulfill either your own ambitions or those of Venerable Ming River? Keep dreaming!"

He manipulated "Blood Jade," subtly guiding several nearby Wuya Sect Disciples toward a region of the Secret Realm where the Energy Fluctuations were abnormally chaotic.

According to "Blood Jade's" memories and Gu Sheng's Divine Sense Perception, an intense melee was raging there!

Soon, a ravaged battlefield came into "Blood Jade's" sight.

There, Zhao, Jin'er, a burly man, and a lanky Array Master stood back to back, forming a defensive formation, struggling to hold on!

All around them, dozens of Wuya Sect Disciples were launching frenzied attacks!

Even more alarming, three Evil Cultivators in black robes, each with a cold, sinister aura, roamed the outer edge of the battle circle, launching vicious, insidious strikes from time to time!

All three Evil Cultivators possessed Early Stage Human King Realm cultivation!

Zhao's entire body was drenched in blood, his aura slightly chaotic. Clearly, he had already suffered serious internal injuries.

Jin'er's face was pale, her hands continuously forming seals, black Light Screens shielding the group. But under the dense bombardment, the screens rippled violently and could shatter at any moment.

The burly man roared again and again, his giant axe sweeping out, cleaving apart one incoming attack after another, but several deep, bone-revealing wounds had appeared on his body. The lanky Array Master was even more wretched; the Array Plate in his hand glowed dimly, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth, evidently drained by the strain of deploying Arrays.

"Boss! I can't hold on!"

The burly man bellowed, hacking a Wuya Sect Disciple who had charged in flying with one axe, only for more attacks to surge in immediately!

"Damn it! Let's fight them to the death!"

Zhao Boyang's eyes were filled with grim resolve. He suddenly clenched his teeth and roared at Jin'er and the tall, thin Array Master.

"Cover me! Buy me three breaths of time!"

"Zhao!"

Jin'er's expression changed; she seemed to guess what Zhao Boyang was about to do.

"Boss! You mustn't!"

The tall, thin Array Master also urged anxiously.

"Cut the crap! Do it!"

Zhao Boyang barked harshly, True Yuan raging wildly within his body! A violent, destructive aura began to condense around him!

He was actually about to unleash some Secret Technique with a tremendous price, preparing to forcibly cut down an Evil Cultivator—trading life for life!

"Cover the boss!"

The burly man saw this, his eyes turning blood-red as he let out a furious roar. He suddenly bit through the tip of his tongue, spraying a mouthful of Essence Blood onto the giant axe!

The giant axe instantly erupted with a blinding blood-red light!

His aura surged, and he charged into the enemy ranks!

"Blood Burst Technique!"

The tall, thin Array Master also clenched his teeth, likewise activating a potential-unleashing Secret Technique!

The Array Plate in his hands blazed with light as several razor-sharp blades of Array Patterns shot out, trying to tear open the enemy encirclement!

"Hmph! A dying struggle!"

A black-robed Evil Cultivator in the lead let out a cold sneer, his eyes full of disdain.

He waved the Bone Staff in his hand, and a streak of ghastly green Ghost Fire lunged toward Zhao Boyang!

The other two Evil Cultivators also struck at the same time. A chilling claw wind and a black toxic mist, respectively, swept toward the burly man and the tall, thin Array Master!

Jin'er's face turned deathly pale as she fully urged her Protective Light Curtain, trying to block that ghastly green Ghost Fire!

At this critical moment——

"Stop!"

A cold shout exploded across the air!

A Shadow appeared at the edge of the battlefield—it was Blood Jade!

"Lord Blood Jade!"

The Wuya Sect disciples surrounding them saw who had arrived, and reverence immediately appeared on their faces. Their offensive also faltered for a moment!

Zhao Boyang and the others saw Blood Jade, and especially, felt the aura on him belonging to a Wuya Sect Core Disciple and the pressure of the Early Stage of Human King Realm. Their hearts instantly sank to rock bottom!

Just one Zhao Boyang was already hard enough for them to withstand, and now another, even stronger Human King Realm Evil Cultivator had come?

This was simply adding frost to snow! Despair instantly shrouded the four of them!

"Lord Blood Jade! You've come at just the right time!"

The Evil Cultivator controlling the Ghost Fire saw Blood Jade and broke into a smile.

"These Holy Academy brats are pretty tough-boned, but they're about to reach their limit! My lord, you…"

Before he could finish, a sudden change erupted!

Blood Jade's Shadow moved without the slightest warning! His speed was pushed to the extreme! In an instant he appeared beside the Evil Cultivator controlling the Ghost Fire!

"You…?"

The smile on that Evil Cultivator's face froze, his eyes filled with bewilderment!

Blood Jade's face was expressionless. His right hand clenched into a fist and blasted forward!

Blood light erupted from his fist, condensing into a ferocious blood-colored fist shadow!

With a terrifying shriek that seemed to tear space itself, it slammed viciously toward that Evil Cultivator's chest!

"No—!"

The Evil Cultivator's pupils shrank sharply as he let out a scream of utter horror!

He had never imagined Blood Jade would suddenly strike at him!

In his panic, he could only barely gather up Protective True Essence, while bringing the Bone Staff in his hands across his chest to block!

The blood-colored fist shadow smashed brutally into the Bone Staff!

The Bone Staff, which had seemed so solid, snapped in an instant! The blood-colored fist shadow did not slow at all and slammed heavily into that Evil Cultivator's chest!

A dull crunch that made one's teeth ache rang out! The Evil Cultivator's Protective True Essence shattered!

His chest was instantly punched through, leaving a blood hole the size of a bowl—clear through front and back!