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Just as he was speaking, a loud shout came from the front, "I say, why aren't you guys coming over to help?"

The three of them turned their heads to look. They had just rescued the sickly scholar, and now it was their turn to be surrounded. Fortunately, the Demon Fighter Pestle was long enough, so the savage beasts were unable to approach them even if they wanted to self-destruct.

"There's not much time left. I can feel that One True's presence is not far to the south. If I'm still alive, I'll catch up to you guys very soon."

After the sickly scholar finished speaking, he jumped back into the herd of beasts, his body emitting a black light for the fourth time.

Fourth Heavenly Demon Transformation!

Lei Ao finally understood why the sickly scholar was so confident in dealing with these savage beasts. If he reached the Immortal Ascension Stage in his third form, what would be the fourth form? The legendary immortals?

The sickly scholar rushed to his side. Without waiting for him to speak, he grabbed him and threw him out of the encirclement. Then, his figure began to dance, taking on the form of a demonic god.

"This fellow is crazy …"

He didn't retreat back to Lei Ao's side, staring dumbstruck at the sickly scholar who was about to start a massacre.

"Let's go, don't let him die for nothing." After Bluesea said this, he led the way and ran back to join the others who were behind him.

Everyone followed the instructions of the sickly scholar and flew south. After four hours, they finally caught up to One Intent.

Zhou Qing and Niu Meng were also with him. They had all been carried away by the sandstorm and had only met because they were relatively close to the ground. Furthermore, with a compass in their hands, it wasn't difficult to find the person.

Until now, he had found all the lost people, but he was missing a sickly scholar.

After some discussion, some expressed that they would go back and kill and save others, while some indicated that their mission was to give up on the sickly scholar.

Lei Ao, Blood Wolf and Niu Meng were the ones who wanted to save him, while Zhou Qing and the others were the ones who wanted to give up. No one else had any opinions on this matter.

"When we first came in, we had made an oath that we would not let them die without saving them. Now, all of you have to renege on your promises." Lei Ao angrily roared.

Yi Zhen said, "He will definitely save us if we save him, but he has ignited his origin energy. Even if we save him, he will not live past three days."

"We can't ignore the safety of the entire cultivation world just because of him. Now that we've entered the true forbidden area of the Wilderness, we have to be careful not only with the savage beasts, but with the barbarians as well."

"The difficulty of the mission has increased by several times. If I don't hurry, I'm afraid the mission will be destroyed."

Zhou Qing and Shang Qu successively advised, and cracks began to appear on the team that had been united and tacit all this time.

"No matter what you say, I can't just stand by and watch them die. You guys hurry up and leave. I'll go save them. With my speed, I can just take one person with me and escape from this group of savage beasts."

Lei Ao no longer argued and left them behind. He turned around and hurried back.

"What about you? You still want to go back and save people? "

Yi Zhen looked at the Blood Wolf and Niu Meng indifferently and said, "Lei Ao doesn't understand the meaning of burning the origin, but what about you? "Knowing better than to do anything, he was encouraged to do so.

"The heavens want him dead. We are powerless to help him, but he is still alive, so we should not give up." The blood wolf said.

Zhou Qing said, "There is more than one who is alive, but that does not include us. From the moment we entered, we were already a dead man. Our responsibility is to resolve this crisis in the cultivation world. Sacrifice is inevitable."

Bluesea saw that arguing would only make matters worse. He quickly advised, "Stop arguing. Lei Ao has already gone back. With his ability, he can definitely bring the sickly scholar out. Let's hurry on our way."

"How do you know he can do it?" Everyone stared blankly at her, giving her puzzled looks one after the other.

"I guessed." When everyone saw that she was unwilling to say anything, they did not press her any further.

After a short pause, the group continued on their way to the location of the mission. In the end, Niu Meng and Blood Wolf had not gone back to save the scholar. Perhaps it was Lan Hai's words that gave them a sense of relief.

As for Lei Ao, he went back to save them by himself. However, he underestimated the sickly scholar. Not long after they left, he took care of the group of savage beasts and chased after them along with his aura.

The two of them met halfway. The sickly scholar knew Lei Ao's intention for returning, and he was secretly grateful. However, he didn't have much time, and before his life force was completely burned away, he hoped that he could bring the others to the quest site.

Along the way, Zhang Xuan would leave behind dozens of corpses of savage beasts every so often. The deeper he went, the more frequent the movements of the savage beasts became.

In the end, everyone had a hunch that it wasn't them who met a savage beast, but rather that the savage beast was looking for them.

After numerous battles, it was determined that these savage beasts possessed no intelligence. Thus, there was only a single explanation. An intelligent lifeform was commanding them from behind the back of the savage beast.

Their intentions were still unknown, but they most likely wanted to stop them from completing the mission. Otherwise, they would have to send someone to negotiate with them first, not kill them as soon as they saw each other.

If he wasn't wrong, the person directing the savage beast should know what the mission of the other party was. At the same time, he should also know the crux of the destruction.

It could even be said that this intelligent creature was the opportunity they were looking for.

When Lei Ao and the sickly scholar finally caught up to the group, they were resting and arguing with each other. A look of deep worry was plastered on one of their faces.

"What's going on?" Lei Ao asked curiously.

When they realized that their companions had returned safely, everyone was delighted at first, but soon after, they said dejectedly, "The compass is broken."

"Really?" Then how could he find it? I said you didn't hide it well, so you should at least keep it during the battle. " Lei Ao started to complain.

"It wasn't shattered by a savage beast. It shattered by itself." Yi Zhen explained with a wry smile.

It turned out that they were following the compass towards the south. The compass's reaction was getting more and more intense, and when the group arrived, the compass suddenly began to shake violently, unable to be controlled no matter how hard they tried.

Before the crowd could react, the compass exploded with a bang. All the fragments formed an arrow and pointed towards the east.

Encountering this sort of situation, Yi Zhen was immediately scared silly. The purpose of the compass in the Heavencraft Pavilion was like the divine weapon in the hands of a refiner, closely related to its owner.

In his image, the compass could only break on its own in one situation, and that was a warning, a death warning.

Usually, when he encountered danger, the compass would only tremble or the needle would turn randomly. The higher the danger, the greater the movement.

However, if they self-destructed, it meant that if they continued to walk forward, they would very likely die.

Not only was it a true compass, the other people's weapons also warned them at the same time. In particular, the Demon Subduing Pestle that refused to give up. A circle of golden incantation appeared on the handle, giving off bursts of golden light.

To Lei Ao's surprise, the blood saber he possessed did not have the slightest reaction. Logically speaking, this sort of divine weapon with soul consciousness shouldn't have the ability to warn others.

"What are you hesitating for? We never thought we'd get out alive when we came in. Furthermore, do you think that there is still a way out? "

The sickly scholar's words caused everyone to feel ashamed. Normally, they were not afraid of death, but when faced with it, they hesitated.

Compared to the fact that the sickly scholar had the courage to break the seal on his life, this was the true distance between life and death.

"If you're afraid of death, then go back." After the sickly scholar finished speaking, he no longer paid any attention to them and flew to the east alone.

"Hmph, Buddha never knew how to write the word 'afraid'." He didn't stop groaning and chased after her with the Demon Fighter Pestle.

Behind him, Lei Ao, Blood Wolf, Dark Cloud, Niu Meng … One by one, they chased after him.

"It's not that I'm afraid of death, it's just that I'm afraid of being unable to complete the mission." One of them and Zhou Qing looked at each other before both of them revealed themselves at the same time.

From a certain point of view, this place was a forbidden zone in the Wilderness. Along the way, they had encountered many savage beasts. However, after the compass had shattered, the path they were traveling on had become empty and devoid of any Barbarian Beasts.

This anomaly caused everyone to feel a sense of pressure, and the feeling of death became more and more intense.

They flew from dark to dawn. When they finally caught up with the sickly scholar, he was standing in front of an earthen wall.

The earthen walls were ancient and dilapidated. They were also incomplete, and had long since been demolished by someone.

If this was in the outside world, no one would take another look. However, if this unremarkable and dilapidated earthen wall appeared in the Wilderness, the meaning would be different.

After so many years of erosion, there were only a few pieces of broken bricks left to argue that this once was a wall, but now there was not a single complete brick left.

He didn't want anything at all. As long as he collected —