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Not long after following Uncle Fu, Xia Xing walked out of the Lan house.

Outside the main entrance of the Lan manor, Ye Tong stood alone.

Seeing that Xia Xinghe had arrived, Ye Tong's eyes immediately flashed with fear. Almost instinctively, he bent down towards Xia Xinghe and respectfully said: "This lowly one greets Young Master Xia."

"Take me to Dragon Slaying Mountain." Xia Xing couldn't be bothered to waste words with Ye Tong. A person with such a destroyed heart for martial arts was no different from a dog.

"Yes sir!" Ye Tong bowed once again towards Xia Xing with utmost respect, and then immediately dashed in the direction of the Dragon Slaying Mountain.

Xia Xinghe followed closely behind Ye Tong. In the blink of an eye, the two silhouettes had become one with the night sky.

Eastsea City wasn't too far away from Dragon Slaying Mountain, but it wasn't too close either. In less than an hour, Xia Xing and Ye Tong had arrived at the foot of the mountain.

Along the way, not only did Xia Xinghe not encounter any hunters, he even used the time while they were on the way to completely absorb the medicinal efficacy of the pill he had taken before leaving the Lan family.

At this time, Xia Xinghe had already made up for all the losses he had suffered. His condition and his spiritual energy had all been restored to their peak, all because of that medicinal pill … The upgraded version of the Spirit Breaking Pill, Spirit Recovery Pill!

Even though the Spirit Recovering Pill did not have the effect of instantly breaking through the barrier and advancing to the next stage, it was able to restore the spirit energy of a Celestial Realm warrior in an extremely short amount of time.

These were medicinal pills that Xia Xinghe had specially refined for the sake of the ancient ruins competition. However, he had only refined three of them. After all, resources were limited.

Standing beneath the Dragon Slaying Mountain Range, Xia Xingchen gazed out, only to see a mountain peak in the center of the Dragon Slaying Mountain Range. Flames soared into the skies, and against the pitch-black night sky, it seemed as though the entire mountain was on fire!

"Young Master Xia, that spiritual energy net should still be on that mountain." Ye Tong pointed at the blazing mountain peak and respectfully said to Xia Xinghe.

"Describe in detail how and when you found the spiritual energy web." After Xia Xinghe finished speaking, he ran towards the source of the fire.

This time, Xia Xinghe's speed was not as fast as Ye Tong's. At least, it was slower than his previous speed. Xia Xinghe was only running slowly towards the source of the light while asking Ye Tong in a calm and composed manner.

"Master Xia, the allied forces of our family and the Zhao Family have gathered together before nightfall. They haven't even set up their tents, yet a spiritual energy net has already appeared not too far away from us." As Ye Tong followed Xia Xinghe, he said, "When that spiritual energy web first appeared, the entire mountain peak was enveloped in a strong wind. It was as if a magical phenomenon was about to appear, and its power was astonishing."

"Then, our people from the Ye and Zhao Families gathered there against the wind and saw a huge net made of blood-red spiritual energy."

"The width and the height of the huge net are both about ten meters, and the blood-red light is soaring into the sky." The width and the height of the huge net are both about ten meters, and the red light soars into the sky.

Before our people even had the chance to observe the strange blood-coloured spiritual energy web, a gale was suddenly stirred up and dozens of experts were swept into the huge net. Those people didn't even have the chance to cry out before they were directly engulfed by the huge net.

Therefore, Ye Tong couldn't help but stop and take a few deep breaths before he continued, "From the sudden appearance of the blood-colored spiritual energy net to me going to the Lan family to inform Young Master Xia, that huge net has already existed for a little more than an hour!"

Xia Xinghe didn't say anything. He only nodded his head, as the fiery mountain peak reflected in his eyes was getting closer and closer.

When Chu Qingcheng discovered the spiritual energy net, she wasn't directly attacked, but instead tried to force her way in to get injured by the backlash. Moreover, the duration of the spiritual energy net at that time wasn't as long as it was now, and right now, the attack power of the spiritual energy net has become stronger, and it has even begun to attack everything in its surroundings. Unknowingly, Xia Xingxing thought to himself, he and Ye Tong had already reached that mountain peak.

Not long after that, Xia Xinghe and Ye Tong had reached the top of the mountain.

On one side, Xia Xinghe and Ye Tong had just reached the summit when the combined forces of the Ye and Zhao Families shifted their attention away from the huge, blood-red net towards Xia Xing, and made a path for him on their own.

Without wasting any time, Xia Xinghe quickly passed through the encirclement formed by thousands of people and arrived 100 feet away from the giant blood-red net.

At this moment, what entered Xia Xingchen's eyes was a huge net that was nearly ten meters wide and tall, and from within, it continuously swept out terrifying gales. That huge net was filled with a glaring blood-red color, as if a monster was opening its bloody mouth, wanting to devour everything!

The appearance of the giant net was very frightening, but it was nothing to Xia Xinghe, the great Emperor who had seen such a huge scene. He only faintly glanced at the giant net before his terrifying divine sense crazily rushed towards the giant net …

Xia Xinghe's Spiritual Sense was incomparably vast. However, when Xia Xinghe controlled his Spiritual Sense and wanted to enter the giant net to explore, an accident occurred …

Once the power of Xia Xinghe's soul came into contact with that huge blood-red net, it would completely disappear; moreover, it was the kind of disappearance that completely severed any connection with Xia Xinghe, like a huge rock thrown into the ocean. Although a small ripple would appear when it first entered the sea, a moment later, the huge rock completely sank into the sea without any trace.

The power of Xia Xinghe's divine sense was like that huge rock, while behind the giant blood-colored net, it was like a vast ocean!

"Interesting!" Xia Xinghe was stunned at first, but soon a cold smile spread across his face.

This blood-colored giant net could actually cut off Xia Xinghe's soul consciousness. From this, it could be seen that the world behind this giant net was definitely not ordinary. In fact, it could even be an ancient ruin!

Apart from the mysterious ancient ruins, Xia Xingchen really couldn't think of anything else that could cut off his soul force so completely!

"Greetings, young master Xia."

When Ye Qingsu and Zhao Mu, who were closest to the blood-colored giant net, first saw Xia Xingchen, they did not dare to go up and pay their respects. That was because Xia Xingchen's attention was completely focused on the giant net, and the two did not dare to disturb Xia Xinghe. Only when Xia Xinghe mysteriously appeared and said "interesting" did Ye Qingsu and Zhao Mu dare to step forward.

Xia Xing didn't even look at Ye Qingsu and Zhao Mu and just gently waved his hand.

Ye Qingsu and Zhao Mu looked at each other and stood up, respectfully standing behind Xia Xinghe.

Of course, Ye Qingsu and Zhao Mu were not idle either. The two of them stood behind Xia Xingchen, constantly communicating with their eyes, but no one knew what their conversation was about.

As for Xia Xing, Zhao Mu's and Ye Qingsu's little movements, he didn't care about them at all. At this moment, his entire attention was still focused on that huge blood-red net.

This was Xia Xinghe's strategy, and it was also very effective. He could clearly feel that the violent wind that Ye Tong had mentioned before was weakening at an extremely weak speed.

It was just like a ball that was thrown upwards. When the ball reached its peak, it would naturally fall. It was just like a ball that was thrown upwards. When the ball reached its peak, it would naturally fall.

When it flourished, it would weaken. This was the meaning of this.

Xia Xinghe narrowed his eyes, his brows tightly knitted together as he stared fixedly at the blood-colored web. He couldn't help but silently ponder in his heart …

"The gale released by the giant net is gradually weakening. Does this mean that the door will disappear very soon? Or could it be that when the power of the giant net reaches its weakest point, then the gate of the relic will truly open? "

If it's the former, then I don't have to worry about it. Even if the door disappears, after a while, another door will definitely appear in the Dragon Slaying Mountain Range. But if it's the latter, then I should have made preparations in advance.

"Disappeared or activated?"

Xia Xinghe couldn't make up his mind. After all, he hadn't even come into contact with the ancient ruins before.

Including the time when he had accidentally entered the ancient ruins and obtained the Swallowing Spirit Heaven Art in the Nine Heavens and Ten Hells, Xia Xinghe had also stumbled upon it by chance. He hadn't even seen the boundary before he had easily entered the ancient ruins.

Strictly speaking, this should be the first time Xia Xinghe came in contact with a real ancient ruin!

"Forget it!" After a moment of consideration, Xia Xinghe made up his mind. "Whether it's disappearing or opening, in short, I will guard this place tonight!"

Thinking to this point, Xia Xinghe directly sat cross-legged on the ground without saying anything. While his eyes were fixed on the gate to the relic, his vast divine sense once again radiated into the inside of the relic gate. He wanted to more carefully explore the inside of this relic gate, even though he knew that it was very difficult for his divine sense to have an effect on the relic gate …

Xia Xinghe focused on exploring the gate, as if he was in a meditative state. On the other hand, with Ye Qingsu and Zhao Mu leading the other two families, they didn't even dare to breathe. Countless pairs of eyes were focused on Xia Xinghe and the gate …

Suddenly, a few sonic booms could be heard from the sky. Following that, several painful screams could be heard from the outermost region of the Ye and Zhao families.

The sudden appearance of this murderous intent not only broke the silence on the summit, but it also tore through the night sky, attracting everyone's attention!

He saw more than a hundred black shadows darting around the thousands of men who were formed by the black crossbow bolts. The black crossbow bolts were like a storm, shooting towards the Ye and Zhao Families' allied forces!

"AHH!"

"Enemy attack!"

"It must be those people from last night!"

"The crossbow arrows are poisonous!"

Screams of panic and screams of pain rose and fell unceasingly.