Cultivation Starting from Choosing Augments

Chapter 320 - 177: White Lantern, Maze, a Unique Method of Advancement (Part 3)

But he didn’t have time to dwell on it. He took a step back, preparing to coordinate with the person on the other side to break through the thick wall.

In this darkness, even finding one new face would be a significant boost to their morale.

The more people they had, the greater their confidence and courage would be.

However, before Yang Huai’an could make a move, the wall in front of him collapsed with a roar.

It was a good thing he had stepped back, or he likely would have been hit in the head by flying debris.

"Huh? Yang, why are you still here?"

A familiar voice rang out.

Then, a slender figure walked over, gradually revealing Xiao Chen’s face.

"Xiao, how are you here?"

Yang Huai’an was stunned. ’Who was that person who just screamed?’

’It couldn’t have been some unlucky Demon Cultivator who tried to ambush Xiao, could it?’

"Xiao!"

Du Mingjie rushed forward excitedly. "It really is you! This is great."

He had been standing at the back, only able to hear the commotion up front but not see who was there.

But upon hearing how Yang Huai’an addressed the newcomer, he immediately figured out their identity.

After all, the surname Xiao was relatively rare, and there was only one person Yang Huai’an would address with such a respectful tone.

"Du, you’re here too. What a coincidence."

Xiao Chen was also quite happy to see familiar faces. For one, he wanted to understand the current situation inside the Yellow Springs Traveling Palace.

For another, walking alone in this pitch-black maze was boring, and having a companion would naturally be much better.

"Xiao, I thought you had already gone deeper inside to search for treasure."

Yang Huai’an finally relaxed, a sudden sense of hope blooming in his heart. "Please, Xiao, lead us out of this maze."

At this moment, the cultivators from the back also crowded forward, each of them staring at Xiao Chen with excitement.

"It really is the Wind and Thunder Sword, Xiao! We’re saved."

"This is great! Now those damn Demon Cultivators won’t dare to harass us anymore."

"Xiao, we saw each other once on the Flying Boat! I never thought we’d meet here. Please, Xiao, lead us out of this maze."

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"Everyone, stop shouting! Don’t push!"

The crowd surged forward, and the cacophony of voices made it impossible to understand anyone.

Yang Huai’an shouted hastily, but his voice was completely drowned out.

Seeing this, Xiao Chen spoke up. "Fellow Cultivators, please quiet down for a moment. Let me have a word with Yang first."

As soon as he said this, the people at the front immediately fell silent.

He repeated himself, and the shouting from the back also died down.

Xiao Chen then learned that a total of thirty-five cultivators had gathered here.

He also found out about the current situation.

This time, it wasn’t just the Lingyuan Sect that had turned out in full force; a large number of cultivators from the Valley of Ten Thousand Flowers and the Cyan Cloud Sect had also come to the Yellow Springs Traveling Palace.

But now they were separated by the maze, and it was unknown how many had survived.

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THUD!

A wall crashed down.

Xiao Chen was the first to walk out, followed by Du Mingjie and the other cultivators.

Everyone formed an orderly line and passed through the opening one by one.

Yang Huai’an voluntarily stayed at the very back of the group to guard against any surprise attacks from Demon Cultivators.

Their earlier conversation had quickly devolved into a session of airing grievances.

Aside from learning that the first few stages had been deathtraps for many cultivators, Xiao Chen didn’t actually obtain any particularly valuable intelligence.

But he didn’t mind acting as their guide. He had to get out of the maze himself anyway.

And smashing through walls was the fastest way he had devised to leave this place.

Ever since discovering this place was a maze, Xiao Chen had simply picked a direction and pushed straight forward.

No matter how thick the walls he encountered along the way, he pulverized them all with his bare fists.

With the help of the Nine Strengths Mountain Shifting Technique, his demolition efficiency was extremely high.

Basically, it only took him three or four punches to create an opening large enough for a person to pass through.

At first, Yang Huai’an had actually wanted to advise against it.

Wasting so much stamina could easily lead to disaster if they encountered an enemy mid-way.

However, after he saw Xiao Chen punch clean through a wall with a single fist, he wisely shut his mouth and voluntarily moved to the rear to cover their backs.

With Yang Huai’an’s sharp eye, he could naturally tell that this was definitely the foundation of a Body Cultivator.

Furthermore, his cultivation was very high—definitely at the late stage of Foundation Establishment.

’A Fake Pill realm expert, mastery in Escape Techniques, and a Body Cultivator on top of it all... what a damn monster.’

’Thankfully, this monster is on our side. Otherwise, everyone here combined probably wouldn’t be enough for him to fight alone.’

With Xiao Chen’s unique method of advancement, determining their direction was finally no longer a difficult task.

Along the way, some Demon Cultivators, drawn by the noise, rushed over to try and stop them.

But when they saw from a distance how Xiao Chen could destroy a wall with two punches, they looked down at their own frail bodies and silently halted their advance.

’If I go up there to stop him, I’ll die instantly, right?’

Of course, there were some bolder Demon Cultivators, especially those who were already deep in a bloodlust.

For the past few days, with the help of the Demonic Qi, they had been able to easily crush cultivators of the same level.

Seeing Xiao Chen now, they felt they could go up and try to harass him a little.

And so, they got to experience firsthand the power of the Wind and Thunder Dual Swords.

From a distance of thirty zhang, the power of the Sword Light would be weakened to half its strength at most.

But the Seven-Star Sword Technique was already formidable on its own, not to mention that Xiao Chen had just absorbed the Purple Crystal Python Scale and the Golden Eagle Crown Feather, gaining new insights into the Path of Wind and Thunder.

Even at half power, it was far beyond what an ordinary cultivator could withstand.

The Dual Swords slashed out in unison—the Thunder Sword for Armor Piercing, the Wind Sword for beheading.

To try was to die.

After slaughtering a few Demon Cultivators who didn’t know their own limits, the remaining onlookers quickly fled under the cover of the Demonic Qi.