Chapter 547 - 301: Wait For Me to Come Out of Seclusion

Chapter 547: Chapter 301: Wait For Me to Come Out of Seclusion

But no matter how it struggled, it was useless.

It was as if an invisible, giant hand had sealed it tightly.

Then, with a heavy squeeze...

CRACK!

Something seemed to have shattered.

The currents of water dissipated without warning. The raindrops falling from the sky began to rise back up, becoming ownerless.

Everything fell silent.

The Evil God’s aura vanished.

Without a doubt, the Ancient Well Type Evil God had been defeated.

At that moment, everyone watched the scene unfold, not daring to speak, as if trying their best to process the situation.

The Zhenyue Bureau’s Steward turned to Senior Brother He. "Are you sure you fought your way out on your own?"

He pointed toward the twisted part of the forest. "Under these circumstances?"

Senior Brother He swallowed and said, "I suspect my Heart Spirit was attacked by the Ancient Well Type Evil God."

Sensing the aura from the forest, he felt the probability of him fighting his way out was too low.

So it was very possible his memories were scrambled.

It wasn’t that he had fought his way out and run into Jiang Man, but that Jiang Man had fought his way *in* and found him.

’That would make sense.’

’At first, he could only fight his way in to rescue me. After getting the mission reward, he could then go in to deal with the source of the Ancient Well Type Evil God’s aura.’

’Indeed, geniuses seize every moment!’

"Keep investigating. We should find something new," the Steward said immediately.

The others didn’t hesitate and began to investigate the situation inside.

Sure enough, new streams of water appeared.

But the aura was completely different from before; it was sealing off their escape routes.

"The Abyssal Evil God is showing its head," the scout reported immediately.

The Zhenyue Bureau Steward stepped forward, his aura erupting. "I’ll go in and keep it busy. The rest of you, stop it from expanding. Then, send two people to split up and report the situation to the administrators of the Black Spirit Abyss. The balance has likely been broken. Whether we can find a way to survive is all up to them now."

Immediately after, the Steward formed an invisible, giant hand and sent it toward the forest.

The goal was to attract the Evil God’s attention.

This would buy Jiang Man, who was still inside, a little more time.

’Hopefully, he can escape alive.’

They couldn’t worry about anything else.

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BOOM!

Jiang Man channeled all his power to flee quickly. His left arm was slightly twisted, and blood was seeping from it.

As he fled, he glanced at the sky.

Powers rained down from above in a continuous bombardment.

A powerful Magical Treasure was also suppressing the area.

The Abyssal Evil God, which had originally targeted him, had no choice but to pull back and deal with the new threat.

Soon after, having sustained some injuries, Jiang Man retreated from the forest.

The Abyssal Evil God possessed the ability to distort and lock down space.

His arm had been injured when it distorted space.

At that time, he had just obtained the fruit and had no choice but to eat it first, ignoring everything else.

He hadn’t expected the Abyssal Evil God to attack him directly.

’It launched a sneak attack this time, so it’s probably a single Evil God. Its strength shouldn’t be too great yet.’

’But that could change over time.’

There are no weak Evil Gods, only those that haven’t had enough time to recover.

The more time they have, the stronger they become.

Even the Ling Hua Immortal Spirit was like this, but she was fated to not have that much time.

After retreating, Jiang Man immediately returned to the mission area.

Tao He and the others sensed Jiang Man’s presence but didn’t see him in person.

"I need to enter seclusion for a while. You all should be careful; something might be about to happen," Jiang Man kindly reminded them.

Tao He and the other two found this strange.

’Seclusion?’

’Who goes into seclusion in the middle of a mission?’

Zheng Yan sighed. "It’s fine. If he wants to go into seclusion, let him. We were the only ones doing the work anyway."

The other two nodded in agreement.

A Senior Brother at the Primordial Spirit Level wanted to go into seclusion. What could they say?

Of course, they were all for it. At least now they could do the mission their own way.

Without someone bossing them around.

「Three days later.」

「Late January.」

Tao He and his group received a message: the Array’s repositioning was about to begin, and a large number of Demon Beasts would try to break out in a counterattack.

They needed to be extremely careful.

And they absolutely could not let their guard down.

This jailbreak would be on a completely different scale than before.

Reading the message, Tao He and the other two were somewhat surprised.

"Completely different?" Song Wushuang asked curiously. "What will it be like?"

Tao He frowned. "Jiang Man kept telling us something might happen. Could it be related to this?"

No one knew.

They couldn’t figure it out.

They could only continue strengthening the Array to prevent any accidents.

「Another three days later.」

「Early February.」

Their Array sent feedback—a Demon Beast had entered.

The three of them didn’t dare hesitate and immediately went to investigate.

Sure enough, they saw three Demon Beasts charging toward them.

They immediately reported the situation, then moved to drive them away.

But the three Demon Beasts didn’t flee; they were determined to break through.

The trio had no choice but to kill them.

"Has it started? Good thing there were only three," Song Wushuang said.

Tao He made a hushing gesture. "Don’t say things like that. It’s bad luck."

Song Wushuang immediately clapped a hand over her mouth.

The three of them then continued to stay on high alert.

Indeed, no more appeared that day.

However, the next day, there were ten.

They could still handle it with ease.

The third day, thirty.

They were still relatively at ease.

The fourth day, fifty.

They started to feel stunned.

The fifth day, one hundred.

Looking at the huge number of Demon Beasts, a sense of unease welled up in their hearts.

The sixth day, one hundred and fifty.

They activated the Array and began to desperately defend against the attacks.

They had already switched from being on the offensive to the defensive.

Their unease began to materialize.

The seventh day.

Two hundred Demon Beasts threw them into a panic.

Their requests for reinforcements, sent out days ago, had vanished without a trace.

Facing two hundred Demon Beasts, an immense terror rose in their hearts.

The weakest of these Demon Beasts were at the Golden Core realm. Even weakened Golden Cores could wear them down to death.

They had fought all day yesterday with no rest. They had just caught their breath when the beasts appeared again.

Their Spiritual Qi was about to be depleted.

"Since when were there so many Demon Beasts?" Tao He was stunned.

If there had been this many from the start, didn’t that mean the Demon Beasts had been hiding for a long time?

Their first instinct was to look toward the place where Jiang Man was in seclusion.

Tao He said, "Junior Sister Song, go ask Senior Brother to come out of seclusion."

Song Wushuang nodded at once.

But just as she was about to go, the Demon Beasts began their Attack.

BOOM!

A powerful Attack cut off their path.

A power that surpassed the Golden Core realm erupted.

A female-looking Demon Beast stood hovering in the air, followed by several other powerful Demon Beasts who stepped through the void toward them.

Every one of them had a Cultivation that surpassed the Golden Core realm.

Sensing all this, their faces were etched with despair.

The female-looking Demon Beast spoke calmly, "It seems they’re almost spent. We should have attacked earlier instead of wasting all this time."

As she spoke, she looked at Tao He’s group. "A wise person submits to circumstances. You can’t stop us.

"Why not open the Array and let us out? Afterward, we’ll pretend we never saw you. How about it?"

The three remained silent, not saying a word.

The woman shook her head, then waved her hand lightly. "Send them on their way."

Instantly, the beast horde began to Attack.

Tao He and the others immediately channeled the Array to defend against the Attack.

However, just as the Array’s power began to gather, a cracking sound was heard.

Then, before the eyes of Tao He and the others, the Array shattered, layer by layer.

Zheng Yan, who was controlling the Array, was sent flying by the force, landing heavily in front of the beast horde.

The female-looking Demon Beast held a Long Sword and said coldly, "Trample her."

Zheng Yan watched in terror as the Demon Beasts rapidly approached. The despair in her heart reached its peak, and she turned to flee.

But a powerful pressure bore down on her, leaving her no chance to escape.

Tao He wanted to help but was powerless to do so.

At that moment, Zheng Yan could only watch helplessly as the beast horde was about to trample her body to pieces.

In the next instant...

BOOM!

A barrier materialized in front of her.

BOOM!

The barrier directly repelled the approaching Demon Beasts.

Only then did she come to her senses, realizing that she had miraculously survived.

Then, she saw an Array Stone floating before her.

"This is..."

She recalled when Jiang Man had them set up the Array.

He had used this very Array Stone.

At that moment, Array Stones were being activated one by one.

As the Array Stones activated, the previously crushed Array began to reform.

The powerful energy of the Array quickly linked together, protecting Tao He and the other two.

It began to hold its ground against the beast horde.

Seeing such a powerful Array, the trio finally understood that their Senior Brother hadn’t just come to breeze through a mission.

He had long foreseen this day.

At the same time, they were thankful that they hadn’t messed around and had properly completed the Array as their Senior Brother instructed.

At that moment, Jiang Man’s voice echoed in their minds: "Hold on for three more days. Wait for me to come out of seclusion."

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