Chapter 418 Sacred Palace Moves (2/2)

As the white flame was being refined, specks of azure light began to appear within it.

Zhou Yuan silently sat on the red land, searing heat spreading from the essence flame flowing in front of him.

Time flowed, and half a day quickly passed.

The essence flame before Zhou Yuan gradually began to dim, a sign that it had been completely depleted. In the end, it turned into a wisp of fire before fading away.

Zhou Yuan’s tightly shut eyes slowly opened at this moment as he turned his senses towards the interior of his body. The azure specks in the white flame had grown increasingly deeper...

“Just a little more.”

Zhou Yuan deeply exhaled. After consuming the several hundred year essence flames, his breath of Heavenly Sun Flame had clearly begun nearing the advanced stage.

“Looks like this trip has been quite beneficial.”

Mumbled Zhou Yuan to himself. He would obviously have no way to obtain these essence flames if he had stayed in the sect, and the Heavenly Sun Flame would still be stuck at the initial stage.

Chit chit!

While Zhou Yuan was sighing, a faint ‘ch’ noise suddenly sounded by his ear.

He was initially stunned by the noise, but soon recalled that he had a communication jade in his ear. It had slipped from his mind because it had emitted no noise for quite some time.

“Senior sister Li Qingchan, senior brother Zhao Zhu… someone from Sacred Palace has entered my territory!” An anxious voice sounded from the communication jade. It sounded like one of the Sword Cometh Peak disciples.

The communication jade was silent for a moment, before Li Qingchan’s voice sounded, “Xu Bin, how many Sacred Palace disciples are there?”

The disciple called Xu Bin swiftly replied, “One.”

“You only need to concentrate on defending.” Upon hearing that it was only one person, Li Qingchan breathed a small sigh of relief. Besides Wang Chi and Cao Jinzhu, the other members of the Sacred Palace team should be about equal strength to her teammates. If it was just one person, Xu Bin should not be defeated.

The communication jade fell silent once again.

However, this silence only lasted for about ten minutes before it was broken once again. A shocked and weak voice sounded through the jade, “Senior sister Li, I’ve failed to defend my spot. The other party is very powerful, far stronger than myself!”

“I’m retreating towards senior brother Lu’s area, but the enemy is right on my heels…”

This immediately triggered a series of responses from the others, turning the situation rather chaotic.

“How can that be? The Sacred Palace team should be on the same level as us. How were you defeated so quickly?” It was Qin Hai’s voice.

Bai Li immediately asked, “Could Wang Chi and Cao Jinzhu have taken action?”

Zhao Zhu’s voice also sounded, “Xu Bin, who was it?”

“It wasn’t Wang Chi or Cao Jinzhu…” Xu Bin’s voice sounded rather weak, a clear sign that he had sustained rather serious injuries. “It was Yang Xuan!”

“Yang Xuan?” Li Qingchan and Zhao Zhu’s voices sounded a little confused. They usually only paid attention to the Chosens of Sacred Palace, and Yang Xuan was clearly not at that level.

Li Qingchan swiftly commanded, “Xu Bin, withdraw to where Lu Liang is and work together.”

“Understood.” Xu Bin responded.

After which, the communication jade fell silent.

Zhou Yuan’s brows were slightly furrowed. Yang Xuan was indeed no ordinary individual. He wondered whether Xu Bin and Lu Liang would be able to defend the area...

He waited in silence for quite some time, before a voice was suddenly transmitted from the communication jade at his ear.

“Senior sister Li, senior brother Zhao. Xu Bin and I have lost to Yang Xuan.” The voice should belong to Lu Liang, his words causing the communication jade to fall silent again. Everyone knew by now that something was wrong.

Li Qingchan’s voice had turned rather grave as she said, “Everyone, retreat immediately and gather at Bai Li’s area. Yang Xuan is likely Sacred Palace’s secret weapon.”

“The rest of you should gather together first, before finding a chance to counter attack. Zhao Zhu and I will wait for the right moment to strike.”

By this time, it was clearly useless to continue defending their respective areas. They needed to first face Sacred Palace in battle.

“Roger!”

Several voices sounded from the communication jade before it returned to silence.

Zhou Yuan’s gaze faintly flickered in thought, a rather grave look on his face. It seems that Sacred Palace had finally began act...

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