Most of these people were killed by Lin Aoxue.
As for other factions, their losses were relatively scattered, with only one or two losses, or even no losses at all.
"What's going on with you four families in Taicang? Only a few days have passed. How come you lost so many disciples?" Elder Tianjian asked.
Because this loss was abnormal, it didn't seem like they were killed by monsters in the secret realm. Every time, at least two died, and they died at the same time. For example, four died at once just now, which obviously seemed like they were killed by other people.
"Ah? This? Maybe we have encountered a big danger." Taicang laughed dryly.
Elder Tianjian immediately looked at Elder Tianyi, and Elder Tianyi shook his head at him.
They had expected this, but as Tianjian was in charge of the sect's criminal law, he found it hard to accept seeing his fellow disciples killing each other.
After Lin Aoxue killed those people, she came to the crater. There was a very strong power fluctuation below, and even Lin Aoxue was not sure she could handle it.
However, there were many cultivators gathered in this place, dozens of them, and they were all waiting here, while Lin Aoxue was looking for disciples from the four factions to prevent them from launching a sneak attack.
"Roar……"
Just when Lin Aoxue was looking for someone, a heavy roar was heard from the crater. The sound shook everyone and Lin Aoxue was forced to remove the invisibility pill and appeared out of thin air in the crater.
"Hey? Lin Aoxue, look, isn't that the Mysterious Goddess?" As soon as Lin Aoxue appeared, she was immediately discovered by all the cultivators present.
These people have different looks in their eyes; some are kind, some are alert, and some have fierce eyes.
"Haha, Junior Sister Xuanmiao, I didn't expect you to be here too. There must be a core inheritance underneath. Should we go down and explore it together? If there is any trouble, we will solve it first, and then fight fairly." A cultivator in the middle stage of the Divine Form Realm came to Lin Aoxue with a smile.
This person is Xuanwu, a direct disciple of Tianwu Peak, which is one of the more advanced inheritances.
"Oh, Senior Brother Xuanwu," Lin Aoxue responded.
"Haha, I didn't expect that junior sister still remembers me. We have only met once." Xuanwu was very happy when he saw that Lin Aoxue remembered his name.
Because this guy is one of Lin Aoxue's suitors.
However, this is just an external statement. The two are not familiar with each other, or it can be said that Xuanwu is just wishful thinking.
After Xuanwu finished greeting, all the other cultivators came over and greeted Xuanwu and Lin Aoxue. Most of these people were kind, but there were too many of them and Lin Aoxue couldn't tell who were friends or enemies.
"Senior Sister Xuanmiao, Senior Brother Xuanwu, you are the only two direct disciples here. Should we join forces and go down to see what's going on inside?" someone suggested.
"Yes, the aura fluctuations emanating from below are very strong. Even for the two of you, it might be difficult to deal with it."
Everyone was talking about it, but Xuanwu didn't have any objections. After all, there might not be only one treasure or inheritance under a large secret realm, there might be multiple treasures.
"Sorry, I just came here to take a look. I'm not interested in this. If you want to go down, please do as you please." Lin Aoxue directly rejected their request, turned around and left.
This was so sudden that Xuanwu and the others were stunned, but Xuanwu did not follow immediately, he just called out Lin Aoxue.
"Junior Sister Xuanmiao, are you really not going to go down and take a look?"
Lin Aoxue waved her hand and left decisively.
"Hey! I heard that Senior Sister Xuanmiao has a cold personality and is difficult to get along with. This is true. She is too inhumane, right?" The disciples said unhappily when they saw Lin Aoxue leaving.
However, what they didn't realize was that not long after Lin Aoxue left, someone among them secretly passed on information.
"Forget it, Junior Sister Xuanmiao doesn't want to go, so let's go. Come on, let's go down and take a look." Xuanwu still had no intention of giving up the treasures of this place.
In this way, out of more than forty people, more than thirty followed Xuanwu down, but there were still seven people who did not follow. Instead, they looked at the direction where Lin Aoxue left, and then secretly followed.
These people may not be from the same camp, but their target is clear, and that is Lin Aoxue.
Lin Aoxue also quickly discovered them.
But there was no way. The monsters in the volcano suddenly used their power to break the effect of the invisibility pill. Now it was impossible to become invisible in front of them. He could only lure them to other places and kill them first.
She had no intention of really giving up the inheritance there, she just wanted to take the opportunity to deliberately lure out the enemies hiding in the crowd.
Chapter 431: Unavoidable (5000 words)
Lin Aoxue moved very fast, but not so fast that these people could not catch up with her. And every time she was about to shake them off, she deliberately slowed down to lure them over.
This was obviously a deliberate attempt to lure them over.
It was not until Lin Aoxue left the black soil area and entered the dark woods nearby that she suddenly disappeared from the sight of these followers.
After these followers entered the woods, before they had time to look for Lin Aoxue, they heard a series of headache-inducing ringing sounds in their ears.
"Oh... No, there's an ambush. My head hurts. It's a soul-attacking magic weapon." The moment they heard the bell, they held their heads and howled.
At this time, Lin Aoxue was standing on a tree branch nearby, looking down at them.
"Tell me why you are following me secretly. Tell me your purpose and I will spare your lives." Lin Aoxue asked coldly.
When everyone heard the voice, they quickly looked up despite the headache. When they looked up, they saw Lin Aoxue staring at them with murderous intent on her face. The look in her eyes was as if she was looking at a dead person. They couldn't help but shiver.
However, these people did not give in immediately, because they did not think that Lin Aoxue would kill them without figuring out the situation.
"We have no ill intentions. We just want to follow behind you, Senior Sister Lin, and take advantage of you." Someone found a reasonable reason.
But could Lin Aoxue possibly believe this?
Lin Aoxue sneered, then began to shake the Soul-Shaking Bell in her hand with greater force. She didn't want to waste time talking to these people.
When these people saw that Lin Aoxue not only did not stop, but increased her strength, their faces became increasingly ugly.
If they continue like this, they will definitely be scared to death, so some people can't bear it anymore.
"Senior Sister Xuanmiao, please spare us. We, we are only following you on the orders of the faction. As for what the faction is going to do, we small fry have no idea. With our level of cultivation, it is impossible for us to pose a threat to you." One of the female monks replied with a scream.
This is indeed the truth. Among these people, there is not a single cultivator from the Four Extremes Secret Realm. In Lin Aoxue's eyes, they can all be killed in a few moves. They are indeed not qualified to commit fraud.
Lin Aoxue snorted coldly, then looked at the patterns on these people's clothes to see which factions they belonged to. After memorizing their factions, she shook the room a little harder, and everyone fainted.
If these people were from Tian Cangfeng's four factions, Lin Aoxue would not show mercy, because she was not sure whether the factions these guys belonged to wanted to eliminate her or kill her.
The two meanings are different. If you just want to eliminate her, then it's just an ordinary fighting relationship, but if you want her to die here, then they are mortal enemies, there's nothing to say.
After knocking them out, Lin Aoxue took the invisibility pill again, rushed to the crater at an extremely fast speed, and then jumped in without hesitation.
Not long after Lin Aoxue jumped down, several more cultivators appeared at the place where several unconscious cultivators were. They were all from the Four Extreme Secret Realms, and there were four of them in total.
"This? Were they attacked by Lin Aoxue? Hurry up and wake them up and ask them." A female cultivator from the Four Extremes Secret Realm said with a frown. After that, she used her magic power to wake up the female disciple among the few people.
The female disciple slowly woke up and glanced at the people standing around her.
"Junior sister, where is Lin Aoxue?" asked the female monk.
The unconscious female disciple took a look at the person who came and immediately shook her head.
"I'm not sure. We followed her and she found us. She attacked us and then we didn't know where she went." The female disciple replied weakly.
The rest of the people were also awakened by the reinforcements they called for, but unfortunately they didn't get any results.
On the contrary, the tracking of these disciples directly exposed the purpose of their faction. I am afraid that when Lin Aoxue sees these factions later, even if she does not take action immediately, she will probably have to be on guard against them at all times.
These families are not the four families of Tiancang Peak, but other factions with direct disciples. They should want to defeat Lin Aoxue and eliminate Lin Aoxue.
Looking at Lin Aoxue again, she had already arrived under the crater.
When he landed, he saw Xuanwu and others besieging a dragon filled with flames.
The dragon was entrenched in a pool of lava and launched a counterattack against them.
The momentum was extremely strong, and a single breath of flame could severely injure a Dao Palace disciple who had reached the peak of the out-of-body state. If someone hadn't attracted the fire dragon's attention, they would probably have been injured more than just seriously.
"Roar..." This fire dragon, at least has the cultivation base of the middle stage of the Four Extreme Secret Realm, and its combat power is extremely strong. There are already many injured disciples lying around.
It was Xuanwu who was dragging the fire dragon from the front, otherwise these people would probably have died.
This Xuanwu is a cultivator with earth attribute. His true form reappears behind him. He is wearing Xuan-grade armor and holding a Xuan-grade mid-grade heavy sword.
With the help of these treasures and the characteristics of the martial arts, the combat power of the Black Tortoise can barely compete with the Fire Dragon.
But it was just a confrontation, and it seemed that there was still a long way to go to defeat the fire dragon.
"Brother Xuanwu, this monster is too strong. Let's retreat."
Some of the disciples who were besieging the fire dragon wanted to retreat because their strength was clearly not enough.
These cultivators at the Dao Palace realm could not break the fire dragon's defense at all. It would take at least a cultivator at the Four Extremes Secret Realm to have a chance of defeating the fire dragon.
Xuanwu looked at the monks lying around him with a helpless expression. He knew that it was definitely not enough just for him.
"Hey! It would have been great if Junior Sister Lin had come down with us just now. With Junior Sister Lin's fighting ability, she would have been able to kill this guy. You guys take the wounded away first, I will buy time for you." Xuanwu shouted.
This Xuanwu is actually a qualified senior brother. He did not abandon these junior brothers and run away alone. His character is still guaranteed.
When the monks at the Dao Palace realm heard this, they felt as if they had been pardoned. They quickly retreated, helped up the other wounded, and used their strength to jump up through the protruding rocks on the rock wall.
As for Xuanwu, after watching the others retreat, he suddenly raised his hand. The next moment, the power of the earth above him condensed and turned into a small hill, which slammed heavily towards the fire dragon.
The fire dragon's head collided with the hill, and the hill was directly shattered. Xuanwu took this opportunity to escape.
After the fire dragon smashed the hill, it saw Xuanwu and others escape, and it became furious for a moment, roaring upwards.
But judging from his appearance, he should be unable to leave this place, so after seeing Xuanwu and others escape, he did not chase after them, but could only retreat back into the volcanic lava.
Lin Aoxue hid in the dark, and after making sure that Xuanwu and the others had gone far away, she slowly walked towards the lava pool where the fire dragon was.
The monster beasts in the middle stage of the Four Extreme Secret Realm have combat power comparable to that of cultivators in the Divine Body Realm. With Lin Aoxue's current combat power, it is a bit difficult to take it head-on. But it is not to say that there is really no way. As long as she uses all her strength and combines it with other means, she should be able to wear this guy down.
"Okay, it's decided. It's you." Lin Aoxue had several ice-attribute pills in her hands. She decisively threw the pills into the lava pool, and it exploded.
When the pill exploded, a large amount of cold air spread out, which actually suppressed the temperature of the lava pool.
Once a monster with fire attributes falls into an environment where its attributes are restrained, its combat effectiveness will drop significantly.
The fire dragon lying under the lava felt someone attacking it and thought it was the human who had just returned.
"Damn human, do you really think I'm easy to bully? This time, I will make sure you never return." The fire dragon roared in frustration, then broke through the crystals on the surface of the lava and flew out.
But as soon as he came out, before he could see the enemy, the next moment, a strong sword light filled with cold air slashed straight at him. This sword was very powerful. Although it did not cut off the fire dragon's head, it left a wound several inches deep on the dragon's body.
“Roar…” The fire dragon felt pain and roared towards the sky.
When he was about to endure the pain and look for Lin Aoxue, several more ice explosion pills were thrown at him and exploded on her body.
What the Fire Dragon fears most are attacks of ice and water attributes. Every time these attacks fall on him, his defense is reduced a lot.
The hot mist obscured his vision. Whenever he wanted to find Lin Aoxue, Lin Aoxue would throw out other pills to harass him.
Lin Aoxue has quite a few of Ye Liuyun's pills on her, all of which can be used by Lin Aoxue, such as offensive pills like the Ice Explosion Pill.
"Tsk tsk, I finally understand the pain of fighting with Liuyun. These pills are not a problem for ordinary people." Lin Aoxue sighed.
The fire dragon was at a loss. He couldn't concentrate and there was a buzzing sound in his ears. With no other options, he could only open his mouth and spray a stream of flames in all directions, hoping to repel the target with this indiscriminate attack.
But how could his attack possibly hit Lin Aoxue? On the contrary, it exposed Lin Aoxue's flaw. This guy's whole body was extremely hard, and Lin Aoxue's attack could not break his defense from the surface.
But the mouth is definitely one of the demon beast’s obvious weaknesses.
The fire dragon's flames caused the surroundings to collapse, and Lin Aoxue seized the opportunity and took advantage of the moment when his demonic power was released to attack the fire dragon's demon soul with the power of the Immortal Feathering.
As the demon soul was attacked, it became increasingly difficult for the Fire Dragon to calm down, not to mention that the Soul-Shaking Bell in Lin Aoxue's hand was still taking effect.
Finally, a cold light flashed from the fire dragon's mouth, and Lin Aoxue's figure appeared behind the fire dragon. Its head was pierced. This demon beast in the middle stage of the Four Extremes Secret Realm died in such a miserable way.
It’s not that she is weak, but that Lin Aoxue caught her off guard, or maybe Ye Liuyun’s elixir is too abnormal.
These functional pills of hers are very strange, especially the sonic boom pill and the flash pill. If you don't defend yourself in advance, they will explode around you and you will be affected no matter what realm you are in.
Such a loud noise was immediately noticed by Xuanwu and others who had not walked far away.
"This? Someone attacked the fire dragon? Who was it?" Xuanwu turned around and ran back without saying a word.
Not only him, but also the monks from the Four Extreme Secret Realms who were looking for Lin Aoxue, also flew towards the crater after sensing the fluctuation of power.
They also met Xuanwu.
When Xuanwu saw these people, he raised his eyebrows. They were obviously from different factions, all cultivators from the Four Extreme Secret Realms, but they actually got together. This was not normal. It felt like there was some conspiracy.
When these people saw Xuanwu, they exchanged glances at the first moment.
"Oh, it's Senior Brother Xuanwu from Tianwu Peak." Several people bowed hurriedly.
Xuanwu squinted his eyes and looked at them. He just nodded and didn't say anything. He was very wary of these guys.
After all, his master had also said that the direct disciples of the top-ranked factions must be careful of factions with ulterior motives after the trial, especially those factions that did not have direct disciples.
"Is this scent from Junior Sister Lin?" Xuanwu smelled a hint of Lin Aoxue's scent, so he jumped down.
As soon as he went down, the other four followed him. However, after they landed, they saw Lin Aoxue standing by the lava pool, taking away the body of the fire dragon.
In addition, there is a treasure chest in the lava pool. No need to look, this must be the treasure guarded by the fire dragon.
