The Arrogant Immortal
Chapter 178 - 177: Not Yet at the End of the Road

Chapter 178: Chapter 177: Not Yet at the End of the Road

Gongsun Xue’s formation was on the brink of collapse.

The battles in three directions were intense, leaving no path for retreat. Perhaps, was the small palace their way out?

But even this way out required Xie Jiuniang’s willingness to let them through!

Xie Jiuniang drove Xuanyuan You away, "Get down, don’t let anyone touch the control platform."

"You are the master, they can’t touch it even if they want to. Don’t even think about tricking me." Xuanyuan You clung to her arm, a gleam of excitement flickering in his eyes as he looked outside.

Is this what being weak but addicted feels like?

The Time Leaf came to a halt, and with it, the source that attracted the demonic beasts disappeared.

The demonic beasts that had been rushing in this direction all stopped, lingering in confusion for a while.

Then, they gradually began to disperse.

Demonic beasts are more realistic than humans; without any benefits, they leave.

This situation was a good thing for Lin Wangchen and the others, but it was not easy to completely resolve the crisis.

A portion of the ferocious demonic beasts stubbornly refused to depart.

Together, they still numbered in the hundreds or thousands, encircling them tightly.

The leading beasts paced back and forth around the formation, as if pondering how to break through it.

Typically, such brutal demonic beasts have consumed human cultivators before.

It could be said that they relish eating human cultivators.

Gongsun Xue and the others first threw Spirit Talismans outside, forcing the demonic beasts back a little. Finding an opportunity, they retreated to the rear and arrived outside Xie Jiuniang’s Small Isolation Array.

Gongsun Xue and his people touched the formation, hoping Xie Jiuniang would let them into the small palace for refuge.

"Yuanxi, is there any way you could make an exception and let us in for a bit?" Gongsun Xue asked very politely and sincerely. "We would be eternally grateful."

Xie Jiuniang remained indifferent, not moving an inch.

From her high vantage point, she could clearly see every move Gongsun Xue made.

After waiting for a while, Xie Jiuniang still had not responded.

Gongsun Xue and his people were growing anxious.

They knew that once their formation broke, the iron triangle defense would reveal its weaknesses.

Standing outside the formation, they would first have to face a large group of demonic beasts.

Among those beasts, three or four had the strength of a Golden Core, enough to rip all of them to shreds in an instant.

Gongsun Xue’s face showed signs of urgency as he quickly added, "Yuanxi, if you shelter us, there will be a substantial reward."

Xuanyuan You thought the Little Profiteer was just waiting for this offer.

After all, it wouldn’t be the Little Profiteer if she didn’t take the opportunity to make a hefty profit, right?

But the Little Profiteer didn’t accept.

Not only did she not accept the offer, but she also piloted the small palace to take flight.

The Isolation Array that came with the small palace activated.

The Array Patterns flickered, blocking outside probing, and likewise, those inside were unable to use Divine Sense to scout the outside.

For example, people like Xie Ying on the first floor felt as if someone had blurred their vision, unable to use Divine Sense to check the outside situation.

Once the small palace ascended into the high sky.

Down below, the Minghua Sect disciples, anxious, were attacking the Small Isolation Array, not yet aware that the small palace had already flown away.

"Why won’t you let us in, hurry up and let us in!"

"Does this person want to kill us?"

Those disciples were on the verge of losing their sanity.

Gongsun Xue’s complexion was also not looking good.

Boom!

The Protective Array behind them collapsed.

The demonic beasts were immediately revealed.

"Su Songting, Nangong Qi, I request your assistance." Gongsun Xue flashed to the outside of the Sword Sect’s formation in an instant.

The other disciples followed in a panic.

In the end, the people of the Sword Sect allowed them into the formation.

They weren’t torn apart and eaten by demonic beasts.

At first, no one noticed, but soon disciples below spotted the small palace ascending into the air.

Some were furious enough to curse, "Damn, it’s just despicable, she actually flew away without caring for us?"

"We thought it was a way out..."

"Our way out is gone!"

"What’s going on? Is Yuanxi going to abandon us now?"

"What does her sudden departure mean? Does she not care about our lives and deaths?"

It wasn’t just the Sword Sect where people noticed.

Lin Wangchen and the others also realized that Xie Jiu’niang had left them behind without a care.

Lin Wangchen’s eyes turned towards Xie Haoran.

He had thought that with Xie Haoran present, he could restrain Xie Jiu’niang.

He was her elder brother, after all. Didn’t she worry that he might die?

The disciples from Tianxu Sect might have found it the hardest to accept.

With no chance of victory against the demonic beasts outside, they had not yet reached a point of desperation, believing the small palace behind them represented a way out. Moreover, the owner of the small palace was their fellow sect member.

Who knew the owner of the small palace would leave without saying a word?

It was like a hope that had been cruelly severed right before their eyes.

At this moment, Xuanyuan You was utterly dumbfounded.

He hadn’t expected Xie Jiu’niang to pull such a bold move.

"Little Profiteer, aren’t you afraid that..." Xuanyuan You was a bit worried and felt somewhat guilty.

Xie Jiu’niang glanced at him sidelong, "Afraid of what? Afraid of ruining my reputation?"

"Mhm, mhm, once the Secret Realm ends, they will definitely spread the word about what happened today..."

"I’m just at the early stage of Foundation Establishment. It’s normal for me to run for my life when faced with a mass attack by demonic beasts, right? They all have higher cultivation bases than me. Should I, alone, go to save them? Tell me, is that a reasonable expectation? Besides, I’ve already saved some disciples with weaker strength, which is quite commendable, right? Who dares to say I abandoned them, don’t they have any shame?"

Xie Jiu’niang’s arguments were persuasive.

You know she’s shameless, but you can’t contradict her.

Somehow, Xuanyuan You was convinced, scratching his head and saying, "You’re right, we are the weakest ones, and it’s true that we should escape first. We have no obligation to save them; they aren’t anyone to us."

"Heh."

Whether to escape or not was a secondary matter, for she would never save her enemies.

It seemed like Xuanyuan You had successfully convinced himself.

All the while, they kept an eye on the situation outside.

Xie Jiu’niang spoke faintly, "Don’t worry, these people won’t die so easily."

"How do you know?"

Xuanyuan You asked the question but then seemed to remember something, nodding, "Indeed, they won’t die that easily. When it’s critical, as long as someone throws out one strike from the Divinity Transformation seal, it won’t kill all the demonic beasts present, but it will eliminate a large number of them."

"Xuanyuan You, do you have a Divinity Transformation strike with you?"

"I do, my ancestor gave it to me." Xuanyuan You chuckled.

Xie Jiu’niang was speechless.

This guy had a powerful trump card and yet insisted on pestering her.

Seeing her thoughts, Xuanyuan You said with a sly grin, "Heh heh, I do have it, but it’s a one-time thing, and it’s gone once used. It can’t compare to the abundance of your items."

"I don’t have that many items either," Xie Jiu’niang flatly denied.

"Tsk tsk, denial is pointless. My ancestor said the gifts you received when you became a disciple were the most among your generation of Direct Disciples. Quite a few True Lords even gave you their sealed strikes."

"..." Even Lord Guangcheng noticed that?

Xie Jiu’niang ignored Xuanyuan You.

The people below seemed in danger, yet it wasn’t a completely hopeless situation. Now, it was a matter of who would throw out their life-saving measures first.

If no one wanted to throw theirs, that would be interesting.

There were several Direct Disciples of Divinity Transformation below.

Death was impossible!