Chaos Heavenly Emperor Technique

57: Chapter 057: Crisis Descends!

57: Chapter 057: Crisis Descends!

The next day, dawn dispelled the darkness.

The morning sun over Luofeng Canyon brought with it the first hint of warmth.

A group of people quickly packed up and, following the route laid out by Ling Feng, headed southwest at a steady pace.

With the experience from the previous day, these disciples who had just stepped out of the sect had significantly improved their adaptability.

At least when they encountered demon beasts, they wouldn’t appear as panicked and insecure as before.

Because they believed.

They trusted that with Ling Feng present, he would absolutely not allow anyone to be in life-threatening danger.

If even the more terrifying Demon Clan fell by Ling Feng’s hand, how could the ordinary demon beasts on the outskirts of Luofeng Canyon ever kill any member of the team under his watch?

Moreover, very soon, everyone discovered that following Ling Feng meant a route abundant with spirit flowers and herbs.

Practically after every distance covered, they would find many valuable herbs, as if waiting for them to come and pick.

At this point, the value of the map Lee Liang gave to Ling Feng became evident.

As long as they followed this path, they would hardly encounter any major dangers and could also easily gather a large quantity of spirit flowers and herbs.

Upon returning to the sect, it would be difficult not to achieve a distinguished result.

One by one, the team members were so excited that they couldn’t stop grinning, admiring Ling Feng even more.

Time passed quickly, and before long, the team had been training in Luofeng Canyon for four days.

“We’re approaching that river valley soon.” Ling Feng rubbed his chin, pondering deeply.

Ling Feng believed that near the river valley where the Autumn Dew Fruits grew would be the lair of the mutated Red-tailed Fox.

He had a hunch that if they could find the Red-tailed Fox’s lair, there might be unexpected gains.

“Senior Ling Feng, what are you thinking about?” Su Hongxiu moved closer to Ling Feng, smiling as she offered him a piece of roasted meat.

She had also made a small bowl from a leaf and brought over a bowl of stream water.

In the past few days, it was this young girl who took care of Ling Feng’s food and drink.

It was the same roasted meat, but the meat Su Hongxiu cooked had the right degree of heat, crispy on the outside and tender inside.

After several days, Ling Feng had become quite picky with his food.

If it wasn’t cooked by Su Hongxiu, he found it hard to swallow.

“Nothing much.” Ling Feng took the roasted meat and saw Su Hongxiu squatting in front of him holding the stream water, he nodded toward his mouth and said indifferently, “Sit.”

Saying so, he shifted over a bit to make room for Su Hongxiu next to him on the rock they were sitting on.

“Oh.” Su Hongxiu’s face flushed as she sat down next to Ling Feng, her heartbeat pounding wildly, like a deer in chaos.

Ling Feng didn’t notice Su Hongxiu’s expression, his thoughts still preoccupied with the mutated Red-tailed Fox.

Suddenly!

Whoosh!

A sharp piercing sound of cutting through the air arose from the southwest direction high above, immediately followed by a flickering “Immortal” character symbol.

Everyone looked up, and Lo Jianying was the first to react, exclaiming, “That seems to be our Asking Immortal Sect’s distress signal!”

Jiang Wanqing leaped up, jumping onto the treetop of a large tree, looked intently into the distance, and frowned, “A red Sound Arrow, that’s a distress signal, a team is giving up on this trial mission!”

“Give up on the mission?

Can’t be, to give up on the first experiential mission?”

“Heh heh, that team must be really weak, quitting just on the fourth day; that’s embarrassing!”

Hearing Jiang Wanqing’s words, many team members began whispering among themselves.

The signal that appeared in the sky was indeed the Asking Immortal Sect Disciples’ distress signal; only team leaders kept the Sound Arrows.

Only when facing a crisis that even the two team leaders could not handle would they launch a Sound Arrow.

The elders from the Asking Immortal Sect, guarding outside Luofeng Canyon, would then mobilize to assist.

After all, each Inner Sect Disciple was the fresh blood of the Asking Immortal Sect, extremely precious to the sect.

Therefore, before they matured, the sect would provide strict protection.

Just like this training mission, apart from the two team leaders, five elders in the Middle Late Stage of the Magnetic Condensation Realm were dispatched to respond to distress signals.

Ling Feng furrowed his brows.

In theory, the trial area should have only been home to demon beasts up to the Second-level Advanced, similar to the Cloud Pattern Eye-Hanging Tiger he had slain last time.

With a team leader from the Magnetic Condensation Realm, the situation shouldn’t have been dire enough to require the firing of rescue signals!

Just then.

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

Three more rescue signals shot up into the sky in the southwest, bursting into a brilliant, dazzling light before turning into a crimson “Immortal” character.

“Another rescue signal!”

“And it’s three in a row!”

The team members began to feel uneasy.

They might have thought one team was too weak and had simply given up on the trial, but now they found it extremely odd.

In a short amount of time, four teams had sent out rescue signals one after another.

This was no coincidence; there must be some indomitable danger.

“Ten teams, nearly at the same time, four have already given up.

My God, what on earth happened?”

“And it seems to be all in the southwest direction.

What exactly happened there?”

It was at this time that everyone realized the severity of the problem.

Moreover, generally speaking, their route also seemed to be in the southwest direction!

Everyone looked at each other, their expressions growing more serious.

The situation changed abruptly as if an invisible giant hand was shrouding the southwest region of Luofeng Canyon.

The crisis crept closer to everyone bit by bit.

“You have fifty breaths to get ready immediately.

Discard all unnecessary encumbrances and move swiftly!”

Ling Feng stood up immediately, making a decision in a flash.

“But…

our spoils of war?”

Not all of these newly joined disciples were likely to have treasures like Spatial Bags, which could carry pitifully few items.

Therefore, many of them carried beast skin pouches filled with demon beast materials, spirit flowers and herbs, and even Demon Beast Meat they had prepared earlier as provisions.

“Abandon them all!” Ling Feng’s gaze turned frosty.

“You have thirty breaths left!”

Although the members were reluctant to part with those materials, they knew that in this moment of life and death, holding on to life was paramount.

Jiang Wanqing also jumped down from the treetop, gritting her teeth as she looked at Ling Feng, “What do you plan to do?”

“We are still safe for the time being; there’s no need to panic and send out a rescue signal immediately.” Making a quick decision, Ling Feng pointed toward the east.

“We will head in this direction.

We only need to avoid the limelight.

Once the Elders from the sect arrive, there should be no big problem.”

“Alright!”

The team had no slightest hesitation regarding Ling Feng’s decision.

They discarded everything heavy that would affect their speed and ran wildly towards the east.

Jiang Wanqing led the way, while Ling Feng covered the rear.

All the members were like frightened birds, four consecutive rescue signals making them anxious and uncertain, each pushing themselves to their limits as they raced towards the eastern canyons.

Ling Feng glanced back from time to time and could indeed sense a vast demon energy coming from the deep mountains in the southwest, ten times more terrifying than the mutated Red-tailed Fox from the night before.

“Could it be that the appearance of the mutated Red-tailed Fox was not an isolated case and that Luofeng Canyon has seen a large-scale mutation within the Demon Clan?”

Ling Feng swallowed hard, his expression turning grave.

If this was the case, with his meager skills, he feared he would not have the ability to take advantage.