nes in those sand pits, Lu Xia Tian felt a chill down his spine. If he were to explore for treasures alone in this place, he was afraid he would have met the same fate as those sandworms, being torn i...Lu Xiaitian's body staggered backward in the air, watching as the Nascent Soul Pill was shattered by sword qi and turned into a large amount of spiritual energy flying around. However, there was not a trace of regret in his heart. He turned his head and sped away in the direction Luo Zhongting indicated. Everyone has a demon in their heart. When he first saw the Nascent Soul Pill, greed took over, thinking that with his preparations, he could take chestnuts from the fire. He just didn't expect the power of the Sword Embryo to be far beyond imagination, leaping several large realms. Even if it was just a remnant of the Sword Embryo, it was beyond his current comprehension.

Faced with this ironclad truth, Lu Xia Tian's last shred of hope vanished. Between the Nascent Soul Pill and his own life, Lu Xia Tian naturally knew what choice to make.

As for the current situation, the Jieying Dan was already shattered, and it seemed he didn't need to dwell on it any further. After all, there wasn't this connection in fate. Lu XiaTian sighed inwardly, the process just now was extremely dangerous. If he hadn't sacrificed the puppet doll at a critical moment to block those fatal sword qi, the outcome of the puppet doll would have been his own reflection. His body would have been dismembered into eight pieces, and even his Yuanshen would have been severed by those sword qi.

However, the sword energy emitted by the ethereal sword embryo was truly formidable. Even though he had summoned a puppet doll to take the blow for him, the sword energy's aftershocks still struck him. Just a few wisps of residual sword energy entered his body, causing damage far more severe than it seemed on the surface. Though the amount wasn't large, the sword energy's density and persistence were beyond his current magical power. The extent of Lu Xiaottian's injuries now was even worse than when he left Wangyue City after establishing his foundation, using the Thunder Pearl to deal with the Green Armored Skeleton.

Lu Xiaitian hurriedly swallowed several healing pills. Behind him, the physical body of the Buddhist monk was injured, and what remained of the Buddhist monk was only his resentment and the instinctive fighting spirit of his body. After a while in the battle, both resentment and fighting spirit had subsided. Having been heavily wounded by Jiantai again, the fluctuations from their fight were much smaller than before. Otherwise, Lu Xiaitian wouldn't know how long he could escape with his current state.

"How are you" Luo Zhongting could now see that his previous outlook seemed a bit optimistic. Lu Xiaoteng's injuries were worse than he had imagined.

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"Not bad." Lu Xiaotian replied, his heart sinking like water. The injury was secondary; the key issue was that he hadn't seen the transmission array.

But soon, Lu Xiaoteng's eyes lit up. Hundreds of meters away, on a floating island, between several trees, there was an ancient stone platform. It was surrounded by a light shield. Although due to its long age, the light shield had become extremely thin, and the spiritual energy seemed to have been exhausted, the aura fluctuations brought by the formation were undoubtedly a teleportation array that Lu Xiaoteng had ever seen.

Lu Xia Tian's heart was filled with joy, his speed increased by a few points, and he rushed towards the teleportation array.

Several residual energies struck again. Lu Xia Tian dodged two of them, and the Ruyi Battle Armor floated to his shoulder blade, blocking the last one. At this time, his wounded body could no longer withstand it, and he coughed up blood again. However, after this blow, his original advancing speed increased by a few points. Lu Xia Tian didn't split his attention at all because of his injury. He stretched out dozens of high-grade spirit stones, and instantly, these spirit stones flew towards the slots where the spirit stones were placed in the teleportation array.

As soon as the spirit stone was placed in the groove, the teleportation array hummed and began to operate. The light shield outside suddenly brightened. As an array master, Lu Xia Tian could clearly feel the spatial fluctuations caused by the operation of the array.

“Lu Daoist friend, the teleportation array is now open. Please let me out,” Luo Zhongting said.

Lu Xia Tian stepped into the teleportation array without hesitation, and directly released Luo Zhong Ting's primordial spirit from the Soul-Binding Bead.

Luo Zhongting's mood relaxed slightly. Lu Xiaoteng was still a man of his word; after seeing the teleportation array running, he released him as promised. In fact, even if Lu Xiaoteng continued to imprison him, he wouldn't have any way out.

Bringing his attention back, Luo Zhongting looked at the mutilated body of the monk who had been cut down by Jiantai's sword. A surge of excitement coursed through him. Even though the monk was incomplete, his body was many times stronger than the Iron Corpse Sheath he had possessed before.

As for Lu Zhongting's inner turmoil, Lu Xiaoteng naturally couldn't feel it at this time. In fact, he was already in the teleportation array. Because of the spatial fluctuations he experienced, his eyes only felt dizzy and disoriented.

A wave of icy moisture swept over him, not until the teleportation array stopped running did Lu Xiaotian realize that he was surrounded by ruins, submerged in frigid water. It resembled an ancient city that had been abandoned for countless years. Moss covered the stones beneath the water, and various creatures like crabs, fish, and other aquatic life made their homes here.

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Lu Xiaoteng crawled out from inside and discovered that this underwater ruin wasn't small at all. It was like a maze, even after he swam around for two circles, he found himself back where he started. However, Lu Xiaoteng wasn't flustered. To deal with such a maze-like place, using the Yuan Gui Jia (a kind of compass) would be the best way to find his way out.

Lu XiaTian recorded the location of the teleportation array. He discovered that the teleportation array from Piaomiao Palace to here was only one-way, and he couldn't find any way to teleport back. However, based on his experience, many places here had been damaged, perhaps due to the damage, the reverse transmission function was lost.

Lu Xia Tian's eyes flashed. Although the injuries in his body were not light, especially the sword qi piercing him was extremely difficult to remove, he managed to suppress it temporarily and should be able to hold on for a while. As for this transmission array, if it could be repaired later, it wouldn't be a bad escape route. After all, after experiencing Zhou Tong's pursuit and escaping through the transmission array, Lu Xia Tian knew that when facing overwhelming enemies, relying on his own strength, he couldn't fly out of their grasp. He could only rely on external forces. Although this transmission array was damaged, he first recorded the damage. Perhaps there was a possibility of repairing it in the future. After all, there were still many unexplored places in the Misty Palace, and there were nascent soul fruits. If there was no other way to obtain the nascent soul fruit, he might have to find a way back to the Misty Palace.

After several hours of painstaking effort, Lu Xia Tian engraved a copy of the teleportation array from this location onto the jade slip. He suddenly felt a wave of bone-chilling cold emanating from the surrounding seabed. The frigid air caused Lu Xia Tian to shiver violently. His internal energy circulated rapidly, but he had been suppressing the damage caused by the ethereal sword energy within him. Now, as he channeled some energy to withstand the cold, his injuries flared up again. His complexion paled, and a trickle of blood escaped from the corner of his mouth.

Unbeknownst to him, this place would unexpectedly erupt with such astonishing cold. Even a Golden Core cultivator would struggle to withstand it. Furthermore, the area resembled a labyrinth, making it unlikely that anyone else would discover this teleportation formation. A flicker of uncertainty crossed Lu Xia Tian's face. He had originally planned to set up several restrictions to conceal this place, but now his internal injuries seemed to be spiraling out of control. He needed to leave first and then deal with everything else. Lu Xia Tian wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, stomped his foot on the ground, and shot off like an arrow released from a bow.adow of the Hellfire Branch trembled, ready to transform into a demonic puppet and use it to block this attack.To everyone's surprise, the heavenly painting halberd followed closely behind like a shad...