CHAPTER 349: CHAPTER 349: TRAITOR!

This discovery sparked many thoughts in Baiyu’s mind.

Baiyu’s Martial Arts True Intent Object seemed a bit strange, he thought he had made a mistake in training, but now it might not be the case.

"Wait for the rescue team, rest here for a moment. This world has been heavily infiltrated by demons, I need to handle some major issues."

Black Cat Pachis left these words and turned into a beam of light, disappearing into the sky.

"Is this our Martial Arts University’s master?"

Qianren asked blankly.

The old man was so fierce before, smashing people with mountains, it was simply unstoppable.

But now, pierced through with a single move, leaving only a pile of bones.

Such an extreme reversal made it difficult to accept for a moment.

"Not sure, I’ve never seen it before."

Qiong Xue was silent for a while, confirming she didn’t know this black cat.

The nearby Luo Hou also remained silent, evidently unaware of the black cat’s origins.

Shortly after the black cat left.

A rescue team composed of two Celestial South Martial Arts University masters, along with two student council experts, found the six people.

"Let’s talk after we go back; the situation inside has changed, it’s extremely dangerous."

The two masters were very eager.

Baiyu looked at the robes they wore, all embroidered with Celestial South Martial Arts University’s emblem. They should belong to a special department within the university, not the teaching faculty.

The journey onwards did not encounter any unexpected events.

The group moved under the cover of night, quickly reaching a secluded cave.

Inside the cave, there was a blue light gate.

The group was not unfamiliar with this.

The shelter’s light gate looked like this, allowing passage. Although the appearances may vary slightly, they were largely similar.

"Let’s go."

The hearts of the two masters gradually eased.

Having arrived here without pursuit, it should be safe to return.

This cave was a secret outpost established by Celestial South Martial Arts University, protected by a Protective Spirit Array.

The two masters activated the light gate, waiting for its passage to stabilize.

And just then.

In the distance.

A series of bird calls rose and fell, the chaotic sound waves almost bursting one’s eardrums.

"It’s the Exotic Beast Iron Gold Bird!"

In front of the cave.

Luo Hou’s expression changed dramatically.

The Iron Gold Bird.

A flying exotic beast, carnivorous.

With a very high aggressiveness towards humans.

An adult Iron Gold Bird can rival a Tier Eight Martial Artist.

And these creatures are also social animals.

Once they move.

There are several hundred or even a thousand.

"No, there are Iron Gold Bird Kings inside!"

Luo Hou’s eyes twitched, noticing among the dense bird flock, three massive, red-feathered bird kings.

Their surroundings dared not have Iron Gold Birds approach, highly conspicuous!

"Quickly, once this Iron Gold Bird flock launches an attack, it won’t cease until death, we can barely protect you."

One master spoke.

He swiped his hand, and the rocks at the cave entrance began to rapidly wriggle, followed by a zipper-like closure.

The cave went silent.

Pitch black, only the light gate cast a faint hue, symbols on the gate lighting up one after another.

Still needed some time for the light gate’s passage to fully stabilize.

This light gate seemed like a temporary construction, not a long-established passage like the shelter’s.

"What’s going on outside?"

Qianren asked somewhat worryingly.

No one knew the situation outside.

After the master closed the valley with a peculiar ability, the entire valley went silent, hearing nothing from the outer world.

As if separated into two worlds.

"That is Lin Heng master’s ability, he is a Lawkeeper of Order Sequence Five, now our cave has completely separated from the outside."

A student council member said.

He and another student had followed the two masters here, currently sitting quietly in the cave corner, waiting calmly.

Evidently.

They believed the masters could solve the problem.

"But we..."

Qianren hesitated.

"Don’t speak."

The student frowned, coldly said, "The commotion inside the cave, they don’t know right now, and we can’t ascertain their situation.

Wait for the light gate activation, then we’ll immediately return, don’t cause trouble."

Qianren stopped short.

The light gate’s runes activated one after another.

The gate shimmered with ripples like water waves, evidently nearing the end of activation.

But.

Baiyu did not relax.

Similarly.

Blood Worms and surveillance robots had long spread all around, the cave’s atmosphere was terrifyingly tense.

The surrounding darkness could not block the vision of monitoring robots and Blood Worms.

The cave environment was not complex.

As the masters said.

There was indeed a protective Spirit Array, every Spiritual Pattern was now glowing, emanating the protective effects of the Array.

Wrong!

At this moment.

Baiyu’s face changed, suddenly discovering the Spirit Array’s array patterns had dimmed by three!

It was damaged manually.

Although the Spirit Array was still activated, it left a huge flaw, the defense plummeted, unable to withstand fierce attacks.

Big trouble occurred.

Baiyu’s eyes turned cold, the Moon Blade instantly appeared in his hand.

Before making a move.

The light gate’s reflected light suddenly dazzled, causing eyes to squint.

A bright white blade rose.

"Take action!!"

Baiyu tightened his grip on the hilt, shouted sharply, Blood Qi burst out from the Moon Blade, directly slashing towards the student council member.

Those who could damage the cave’s spiritual patterns, apart from the two masters, were these two.

If the masters were the traitors, there wouldn’t be a need to disguise, no one present could be a match for these two elite level martial artists.

The greatest possibility for the traitors was these two accompanying student council members.

No matter who the traitors were, act and kill them first.

Baiyu slashed at the student council member who had yet to draw his weapon.

While the target of the other student council member’s assault was Qiong Xue, who appeared drowsy.

After the battle.

Qiong Xue seemed even more exhausted, like she might fall asleep at any moment.

Maybe in that student council member’s thoughts, the opponent was indeed injured in the fight against demons.

So he never anticipated.

As the blade was halfway down, Qiong Xue suddenly opened her eyes, grabbed the sharp blade single-handedly.

Enveloped in Blood Qi.

The alloy blade couldn’t advance an inch.

Crack.

Qiong Xue extended her right wooden sword, a simple stab, directly piercing the heart of the Tier Six Martial Artist.

"You..."

His eyes widened, looking at his blood-soaked chest.

The defensive Blood Qi had no effect whatsoever, under the wooden sword’s formidable penetration, it was like paper.

Heart shattered, blood began flowing massively from the seven orifices.

But he didn’t die immediately, instead, his body started mutating, insect-like limbs piercing through clothes, starting to extend.

Qiong Xue squinted.

At this moment.

With the electric exchange of strikes in the cave, the remaining few finally reacted, hurriedly pulling back.

In the pitch-black environment.

They couldn’t discern the situation around them.

Only hearing Baiyu’s voice containing a trace of rage ringing in the darkness.

"What the heck."

"Slashed once and still doesn’t die!"