CHAPTER 1363: CHAPTER 1363: FORMING AN ALLIANCE

"Quick, retreat!"

After cutting off the Ghost Immortal Vine’s tendrils, everyone got a chance to escape.

So when the elder gave the command,

everyone retreated in succession.

The two late-stage Profound Immortals following Lei Bing and the two late-stage Profound Immortals following the seductive woman all took out top-grade Immortal Essence Stones to replenish the Immortal Essence they had lost.

The activation of the formation directly drained half of their Immortal Essence Power.

Xu Nian pretended to take out a top-grade Immortal Essence Stone as well, but in reality, less than one-twentieth of his Immortal Essence Power had been drained.

He did this entirely to avoid arousing suspicion and to lower their guard.

As for Li Tian, although he had also lost a considerable amount of Immortal Essence, Xu Nian was sure that the Immortal Essence in his body was not much inferior to these peak-level Profound Immortals.

"To think these ores were used to suppress the Ghost Immortal Vine. Its main body should be underground, and that last strike probably only injured its tendrils but not its trunk." Lei Bing said.

"This Ghost Immortal Vine is extremely terrifying. Although it only has an early-stage Luoxian Realm cultivation, its strength is comparable to late-stage Luoxian. Fortunately, it hasn’t developed Spiritual Wisdom and its main body is underground, unable to fully escape, or we would surely die today." The seductive woman said as well.

"We should leave here as soon as possible. If this Ghost Immortal Vine regains its strength and attacks us again, we’ll be in trouble." The burly warrior’s brother said.

Everyone around nodded in agreement.

But before they could leave, the ground under their feet started to tremble violently.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"

At that moment, several tendrils shot out from the ground like sharp arrows, instantly forming a massive cage that enclosed everyone within.

Xu Nian and the others frowned deeply.

It seemed the Ghost Immortal Vine wasn’t going to let them go easily.

Seeing this, Xu Nian also frowned.

With so many tendrils, this Ghost Immortal Vine would be difficult to deal with.

"What should we do? Our Immortal Golden Immortal Formation has already been used, and it’ll take 15 minutes before we can use it again. I’m afraid the Golden Light Pearl won’t last that long." Wu Feng, a late-stage Profound Immortal behind the seductive woman, said.

"The Golden Light Pearl can only last for 15 minutes. After that, I’ll put it away, and you’ll have to rely on yourselves." The elder said.

Hearing this, everyone’s expressions turned serious.

Enduring for 15 minutes under the Ghost Immortal Vine’s attack was no easy task.

"I refuse to believe I can’t break open this cage." The burly twin brother snorted, immediately swinging his axe.

The Axe Light flashed out, carrying dominating Immortal Essence, striking the vine cage.

However, his Axe Light couldn’t even break the Immortal Essence waves on the surface of the tendrils.

Let alone damaging the tendrils themselves.

"It seems attacks below the Luoxian Realm can’t harm these tendrils at all." Lei Bing said.

Hearing this, everyone looked at the elder.

"Let me give it a try." The elder said.

The next moment, intense Sword Qi erupted from him.

The elder swung his sword, and Sword Qi soared into the sky.

"Slash!"

A small opening was cut in the tendrils, but it quickly closed again.

Seeing this, the elder’s brows furrowed deeply.

Everyone was at a loss for a moment.

Even after 15 minutes when they could resume attacking with the Immortal Golden Immortal Formation, escaping the Ghost Immortal Vine’s encirclement wouldn’t be easy.

In such plant-type Immortal Beasts, the roots might cover dozens of kilometers.

"Boom!"

Although the Ghost Immortal Vine had trapped them, it didn’t stop attacking.

The tendrils kept whipping towards the golden barrier from all directions.

Each strike made the barrier tremble, increasing the likelihood of it shattering.

"If any of you have life-saving skills, you’d better use them, or you might not have a chance to later." The seductive woman said to the two late-stage Profound Immortals behind her.

"Don’t worry, ma’am, we’ll do our best." The two late-stage Profound Immortals responded immediately.

"Tong Cheng, Tong Han, how about you brothers join hands with us?" The seductive woman looked at the twin brothers at the peak of Profound Immortal and smiled.

"Sure, this way we’ll have a better chance of survival." Tong Cheng readily agreed.

The seductive woman smiled at these words and glanced at Lei Bing beside her.

The trio with him looked furious.

They had intended to recruit the twin brothers, but the seductive woman had beaten them to it.

"Brother Li, Brother Xu, why don’t you join us as well? That way, we can mutually support each other." Lei Bing, helpless, turned to look at Xu Nian and Li Tian.

For now, the elder and the young woman were certainly defending on their own, not caring about them at all.

Thus, forming their own alliance was their only option.

However, it seemed the woman had no intention of cooperating with him.

And the strong twin brothers had been recruited by the woman, leaving him with the option to ally with Xu Nian and Li Tian.

Despite feeling they might not contribute much.

"Alright, since Brother Lei is inviting, we shall humbly accept." Xu Nian smiled.

This was the result of his and Li Tian’s discussion.

Since Lei Bing and the seductive woman were at odds right now,

and Lei Bing seemed alright, there was no issue cooperating.

"Haha, a mid-stage Profound Immortal and a late-stage Profound Immortal. Lei Bing, you’re leading three late-stage and one mid-stage. Aren’t you afraid of being dragged down?" The seductive woman sneered.

"Hmph, that’s none of your concern." Lei Bing retorted coldly.

Although he felt somewhat annoyed, he still wanted to save face.

The seductive woman sneered but said nothing more.

The two followers behind her wore expressions of schadenfreude.

The elder and the young woman watched coldly from the beginning, seemingly unconcerned about the infighting.

Of course, she noticed Xu Nian.

She found Xu Nian and Li Tian to be unusually calm.

Typically, late-stage Profound Immortals would be anxious in such situations, yet Xu Nian, a mid-stage Profound Immortal, remained calm.

Thus, she felt Xu Nian was not simple.

"Holy Daughter, this Li Tian seems somewhat special." The elder transmitted.

"Yes, he indeed appears quite remarkable, but the one beside him seems even more so." The young woman transmitted back.

"Oh? You mean that mid-stage Profound Immortal? His cultivation technique seems peculiar, as I can’t discern his strength, apart from that, there’s nothing particularly special." The elder pondered.

"If you can’t discern his strength, isn’t that special enough?" The woman sneered.

The elder was slightly taken aback by her words.

Unexpectedly, he looked at Xu Nian once more.