"Damn it, what's the situation over there?" The Demon Sect member was extremely anxious in his heart, although he comforted himself, but do you believe the words you tell yourself when you're anxious?

Ye Tianfan gently slashed at Tian Chun again, and Tian Chun barely dodged in a disheveled state.

Ye Tianfan discovered that after learning one more move, his understanding of Sword Qi increased dramatically, and he could effortlessly condense it into Sword Qi, specifically in the way taught by that technique.

In fact, the move is strongest when directly using the sword itself to strike at the enemy. However, since Ye Tianfan's current power is too low to consistently maintain the move on the sword, he can't control the sword's temperature and could easily burn himself. Thus, when using the move now, Ye Tianfan generally retracts all flames to the sword and releases them as Sword Qi.

No wonder the unique secret technique of Taihuo Peak requires a power level above Qian Yuan for even a chance of use, as it's nearly uncontrollable below that level.

Ye Tianfan, due to his extraordinary talent and strong comprehension abilities, used an alternative method to release the move, but its power was reduced to less than one-tenth of what it would be if it were attached to the sword's edge.

However, it's precisely this technique that allows Ye Tianfan to effortlessly release Sword Qi now.

After dodging the Sword Qi in an awkward manner, Tian Chun wanted to curse. He was on the verge of madness, remembering the promises — he would join them, they would give him power, but what he got was a useless Soul-Devouring Banner.

Becoming more and more furious, Tian Chun glared at the Soul-Devouring Banner in his hand, threw it to the ground angrily, and even stepped on it several times for good measure.

Unexpectedly, Tian Chun accidentally crushed the core gem of the Soul-Devouring Banner underfoot.

Immediately, all the consciousness of its previous victims, devoured by the Banner, were suddenly released, causing a massive eruption.

The initially small cave was instantly engulfed by the overwhelming force.

Luckily for Ye Tianfan and his companions, they had Defensive Magical Treasures to withstand the impact, but those Demon Sect members were not so lucky and were hurled against the sharp cave walls by the force, with very few surviving.

Ironically, Tian Chun, who was closest to the Soul-Devouring Banner, was not seriously harmed and was instead propelled toward the cave entrance by the impact.

The cave began to form cracks under the impact.

"Damn it, the cave is going to collapse. Hurry up!" Yun Tian, the senior brother, exclaimed as he saw the cracks forming, then pulled Ma Feiyun along, flying toward the cave's exit under the protection of the Kirin Seal.

Ye Tianfan and the others, noticing the cave's state, also followed Senior Brother Yun Tian, flying out as quickly as possible.

Just as Ye Tianfan and the others were halfway through, the cave started collapsing.

They began desperately maneuvering their Flying Swords, flying with all their might, only hearing loud crashes and flying stones behind them. They feared being buried by the falling rocks if they were a bit slower.

The cave was pitch-black, although lit by their Magical Treasures, it was difficult to completely react to the situation in a narrow and dark passage!

They didn't know how many times they crashed into the walls, and without their Defensive Magical Treasures, surely some among Ye Tianfan's group would have died from these collisions.

As they flew, the collapse sped up significantly. They heard deafening crashes all around, flying stones everywhere, as if the entire mountain was raging, shaking non-stop.

The terrifying part was that the collapse's speed caught up to Ye Tianfan and the others, with rocks starting to fall in front of them.

"Damn it, the collapse is faster than we are," Ye Tianfan thought desperately. Now, the only thing he could do was accelerate, again and again.

But given that Ye Tianfan was flying at the rear, once the collapse caught up with them, falling rocks immediately engulfed him.

The people in front only cared about their own escape and had no time to notice anyone else.

As for Ye Tianfan, who was engulfed by the rocks, he wasn't directly buried. Instead, amidst the falling rocks, he dodged around, saw a path in front with seemingly no falling rocks, and, with the Xuanyuan Tower as a shield, flew towards that path.

What Ye Tianfan didn't know was that this path wasn't the one they came in on, but one that had been sealed decades ago, only revealed due to this collapse incident.

Even though this path had no collapsing rocks, Ye Tianfan didn't dare let his guard down and continued flying at full speed; he didn't want the path to collapse halfway and bury him.

As Ye Tianfan flew, he realized he wasn't on the entrance path because, at his speed, he should have been out by now, but he wasn't.

He also felt that he hadn't even covered half the distance yet.

Just as Ye Tianfan was pondering, he suddenly heard the sound of collapse behind him.

"My god, it's catching up!" Ye Tianfan thought as he pushed his speed to the limit, unable to go any faster. And at the rate of collapse, he would be caught in ten minutes and buried alive. In the earlier path, they could tunnel out using Magical Treasures, though cumbersome, it wasn't too far.

Here, it was completely different. It was almost certain that they had moved far away, and it was deep underground, far from the surface, with no chance of help if buried.

Ye Tianfan summoned the Carefree Sword mid-air, then performed a flawless 360-degree leap onto it before sheathing the Fire Lotus Sword.

Had there been judges, they would have given him a perfect score.

Standing on the Carefree Sword, Ye Tianfan's speed increased significantly, his flight visibly distancing him from the collapse.

But such speed had its drawbacks, Ye Tianfan could clearly feel the Xuanyuan Tower scraping violently against the jagged cave walls.

Finally, with Ye Tianfan's desperate speed, he saw a glimmer of light ahead.

Soon, Ye Tianfan stumbled and crashed his way out, and upon emerging, he felt a great release, so exhausted that he fell from his Flying Sword. Not long after, he heard a massive "boom" as the cave he flew from was completely sealed.

Lying on the ground, panting heavily, Ye Tianfan had no desire to experience such life-and-death extremes again. After a long while, as he slowly calmed down, he lifted his head and looked around.

Upon seeing the surrounding scenery, Ye Tianfan sighed deeply again. For one must know, within a hundred miles of Polo Cave, it was all barren, without such lush mountains and clear waters.