On the path to immortality, I can see destiny.

Zhao Fan gripped the second handful of spirit stones, and spiritual energy surged wildly into his meridians.

The excruciating pain made his vision go black, but he finally managed to gather two or three tenths of his spiritual power back in his dantian.

He stopped immediately, brushed the powder off his hands, and turned to leave the room.

As soon as they returned to the main cave, Sun Yao's gaze fell on him.

She stood near the entrance of the passage, her clear eyes sweeping over him. She clearly noticed his faint recovery of spiritual power, but said nothing. She simply continued to use her divine sense to probe the last few sections of the rock wall.

Just as she was about to finish her investigation, the entire cave suddenly began to tremble violently.

"Buzz!"

A chaotic cacophony of footsteps, shouts, and the booming of spiritual energy striking the barrier erupted from the direction of the entrance passage!

Someone is launching a fierce attack on the entrance formation from the outside!

Sun Yao's expression changed drastically, and a cold glint flashed in her eyes.

"They're here! At least seven or eight of them, breaking through the formation!"

She spoke very quickly, and in the blink of an eye, she took out the jade pendant from her storage bag.

Then, pale blue spiritual energy appeared in her hand and quickly flowed into the jade tablet.

As spiritual energy flowed in, a faint spiritual light shone on the jade tablet.

The light swirled in the air once before disappearing into a certain part of the formation.

The array barrier vanished in the blink of an eye amidst the spiritual light, revealing a deep and narrow passage behind it.

Sun Yao glanced back at Zhao Fan, said nothing, turned and left. In a flash, she flew into the passage and disappeared.

Seeing Sun Yao leave, Zhao Fan felt a little hesitant.

Sun Yao clearly didn't intend to take me along; she wanted to leave me here as a scapegoat. It wouldn't be wise to force myself to follow her, and Sun Yao might even kill me for the treasure she had obtained.

However, if he stayed here, Zhao Fan couldn't guarantee that the air currents he saw would lead him to another way out. The existing way out here was the most stable option.

Thinking of this, Zhao Fan immediately activated his newly recovered spiritual power and rushed over as well.

Just as he rushed to within two or three steps of the passage entrance, Sun Yao, who had already entered the passage, swung her hand back, and a stream of icy blue spiritual energy accurately struck a protruding stalagmite on the inside of the entrance.

"boom!"

The stalagmite shattered. The rock walls of the passage creaked and groaned, then began to close rapidly inward!

Sun Yao paused for a moment in the narrowing light and shadow, glancing sideways at Zhao Fan, who was rushing towards her outside.

Her voice came from afar.

"There are many pursuers, please help me delay them for a moment, Fellow Daoist Zhao."

After saying that, she never looked back, walking further and further into the collapsed passage until she could no longer be seen.

"Miss Sun!"

Zhao Fan roared and lunged forward at his maximum speed.

"Bang!!!"

A heavy, loud crash followed, and countless rubble completely blocked the exit.

"Cough cough..."

Zhao Fan had no choice but to step back, watching the array barrier in front of him heal itself, and fell silent for a moment.

But before Zhao Fan could remain silent for long, he was interrupted by a burst of noise.

"Boom!"

A terrifying explosion came from the direction of the entrance, the entire cave shook violently, and rubble and dust fell from the ceiling.

Immediately afterwards, fine cracks appeared on the array barrier, clearly indicating that the array would not last long.

There is no way out ahead, and there are deadly enemies behind.

Faced with this desperate situation, Zhao Fan immediately turned around and fled towards the direction of the dim air currents he had seen earlier.

Halfway there, Zhao Fan suddenly remembered something. He had seen air vortexes on the rock wall before, but he didn't dare to move because of Sun Yao's presence. Now, however, he was all alone.

Thinking of this, Zhao Fan gritted his teeth, turned around, and headed straight for the rock wall.

Zhao Fan wasn't far from there; he was already beside the rock wall in just a few steps.

He reached out and released his spiritual power to explore into the rock wall.

Sure enough, there was a space about one foot square inside the rock wall.

Zhao Fan had no time to spare, so he could only gather a fireball in his palm and slash it straight at the rock wall.

If we can get it, that would be the best outcome; if we can't, at least we won't let the pursuers behind us benefit from it.

The powerful Fireball spell easily tore through the rock wall, creating a large hole in it.

Among them, a finely crafted, dark green box was visible.

The box wasn't large, but it remained completely undamaged under the fireball spell, clearly indicating it was no ordinary item.

Zhao Fan didn't have time to care what was inside. He quickly put the box into his storage bag and then turned and headed straight for the direction indicated by the dim airflow.

Behind them, the explosions grew louder and louder, the formation began to flicker and the cracks increased.

Zhao Fan followed the path of the airflow and moved forward quickly.

The airflow path was extremely dim, but Zhao Fan could still make it out with great concentration.

At the end of the path, it disappears into a corner among an inconspicuous cluster of luminous pearls.

Zhao Fan quickly moved forward, reached out his right hand, and pressed it directly onto the luminous pearl.

A barely perceptible vibration came from inside the rock wall, and the rock where he struck instantly became as soft as water, generating a suction force!

Zhao Fan did not resist; he simply used the suction force to slide his body into the rock wall like a fish.

Zhao Fan felt as if he were passing through a layer of icy water, or squeezing into an extremely narrow gap.

After an unknown amount of time, Zhao Fan remained in complete darkness, followed by excruciating pain from the rough rocks rubbing against his body.

He found himself stuck in a narrow, steep crevice, his body being propelled upwards by a weak but persistent current of air.

Below, the sound of the formation shattering came from below, along with a large number of footsteps. It seemed that the pursuers had already destroyed the formation.

Zhao Fan dared not linger, and with his last bit of strength, he climbed up the steep crevice.

The crevice was winding, sometimes wide, sometimes narrow. After climbing for an unknown amount of time, the light of day finally broke through the cracks, and the scent of grass roots and soil filled the air.

He struggled to his feet and found himself in a crack in the earthen slope beneath a thicket of bushes.

The sun hung high in the sky, and the dazzling sunlight made Zhao Fan, who was used to the darkness, unable to open his eyes.

A breeze caressed my face, and distant mountains rose and fell; this was a completely unfamiliar forest.

He lay paralyzed at the crevice, covered in blood and wounds, his spiritual energy nearly depleted.

Even so, he still came out.

They escaped from that desperate cave and from their pursuers.

The sunlight shone on my face, bringing a familiar warmth.

He moved with difficulty, burying himself deeper into the shadows of the bushes, breathing heavily and listening alertly to his surroundings.

He lay on the cold earth, gazing at the sky through the gaps in the branches, his eyes dim.

This time, Zhao Fan himself did not expect that he would actually survive.

The people he faced, whether it was Sun Yao or those tribulation cultivators, were all doomed to die for him.

He was like that path to survival, struggling to crawl out from the cracks.

Now, Zhao Fan needs to find a place to meditate and recuperate properly, and he also needs to treat his injuries as soon as possible.