Wild Dogs

"Walk!"

The two quickened their pace and rushed outside.

At the same time, among the group of cultivators who broke in from outside, the leader and another cultivator worked together to snatch the two jade boxes, while the others split up to block Xuan Yang and Xue Ming's path.

"What are you doing?"

Xuan Yang and Xue Ming were furious. They never expected that these people would go back on their word.

Of course, the two of them were already prepared, so even though the other party suddenly launched an attack, they responded calmly and composedly.

"Hmph, I knew you were a bunch of rats all along, and now it seems I was right."

Xue Ming snorted coldly, and then immediately attacked the Core Formation cultivator who was closest to him.

They threw out the two jade boxes, partly to try and create an escape route for themselves; if these people didn't intervene, they would simply break out.

On the other hand, they were also prepared that the two jade boxes would surely be able to take away two powerful Core Formation cultivators, making it easier for them to deal with the remaining cultivators.

As expected, Xue Ming and Xuan Yang immediately unleashed their killing moves after making their move.

As former Nascent Soul cultivators, these two possessed killing moves far more powerful than ordinary Core Formation cultivators, and thus, they were easily severely injured shortly after their first exchange.

Seeing this, the remaining two did not even dare to attack Xue Ming and Xuan Yang, but only dared to run to the side to block the entrance.

"You two bastards."

Seeing that their two companions were seriously injured and their jade boxes were empty, the two cultivators were enraged. They charged at Xue Ming and Xuan Yang, and for a moment, it was four against two.

Seeing the two sides start fighting, Yang Fan felt a surge of anticipation. He hoped that these people would fight to the death, that would be the best outcome.

After exchanging blows for a while, Xue Ming and Xuan Yang talked as they fought.

"I'm telling you guys, have you thought this through? Even if we fight to the death right now, you won't get any treasure from me."

Hearing this, the person who was attacking Xue Ming snorted coldly.

"You'll get nothing? You're kidding me."

"There used to be something on that platform, but now it's empty. Obviously, the item is on you. Did you think you could fool us with this trick?"

Stop dreaming.

These people immediately launched a frenzied attack on Xue Ming. Clearly, they would not be satisfied unless they obtained some treasure from Xue Ming.

Upon hearing this, Xue Ming was furious. He never expected things to turn out this way.

In his view, he should have been able to get the treasure and leave smoothly this time, but he never expected that the fight would turn out like this.

"I'll say it again, the jade box we received was empty to begin with. You should have seen that the box was empty, right?"

Hearing this, the group that was besieging Xue Ming did not believe it at all.

"The box is empty, so what?"

"That means you took the things inside; that alone isn't enough to prove you didn't take anything."

"If you don't hand over the treasure today, we will make sure you die here no matter what."

The four of them went berserk and launched a frenzied attack on Xue Ming and Xuan Yang.

Because of their previous experience, they were extremely careful when besieging Xue Ming and Xuan Yang, and would never let the two of them get close.

As a result, Xue Ming and Xuan Yang were unable to unleash their strongest combat power and were forced into a completely disadvantageous position for a time.

Seeing that they were powerless to resist, Xue Ming and Xuan Yang couldn't help but become anxious.

"What should we do?"

"If this keeps up, we're in trouble."

Upon hearing this, Xuan Yang became even more ruthless.

"Summon your puppet here and make it self-destruct."

"What a waste that puppet self-destructed! It was at least a Core Formation stage cultivator, and a female cultivator at that. If I take it out with me in the future, I can use it anytime I want."

At this point, Xuan Yang chuckled, clearly having ulterior motives.

Just as Xuan Yang was distracted, another person next to him swung his sword down, almost hitting Xuan Yang. Fortunately, Xue Ming reacted quickly and pulled him away.

"You idiot, you're still thinking about that kind of thing at a time like this."

"Have you been sleeping in here for too long and damaged your brain?"

Upon hearing this, Xuan Yang wanted to retort, but seeing the enemy attacking, he was helpless.

"Then what do you suggest we do?"

"Are we really going to do this?"

"This is the only way. Let that cultivator self-destruct first. As long as he self-destructs, we can buy some time."

"Besides, this platform is completely empty. In my opinion, it's probably not the place where the real treasure is hidden."

"Let's leave here and look around. Maybe we'll find something."

At this point, Xue Ming immediately urged Xuan Yang on.

Seeing Xue Ming say this, Xuan Yang had no choice but to summon Lady Lianhua over.

Lady Lianhua was, after all, a Core Formation cultivator in her true form. Although her strength was not top-tier, her self-destruction was extremely powerful.

Seeing the puppet that had been waiting to the side suddenly rush over, the expressions of the people who were attacking Xue Ming and Xuan Yang changed drastically. They retreated to the side and watched the thing warily.

However, they underestimated the speed of the Lady Lianhua puppet. In an instant, Lady Lianhua's physical body had rushed to their side.

Immediately afterwards, Xuan Yang controlled Lady Lianhua's body and pulled her into a tight embrace with one of them.

"What are you doing?"

Seeing the puppet actually hugging him, the cultivator was terrified and hurriedly retreated to the side.

But at this moment, Lady Lianhua was already too close to him.

Xuan Yang clenched his fist slightly and let out a cold, sharp shout.

"burst!"

In an instant, Lady Lianhua exploded, while Xue Ming and Xuan Yang, having been prepared, drifted away like falling leaves, quickly creating a great distance between them.

With a loud "boom," Yang Fan quickly lay down on the ground to avoid being affected.

Although the mountainside here is vast, it's only a few dozen feet from here to the point of the explosion. If you're not careful, you could still get into trouble.

Fortunately, although Lady Lianhua was a Core Formation cultivator, she had now become a puppet, so her self-destruction was merely a physical explosion, and its power was not as strong as imagined.

Yang Fan wasn't affected much, but the cultivator closest to Lady Lianhua fared much worse. His self-destruction severely injured him, rendering him incapable of fighting.

Originally, with two against four, Xue Ming and Xuan Yang still had the power to fight back, but now that one of them was injured, the other three were really helpless for the time being, and both sides fell into a strange calm.

Both sides were wary of each other. Xue Ming and Xuan Yang didn't want to continue fighting, while the three on the other side also felt that they couldn't suppress their opponents.

There was nothing they could do. The four of them had fought against two opponents before, and they could only barely suppress them; the opponents still had the ability to fight back.

Now that the opponent is facing two against three, they don't have much of a chance of winning, and both sides are hesitant to act rashly.