A moment ago, Lu Chao’s group of four and the fifteen Red Sword Guards who had just emerged were practically face-to-face.
They were separated only by a layer of the Barrier Illusion Realm.
But there was nothing to be done. This was the Azure Flame Sect’s Forbidden Land. Once inside the Barrier Illusion Realm, others couldn’t catch them. They could only wait for them to come out. This was what Lu Chao had meant...
To fight the people from Red Sword City, they had to make good use of every Barrier.
Just as Chi Yuan’s voice fell...
From among the fifteen Red Sword Guards who had just emerged, a middle-aged man wearing a slightly different style of Battle Armor strode forward. He looked at Chi Yuan and frowned. "What happened here? Who were those people just now?"
As mentioned before, one could see the outside from within the Barrier.
Hence the middle-aged man’s question.
Chi Yuan’s lips twitched slightly as he replied in a low voice, "Vice Commander Liu, that was the number one genius of the Azure Flame Domain, Lu Chao. The Shen Family Patriarch also said he is currently the strongest successor disciple of the Azure Flame Sect."
That’s right, this middle-aged man was a Vice Commander of their Red Sword Guard.
The one who had taken Chang Yuan’s wife inside earlier was Commander Ke. The one before him now was Vice Commander Liu.
Chi Yuan quickly recounted everything that had just happened to Vice Commander Liu.
At the end of his tale, he added coldly...
"This number one genius of the Azure Flame Domain is very strange. On the surface, he appears to have a Star Divine Bone, but it actually seems to be a Moon Profound Bone."
"And his combat instincts are astonishing. He was able to take on six Red Sword Guards plus a Squad Leader all by himself."
As he said this, Chi Yuan’s eyes grew cold.
To him, if the Young City Lord later found out that so many of them had failed to handle a country bumpkin from the Azure Flame Domain, he would surely be furious.
’Knowing the Young City Lord’s temperament, a whipping would be the least of our worries.’
Just then, a weak voice called out, "Hurry and chase them! Help me get my Red Bee Bone back, or I’ll be crippled!"
Following the voice, they saw Chi Ting crawling toward them, inch by inch.
Chi Yuan shot him a cold glance before turning back. "Vice Commander Liu, there’s no time to talk. We must catch up to Lu Chao quickly. Otherwise, with his status as an Azure Flame Sect disciple, I’m afraid he’ll ruin the Young City Lord’s plans."
The Young City Lord had come to break through the Azure Flame Forbidden Land and seize the treasures of the Azure Flame Sect.
And this Lu Chao was no small threat.
But Vice Commander Liu didn’t seem concerned. He chuckled and replied, "If he could break through it, he would have done so long ago as a disciple of the Azure Flame Sect. Besides, the Young City Lord has Commander Ke, who is Above the Creation, and ten Blood Sword Guards with him. There’s no need to worry."
Clearly, the Blood Sword Guard was a more advanced unit than the Red Sword Guard.
Then, Vice Commander Liu added...
"Of course, it would be best to catch them, so as not to disturb the Young City Lord’s leisure."
"And quickly help Chi Ting get his Heavenly Destiny Bone back."
At this, Vice Commander Liu suddenly laughed again. "Chi Yuan, your Soldier Dao is quite good. Let’s have a little competition to see who’s faster."
His expression and tone clearly showed he still wasn’t taking Lu Chao and his group seriously.
He also didn’t seem to care much whether Chi Ting was crippled or not.
Chi Yuan also chuckled lightly. "Since Vice Commander Liu is so inclined, let’s have a competition then."
And with that, Vice Commander Liu and Chi Yuan entered the Barrier Illusion Realm at the same time.
As for the other Red Sword Guards, Chi Yuan only took the seven from before, while all of Vice Commander Liu’s men stayed behind.
Vice Commander Liu was a Creation Realm expert. Facing Lu Chao, who was only in the True Fate Realm, he naturally couldn’t be bothered to care.
In the blink of an eye, only the fourteen Red Sword Guards who had come out of the Forbidden Land remained outside, along with Chi Ting, who was being helped up by them.
Of course, there was also Shen Ji, covered in blood and looking utterly wretched...
Suddenly, Shen Ji strode away from the Forbidden Land. He was going to the Beast Flame Academy to collect the bodies of his family members.
In the space behind the first Barrier, Lu Chao emerged with Cheng Yunsu and Chang Yuan and his son.
Or rather, they had emerged a while ago.
For the current Lu Chao, breaking the first layer was instantaneous. So he had a clear view of the situation outside, saw Vice Commander Liu talking with Chi Ting, and finally, of course, saw them both enter the Barrier.
Lu Chao spoke softly...
"That middle-aged man must be a commander-level figure in the Red Sword Guard. His realm is definitely at the Creation Peak."
"Even with an assassination attempt, I’m afraid we couldn’t take him down. We must enter the second layer before they emerge. And we have to break through each layer faster than them to catch up to Red Sword City’s Young City Lord."
With that, Lu Chao had already led the three of them to the Barrier of the second layer.
Inside the Barrier, one couldn’t hear outside conversations; at most, they could only try to read lips.
Just then, Chang Yuan quickly asked, "Brother Lu Chao, even if we use the Barriers, we can’t assassinate that middle-aged man. And judging by Chi Yuan’s lip movements, that man should be a Vice Commander of the Red Sword Guard..."
"There’s still a Commander Ke behind them, and I’m afraid there are other experts by the Young City Lord’s side."
"What should we do?"
What Chang Yuan really wanted to ask was how they were going to rescue his wife.
Lu Chao took a deep breath...
"The best way is to break through the Forbidden Land faster than they can."
"We need to see if there are any treasures belonging to the Azure Flame Sect inside the Forbidden Land that we can use to deal with our enemies."
"If that doesn’t work..."
"It has to work. The Azure Flame Forbidden Land absolutely cannot fall into the hands of others."
"Unless the Young City Lord of Red Sword City also can’t break through the Forbidden Land, we won’t have time to delay. And just because we can’t assassinate him doesn’t mean we can’t save Sister-in-law Chang. As long as we rescue her, we can immediately retreat into the Barrier Illusion Realm to hide."
Hearing Lu Chao’s words, Chang Yuan gritted his teeth and nodded heavily.
’We have to go, whether we can succeed or not. From the very beginning, we’ve been risking our lives.’
And so, with no time for further discussion, Lu Chao led them immediately into the second layer’s Barrier.
He broke through it quickly.
But when Lu Chao landed in the space behind the second layer, a sudden thought struck him...
"Brother Chang, Xiao Su’er..."
"You two keep an eye on the situation in the first layer. The moment Chi Yuan and the others come out and enter the second layer, wake me up immediately."
"I’m going to cultivate. I want to see if I can try to break into the Peak Realm."
Lu Chao had decided to use the time difference to cultivate.
True Fate Ninth Layer was still too weak. Facing the experts from the invading Cyan Sword Great Empire, he had to increase his strength as quickly as possible.
’If I can reach the Peak Realm, there might be a slim chance of assassinating that Vice Commander.’
’Besides, the Young City Lord of Red Sword City is probably just a young man. His realm might not be that high. If I can take him hostage, everything will be much easier to handle.’
With this thought, Lu Chao immediately sat down cross-legged and entered a state of Cultivation.
Although the situation was urgent, he absolutely couldn’t afford to be rash when facing such a huge disparity in strength... The Young City Lord of Red Sword City had only been in the Forbidden Land for a little over half a day; it was impossible for him to have broken through every layer of the Forbidden Land so quickly.