Chapter 56

The two of them ran as fast as they could. They didn’t care about killing off the demons in front of them as long as they were able to dodge them or get past them.

Twenty meters!

Ten meters!

Five meters!

They rushed into the cave!

The two of them rolled into the opening of the cave. Gu Qingshan got up and kicked a Scarlet Gold Ghost out of the cave.

While the Scarlet Gold Ghost was still in mid-air, Gu Qingshan swallowed the last Red Crane Qi Replenishment Pill and pulled out the formation disk from behind him.

“Wind, Wood, Light, Darkness, Water, Universal Illusionary Formation.”

An Illusionary Formation was set up!

“Wind, Fire, Thunder, Water, gathering the spirits of heaven and Earth.”

A Spiritual Element Collection Formation was set up!

“Calling the spirits of the ground, Water, Wood, Metal, Fog.”

A Delusion Formation was set up!

“Warding off all evil, Demon Eviction Formation!”

An Eviction Formation was set up!

At this point, all the formations that could be used on the formation disk that Gongsun Zhi had given to Gu Qingshan had all been used up by Gu Qingshan.

The Scarlet Gold Ghost that had been kicked out of the cave rolled over twice and got up. It was furious and turned to screech, only to find that there was nothing in the cave behind it.

A faint mist started rising from within the cave, and there was an air about the place that made it feel disgusting.

After a while, the cave itself slowly disappeared.

The Scarlet Gold Ghost wasn’t intelligent enough to understand what had happened. It just felt that this place made it feel very uncomfortable.

The Scarlet Gold Ghost angrily snorted several times before it shook its head and tail and finally crawled away.

Thousands of demons came up behind it in no time, only to find that they couldn’t find their prey anymore.

That was strange. Where did those two humans go?

Did something else eat them secretly?

The demons looked at each other but couldn’t find any traces of flesh or blood in any of the other demons’ mouths.

The demons started to fight amongst themselves to vent the frustration and fury inside them. After some time, the demons finally went away in indignation.

They slowly started moving away from the cave without realizing it.

Gu Qingshan put down the formation disk after doing all this and collapsed to the ground while panting. He said loudly, “I have very little Spirit Power left, and these formations won’t last long. Hurry up and activate the large Isolation Formation!”

He had fought a bloody battle, executed a secret sword technique, and set up a whole bunch of formations, so Gu Qingshan was on the verge of collapsing.

He could barely even lift his arms up now.

Thankfully, there was still one last Red Crane Qi Replenishment Pill left, and it was slowly beginning to take effect inside his body.

Since Gu Qingshan looked like he was about to die from fatigue, Leng Tianxing quickly got up and ran deep into the cave.

On the cave wall deep inside, there was a formation that was about the height of three people.

This formation was especially used to prevent demons from spying, and there was another formation that was a Teleportation Formation.

These two formations represented the greatest achievements mankind had attained in the art of formations.

Leng Tianxing leaped up, pulled out a few middle-grade spirit stones, and stuffed them into the indentation of the formation.

Whoosh—

The huge Isolation Formation slowly started moving.

Leng Tianxing looked over at the Teleportation Formation, and his face fell. He exclaimed, “Why is it like that?”

Gu Qingshan’s heart tightened when he heard this.

If anything happened now, there was no way he could use any more Spirit Power, even if he could communicate with the gods.

He used all his strength to get up and asked in a low voice, “What’s wrong?”

Leng Tianxing replied in a dejected voice, “The Teleportation Formation isn’t complete. We can’t go back.”

Leng Tianxing had really begun to lose hope now.

They had gone through so much hardship and suffering, lost so many lives, and born so many wounds only for their hope to become despair.

Gu Qingshan went into deep thought for a moment, then pulled out a round metal ball and asked, “Is this what you’re missing?”

Leng Tianxing’s eyes lit up, and he replied, “It’s the special Secret Rune Stamp! That’s great! There’s hope for us!”

“Special Secret Rune Stamp?”

Gu Qingshan repeated those words.

“Wait.” He slowly looked up at Leng Tianxing. “What did you say this was again?”

“It’s part of General Gongsun’s formation.” Leng Tianxing was still swimming in joy. “With this, then we can complete the Teleportation Formation and both of us can get out of here.”

“You mean this isn’t a token? It’s not a token to call for backup?”

Gu Qingshan yelled this loudly as he grabbed Leng Tianxing’s collar.

“Token? How could this be a token?”

Leng Tianxing looked strangely at Gu Qingshan.

Gu Qingshan let go of him. He staggered backward and finally collapsed onto the ground.

His face turned ashen, and his heart slowly sank right to the bottom.

So Gongsun Zhi had already decided to die.

Gongsun Zhi had passed this thing to him so that Gu Qingshan could escape.

Gu Qingshan slammed a fist into the cave wall, and tiny rocks crumbled down.

What was the point of being able to escape by himself?!

D*mn it!

He should have realized this earlier.

He was only a soldier from the Vanguard Battalion, so there was no way he would have been able to send any information to the higher-ups.

In this world, without sufficient levels of cultivation or status, nobody would believe anything that was said.

Furthermore, there was a traitor among the higher-ups of the human camp. Even if he managed to somehow get to them, that high-ranking traitor would find him guilty of something and execute him immediately.

Should he go look for the Saints?

No, that seemed like a worse idea.

Even people like Gongsun Zhi and Ning Yuechan only had one talisman that could contact the Saints after their sects had accumulated 300 years of credit.

Gongsun Zhi was like the clouds, while Gu Qingshan was merely mud on the ground.

Never mind getting to see the Saints. He couldn’t even get a talisman to reach them.

What should he do now? What could he do now?

Gongsun Zhi was going to die in half a day!

“What’s wrong?” Leng Tianxing couldn’t help but ask when he noticed that Gu Qingshan didn’t look too good.

“Don’t say anything.”

Gu Qingshan slapped himself in the face and forced himself to calm down.

How could he save Gongsun Zhi and Ning Yuechan?

He started thinking through this slowly.

Looking for their sects was out of the question.

That high-ranking traitor of the human army was definitely watching those two sects very closely.

“What did General Gongsun tell you?” asked Gu Qingshan.

Leng Tianxing saw that he was asking with such seriousness that he always straightened his expression out and answered him equally seriously, “He said that if he doesn’t make it back, we should return to our own world, hide our identities, change our names, and hide until he exposes who the traitor is.”

Gu Qingshan sighed.

How pitiful!

So Leng Tianxing was still hoping for General Gongsun to return and expose who the traitor really was.

Looking at the situation, even if he could manage to get past the traitor, it would still be suspicious if he suddenly went to look for their sects.

It would take a long time to test if his words were true, and there was no time for any of this.

Even if he was on time, the two major sects might not be able to successfully save them.

The demons were too powerful, and they had come out in such huge numbers.

He was quite sure the five demon generals were going to appear soon.

A Faceless Giant and five demon generals.

After that, the Earth-traveling Demons would also return to the frontlines.

The Earth-traveling Demons could get past formations, and when that happened, Gongsun Zhi and Ning Yuechan would be in great danger.

This set up really made him feel despair.

What other options did he have?

Gu Qingshan clenched his teeth tightly, and a thought flashed across his mind.

After a while, he closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

The Three Saints.

Only the Three Saints would be able to rescue them in time and rescue them successfully.

After going one whole round, he had come back to square one.

The Three Saints were the greatest battling force that the humans had. Normally, even the highest-ranking person of the major clans might not get to see the Saints, never mind an unknown Vanguard Battalion soldier like Gu Qingshan.

Gu Qingshan shook his head and was on the verge of giving up.