Chapter 693

Chapter 693: The Old Nest

After returning to the sect, Xu Fan released his control over the Nuclear Bomb Beast King.

The scene where the Bat Giant Beast transformed into a strange wind replayed in Xu Fan’s mind, and he began analyzing it from every angle.

Every detail of the battle echoed in Xu Fan’s thoughts—the movements of the Bat Giant Beast, the shifts in its gaze.

“It’s nothing more than an uncivilized beast, only tapping into its instinctive abilities at critical moments.”

“It feels no pain, and its actions in battle show no signs of being controlled. It must be acting purely on instinct.”

“They likely have a nest, and that nest might be the source of the exotic treasures that birthed them,” Xu Fan speculated.

“Have you found anything, Grape?” Xu Fan asked.

“When the Bat Giant Beast transformed into the strange wind, it released other eerie energies.”

A faint, smoky gray mist materialized in front of Xu Fan.

“Grape’s database has no record of this. I don’t know what it is, but I’m analyzing it now,” Grape replied.

Normally, Grape wouldn’t elaborate, but recent events had shown that saying a little more was better than appearing useless.

“There’s a trace of the power of nightmares here, along with elements of destruction and the wide road of death—something that erases all life and withers existence,” Xu Fan said, his eyes glowing as he studied the mist.

“This place is truly detestable.”

Just then, Wang Yulun arrived with Star in tow.

“Big Brother Xu, I’ve thought of a way for us to leave,” Star announced.

“What is it?” Xu Fan asked, intrigued.

“I’ve just unlocked a divine ability from my inheritance memories. It allows us to leave this cultivation world at any time, and I can even take Hidden Spirit Island with me.”

“If I take Hidden Spirit Island out of this cultivation world, you can just come back later, right?” Star’s expression was innocent.

“……”

“I appreciate your offer, Star, but it’s not necessary right now,” Xu Fan said, pulling out a handful of Hundred Spirit Fruit Candy from his Daoist artifact palace and handing it to her.

Xu Fan felt it was safer to stay here for the time being. Leaving the cultivation world might lead to unknown dangers.

“Alright~” Star happily accepted the candy.

“I only brought Star here because I heard she had a solution. I didn’t expect it to be this,” Wang Yulun said with a chuckle.

“Big Brother Xu, can we really get out of here?”

“Of course we can, but the cost would be significant. Let’s keep looking for other options. We’ll use that method only as a last resort,” Xu Fan explained.

He had once asked Grape to calculate the possibility of detonating nearly half of the celestial tool energy nodes at the base of Hidden Spirit Island to stabilize the surrounding space for teleportation.

But doing so would undo centuries of work by Number One and Number Two.

The base of Hidden Spirit Island had 64 celestial tool energy nodes. Detonating nearly half would surely provoke protests—or even strikes—from Number One and Number Two, leaving Xu Fan to rebuild them one by one.

So, Xu Fan preferred to spend one hundred years’ time searching for another way out rather than resorting to such a drastic measure.

“Well, it seems I can’t be of much help during this crisis for the sect,” Star said.

"I can only go fishing in the stars more often to see if I can catch something useful for the sect," Wang Yulun said, feeling a bit ashamed. He realized that he hadn’t done anything practical for Hidden Spirit Island in recent years.

"Yulun, you’re wrong to think that way."

"You are very important to the entire Hidden Spirit Sect, in a way you can’t even imagine," Xu Fan said firmly. What does it mean to have a conceptual-level cheat?

As long as he remains within the realm of concepts, he will be invincible.

Wang Yulun felt a bit shy; he had never thought he was so important in Hidden Spirit Sect.

"Don’t worry, we’ll be leaving soon," Xu Fan said with a smile, reassuring the two of them.

At that moment, Grape’s voice echoed.

"Master, another wave of Bat Giant Beasts is approaching."

"Send out the sword formation puppet," Xu Fan instructed. After identifying what the Bat Giant Beasts were made of, he lost interest in fighting them.

"Yes, Master."

A sword formation puppet and three Great Ascension stage puppets transformed into four streaks of light and flew towards the protective grand formation of Hidden Spirit Island.

This time, there were a total of 15 Bat Giant Beasts gathering together, attacking towards the base of Hidden Spirit Island.

"Add Bat Giant Beast characteristics; it can sense spiritual energy at an intermediate level."

This information was recorded in Grape’s database.

The disciples who had already dispersed received the news that the sect was once again being attacked by Bat Giant Beasts. Seeing that the sect had sent out the sword formation puppet, they all felt at ease and went about their own business.

Only Han Feiyu opened the live stream light curtain to watch how to deal with the enemy.

The battle came swiftly and ended just as quickly.

Han Feiyu saw the sword formation puppet summon a massive killing formation of the five elements.

Immediately, all the Bat Giant Beasts were shredded by the sword qi in the formation, quickly dissipating and allowing the strange wind formed from the dead Bat Giant Beasts to return.

The entire process took less than fifteen minutes, but Han Feiyu felt a bit unsatisfied.

"That was so precise, absolutely flawless," Han Feiyu thought, as if he had just seen the standard answer to a challenging problem.

"Of course it’s precise. This is the sword formation puppet controlled by Grape; it has reached the pinnacle of craftsmanship," Wang Xiangchi appeared beside Han Feiyu.

"Master~"

Han Feiyu saw Wang Xiangchi smiling and greeting him.

"I just finished my training and came to check on you," Wang Xiangchi said with a smile.

"Master, it’s just about meal time; how about I treat you to a Hundred Spirit Feast?" Han Feiyu said.

Upon hearing "Hundred Spirit Feast," Wang Xiangchi immediately nodded.

The Hundred Spirit Feast was a new cafeteria set meal from Hidden Spirit Sect. It was said that disciples from the delicacies lineage made it based on the five elemental origins and celestial energy produced by Five-Color Mountain Peak.

It used five representative spiritual vegetables to prepare a grand meal.

However, one meal would cost half a year’s worth of points earned by an average first-generation disciple, making it incredibly luxurious.

But for Han Feiyu, it was merely a matter of whether he wanted to eat it or not.

At this moment, the sword formation puppet that had just finished slaughtering the Bat Giant Beasts arrived at the core area of the Spirit Gathering Formation, standing by specifically to deal with the Bat Giant Beasts.

Three months later, after finishing a battle, the sword formation puppet was about to return to the core area of the Spirit Gathering Formation to recharge when it encountered another wave of attacking Bat Giant Beasts.

Xu Fan looked at the battlefield with the Bat Giant Beasts and couldn’t help but say, "Are we heading toward their old nest? Why is the frequency of encountering Bat Giant Beasts increasing?"

In the past three months, at least 800 Bat Giant Beasts had died at the hands of the witnessing puppets.

"That possibility cannot be ruled out," Grape’s voice chimed in.