Chapter 258
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Chapter 258: Inference
Survive!
These four characters appeared deceptively simple. With Ye Yun and Su Yinxue present—both capable of handling early Foundation Establishment stage experts—surviving in the Soul-Cutting Mountains despite its spirit beasts and criminals should’ve been straightforward.
Yet Su Hao wore a grave expression. As a late Foundation Establishment stage expert who understood the group’s capabilities, his warning implied genuine peril.
Ye Yun wondered what dangers could trouble even Su Hao. Since obtaining the Heart of Immortals and Demons, his mindset had transformed. He refused to believe survival here would be harder than for other groups.
Murong Wuhen of Absolute Sword Peak, though a prodigy under eighteen, had only reached the fifth stage of body refinement during their first meeting. Even with resources and talent, he’d likely peak at the Qi refining stage or barely touch Foundation Establishment.
Foundation Establishment wasn’t simple—especially for geniuses like Murong Wuhen. Their deeper understanding of the Dao made breakthroughs harder. Murong Wuqing, a once-in-a-millennium talent, shocked all by reaching Foundation Establishment before twenty.
Su Yinxue’s achievement at eighteen was remarkable, yet her post-breakthrough strength paled compared to Murong Wuqing’s. Murong Wuhen’s path would be equally arduous.
Ye Yun’s thoughts drifted to Jun Ruolan. During their outer disciple trials, she’d soared across cliffs effortlessly. Selected by Tian Zhu Peak (under Shadowless Peak), her shift to Tian Shen Peak baffled him. Had her power grown unimaginably? Could she now rival Su Yinxue?
A sigh escaped him as Shen Mo’s stubborn face surfaced. That prodigy’s spirit stone absorption speed—already hundreds of times faster than Ye Yun’s during body refinement—defied logic. Thankfully, Shen Mo wasn’t participating.
"Remember," Su Hao’s voice cut through silence, "survival comes first. Only the living tread the path of cultivation."
After a meaningful glance at Ye Yun, Su Hao vanished as if teleporting, leaving them beneath blood-stained skies.
Su Ling’s question broke the tension. "What now, Ye Yun?"
"We don’t need to hunt or rush." He sat cross-legged. "The real threats aren’t just beasts or criminals—it’s the mountains themselves, and other teams."
Yu Minghong frowned. "Even low-level spirit beasts match peak Qi refining or early Foundation Establishment cultivators."
"Higher-tier ones would crush us," Su Ling agreed.
Duan Chenfeng snorted. "The Divine Feather Vulture King could handle common trash."
"Who’s trash?!" screeched a voice from Ye Yun’s Thunder Sound Metamorphosis ring.
Duan Chenfeng jumped. "Since when do storage rings transmit sound?!"
Even Su Yinxue looked stunned. Storage spaces typically blocked communication—yet the Vulture King had heard them.
Ye Yun isolated the ring’s space experimentally. "Vulture King? Can you hear me now?" Silence answered. A mesh pattern inside the ring now severed connection.
Su Yinxue explained the difference: spirit beast pouches used spatial arrays sharing external rules, while storage rings created isolated voids lethal to living things.
As dusk painted the peaks crimson, Yu Minghong wondered about rival teams’ locations.
"Elites won’t act rashly," Ye Yun reasoned. "We’ll have two days to adapt. The mountains’ natural cycles—storms, day-night shifts—likely hold greater dangers than any opponent."
Murong Wuhen’s group would wait through a full day-night cycle before striking.
"Rotate guard duty every two hours," Yu Minghong suggested.
Nodding, Ye Yun took first watch. The others meditated as scarlet sunlight faded.
Blood-hued shadows stretched across valleys. Ye Yun’s eyes narrowed, anticipation and fighting spirit kindling within.
