Chapter 1210: No Path Forward
"About to reach the city..." Muttering this to himself after hearing what Xuan Hao said, Chun Hua's grandfather narrowed both his eyes. Even though he had also noticed the powerful demon beasts rushing towards the frontier city because of the fact that none of them bothered hiding themselves, the people behind the demon beast stampede were not the same. Maybe only after they got within a few thousand meters of the frontier city would he be able to notice them, a point in time that would make it far too late for him to do anything about them entering the city.
Not to mention, he also had to think about the noble family behind these people, as they would undoubtedly have one of their three Earth Immortals hiding away somewhere inside the frontier city to ensure their safety.
If he really decided to leave his family and rush to intercept those people, he might end up walking into an ambush by the noble family and the ruling family that had decided to cooperate with them!
For this reason, the old man could not help feeling a bit regretful, but... After remembering Xuan Hao who had agreed to help his family just a short time ago, he suddenly regained his energy before turning towards him filled with anticipation.
"..."
Rolling his eyes upon seeing the expectant look plastered all over the old man's face, Xuan Hao had no idea what to say in response.
"So... Can you..." "I understand what you are thinking, I was also planning to deal with them before they could reach the city." Knowing what the old man was trying to say, Xuan Hao didn't stay inside the pavilion for long before leaving in the direction of the primeval jungle while ensuring that he remained hidden in the process. Intending to deal with the people from the noble family without having to face off against the Dao Seed Realm cultivator that should be hiding somewhere inside the frontier city at this point in time.
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At the same time Xuan Hao silently slipped out of the Chun Family Estate without being detected by any of the people keeping an eye on the estate for the different major powers in the city nor the different Soul Ascension Realm cultivators from the Chun Family curious about what had happened to him after he entered the central part of the estate where the ancestor resided, the group of people who had provoked the Dao Seed Realm snake demon beast successfully reached the edge of the primeval jungle.
"Looks like everything worked according to the plan, the only unfortunate loss was a few people in the earlier stages of the Domain Lord Realm." Slowing down a bit to not overexert himself beyond his limits, one of the people could not help saying this as he glanced down at the large number of weaker cultivators being slaughtered by a large number of weaker demon beasts below.
"Indeed, nothing out of the ordinary considering the strength of the demon beasts we had to attract..." Nodding his head as he responded to the first person, another of the people similar slowed down after seeing the frontier city in the distance. No longer feeling the need to continue burning his lifespan to increase his speed beyond his limits.
Given that he could see the frontier city up ahead and the fact that they had managed to create quite a bit of distance between themselves and the terrifying demon beast that they had provoked, his current speed was more than enough to reach the city before the demon beast could catch up to them.
"Yeah, I honestly thought we were going to die when I felt that terrifying aura earlier!" Arriving with a far more exhausted expression on his face compared to the other two, a figure looking about to collapse at any moment nodded his head fearfully as he said this.
Compared to the others in the group, his strength was only around the middle stages of the Domain Lord Realm. Forcing him to burn close to half of his remaining lifespan for a chance to keep up with the rest.
"Hehe, at least you managed to make it out alive! Now that we are so close to the city, the ancestor should be able to notice us soon and help in case we can't reach the city on our own." Poking a bit of fun at his comrade, one of the Soul Ascension Realm cultivators in the group chuckled slightly as he said this.
Of course, it was all just a bit of fun to turn their attention away from the terrifying will that was bearing down on them from the snake demon beast that they had forcefully woken up from its peaceful slumber.
Even though the demon beast wasn't in range to attack them, it had still managed to lock on to all of them. Ensuring that the people daring enough to disturb its sleep wouldn't be able to run away...
Not too dissimilar from this group, more people covered from head to toe in clothes that made it hard to discern their identities soon appeared all around the edge of the primeval jungle before starting to converge towards the frontier city in the distance. Each group being chased by a powerful demon beast that had at least reached the Peak of the Soul Ascension Realm.
Whoosh~
How convenient, all of them gathered up into a single group...
Arriving outside the primeval jungle only a short distance away from this group of powerful cultivators, Xuan Hao couldn't help smiling to himself as he thought this while looking at the people from the noble family gathering together as they moved in the direction of the frontier city in a single large group.
At first, he had thought he would have to chase down each of the small group and try to kill them off before they could reach the frontier city or the Dao Seed Realm cultivators from the noble family could intercept him, but now it seemed like he worried over nothing...
Hm... But if I make a move to kill them, I will essentially announce my presence to the noble family. Making them more cautious when it comes to dealing with the Chun Family. Possibly even deciding to retreat and find another way to deal with the Chun Family...
Narrowing both his eyes as he thought this to himself while looking towards the large group made up of Soul Ascension Realm and Domain Lord Realm cultivators rapidly approaching his current location, Xuan Hao suddenly felt his gaze wandering towards a large demon beast not too far behind them, a large snake demon beast with a pair of wings that seemed to have just recently broken through to the Dao Seed Realm.
Although the demon beast was by no means strong enough to pose a threat to him, it was more than enough to deal with the group of cultivators from the noble family.
If they happened to run into a wall of some kind. Unable to continue towards the frontier city, he wouldn't have to do anything and would be able to watch on the sideline as the group of cultivators from the noble family were taken care of by the winged snake demon beast. Maybe even giving him a perfect opportunity to ambush the Dao Seed Realm cultivator from the noble family that would come out of the frontier city to try and save the group of Soul Ascension Realm and Domain Lord Realm cultivators...
Swish-!
Having come up with a decent plan in his own opinion, Xuan Hao spread out his dao domain before using it to form an impenetrable wall in front of the group of escaping cultivators from the noble family-
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Not even a second after Xuan Hao used his dao domain to block the path of the noble family cultivators, did the first few people violently crash into the invisible wall that had been formed by his dao domain.
"Ahhh!? What is this!?"
"Wah!?"
"Wall- No, a formation!?"
Not able to understand what had suddenly blocked their path, all of the noble family cultivators began panicking. Even a single second wasted would give the terrifying demon beasts behind them time to catch up.
"Don't waste time! Attack it with all your strength unless you want to be eaten alive by those demon beasts!" Knowing this, one of the more powerful Soul Ascension Realm cultivators took the lead as he yelled this while using all of his strength to attack the invisible wall that had appeared in front of them-
Boom! Boom! Boom!
And soon enough, countless spells and mystical techniques rained down towards Xuan Hao's dao domain...
"This... Impossible!"
"Not even a single scratch..."
"Go around! We can't destroy it!"
Unfortunately for the noble family cultivators, the difference between the Soul Ascension Realm and a Late Stage Dao Domain Lord was simply not something that could be changed that easily...