Starting My Cultivation With Time Management

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In the depths of the cave, it was utterly dark.

Qiu Changtian looked around and suddenly saw a violent current surge forward, followed by countless strange fish fleeing.

The people quickly cast spells and sent their flying swords forward, launching a barrage of attacks that either killed those strange fish or scattered them in all directions.

"Strange," Shi Jinsuo said suddenly, "these fish don't seem to have any desire to attack."

"It's not so much an assault on us as it is a flight for their lives," Xu Yinglian looked back to see the strange fish shaking their heads and tails, fleeing without any desire to linger.

"Be careful," Luo Baiyuan said solemnly.

As everyone continued along the corridor, they saw a fork in the path ahead, splitting left and right.

The left tunnel was somewhat narrow, while the right one was wider, and the current seemed to be flowing from behind them to the right side, suggesting that the right path might lead to Gui Xu, while the left could be a dead end.

"Go right?" Shi Yinqiang asked.

"Let's go left," Qiu Changtian replied.

The group was momentarily stunned and then quickly caught on.

According to the thinking of most people, if one could determine that the left was a dead end, they would probably not choose it.

But was Xu Zhi trying to get through here? Not at all.

If he was alive up to this point, he'd surely be thinking about finding a place to lick his wounds, not heading to Gui Xu... Why would he go to that forsaken place?

So they headed towards the entrance on the left.

About half a quarter of an hour later, the group suddenly heard strange noises coming from ahead.

It was a bizarre chewing sound, crackle, crackle, crackle, crackle.

Before the group could react, Qiu Changtian heard the Kunlun Mirror exclaim:

"Not good, hurry up..."

Before the words were fully uttered, a person emerged from the cave entrance ahead.

This person had green, algae-like rotten hair, and their long robe was ragged, still chewing on a struggling strange fish—two sharp canine teeth accurately penetrated the fish scales, and dark green toxic blood seeped out of the wound like mist.

"You are..." Xu Yinglian exclaimed in astonishment, "Xu Zhi? You're not dead?"

Under her perception, the aura of the Phoenix bloodline on him was somewhat familiar, yet much of it was strange.

"A descendant of the Xu Family of Southern Heaven?" The person uttered woefully, unwilling to release the fish from his mouth.

Then, he suddenly devoured the fish voraciously, stuffing the entire strange fish, bones and scales included, into his mouth, chewing it ferociously before swallowing it down, and then he laughed coldly:

"Good, very good! Even to this very day, the Xu Family of Southern Heaven refuses to let me go..."

His tusks protruded several inches again, resembling a Flying Asura, and he roared from his mouth:

"Then I'll eat you alive!"

Suddenly, he kicked off the wall and shot toward them like a cannonball. Xu Yinglian reacted the fastest, forming a Daoist formula with her hands, and a golden thread sprayed from her mouth.

Crimson Feather Nine Phoenix Fire!

The flames, like blades, cut through the rock wall and evaporated the water surface, aiming to slash across Xu Zhi's body at the waist.

It had no effect at all.

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In Xu Yinglian's slightly widened eyes, she saw Xu Zhi's body completely withstood the attack of the Crimson Feather Nine Phoenix Fire; there wasn't a single injury on him.

He had already rushed in front of everyone and reached out to grab Xu Yinglian's neck, but was blocked by Qiu Changtian with the Tianyuan Yiqi Sword, repelling the attacker as if steel had struck flint.

Within the blink of an eye, Qiu Changtian had reacted.

"Heavenly Demon!" he shouted loudly to the people around, "He is not Xu Zhi! It's a demon head occupying Xu Zhi's corpse!"

Xu Zhi was about to continue lunging at Xu Yinglian but, upon hearing this, suddenly twisted his neck 180 degrees, revealing a grotesque, bloodthirsty smile to Qiu Changtian. His right arm instantly transformed into a mass of filthy blood, lashing out at Qiu Changtian like a venomous snake.

Luo Baiyuan stood unflinchingly in front, and with a clasp and a spread of his hands, a swath of ice flowers unfolded, blocking the path of the filthy blood.

"Be careful!" said the Kunlun Mirror, "Although we don't know what it is inside, the one occupying Xu Zhi's body almost has the realm of a celestial being's rank!"

"It's already too late to say that now, Ah Jing!" Qiu Changtian cried out in alarm.

The Crimson Feather Nine Phoenix Fire was Junior Sister Xu's strongest attack spell. The power of a spell with ninefold compressed True Essence was something even Nascent Soul Rank cultivators could only defend against with a spell, but this guy dared to withstand it using his physical body alone, without employing any True Yuan, revealing the crushing gap in strength.

Fortunately, it seemed like the intruder's consciousness wasn't very clear... Otherwise, if he really used True Yuan and executed a spell, wouldn't he squash everyone here in a matter of minutes?

Seeing Luo Baiyuan's ice flowers rapidly breaking down under the assault of the filthy blood, the two dragon maidens Shi Jinsuo and Shi Yinqiang also showed no willingness to step forward, clearly thinking of retreat. Qiu Changtian hurriedly shouted:

"You go first, I'll hold him off!"

Even in retreat, the invincible character setting must not be abandoned!

Xu Yinglian was unwilling to go first. Instead, she came over to grab Qiu Changtian's arm, dragging him away with all her might.

Shi Yinqiang also transformed into human form, coming over to help. Working together, human and dragon, they managed to drag away Qiu Changtian, who wanted to stay behind and cover their retreat.

Shi Jinsuo's dragon eyes glinted fiercely as she roared at Xu Zhi.

Scorching dragon's breath surged forward crazily. Although it still failed to injure Xu Zhi's body, the boiling torrent pushed him steadily backward.

"Now's the time!" Qiu Changtian suddenly executed a sword technique, and under the cover of the dragon's breath, the Shangyang Sword Qi was fired, precisely cutting the cord of the storage bag at his waist.

The storage bag fell, and Xu Yinglian had already fired the Feather Jia Sword. Amidst the swirling sword light, she reeled the storage bag back in.

Seeing this, Xu Zhi became even more furious, his mouth opening to an exaggerated degree that a human could not achieve, roaring back at them with equal fury.

The sound was like a deafening bell, instantly causing dizziness and muddled consciousness in Qiu Changtian and the others, nearly losing control and perception of their limbs.

Qiu Changtian quickly recovered, his heart, however, filled with indescribable horror:

Dragon's Might? Isn't that a bloodline supernatural power of the Dragon Clan?

Could it be that the one occupying Xu Zhi's body is some old monster from the Dragon Clan?

Fortunately, I possess Jiaolong blood and have studied the corresponding countermeasures. Otherwise, with my spirit shocked and unable to move by this Dragon's Might, wouldn't I be easily butchered?

The two dragon maidens Shi Jinsuo and Shi Yinqiang, although they did not know the countermeasures, were bearing dragon bodies second only to Qiu Changtian and recovered second.

Seeing Xu Zhi charging at them with bared teeth and claws, how could they dare to stay a moment longer? They immediately turned tail and ran without looking back.

Qiu Changtian could only embrace Xu Yinglian on his left arm, while hoisting Luo Baiyuan with his right hand, dragging the two who had lost sense of their bodies, closely following the two dragon maidens as they fled.

Off in the distance, two Jiaolongs, one large and one small, were swimming in the sewage when suddenly, they both turned their heads, looking downwards.

"Such powerful Dragon's Might," Long Xiaoqi exclaimed in surprise, "Could it be that senior from before?"

"Most likely," Shi Yao said with a tone of reflection, astonishment, and even a hint of bewilderment, "One of the ancestors of the Jiaolong Clan."

"The Dragon of Madness."