Chapter 1514 - 1494: Escape from Death

Yang Xiao and Xing Zhe kept digging, not daring to stop.

However, the speed of digging was still not fast enough, especially with the rubble above constantly squeezing down. A hole they had just dug out would soon be filled again by the stones.

"Yang Xiao, this is not a solution. I feel that the demon beast is getting closer to us."

Xing Zhe felt the sounds from the underground river getting louder, and couldn't help but panic.

"This beast has managed to dig a tunnel stretching ten to twenty kilometers long in such a short time through the hard underground river rock passage. Its genetic evolution level must be at least at the Emperor Level Advanced Realm, and even with the two of us combined, we are no match."

"Yang Xiao, what do we do?"

Yang Xiao stopped digging, thought for a moment, and suddenly exclaimed with joy:

"I have another way, how could I have forgotten about it."

Hearing this, Xing Zhe asked in surprise:

"What other good method do you have?"

"I have a soul skill that can directly drill a huge hole in the ground. However, while I'm drilling, there's a high possibility that the entire underground tunnel will be destroyed, including the place we're standing on now, and the rocks above will collapse,

you will act as the assistant while I use the soul skill to drill a hole. You're responsible for using the defensive light shield to support a small space above and around us,

if everything goes well, I can escape out using the soul skill once or twice."

Xing Zhe hesitated for a moment and asked doubtfully:

"Yang Xiao, it's not that I don't believe in you, but what kind of soul skill has such power? The rocks collapsing from above are massive."

"Do you have any better idea?"

"..."

Yang Xiao and Xing Zhe communicated about the details of their cooperation. He knew the power of the soul skill "One Finger Splitting Earth." The problem lies in, if there is an unexpected collapse of the tunnel, and they can't escape, they might end up being buried under millions of tons of rubble.

Although both are at the Emperor Level Realm, they are still just ordinary people; if buried under rubble without air, they won't survive long.

"Xing Zhe, are you ready?"

Xing Zhe, somewhat nervous, nodded.

Yang Xiao reassured him:

"Don't worry, we'll pull through, and fortune comes after danger, haha!"

"Your words give me hope!"

"Alright, I'm starting, get ready."

Yang Xiao shouted and prepared to act.

Xing Zhe immediately activated his divine sense,

with a "buzz," a hemispherical defense light screen of about three to four meters in diameter appeared above the two, enveloping them.

Yang Xiao reached out his hand, and all that could be heard was

"Boom!"

Xing Zhe immediately felt the earth shaking, mountains crumbling, and the massive rocks overhead instantly collapsed, with surrounding rocks flooding towards them.

Xing Zhe shouted, and his divine sense surged, instantly forming a circular light screen surrounding them.

The light screen created a transparent defensive barrier, blocking the surrounding rubble.

Yang Xiao activated his divine sense, continuously stretching his hands forward.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

A series of loud crashes ensued.

Xing Zhe watched as a robust spire dozens of meters in diameter suddenly shot upward from the rubble ahead, pushing the surrounding rocks aside.

The massive stones above surpassed Yang Xiao's estimation.

Originally, he thought that after using the first move "One Finger Splitting Earth," a tunnel could be opened upward, but once the soul skill was canceled, the hefty rubble immediately refilled the void.

At this moment, the tunnel overhead had also been shattered by Yang Xiao's soul skill, with huge rubble collapsing down.

Yang Xiao had no time to hesitate and gritted his teeth, executing "One Finger Splitting Earth" three times in succession.

After releasing the soul skill for the third time, Yang Xiao finally saw a sliver of light from outside, and his heart surged with joy.

The two had been trapped in the underground tunnel for four to five months without sunlight, their only source of light being a flashlight, which they used sparingly to conserve battery.

This strand of light wasn't particularly dazzling, but it was enough for Yang Xiao.

Yang Xiao pulled Xing Zhe over and shouted,

"Let's dash upwards together, follow me."

Having finished speaking, Yang Xiao instantly projected a defensive light shield above his head and, in a flash, dashed upward.

Xing Zhe hurriedly joined side by side with Yang Xiao, their defensive light shields connecting as they flew upward together.

Everything happened in the blink of an eye.

Yang Xiao had just canceled the soul skill when he saw that speck of light.

As the soul skill "One Finger Splitting Earth" was canceled, the rubble that had been pushed aside instantly flooded into the tunnel.

At this moment, Yang Xiao and Xing Zhe leaped, with the defensive light shield pushing against the enormous falling rubble, soaring skyward.

"Boom!"

The two Emperor Level Transcendent Experts unleashed a powerful killing aura, breaking through dozens of tons of falling rocks, and soared into the sky.

In an instant, Yang Xiao and Xing Zhe suddenly felt their bodies lighten and flew out.

"Whew!"

Yang Xiao exhaled deeply, a rush of joy and excitement enveloping him as he escaped from death.

Xing Zhe, holding Yang Xiao in mid-air, laughed heartily with excitement,

"Yang Xiao, we finally escaped, haha, we finally made it out, the heavens didn't abandon us, haha..."

"Let go, let go, I don't like men; don't hug me, don't hug me, I'm getting goosebumps..."

"Haha, Yang Xiao, I love you to death. I must marry you to my sister, make you my brother-in-law, haha..."

Xing Zhe laughed, holding onto Yang Xiao without letting go.

The two landed from mid-air, standing atop a pile of rubble on the ground.

"Huh, it's nighttime now."

Only then did they realize it was night, with countless stars overhead lighting up the Wuji Island Forest as if it were daytime, the distant mountain range clearly visible.

Having spent four to five months in the cave, they were used to the darkness, and the starry night provided ample light for them.

"Bang, bang, bang!"

A thudding sound came from beneath their feet, accompanied by slight tremors on the ground.

Yang Xiao glanced at Xing Zhe.

"The demon beast from the underground river has indeed pursued us."

"Luckily, we've already escaped. Where to now?"

"We should leave here immediately and head back to the academy; otherwise, if the beast breaks through, it will still cause trouble for us. Once we leave here, if the beast can't track us, it would naturally return to the underground river."

"Can we come back here to cultivate later?"

"Are you reluctant to leave the powerful evolution energy of the underground river?"

"Are you willing to leave?"

"Be content. This time we were blessed in misfortune, not dying in the underground river is already very fortunate."

Yang Xiao suddenly recalled Chu Tian and said coldly:

"The reason we got trapped in the 101 cultivation field was all due to Chu Tian's schemes, and it's time to go back and settle that score."