Pursued by the Top Grade Saintess after Engagement Annulled-Chapter 349 - 345: Clash with the Eastern Divine Guard Squad

Chapter 349: Chapter 345: Clash with the Eastern Divine Guard Squad

The leader’s breath caught, and he instinctively said, "I wasn’t actually wrong..."

Dongfang Zhong couldn’t be bothered to deal with him and directly asked, "Which Divine Veins are still left around here?"

The leader hesitated for a moment before speaking, "Only one Upper Grade Divine Vein and one Purple Crystal Divine Vein remain."

Dongfang Zhong had also heard about the Purple Crystal Divine Vein in the Fourth Branch, and raised an eyebrow as he asked, "Give me a map of the Purple Crystal Divine Vein’s distribution."

"Those two little thieves must still be hiding within the Divine Vein. Let’s go capture them."

After obtaining the map and preparing to leave, one of the team members couldn’t help but ask, "Captain, how did you know the little thieves were in the Purple Crystal Divine Vein?"

Dongfang Zhong glanced back at him and clicked his tongue, "If you just use your brain, you can figure it out."

"If it were me, I wouldn’t give up willingly either."

"It’s just that I don’t know about that thing..."

Halfway through his words, he pursed his lips and flew out.

Meanwhile, Xia Feng, cultivating in the cave, had no idea that a squad was already on their way to eliminate him.

However, even if he knew, he probably wouldn’t care.

A day later, after searching in the Purple Crystal Divine Vein for an entire day, Dongfang Zhong pulled out the golden token from his bosom with a displeased expression.

The vague guidance on it indicated that the key was within this Purple Crystal Divine Vein, but once inside, the golden token’s guidance became invalid.

The purple ripples within the Purple Crystal Divine Vein completely disrupted his plans, making it impossible for him to search properly here.

Moreover, the Purple Crystal Divine Vein was from the Upper Grade Divine Marrow nearing the evolution into Top Grade Divine Marrow; the inner area was bound to have Exotic Beasts with a higher cultivation than his.

With a hint of hesitation in his eyes, he looked at the Divine Vein in front of him for a moment before speaking, "Continue searching the periphery; if there’s anything unusual, report to me immediately."

The team members also wore expressions of frustration; the divine power in the Purple Crystal Divine Vein was so dense that even their communication became difficult.

However, they didn’t dare to refuse Dongfang Zhong’s orders, and all were eager to become someone extraordinary someday.

With only a slight hesitation, they quickly dispersed to conduct their search.

The Purple Crystal Divine Vein wasn’t very large, but it wasn’t small either.

After half a day of searching, they finally found the cave where Xia Feng was hiding.

Excited, Dongfang Zhong stepped forward and used the Great Dao of Earth to overturn the cave.

Xia Feng, who was still immersed in cultivation, quickly opened his eyes and sharply looked outside the cave upon sensing the commotion.

Xia Tianming looked over with some concern, "Is it someone from the Dongfang family?"

Xia Feng pressed his hand on his arm, "Don’t worry, Grandpa. No matter who it is, they won’t leave this Divine Vein alive today."

Finished speaking, he flew out of the cave and landed in front of Dongfang Zhong.

Dongfang Zhong was startled at first, then his expression turned gleeful upon realizing this was the person he had been looking for.

"Haha, you search high and low only to find it effortlessly. Kid, we’ve looked for you for a long time."

Xia Feng smirked and raised an eyebrow, "Oh? Why are you looking for your grandpa?"

Dongfang Zhong’s eyes turned vicious, "Kid, no one dares to take what’s ours from the Dongfang family."

"If you’re sensible, hand over everything you’ve taken, and then present the Ancient Divine Artifact with both hands. Maybe I can spare your life."

Xia Feng’s face darkened as Dongfang Zhong continued, "Looks like you’re opting for the hard way."

With that, he took out a Wide Blade Divine Artifact and began gathering the Great Dao of Earth.

Xia Feng didn’t waste any words, drawing the Heaven-Burying Sword and slashing at Dongfang Zhong.

The surrounding team members, seeing Xia Feng as merely a Profound Tier Sixth Martial God, didn’t take him seriously and gathered to assist Dongfang Zhong in attacking Xia Feng.

Suddenly, a sound like a bell toll emanated from the cave, and the team members remembered there were two little thieves working together this time.

They drew their weapons and surrounded the cave, seemingly intending to force Xia Tianming to reveal himself.

Xia Feng remained unhurried. Back then, even as a Yellow Tier Ninth Layer Martial God, Xia Tianming could withstand ten Profound Tier Fifth Layer Martial Gods, and now that Xia Tianming had broken through to the Profound Tier, dealing with these Profound Tier Martial Gods was no problem.

His eyes narrowed slightly, carefully scrutinizing the man before him.

Within moments, the two exchanged over ten moves.

The smile on Xia Feng’s lips became more relaxed, while the expression on Dongfang Zhong’s face began to darken.

His eyes started searching around for a retreat route.

Xia Feng, keen-eyed, noticed his intentions and called out, "Grandpa, deploy the Domain!"

Even though Xia Tianming didn’t know why Xia Feng suddenly wanted him to expand the Domain, he didn’t hesitate.

He made a fist with his right hand and fiercely struck the body of the cauldron, sending a wave of pitch-black ripples sweeping outward in an instant.

Intertwined with the continuously emerging purple ripples, it spread even farther than usual.

Xia Feng’s gaze sharpened; in a flash, it seemed he realized something, but Dongfang Zhong, appearing infuriated, counterattacked Xia Feng angrily.

He poured all his divine power into the Wide Blade in his hands and slashed toward Xia Feng with fury.

The Heaven-Burying Sword in Xia Feng’s hand let out a crisp sword cry, almost as if provoked into displeasure, clashing directly with the Wide Blade swinging toward him.

Although Dongfang Zhong’s cultivation and realm were higher than Dongfang Changming’s, he was merely a small squad leader and had limited resources at his disposal.

Dongfang Changming, being a branch clan leader, had previously taken many family resources to enhance the Divine Artifacts in his possession.

Now with Xia Feng’s Heaven-Burying Sword showing some true power, Dongfang Zhong’s Wide Blade was directly slashed into two.

But Dongfang Zhong’s original intention wasn’t to fight Xia Feng to the death with this move.

Seizing the force from Xia Feng’s swing, he resisted for a moment, then used that momentum to dash toward the outskirts.

Clearly, he intended to abandon his artifact and team members to escape on his own.

Xia Feng snorted lightly; if he let Dongfang Zhong escape so easily, he might as well not have signaled his grandfather to expand the Domain from the start.

Indeed, Dongfang Zhong hadn’t run far before he appeared to get lost, slamming into a mountain, confusedly thinking he was trapped by some kind of air wall or Domain.

The nine team members subdued by Xia Tianming hurriedly spoke up, "Captain, it’s not that way!"

They still held onto a glimmer of hope; if the Captain escaped, perhaps he could find a way to rescue them.

Yet Dongfang Zhong seemed to hear nothing, repeatedly ramming into the mountain, as if vowing not to give up until it was leveled.