He ran off frantically.

Of course, Fang Qiu didn’t intend to escape. He just wanted to see the geographical location of this area with its snow-capped mountains and glaciers.

Everyone followed closely behind.

Fang Qiu ran up to the icy mountains that resembled a pair of ox horns. Once again, he put some distance between himself and the rest of the people and stopped where the formation of the light curtain was. This was where he had entered the ruin.

“Two kilometers.”

Arriving at the foot of one of the ox-horn mountains, Fang Qiu came to a halt and calculated in his heart, “It’s not far at all. Why did I walk such a long way in the ruin?”

Fang Qiu remembered it clearly.

Upon entering it, he walked far into the Gobi Desert. Then, after the relic of the pavilion fell from the sky, he had walked dozens of kilometers to reach it. This way, the total distance should be about 60 or even 70 kilometers.

“How can it only be two kilometers?”

Fang Qiu wondered about this and couldn’t help frowning.

Behind him, the rest who pursued him closely reached the foot of the ox-horn snow-capped mountain. Like Fang Qiu, they were also confused.

“It’s strange. How can it be so close?”

“We’ve walked at least dozens of kilometers inside, haven’t we?”

“How did we come back here after running less than two kilometers?”

They didn’t argue with Fang Qiu. Instead, they began to ask each other questions when they stopped. Even though they were the top figures in Wulin, they had never experienced such a mystical event before.

“Is the formation still there?”

Lin Qingyi asked.

Everybody was dumbfounded.

They all stepped forward, reaching out to probe into the space before them.

There was nothing ahead.

The light curtain with characters that had initially blocked them had completely disappeared.

“Even if the entrance is gone, there must be another way to get in.”

“That’s right. Everything in the relic looks and feels very real. The relic must be hidden somewhere nearby!”

“Let’s keep searching.”

After a heated discussion, everyone was ready to look for it.

“Patter! Patter! Patter!”

At this very moment, the sounds of footsteps could be heard.

Hearing these footsteps, the crowd paused and looked over.

A group of people, led by a middle-aged man in black, stepped out from between the snow-capped mountains ahead. He had a team of followers behind him.

Looking carefully at this group of people, they noticed an acquaintance among them!

Ma Chunyu!

At this time, he was being held hostage by this crowd.

He looked much older than before and appeared haggard and depressed — he must have been seriously maltreated.

“Ma Chunyu!”

At the sight of Ma Chunyu, Lin Qingyi’s face darkened instantly, and he stared angrily at the group of people.

Everyone understood instantly what was going on.

Clearly, this crowd had caught Ma Chunyu and forced him to show them where the relic was located!

They were less than 20 meters away.

The atmosphere suddenly became awkward when they met each other’s eyes.

That group never expected to see so many masters from four clans, eight factions, and sixteen sects in such a place. Like them, these Wulin people also didn’t envision that any of the others would be here either.

“Who are you?”

With his eyes fixed on them, Diwu Mingchuan frowned in puzzlement. “I don’t think I’ve seen any of them before!”

“They belong to Nirvana Organization!”

Before this group of people could say anything, Ma Chunyu, who was being held captive, immediately shouted out loud.

He wanted these Wulin experts to save him.

“Nirvana?”

When everyone heard this, their faces instantly clouded over.

As the force leaders, they had more or less some knowledge about the Nirvana Organization. It was a notorious cult.

Hence, when they heard that the other party was from the Nirvana Organization, everyone’s faces immediately turned hostile.

“Run!”

Without giving too much thought, the leading middle-aged man shouted in haste and then turned to make his getaway.

He was a Nirvana organization member, and he was not a fool!

He was very clear about how perilous the situation was.

This group before him comprised 29 top Wulin experts with the best martial arts skills!

Once the fight started, they would be slaughtered!

Therefore, they didn’t dare to make any moves.

“Don’t let them escape. Go after them!”

Master Numinous narrowed his eyes and shouted. Then he readied himself and took the lead to catch up with them.

The four patriarchs, after exchanging glances, also pursued them with all their might.

The leaders of other forces and Fang Qiu started to chase after them.

Seeing this, these people from the Nirvana Organization were in a state of panic. Each of them ignored the others, searched for seemingly safer places, and turned to run for their lives.

In the blink of an eye, this bunch of people scattered in four directions and fled in four small groups, leaving Ma Chunyu on the glacier.

Everyone was about to continue their pursuit.

“Hold on!”

Fang Qiu suddenly shouted, stopping everyone from hunting them down.

His yell stopped everyone, who turned their heads in confusion.

“What are the members of the Nirvana Organization doing here?”

Under everyone’s gaze, Fang Qiu walked over to Ma Chunyu and said, “Did they want to steal the treasures? Were they going to kill us? There are so few of them, aren’t there?”

“Their goal is to take your lives!”

Ma Chunyu turned to glance at everyone and said.

“Hmm?”

When everyone heard this, they all frowned.

Judging from the scene just now, the group of people had only two gurus in total. In contrast, they had five!

What was noticeable was that the two Nirvana Organization gurus ran in different directions.

One guru ran in one direction with a small group.

It was so obvious that their combat capability would be weakened.

“Tell us everything you know!”

Fang Qiu kept staring at Ma Chunyu.

“That’s all I know.”

Ma Chunyu continued, “I only know that they planned to destroy all of you in one clean sweep. They ran away as soon as they saw you, probably because they had set up a trap in advance. But I’m not sure if there is any!”

When everyone heard that, their expressions turned severe.

After they thought about it carefully, it seemed that there could be such a possibility. Otherwise, how could Nirvana send only a few people over? The two gurus would only be able to survive when they stayed together, but why would they run in two different directions? Moreover, they chose to go in opposite directions but didn’t turn around and run back. Why?

“We can’t let him escape!”

Elder Zhan took a big gulp of wine, and his dazed eyes suddenly sparkled!

He was indeed serious.

“Yes, even killing only one will be a good thing!”

“But what should we do in this situation?”

Several force leaders asked.

Fang Qiu raised his eyebrows and continued interrogating Ma Chunyu, “How many Nirvana people were there?”

“I only saw this group of people.”

Ma Chunyu was so cold that he started to shiver uncontrollably and folded his arms across his body tightly.

After all, without any martial arts skills and internal Qi, he was only an ordinary old man. So, he couldn’t withstand the cold in this frozen, snow-covered land.

Fang Qiu reached out and transferred a little internal Qi to him to help him overcome the cold.

“I didn’t see anything else.”

Feeling a little warmer, Ma Chunyu added, “This group escorted me here. I haven’t seen anyone else. I don’t know if they have set any other traps.”

Fang Qiu narrowed his eyes, pursed his lips, and said, “In that case, Nirvana must have sent some people to hunt for us to mess up the whole of Wulin. All of you should know Nirvana Organization’s wild ambitions.”

“Since they dared to show up, we must not let them go back unscathed!”

With this, Fang Qiu stood up, looked in the direction that one Nirvana guru had fled in, and said, “Their purpose of running in separate directions is to disperse our strength and then besiege us. They must really have such a low opinion of us, so much so that they think they can annihilate us by using such a simple plot.”

“This time, we might not be able to wipe them out.”

“However, even if we manage to put down one, it’s our victory!”

“In order not to fall into the Nirvana Organization’s trap, I suggest we go after one person together!”

Everyone heard his suggestion.

They nodded in unison.

“Okay.”

Master Numinous and the four patriarchs nodded at the same time.

Everyone was very clear on this.

John Doe’s method was the best. In this way, they could ensure everyone’s safety to the greatest extent and kill the Nirvana members. Although they might only slay one, it was better than not finishing off any and getting ambushed!

Thinking of this…

Everyone looked at each other, each with a resolute look in their eyes. In no time, they dashed to look for their prey in one direction.

This time, Fang Qiu no longer held back his strength.

He ran at full speed. Though he didn’t fly, his speed was no slower than that of the four patriarchs and Master Numinous. On the contrary, he was even slightly faster.

This scene startled everyone.

They all knew that John Doe’s combat capability was excessively outstanding, but no one had expected that his speed was so astonishing!

Even the four patriarchs and Master Numinous were shocked by John Doe’s incredible speed!

Just when everyone was in shock, Fang Qiu had already spotted the few Nirvana people who had fled earlier!

Although the other side ran at full speed, they were much slower than Fang Qiu.

After a while, Fang Qiu caught up with one of them.

It was the middle-aged man in black who had taken the lead before.

“Get lost!”

When the middle-aged man saw John Doe bearing down on him, a cold light suddenly beamed from his sharp eagle-like eyes and he shouted at Fang Qiu coldly.

“Humph!”

Fang Qiu responded with a snort of contempt and continued to chase after him fearlessly. He rushed straight toward him and stopped him.

“You’re courting death!”

The middle-aged man looked back and found that the others had already caught up. Immediately, he glared at John Doe with a furious look. With a wave of his hands, a strong murderous intent erupted from his body.

A layer of black mist suddenly surged out of his sleeve and wrapped around his hands. Then, his body shifted slightly and he pounced on Fang Qiu with a stream of deathly energy Qi.

“Hmm?”

Fang Qiu was taken aback.

He felt an extremely gloomy and cold aura, which sent chills down his spine, emerging from the other party’s hands. He felt as if something horrifying would stab into the back of his head at any time.

“Go to hell!”

The middle-aged man shouted coldly and sprang toward Fang Qiu in an instant.

“Great Hand of Destruction!”

At this crucial moment, Fang Qiu waved his right hand and a huge energy palm immediately formed between heaven and earth. As Fang Qiu moved his arm, the palm violently collided with the man’s pair of hands which were covered by a layer of black mist.