The token Xia Chan threw into the air suddenly erupted with a blinding light, as if the entire world was flooded by its brilliance at that moment. Overwhelmed by the intense light, Su Shenyun and the other women couldn't open their eyes.

Luo Xiu clenched his teeth and attempted to open his left eye, only to find that it was unaffected by the dazzling light. In this peculiar brightness, he could still see clearly.

This eye is really something, he sighed internally, quickly walking toward Su Shenyun and the women.

「A short while later.」

When the blinding light receded, peace returned to the sandy beach.

Luo Xiu looked around and realized that Xia Chan and her group had vanished without a trace, leaving only the dozen or so abandoned Sect Followers on the ground.

"Chen Shuisheng, where are you? My eyes hurt so much!" Dou Dou's voice called out from nearby.

Luo Xiu followed the sound and noticed Dou Dou with her eyes tightly shut, spinning in circles like a blind man fumbling for fish, her hands groping about.

Su Shenyun approached Luo Xiu, looked around, and said, "I never expected she'd have a powerful Magical Treasure like the military token on her."

Luo Xiu replied, "She is the young miss of the Holy Boi Religion, after all. It's quite normal for her to have powerful Magical Treasures when traveling."

Luo Xiu had read about such Magical Treasures in books years ago. This was a Magical Treasure refined by combining all ancient battlefield formations, capable of trapping enemies within a certain area once deployed.

His gaze settled on Dou Dou, his expression gradually turning solemn. Currently, Dou Dou was no more than a dozen meters away, but he knew that reaching her would require a lengthy detour across the sand, and he might not even manage to find a way through.

BOOM!

Just as Luo Xiu was lost in thought, a sudden loud noise exploded nearby. Looking up, he saw Chi Sha furiously pounding at the Void with her fists.

A moment ago, Chi Sha had tried to go to Dou Dou, but after just a few steps, she was stopped by an invisible wall, unable to advance further. Her Majesty the Queen's temper surged, and she swung several powerful punches in frustration. However, her fists, laden with terrifying power, hit what felt like soft rubber. Not only did they fail to break through, but the rebounding force also left her arms tingling with numbness. The feeling of having immense strength with nowhere to apply it was suffocating and almost drove her mad.

Mu Xueyan said, "If it's the military token, brute force won't work."

Hearing this, Chi Sha huffed and turned to Luo Xiu with a questioning look.

Luo Xiu shrugged. "It's no use looking at me. This Formation combines the essence of all military arrays. Its complexity is unimaginable. Even if I understood Formations, it would take a very long time to break through.

"Moreover," he added, "the beach is bare. There are no visible Formation Qi Walls or any landmarks for reference, so we'll need time to probe it slowly."

Chi Sha asked, "Approximately how long will that take?"

Luo Xiu pondered for a moment. "Three to four hours."

"That's too long," Chi Sha said. "We'll lose them."

At that moment, Dou Dou suddenly raised a little hand and suggested, "Why don't we try digging a tunnel?"

Mu Xueyan, however, said, "It's useless. Dig a few meters down, and you'll hit the Formation Qi Wall."

Dou Dou wasn't convinced and immediately began digging into the sand with great effort. But sure enough, as she dug, she encountered the very Formation Qi Wall that Mu Xueyan had mentioned.

"Argh, I really can't dig through it! This is so annoying!"

Then an idea suddenly struck Luo Xiu. A glimmer of light flashed in his left eye, and he opened a spatial entrance directly to the Land of Lawlessness.

Su Shenyun asked, "Are you suggesting we go there first?"

But before she finished speaking, a CRACK echoed from the Void.

CRACK! CRACK! CRACK! CRACK!

Following that, visible cracks began to appear throughout the Void. As one part of the Formation Qi Wall covering the beach cracked, it started a chain reaction, and the entire structure began breaking apart.

Mu Xueyan had an epiphany. "So that's it. You meant to use spatial distortion to forcibly break the Formation Qi Wall?"

Luo Xiu smiled. "Brute force is useless against the Formation Qi Wall, but the power of space should do the trick. I was just testing it out; I didn't expect it to actually work."

...

A moment later, the Formation Qi Wall had completely shattered, and Luo Xiu's group successfully escaped. Dou Dou happily ran over and threw herself into Luo Xiu's arms.

Su Shenyun looked at the Sect Followers still lying on the ground and asked, "What should we do with them?"

Without a word, Luo Xiu tossed the dozen Sect Followers into the spatial entrance leading to the Land of Lawlessness.

"We'll lock them up in the Land of Lawlessness for now. They might be useful later."

After briefly tidying up, Luo Xiu and his companions set off. The delay had given Xia Chan and her group a significant head start, and there was no longer any trace of them.

Deep in the dense forest, Luo Xiu stumbled upon the temporary camp that Xia Chan's group had set up, but aside from some non-essential supplies, they had left nothing behind. He walked over to a folding chair in front of the tent and sat down. He reached for a can of Red Bull from the adjacent folding table, pulled the tab, and began drinking leisurely.

Mu Xueyan frowned with displeasure. "This is hardly the time to be relaxing with a drink."

Su Shenyun added, "We're not on vacation. We need to hurry and chase them. We can't let them beat us to it."

Yet Luo Xiu remained unhurried, offering a faint smile. "They probably arrived a day or two before us, but the Sea Oracle Map is likely too profound and difficult to understand, so they haven't found the entrance on the island yet."

Dou Dou ran over happily, climbed onto Luo Xiu's lap, and stretched out her little hand to grab the can from his hand. "Chen Shuisheng, let Dou Dou have a sip too!"

Luo Xiu handed her the drink and said, "Unless they came here for sightseeing, they wouldn't set up camp and stay put."

Su Shenyun thought it over carefully. "So that means they are still on this island."

"This island isn't large," Luo Xiu said. "I've explored it before."

As his words fell, the area grew quiet, save for the GLUG-GLUG sound of Dou Dou drinking.

Mu Xueyan spoke in a hushed tone, "Are they hiding in the shadows, waiting for us to find the entrance?"

Luo Xiu nodded lightly. "Since they're hiding, they must be using Divine Sense to watch our every move. And it just so happens that my left eye can see Divine Sense."

He then looked at the women and continued, "We have two choices.

"First, we can use their Divine Sense for reverse reconnaissance, find them, and then take them out.

"Second, we can avoid their Divine Sense and head straight for the entrance."

"We find them first," Mu Xueyan replied without hesitation.

Su Shenyun, however, disagreed. "We have a long journey ahead. It wouldn't be wise to clash with them now; neither side would gain an advantage. I think Xia Chan also took this into account, which is why she used the military token to trap us. She wanted to avoid a fight to the death."

Luo Xiu stood up. "Su Fox is right. Let's find the entrance first and not waste time on them. The place we are heading is the Shanhai Territory. There are many powerful entities there, so clashing with the Holy Boi Religion now and exhausting ourselves is not a smart move.

"Unless," his gaze settled on Mu Xueyan's face, "Palace Master Mu has the absolute strength to take out those people easily."

Mu Xueyan snorted coldly and said nothing more.

「Meanwhile.」

In a certain part of the dense forest, Xia Chan looked at the strands of shadow writhing on the ground. "Yingxiao has sent a message," she said.

Xue Xiao and Yang Zhilu hurriedly gathered around.

「A short while later.」

The shadows on the ground coalesced into a line of text.

Xia Chan's expression turned sour. "Yingxiao says Chen Shuisheng's left eye can see Divine Sense directly. He'll bypass our surveillance and go straight for the entrance."

Xue Xiao asked, "So what do we do now?"

Xia Chan's lips curled into a slight smile. "Yingxiao will start from our previous camp and leave a trail of marks for us. We can follow them to catch up to Chen Shuisheng."

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