Although Lu Ping knew that his friends all had their own trump cards and that they would be able to at least flee from any dangerous situation, he still didn't want to risk their lives for Huang Li Island.

To him, every single one of them was worth a hundred times more.

Right now, their best hope was Hu Lili.

Lu Ping glanced at the island behind him. Junior Martial Sister Qiu had already finished setting up the materials and returned to the cave-dwelling to assist Hu Lili. Given that the other junior martial sisters all had a similar workload, they would soon go to the cave-dwelling and help Hu Lili speed up the activation of the array formation.

Soon, the array formation would be up. They just had to hold on a little longer until then!

Although Lu Ping had killed a Fifth Layer Core Forging Realm Enlightened Master before, the difference in strength between cultivators was huge in the Core Forging Realm. This was because the wonder items that Enlightened Masters fused with during their cultivation breakthroughs had a direct influence on all aspects of their cultivation.

Wonder items with a better quality or a higher quantity resulted in a stronger Enlightened Master.

Hence, even though this monster Enlightened Master was also in the Fifth Layer Core Forging Realm, he wasnt in the same league. This monster was stronger and faster, and although he hadn't cultivated a great divine ability, he had multiple mini divine abilities.

On the other hand, Lu Ping had cultivated a great sword divine ability, his true energy and divine revelation were as abundant as ordinary Mid Core Forging Realm Enlightened Master, and his mystic treasures had been renewed and upgraded.

As a result, neither of them were able to secure the upper hand and it gradually turned into a stalemate.

As time progressed, the gap between the dark clouds in the east and the fiery clouds in the west gradually closed. Although Qu Xuan-Cheng had the upper hand, the advantage wasn't significant as the sea wasn't the best environment for his fire-element.

In the cave-dwelling, the junior martial sisters were helping Hu Lili in activating the formation chassis. Junior Martial Sister Qiu said, "Fourth Senior Sister, you need to rest now. If you keep going on like this, it will affect your divine revelation foundation."

Hu Lili was soaked in her own sweat. She placed down another few spirit stones and activated their corresponding slots, while saying, "Don't worry, I know my condition. Without me, progress will be delayed, it's fine if we lose the island, but I won't risk my friend's safety because of this."

Junior Martial Sister Qiu still carried on, "But senior sister, if you go on like this, you will suffer serious injuries even if the array formation is activated."

Hu Lili smiled gently, "He has done so much for me, this is the least I can do for him. I also don't want to be seen as an attachment to him."

Junior Martial Sister Qiu opened her mouth but she didn't say anything in the end.

As if she knew what Junior Martial Sister Qiu was trying to say, Hu Lili took out a jade bottle and said, "Don't worry, hes a Master Alchemist, he already prepared all kinds of recovery pellets for me."

Junior Martial Sister Qiu's expression softened a little, and she said, "Senior Brother Lu is really considerate and kind towards senior sister!"

Hu Lili smiled happily, not slowing down activation of the protective formation in the slightest. At this time, one-third of the formation chassis had been completed.

Lu Ping wasn't aware of any of this, he only knew that he had to end the battle now before things started to get even more serious. The operation would fall apart if the monster race dispatched more forces.

A thousand miles away from the island, Lu Hai asked worryingly, "Big sister, we didn't know that there were two more Enlightened Masters hiding in Mo Wei's cave, will this affect father's plan?"

Lu Ling added from the side, "Big sister, we need to go back and help father. The three of us together are strong enough to hold off an Early Enlightened Master!"

Lu Qing shook her head, and said, "We won't make it in time. Furthermore, one of the two additional Enlightened Masters is in the Mid Core Forging Realm. Not only will we not provide much help, we will also expose father's hidden cards. If our identities as Emerald Sea Spirit Snakes are exposed, even father wont be able to protect us."

"Then what should we do?" Lu Hai and Lu Ling asked in unison.

"We carry on with the plan and trust our father. Probably not even Late Core Forging Realm Enlightened Masters can hold him back, he will be fine. In turn, if he is able to hold off the monster attacks but we fail to do our part, what face do we have to go back and see father? Dagui's disappearance is also worrying, what if Mo Wei has held him captive? How do we tell this to father?"

When Jiang Xuan-Xuan took out another charm-like instrument, the leading monster's expression finally changed, as he thought, This dangerous feeling it must be a talisman artifact! She really has one!

Jiang Xuan-Xuan didn't hesitate to activate the talisman artifact. After a wave of spiritual energy was released from the talisman artifact, a human figure walked out from it. It was the figure of a debonair and handsome gentleman in a scholar's robe wearing a soft and dashing smile on his face.

He casually walked on the clouds towards the leading monster.

The instant that the leading monster Enlightened Master saw the gentleman's figure, his face turned white like snow, his scalps tingled, and he couldn't help but shiver uncontrollably.

He had the privilege to attend Island Lord Golden Jiao's Avatar Forum, so he naturally recognized this gentleman who had made a scene back then.

The leading monster turned around, let out a signal to the other two Enlightened Masters to retreat, and fled without waiting for them.

Jiang Xuan-Xuan looked unhappily at the fleeing monster and pointed at his back. The gentleman looked at the fleeing monster and smiled. However, he didn't chase after him and instead turned around and walked towards the remaining two monster Enlightened Masters.

The two monster Enlightened Masters felt very bitter. In terms of cultivation base, they were stronger than Ma Yu and Zhong Jian, but because of their special dual sword techniques, they were being held back firmly.

Now that the leading monster had fled without them, the two of them grew even more unhappy. When the figure of the gentleman started to walk towards them, they immediately became flustered and tried to flee as well.

Zhong Jian and Ma Yu naturally wouldn't let that happen and blocked their retreat with the mini dual sword divine ability.

When the monster Enlightened Masters finally broke free, they were shocked to see the gentleman already standing in front of them.

The gentleman casually waved his spiritual light sleeves and an invisible ripple of energy hit the monsters causing them to step backwards and vomit blood

The monster Enlightened Masters took this chance to use the blood essence they had just spat out to cast an escape spell and flee to the distant sea.

A loud and clear chirp came from the sky and pounced down onto one of the monster Enlightened Masters.

The monster Enlightened Master was caught in surprise and fell to the sea, but the other monster Enlightened Master was quick to scoop him up and carry him as they fled together.

Jiang Xuan-Xuan hummed coldly and stepped forward to chase after them, but Zhong Jian and Ma Yu stopped her, and said, "Junior Sister Jiang, don't. Securing Huang Li Island is the priority, we mustn't let the monsters slip through our defenses."

Jiang Xuan-Xuan reluctantly stayed back on the island. She cast the talisman artifact and the gentleman figure walked back in. Before disappearing inside the talisman artifact, the gentleman turned around, smiled at Jiang Xuan-Xuan and nodded to the others.

The talisman artifact hovered back into Jiang Xuan-Xuan's hands with a dimmer glow than before. Jiang Xuan-Xuan kept the talisman artifact away, and said, "Hmph, father said his talisman artifact is very powerful, but it can't even kill an Early Core Forging Realm Enlightened Master."

She took out another talisman artifact, and continued, "If anyone dares to come forth again, I will use mother's talisman artifact this time. Hers must be better than father's!"

Zhong Jian and Ma Yu sighed helplessly, "Since junior sister has pushed back the monsters, we will leave to assist the others now. Little junior sister, please don't leave the island or the monsters will break through."

Jiang Xuan-Xuan smiled happily while waving the talisman artifact in her hand, and said, "Senior Brother Zhong, Senior Sister Ma, don't worry. I have mother's talisman artifact and Little Sister Qin'er. We will beat them once more if they dare to come again."

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