The aura of Jiang Wang had completely vanished, yet Tian He continued to stare at the Nine-Whirl Sand Vortex for a long time, as if he could discern some profound secret from the outside.

He was indeed a very cautious person.

Now, he knew Jiang Wang was hidden, but he didn’t know where.

Nor did he attempt to find out.

The two, one in the open and one in the shadows, silently awaited the follow-up of the Tian Clan’s probing of the array, neither speaking another word.

For Jiang Wang, he didn’t understand formations very well. Even if the formation diagram was drawn before him, he might not be able to decipher it. But it was enough that Gongyang Lu understood.

Specialization of skills, his specialty was waiting.

The sand sea remained unchanging most of the time, and the Nine-Whirl Sand Vortex appeared monotonous and cyclical from the outside. The water pool surrounded by the formation was indistinguishable from the surrounding yellow sand.

The monotony made the time excruciating.

But clearly, both Jiang Wang and Tian He were very patient people.

Jiang Wang silently counted about an hour and a half, when the constantly flowing Nine-Whirl Sand Vortex came to a halt. As expected, Gongyang Lu lived up to expectations, successfully breaking the array.

When the nine streams of sand stopped, they appeared to have merged into one with the surrounding yellow sand, showing no difference.

The process of breaking the array could not be seen from the outside, but Tian Chang, leading Tian Yong and eleven others, had already stepped onto the oasis.

The soft green grass brought a light, floating sensation to the soles of their shoes, as if treading on clouds. The water pool surrounded by the green grass reflected the sky like a bright mirror.

After passing through the Nine-Whirl Sand Vortex, it could now be seen that the water pool was not empty.

In the very center of the water pool bloomed a flower shaped like a lotus, but with only three petals.

The flower was like a white jade carving, small in size, not even as big as an adult’s fist.

But it bloomed extremely brilliantly.

It gave the admirer an indescribable feeling.

Prosperity, brilliance, vigor, passion. All words of praise for liveliness could be used to describe it.

It was as if…

In the desolate desert, a barren realm, all vitality was concentrated here.

Everyone knew that this was what they were looking for.

The Tian Clan members were all immersed in the initial shock of seeing this flower, and couldn’t help but move closer to it.

At this moment, a cry of despair was suddenly heard.

“Be careful!”

Tian He slumped on the ground, shouting with all his might. Because he used too much force, the wounds on his body burst open, and blood flowed out.

The Tian Clan members all subconsciously turned their heads.

A figure shot across the Nine-Whirl Sand Vortex like a meteor, instantly surpassing them, arriving at the lake, the serpentine soft sword flicked, neatly cutting off the flower, then flipped and plunged into the water pool! The movements were smooth and seamless, completed in one go.

All of this happened too suddenly.

The Tian Clan members had just heard the cry, just turned their heads, still wary of what danger might arise. Jiang Wang had already overtaken them, seized the flower, and directly entered the water.

He blasted a large pit in the water with a sword, but stood still at one corner of the water pool.

The reason for not choosing to escape with the Flame Meteor was that this escape technique might not be faster than the Tian Clan’s experts. Secondly, there were only a little over a hundred cultivators in the entire Seven Stars Secret Realm, and Jiang Wang’s acquisition of the Flame Meteor was not a secret, and it would be easily found out.

Although he wanted to seize this treasure, he didn’t want to fall out with the Great Marsh Tian Clan.

Entering the water was a choice he had planned long ago.

The best outcome, of course, was that the water pool was bottomless, with underground rivers beneath, and the complex waters could help him quickly escape pursuit.

But after entering the water, he saw that the water pool was much shallower and smaller than imagined.

Jiang Wang had no choice but to activate the second option – to try “hiding under the lamp.” (hiding in plain sight)

The treasure so close at hand was suddenly snatched away, and the Tian Clan members were all furious.

At this moment, no one paid attention to Tian He’s miserable injuries, no one noticed that Liu Si was gone.

The most important goal of this trip was taken away when it was within reach. No one could tolerate such a result.

Tian Chang took the lead and plunged into the water.

Close behind, five more people entered the water.

The Tian Clan members were of extremely high quality and did not swarm in all at once. The remaining people remained on the shore, waiting attentively, guarding against the treasure thief suddenly escaping.

But in the water, there was nothing to gain, nothing to see.

Apart from a deep pit that had clearly just been blasted out at the bottom of the water, there were no traces.

Tian He, supporting his injured body, struggled to remind: “He has a technique to travel underground, perhaps he ran away from the ground!”

Tian Chang, who popped out of the water, of course also thought of this possibility, and hurriedly shouted: “A Ming!”

The man called A Ming directly knelt down on one knee, pressed one hand on the ground, and sensed carefully.

He shook his head and said, “There is no movement underground.”

He was the most proficient in earth-elemental techniques among this group of people, and therefore had authority.

Tian Yong had already retrieved his Mo Warriors at this time, standing on the shore, unable to contain his anger: “Has he already run away?”

Tian Chang’s eyes were gloomy, and at this time he looked at Tian He: “What’s going on? Where’s Liu Si?”

Liu Si herself was insignificant. The Liu Family behind her was the fat that Tian Chang wanted to control.

“That person used some kind of method to drive a gray giant wolf to attack us. When we were fighting the giant wolf, he took the opportunity to rush out and assassinate Miss Liu Si. I was injured by the giant wolf in order to save the young lady. But still…”

Tian He said with red eyes: “That person saw that I had no power to resist, so he threatened me, asking me to wait for you to break the formation, and then help him lead you to a place where he would direct the wolf pack to ambush you. I pretended to agree, and as soon as the formation was broken, I desperately reminded you…”

“You fell for it.” Tian Chang said with a gloomy face: “That person knew that you wouldn’t help him, he just used you to attract our attention, and created opportunities for him.”

Tian He’s face turned ashen!

He accurately portrayed the appearance of a loyal person discovering that he had fallen for a trap.

“I don’t believe it!” Tian Yong said angrily: “How far can A Ming sense accurately? Determine the range, and then blast this water pool dry for me, and turn over the dirt in the area!”

After saying that, he took the lead in condensing falling rocks and smashing them wildly into the water.

At the same time, his Mo Warriors wielded long knives, and sword lights shuttled through the water.

Tian Yong’s move was purely venting his anger, incompetent and ridiculous.

Tian Chang did not speak with a gloomy face. At this time, he was already thinking about how to face the person in the Assistant Pavilion after this failure to retrieve the treasure. He would take the initiative to bear some responsibility himself. It was impossible not to bear any, but how much to push out, and how to push it out, was a major question.

A Ming propped himself up with one hand, controlling his strength, and blasted open a circle of cracks far away. He used substantial ground fissures to delineate the area where he could clearly sense the sandy ground.

Tian Yong was the de facto number two in this team. Tian Chang did not express his opinion, and although the others felt that it was meaningless, they still accompanied him to bombard the water pool and overturn the sand.

Just at this moment, a sword was as graceful as a dragon.

From the gaps between those messy techniques, Jiang Wang, along with his sword, leaped out, the serpentine soft sword like a viper spitting its tongue, three points with one sword, instantly piercing the throats of three people. At the same time, he crashed into another person’s back, his left arm wrapped around the person’s neck, and with just one turn, the head was in a different place.

Simple, neat, direct.

Instantly killing four people in a row!

Jiang Wang did not say a word, the sword carrying purple qi, and flew away quickly.

The Violet Qi East Comes Sword Canon, he had not used it since he saw the swordsmanship of the Great Qi Imperial Family. It was quite suitable to use it to hide his identity at this time.

“Thief!”

Tian Yong didn’t actually expect that this person had not escaped far, and was hiding right under their noses.

Even more unexpectedly, he would burst out and kill people as soon as he came out.

But since he had revealed his tracks, how could he let him escape?

“Kill him!”

The Mo Warriors flapped their wings and took the lead in chasing after him.