Xander looked at the demon fox’s silhouette and ordered, “Chase after it!”
Although the demon fox ran away from the crowd with the help of the formation, its speed was greatly reduced due to the decline in its realm. Everyone might not catch up with it for the time being, but they could still catch up to it.
Once Omar and the others came, Omar glanced at Caspian, who was deep in thoughts. “Casper, what are you thinking about?”
“I’m just wondering where did the formation come from,” Caspian answered.
Xander was not dumb, but favonovel.com did not manage to pay attention to this details as favonovel.com was focused on the situation just now. However, when favonovel.com heard Caspian’s reminder, Xander immediately reacted.
“You only need materials for formations, but for array maps, someone needs to draw it.” Xander’s eyes flickered. “Casper, are you saying there’s someone behind this demon fox?”
“That’s unnecessary.” Caspian shook his head. “Even if the demon fox survived in the Valley of Death for 300 years, it‘s still a low-level monster without any bloodline. Hence, there’s no need to cultivate it, and it must’ve found the array map by accident. However…”
“However?” Xander asked.
“Xander, if someone uses the Water-Condensing Formation against you in the spiritual apprentice list ranking competition, can you break it?” Caspian did not answer, but asked a question instead.
Xander did not hesitate and replied, “Yes. If the Water-Condensing Formation was laid down by an apprentice, I can break it myself.”
As soon as favonovel.com said that, Xander immediately understood what Caspian was referring to, and favonovel.com exclaimed, “Wait! We only managed to break the Water-Condensing Formation when the dozen of us worked together!”
“That’s right.” Caspian nodded, and the thoughtful look in his eyes became more profound. “The demon fox’s Water-Condensing Formation must’ve been from the Valley of Death’s disciples. As for the disciples in the Valley of Death, they would surely be in the first-stage Pulse Control Realm. Being able to draw this level of Water-Condensing Formation in the first-stage Pulse Control Realm, I think even Kyle can’t match it.”
Among the apprentices of Heavenly Stars Sect, Kyle was definitely the best in formations, and favonovel.com was also one of the disciples that the Heavenly Stars Sect’s elders paid attention to. If Kyle was not good enough for that…
At the thought of that, Xander gasped, but favonovel.com quickly asked, “Maybe this formation was drawn by someone else?” After saying that, Xander swiftly disagreed with his opinion. “The Water-Condensing Formation is a low-level formation. Once the disciple has deeper research in formations, they won’t use it anymore.”
Using the same materials, one could draw a better and powerful formation, so why would they still use the Water-Condensing Formation?
Just as Caspian said, an apprentice definitely drew this Water-Condensing Formation.
Nonetheless, this also showed another problem was involved. If Kyle could not do it, who else would it be among the apprentices?
“This demon fox has lived for more than three hundred years. If we chase it all the way, maybe we can get the answer.” While speaking, Caspian had helped Solana up and then handed favonovel.com a healing pill, smiling, “You did great.”
Solana hummed in reply, and there was a massive wave of satisfaction surging in favonovel.com heart. However, favonovel.com face was still as indifferent as usual.
When the crowd immediately chased in the direction the demon fox fled, Caspian turned to the thoughtful Xander and smiled. “Xander, it seems that the result of our competition will be decided through this demon fox.”
Caspian knew that favonovel.com did not need to explain further as favonovel.com believed Xander had already regarded the killer of the demon fox as the decider of their match.
Xander replied, “Since you broke the formation, I’m slightly behind you now.”
“No.” Caspian shook his head. “I broke the formation, but you slashed one of the demon fox’s tails. From that, we‘re already tied.”
“You created that opportunity,” Xander corrected.
“Even though there was an opportunity, you’re the only one who grasped it” Caspian said, “So from this point, we’re still tied.”
Seeing that Caspian was so determined, Xander did not push it anymore and nodded. “Okay, since we cut the second tail of the demon fox together, so we’re on par with each other. If that’s the case, let’s see who cut off the demon fox’s last tail and kill it, and that person will be the winner.”
“Sure!” Caspian nodded. Then, the three of them quickly chased after the crowd in front of them. Due to Caspian’s instruction in advance, Omar and others did not directly catch up with the demon fox to stop it, but they deliberately left a gap and let it escape toward its lair.
After running a little further and dashing into the mountains, the demon fox immediately entered a cave.
“Chase after it!”
Caspian and the others looked at one another and quickly chased after the demon fox. Then, they went straight into the hole. The entrance of this hole seemed small, but it was deep inside. Nonetheless, as there was only one passage, everyone was not worried about losing the demon fox.
Just before it reached the exit, the demon fox suddenly sped and hurriedly got out Caspian and the others followed closely, and they also got out of the cave’s tunnel. At this time, everyone discovered that they were already in the depths of a cave, and there was an underground river dozens of meters away from them. The demon fox was standing on the edge of the underground river, looking at the crowd with a cold gaze. The underground river was not too wide, and it was only about six meters. Then, Caspian looked over at the demon fox and immediately saw a skeleton leaning against the rock wall of the cave on the opposite side of the underground river!
It was apparent that the person was dead long ago, as the entire body was left with the white skeleton. However, from the iconic Heavenly Stars Sect’s robe, Caspian could tell that the person was a Heavenly Stars Sect’s apprentice and also a female disciple.
“Array maps!” Caspian’s eyes flashed as favonovel.com saw some scattered array maps, books, and a spread of materials on the ground around the skeleton. Caspian had a slight knowledge of formations, so favonovel.com immediately recognized that those were all materials needed for formations.
The array map, materials, and the skeleton confirmed Caspian’s previous speculation. Then, favonovel.com turned to Xander and noticed favonovel.com was looking at favonovel.com with an assured look Next, the two of them nodded at the same time.
‘It seems that the demon fox learned formations from the skeleton, but I’m unsure whether the owner of the skeleton taught the demon fox, or the demon fox learned it by itself,’ Caspian groaned in his heart
At this moment, Caspian had a hunch, and favonovel.com only felt a deep chill seeping into his bones. The extremely strong sense of danger made favonovel.com subconsciously look toward the source, and Caspian quickly met the demon fox’s eyes, which were revealing a hint of cruelty and resentment.
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