Chapter 527: Fighting on Two Fronts

An attack came from behind, suddenly!
Fortunately, Su Che could not fully trust the two exotic beasts behind him and had always been on guard against them, so he was not caught off guard by this sneak attack.
With a mere thought, Su Che sent five subordinates at the Yuan Ying stage from the Immortal Prison. Each of them carried top-quality offensive and defensive Dao instruments, and he sent them to stand behind him.
In essence, these fully armed subordinates were merely meat shields. They had long been on high alert in the Immortal Prison under Su Che’s orders, ready to protect their master in such moments.
Boom!
With a loud noise, the defensive barrier of one of Su Che’s subordinates right behind him shattered. A massive blow penetrated the barrier, and its residual force struck the subordinate’s protective energy field.
Thud!
The subordinate was sent flying and crashed violently into the massive barrier protecting Su Che. His body twisted grotesquely, clearly suffering severe injuries.
Ahh…
Wah…
Immediately afterward came the furious roars of the two exotic beasts. It seemed they had joined forces to attack a certain target.
“It’s not those two beasts attacking me!”
A thought flashed through Su Che’s mind: “That powerful blow wasn’t meant to kill me directly but to knock me away. Under the game rules, once my feet leave the ground, I’m doomed. This means the attacker must be…”
As these thoughts crossed his mind, Su Che quickly turned around and indeed saw a nearly transparent figure struggling to fend off the attacks of the two beasts while retreating rapidly.
Though his appearance was unclear, it seemed he was handling the situation well, without even having to reveal his true form.
“It must be some Competitor at the Mahayana stage!”
Su Che immediately guessed that some powerful Mahayana-level fighter who had been transported to this area had also arrived here, only he had gotten there first.
“Kill him!”
Su Che issued a mental command, ordering the four unharmed Yuan Ying subordinates to attack that guy together with the two exotic beasts. Even if he was a Mahayana-level sealer, he probably wouldn’t survive.
Boom…
The sudden sounds of battle in the corridor were like the ringing of a combat bell. In the hall, the black and purple giants who had been fighting each other seemed to be startled as well. They swung their weapons simultaneously, embarking on a fierce struggle.

A ten-zhang-long double-edged battle axe clashing against an eight-zhang-long amethyst giant sword—without even considering their actual combat power, just the overwhelming force and irresistible momentum were enough to make one feel suffocated.
Bang!
The collision of sword and axe produced a thunderous sound.
That shockwave also made Su Che tremble inside the passage.
It wasn’t the sound itself that scared him; what worried him was that if those two giants continued fighting and his Survival Order was shattered by a sword strike or a axe blow, what would he do then?
Yet, despite such concerns, Su Che didn’t dare rush into the hall to retrieve his Survival Order at this moment. He could only focus on the sneak attacker for now.
That attacker, under the combined attacks of the two exotic beasts and the four Yuan Ying subordinates, still managed to hold his ground, retreating to a point over a hundred zhang away from Su Che in the passage and refusing to move further.
To this day, he remained in a translucent state, barely visible, like a ghost, making him even harder to detect in the dim passage.
“This person clearly possesses some kind of invisibility ability, allowing him to sneak up behind me unnoticed,” Su Che thought. “It’s a pity that Old Black’s detection skills also fail inside the passage, preventing me from detecting him in advance…”
“This guy is quite powerful. Truly worthy of being a Great Vehicle stage warrior. Even though his cultivation has been sealed, it’s still not comparable to a normal late Yuan Ying stage warrior,” Old Black said in a deep voice inside the Immortal Prison.
The earlier ambush also left Old Black deeply frightened. Thankfully, his master and he had been prepared, otherwise they would have suffered heavy losses. If they had been sent flying by that attack, the consequences would have been unimaginable.
The Yuan Ying subordinate who had been sent flying earlier didn’t face any punishment under the game rules. Perhaps because he wasn’t considered a pawn in the mysterious old man’s eyes but rather just a summoned creature?
Thinking of this, Old Black grew puzzled again and quickly said, “Master, these guys want to get the Immortal Prison Pagoda from you. They should be trying every means to capture you alive. Why would they want to send you flying and use the game rules to kill you? Could it be that they’ve given up on getting the pagoda?”
“Probably.”
Su Che nodded inwardly. “Trapped in the mysterious old man’s private domain, everyone’s life is at stake. We could die instantly. In such a situation, even I would give up on taking the treasure, because no matter how valuable it is, one must have a life to enjoy it. Right now, the importance of the Immortal Prison Pagoda in this person’s eyes must be less than that of a single Survival Order.”
“That makes sense!”

Lao He nodded in agreement in the Immortal Prison: “These guys are all at the Mahayana stage, on the verge of ascending to the Immortal Realm. Reaching such a level of cultivation is truly not easy. It would be a great tragedy and a huge irony if they lost their lives in the cultivation world without even seeing what the Immortal Realm is like. The master is right; if it were me, I would also choose the Survival Token.”
Su Che nodded in his heart and added, “However, this only represents his personal opinion. I guess that some people, represented by Princess Xueyu, still won’t give up on the Immortal Prison Pagoda.”
As the master and servant communicated mentally, they also kept an eye on the battle in the corridor. Su Che was looking for an opportunity to deal that guy a severe blow as revenge.
Yet, this person’s strength was indeed formidable. Despite being under siege, he still hadn’t revealed his true form and remained invisible.
Great Invisibility Technique?
No!
Definitely not. Su Che had often seen Fei Yun in the Immortal Prison use the Great Invisibility Technique, and it was definitely not like this.
The true Great Invisibility Technique leaves no trace at all—no faint shadow is visible.
“Either that, or these Mahayana-stage powerhouses shouldn’t be underestimated. Even if they can’t master the ultimate arts, the extraordinary skills they possess are still extremely powerful.”
Thinking of this, Su Che shouted at the man, “Your ambush has failed. Why are you still sticking around? Do you really want to die here?”
Of course, Su Che said this not out of kindness but because he was worried about the battle between the two giants in the hall. He didn’t want to complicate things further. It would be best to force this man to retreat temporarily so he could focus on that battle and find an opportunity to obtain the Survival Token first—that was the right approach.
“Tianyu, let’s not beat around the bush. Is there a Survival Token at the end of this corridor?”
The transparent man’s voice was extremely deep, clearly that of a man. From his calm and steady speech pace, it could be judged that the two beasts and four people surrounding him hadn’t put much pressure on him.
“That’s right! You guessed correctly!”
Su Che had no intention of hiding it. Even if he did, the other party wouldn’t believe him. So he simply said, “But this has nothing to do with you. This Survival Token belongs to me! If you don’t want to die, get lost!”
“Hahaha…”
The man laughed several times. “It’s been nearly ten thousand years since Patriarch Jimu last heard someone tell me to get lost. It’s quite novel at first hearing!”
“Patriarch Jimu?”

Upon learning his title, Su Che began to ponder which one of those fifty in the Mahayana stage he must be.