The others, seeing Su Xi alive and approaching, immediately changed their formation.
The Five Devils Corpse Controlling Array, besides being used for attack, was also an excellent defensive formation. For Su Xi alone to break their defense was a pipe dream.
However, they soon realized how naive their thoughts were.
For their proud formation had not stopped Su Xi at all, not even creating a ripple. Under their disbelieving gazes, Su Xi's fire-poking stick thrust forward again.
Being trapped within the formation, they could not move freely and could only watch as the fire-poking stick landed on one of them.
"Ah!"
A scream echoed as the black-clothed man closest to Su Xi was once again sucked dry, becoming a dried husk.
"Who exactly are you?" The remaining black-clothed men looked at Su Xi with a trace of fear.
This method of rapidly draining life force was more cruel than their demonic arts. Such strange techniques were not something these so-called righteous sects would possess.
Hearing the black-clothed man's question, Su Xi smiled thinly and said coldly, "I don't like talking to the dead, nor do I like wasting time."
With that, the fire-poking stick in her hand moved again.
The two remaining demonic cultivators, watching Su Xi approach them, trembled uncontrollably.
They regretted deeply why they had come to deal with a monster like Su Xi. If they had gone to deal with other disciples from the Five Great Immortal Mountains, there would not have been so many complications.
Su Xi never showed mercy to her enemies and gave them no chance to breathe, swiftly eliminating the rest.
With the Five Devils Corpse Controlling Array no longer under control, it could no longer restrain Wu Yufeng.
His demonic power surged forth, and a fierce sword array instantly destroyed the formation that had trapped him.
"Are you alright? Where did those people go?" Wu Yufeng, holding his sword, walked to Su Xi, his eyes warily scanning for any sign of the demonic cultivators.
At that moment, he had almost thought he would perish.
Although he was not far from Su Xi, being trapped in the formation, he could not see the situation outside and had no idea that Su Xi had been on a killing spree.
Su Xi did not want to explain too much and brushed it off, "Those people probably knew they couldn't defeat us, so they fled. However, even though they've left, we still have a problem to solve."
"Another problem?" Hearing Su Xi's words, Wu Yufeng once again cautiously surveyed their surroundings, suspecting another ambush.
But after carefully sensing multiple times, he detected no danger. For a moment, he suspected his senses were playing tricks on him.
Su Xi smiled at Wu Yufeng and explained, "It's not an ambush, but rather how we're going to get out of this place. Although we've avoided this trap, we won't be so lucky next time."
Now that the demonic cultivators had infiltrated the trials of the Five Great Sects, the trials had turned into a slaughterhouse. The demonic cultivators had gone to such lengths to get in, they wouldn't just be ambushing them; they must have ulterior motives.
Therefore, to survive, they had to leave this place quickly.
Wu Yufeng nodded thoughtfully at Su Xi's words, "Just now, I suddenly thought of a solution."
"Hmm?" Su Xi looked at Wu Yufeng, not knowing what he was about to say.
Seeing Su Xi's puzzled gaze, Wu Yufeng explained, "Although the current forest is strange, it is arranged according to the principles of the Five Elements and the Eight Trigrams. As long as we find the direction of the life gate, we can leave quickly."
Su Xi listened and nodded thoughtfully.
This was indeed a method.
Wu Yufeng was about to ask Su Xi if she could locate the formation's position when he suddenly saw her take out a talisman, and he asked curiously, "What are you doing?"
"One force overcomes ten." Su Xi smiled and explained, "I'll burn this place down, and then we'll know where the life gate is."
Fire borrows the power of the wind, and the wind will only blow from the direction of the life gate. Then, by following the direction the wind blows, they could easily find the location of the life gate.
Although she had other ways to find a way out, this method was undoubtedly the most convenient.
Hearing Su Xi's words, Wu Yufeng nodded seriously, his face filled with approval, "This is indeed a good idea."
With Wu Yufeng's support, Su Xi immediately activated the talismans and threw them towards the trees in front of them.
The flames met the trees and quickly ignited.
The sky-high flames illuminated the entire forest and, with the help of the wind, began to spread outwards.
Su Xi looked at the flames with a trace of confusion in her eyes.
The flames should have spread in one direction, but the current spread was too fast. In just the time it took to brew a cup of tea, it had already spread for dozens of miles.
Despite her confusion, Su Xi still followed the direction of the flames. No matter what happened, she had to get out of here quickly.
As Su Xi and Wu Yufeng walked forward, they did not notice that behind them, a colossal being was also quietly following. The flames near it all automatically parted.
The fire directly burned a huge passage through the forest, forming a path to leave.
Following this path, Su Xi and the two soon emerged from the strange forest.
Looking back at the pitch-black area behind them, Su Xi couldn't help but shake her head.
Although the scene behind them was disastrous, they had managed to get out. If they had stayed there any longer, who knew what dangers they would have encountered.
Having left the forest, they were greeted by a world of snow, with large snowflakes drifting down from the sky. In the distance, through the swirling snow, a towering ice mountain, faintly visible, pierced the heavens.
Su Xi reached out and caught a snowflake that landed on her palm, watching it slowly melt into a droplet of water.
Feeling the cold sensation on her fingertips, Su Xi's expression turned grim.
If it wasn't an illusion, then it was all real.
Could the trial in this stage require them to pass through here?
They were merely at the edge of the ice and snow, yet they could already feel the deep chill emanating from within. Such a cold place, even with their cultivation, passing through safely would undoubtedly be arduous.
Wu Yufeng also looked at the vast expanse of ice and snow with a grim expression.
He was afraid of the cold.
Just then, the sound of air exploding came from behind them, as if something was approaching at extreme speed.
Su Xi and Wu Yufeng exchanged a look, sensing danger, and quickly dodged to the side.
"Boom!"
Two ice cones landed in the snow where they had been standing, leveling a small mountain peak nearby.
Witnessing this, Su Xi and Wu Yufeng's eyes sharpened, and they quickly looked behind them, wanting to know what was attacking them.
But when they turned around, they saw a spider, at least seven or eight meters tall.
The spider was pure white, as if carved from jade. Its pair of blood-red eyes emitted a bloodthirsty glow. The dense demonic aura it exuded involuntarily sent a tremor of fear through their hearts.
"Swoosh"
The spider did not want to give Su Xi and Wu Yufeng a chance to breathe, and it continuously spat out white silk, wrapping towards them.
The silk was incredibly dense. Although it appeared delicate, it emitted a metallic sheen, leaving no doubt about its sharpness.
Su Xi was certain that if she were hit by this silk, she would be decapitated.
Furthermore, looking at the spider before her, Su Xi felt a sense of familiarity, as if she had seen it somewhere before.