Far away, a burst of extremely bright firelight, like the sun, turned the night sky into day.
Then, a roaring sound followed, and the firelight spread rapidly, forming a mushroom cloud.
A strong wave of force spread in all directions, causing the two women in the air to almost lose their balance.
"What is this! Wasn't it said that those above the Golden Core Stage couldn't take action!"
Looking at the mushroom cloud, shock filled the eyes of the two women.
At this moment, Xu Feng, who was free-falling in the sky with a Golden Shield, was also stunned by the disturbance he caused.
"This power is too great!" Xu Feng watched the rising mushroom cloud.
Just at the moment of the explosion, the Golden Armored Spirit Turtle had placed three layers of Golden Shields around him.
Even so, after encountering the improved Qi Explosion Technique at close range, the three layers of shields were reduced to one, which might collapse at any moment.
While Xu Feng was appreciating his own work, he suddenly felt a pain in his chest, and a sweet taste in his mouth as a mouthful of fresh blood sprayed out.
"Damn it, I've got internal injuries!"
Just as he thought of using the Wind Escape Technique to return to Mine No. 38, a pain in his chest nearly made him lose consciousness.
So, enduring the tearing pain in his chest, Xu Feng barely managed to hold his body using the Big Wind Skill, slowly descending towards the ground.
"Next time, I need to put on four layers of shields. I also need to figure out a way to block this shock force."
As Xu Feng landed in the forest, he wiped the blood from his mouth and then took out a Protecting Veins Pill from his Storage Bag to treat his internal injuries.
Looking in the direction of Mine No. 38, Xu Feng felt that his junior brother Niu was already on his way to rescue him.
Thus, he quietly sat down and began to slowly heal himself.
At this time, the two women who saw the explosion, after exploring around the area to no avail, flew towards the direction of Mine No. 38.
After flying for a while, the two women saw a naive-looking young man riding the Qingfeng Gourd, frantically rushing towards them.
"Thank you, Junior Brother, for coming to the rescue, appreciate the effort."
"We have already been saved by an unknown senior, thank you, Junior Brother."
The two women gratefully looked at the young man coming on the gourd.
The anxious young man shouted loudly, quickly brushing past the two women and flying towards Xu Feng's direction.
"Brother Xu, you must be alright!"
"We agreed, remember, preserving life is the priority!" Niu Yibao's tone was somewhat frantic.
He just saw through the Qingfeng Gourd that Xu Feng, surrounded by a Golden Shield, bravely rushed towards the seven Xuanyin Sect disciples chasing the two women.
Then, due to the chaotic spiritual power in that area, the vision from Qingfeng Gourd also became blurred.
The last blurred sight he saw was a golden figure flying out from the explosion.
Thus, he couldn't care about guarding the mine any longer and directly rode the Qingfeng Gourd to rescue his dear brother Xu.
As for the two sisters who were rescued, they were not important in his eyes.
A green escape light streaked across the sky, quickly heading towards Xu Feng's location.
"Junior Brother Niu, I'm here..." Xu Feng sent his location through the Communication Magic Artifact.
Before long, a green escape light was seen flying towards him.
"Big Brother Xu, are you alright?" Niu Yibao asked excitedly upon seeing Xu Feng.
"I've suffered some internal injuries, it might take some time to recover." As Xu Feng spoke, he coughed up another mouthful of blood.
Now in this situation, Niu Yibao hurriedly took out a Jade Box from his Storage Bag, opening it up to give to Xu Feng.
Xu Feng quickly became excited and blocked the elixir.
During his alchemy period, he had familiarized himself with various common elixirs of the Immortal Realm.
The Spirit Heart Pill in front of him was a holy medicine for treating internal injuries, worth five High Grade Spirit Stones each.
"I've already taken an elixir; keep this Spirit Heart Pill for yourself!" Xu Feng said excitedly, knowing that such a precious pill was beyond his means.
Seeing Xu Feng's firm refusal, Niu Yibao reluctantly took it back.
"Then let Brother Xu take it next time he gets injured."
"Don't worry, brother, this elixir is precious outside, but every disciple in our family gets a ration for free."
Niu Yibao said, gently helping Xu Feng onto a Qingfeng Gourd, then riding the top of the Qingfeng Gourd towards Mine No. 38.
At that moment, the sun had just risen, casting a red glow on the clouds in the sky, which slowly began to spread to the earth.
In the sky, Niu Yibao controlled the Qingfeng Gourd, flying slowly.
"Brother Xu, was that one of your Immortal Spiritual Divine Powers?" Niu Yibao turned around, a curious look in his eyes.
"Sort of, I've only just figured it out recently," Xu Feng responded weakly.
"I saw it clearly; those seven turned into ashes within Brother Xu's Immortal Spiritual Divine Power, not even a hair left. It was too powerful!" Niu Yibao said excitedly, feeling honored to recognize such a brother.
"This divine skill is too harmful to the body; I cannot use it unless it's a critical moment," Xu Feng leaned on the Qingfeng Gourd, somewhat dozy, as the previous two Qi Explosions had drained a lot of his spirit.
"In the future, in such situations, I will make the first move and ensure we can get out safely, Brother."
Although there was a protective shield around the Qingfeng Gourd, the morning temperature was still somewhat chilly.
So, considerately, Niu Yibao used a Warm Technique to heat up the temperature inside the shield.
After flying for more than an hour, the Qingfeng Gourd slowly descended outside Mine No. 38.
By that time, two female disciples had already been waiting for a long while.
"Sisters, welcome to Mine No. 38, please follow me inside." After saying this, Niu Yibao used the Secret Seal to open the mine's array and led Xu Feng inside.
"Brother, did you rescue our sisters?" a gentle voice asked.
The slightly younger woman looked at the injured Xu Feng.
"Yes, to save you, Brother Xu almost sacrificed his life."
Xu Feng hadn't spoken yet when Niu Yibao started explaining.
"We, Xiaorou, thank our brother for saving our lives."
The two women solemnly bowed to Xu Feng.
"It's nothing. We're all Outer Disciples; it's right to help each other," Xu Feng waved his hand nonchalantly.
After being helped back to his room, Xu Feng lay down on the bed and fell into a deep sleep.
At that moment, a little Golden Armored Spirit Turtle crawled to the pillow and nuzzled Xu Feng's cheek.
The little Golden Armored Spirit Turtle let out a disappointed sound, regretting not giving his master a few more layers of shield.
Xu Feng slept for three days before slowly waking up.
He got up, washed up in his room, and walked out the door.
"Brother Xu, you're awake. How are you feeling?" Niu Yibao, who was patrolling outside the array, hurried back.
"I've completely recovered. Thank you for your concern, Brother Niu."
"By the way, how are the two sisters doing?" Xu Feng asked. He hadn't thought much about it when he was injured, but now he remembered that the two sisters were quite pleasant to the eye.
"The two sisters have joined our mine's patrol team. Before leaving, they left this for Brother Xu."
A Jade Talisman appeared before Xu Feng's eyes.