Chapter 3: Discovered

Chapter 3: Discovered
After a dizzy spell, Xuehai emerged from the tunnel and landed firmly on the ground. On the other hand, Xuanying and the others had not yet recovered from the previous ordeal, with their hands on the ground and a bitter expression on their faces.
"Xuehai, someone is here again," a gentle voice sounded behind Xuehai.
Upon hearing these words, Xuehai immediately smiled and turned around with a slightly stiff body, gently saying, "Yes, Xuanjie, I bumped into them on the way back, so I brought them along."
The woman who arrived was followed by several people wearing the same red clothes as Xuehai. The woman helped Xuan Ying up on her own, and the people behind her proceeded to help up the people around her, one by one. Slowly, they moved forward together.
After handing Xuan Ying over to another person, the woman immediately turned around and grabbed Snow Ocean's left shoulder, her tone slightly angry as she said, "Why did you bring more people back? Don't you know that we're running out of supplies here?"
Xuehai forced a smile and said, "Don't you want to save them?"
The woman closed her eyes tightly and said helplessly, "I also want to help them, but now one person's meal needs to be divided among ten people, and there must be five people starving in order to keep things running."
Xuehai let out a breath, grasping the woman's right hand with both hands and looking into her eyes. He slowly said, "I know you are also facing difficulties. The academy has entrusted you with a heavy burden, and I am powerless in this regard. But now, with one more person, there is one more strength, especially since their cultivation has already reached the pinnacle of the Human Spirit Realm, and they will soon be able to reach the Human Saint Realm." Xuehai took a deep breath and held onto the woman's right hand. He looked into her eyes and spoke slowly, "I understand that you also have your own difficulties. The academy has entrusted you with a great responsibility, while I am powerless in this matter. But now, having one more person means having an additional strength, especially considering that their cultivation has already reached the peak of the Human Spirit Realm and they will soon be able to reach the Human Saint Realm."
"Stop talking," the woman interrupted coldly. She looked up at the soil above her head, slowly lowered her head, and at the same time, shook off the hands of the snowy ocean and turned away.
Xuehai stood in place, watching her silhouette fade away, a chill rolling through her heart, involuntarily sinking into deep thought.
"Brother Xue"
a rather handsome man shouted as he ran towards her. (Translated content)
The sound interrupted Xuehai's thoughts and she turned towards the man, saying, "Gong Xuan, what happened?"
Gong Xuan took a deep breath and said seriously, "You made my sister angry again, I really don't know how she fell in love with you."
Xuehai didn't know what to say for a moment upon hearing this, and then suddenly said, "I went out to investigate, those bastards have sealed everything off very tightly, there's absolutely no loophole for us."
Gong Xuan nodded and calmly said, "I will report this to our mentor."
In the moment he turned around, he glanced at Xue Hai, warningly saying, "Xue Hai, if you dare to anger my sister again, next time I will fight you with all my might," and then quickly ran away.
Snow Sea had just taken a few steps when he looked around alertly and muttered, "How could there be demonic energy?" He slowly lifted his head, and a golden mark appeared on his forehead. A spiritual power spread from his body, slowly condensing into a creature that had four legs and two small horns on its head, resembling a dragon. Snow Sea tapped it and murmured something in its ear. It nodded and quickly ran away.
As for Xue Hai, his figure has also become somewhat illusory at this moment, and a powerful spiritual force is emanating from his body. He opens his arms, and his perception of his body has also multiplied several times at this moment. His eyes suddenly gaze upward, and he clearly feels the presence of several peculiar breaths, approaching their location.
"Not good," he silently exclaimed in his heart.
A long sword appeared in the hands of Xuehai, accompanied by the infusion of spiritual power. The sword flew out like a cannonball, and in an instant, it directly severed the first surge of Qi penetrating into the tunnel.
Snow Hai took a step forward and his body flew straight out. However, a similar figure appeared behind him at the same time, flying out with him. One of the figures asked, "What happened?" Translated sentence: "
Xuehai said, "When we came back, we must have exposed our whereabouts, and they came down."
"Damn it," another figure cursed, "I haven't had a quiet day, and they're causing trouble."
"Not good, there's more foreign presence approaching," exclaimed Snow Sea.
At the same time, a figure's twin blades ignited with crimson flames, slashing straight ahead. In an instant, black blood exploded onto them. Translated content:
Damn! They've already come in.
Xuehai looked at the man next to her whose arms were covered in tattoos. The man immediately said, "They're retreating over there. They need us to counterattack their main forces, buying them some time to go through another tunnel."
However, at this moment, a pair of withered hands silently appeared above him, directly grabbing his chin and pulling him upwards. The snowy sea leaped up, and another hand shot out a short sword from its sleeve, instantly severing the withered hand. The man fell directly onto the ground.
Suddenly, a terrifying scene appeared before them. They saw skeletons crawling out from all sides of the tunnel, with their eye sockets emitting blue flames. Step by step, they approached them... Please note that the translation may not include the exact word count and formatting as the original text.
(This chapter is complete)