Putting aside the matter of the incubus for now, Su Chen first sorted out the current situation.
First, Soul Grandmaster Xue Bin had been captured by Kuitao.
In order to save Liu An, Hua Qian had disappeared without a trace. He should've been captured by Nightmare as well.
A portion of the Ascetic Practice Sect's disciples had gone missing, while the rest had been knocked unconscious by Meng Die.
Meng Die hadn't been too heavy-handed. She'd only knocked them out for half a month.
Master Cullen's injuries were severe and needed immediate treatment.
With Meng Die and the three Sky Pillar Realm powerhouses from Grand Desert to deal with Nightmare, there shouldn't be much of a problem for now. Even if Su Chen and the others rushed over, they wouldn't be of any help. They might even drag them down.
The most important thing now was to treat Cullen.
Under Cai Jing's lead, Su Chen met Cullen under a dilapidated wall.
Su Chen immediately sent a divine glyph into Cullen's body to check his injuries.
His external injuries were severe. Several of his meridians were broken, but the more serious injury was to his soul. His three souls and six spirits were scattered. If he couldn't quickly gather them back together, there was a chance his soul would scatter.
Su Chen didn't know how to treat him. He could only use the divine glyph to sew Cullen's soul back together to prevent it from scattering further.
"Holy Son, I remember now. The ginseng we obtained in the pyramid of the Spirit King's tomb seemed to be the 'Soul Steadying Ginseng'. It can be used to stabilize and protect the soul. It's a panacea specifically used to heal soul injuries. Perhaps it can help Master Cullen's injuries."
"We can try."
Su Chen made a prompt decision and took out the holy medicine ginseng.
Although panacea was precious, it was used to save lives. If it wasn't used, it would be useless.
However, Su Chen suddenly froze.
He knew how to refine medicine, but panacea … with his strength, he couldn't refine it.
"Does anyone know how to use this Soul Steadying Ginseng?"
"Haha, at this critical moment, you still have to rely on me."
Wu Cong had already recovered from the pain of Thorny Bull's death. He walked over to Su Chen and took the Soul Steadying Ginseng.
Cai Jing was about to fly into a rage when he was stopped by Su Chen.
Wu Cong's expression hardened as he infused his soul power into the Soul Steadying Ginseng. At the same time, he activated his soul fire to heat up the Soul Steadying Ginseng and began to refine it.
The Soul Stabilizing Ginseng shrank at a speed visible to the naked eye. After about ten minutes, it had shrunk to the size of a thumb. Then, Wu Cong directly stuffed it into Cullen's forehead and pressed it into his sea of consciousness.
After doing all this, Cong Wu sat on the ground as if he was exhausted, gasping for breath.
"My Brother Cong is the real professional when it comes to refining medicine. All of you trash have to step aside."
Su Chen just had a good impression of Wu Cong, but on second thought, he wanted to slap him in the face with the heel of his shoe.
Why was this guy so weird?
Soon, the Soul Calming Ginseng began to take effect. Cullen's soul gradually healed and stabilized.
Although he hadn't woken up yet, at least his life was no longer in danger.
"Thank you," Su Chen said to Wu Cong.
The most important thing in life was to have a clear mind. No matter what Wu Cong had done before, he had never had a direct conflict with Su Chen. From what happened just now, Su Chen could see that Wu Cong wasn't a bad person. He was just too competitive and liked to show off. But even so, Su Chen still had to express his gratitude. Otherwise, if something happened to Cullen, Su Chen wouldn't know how to explain it to Sister Lulu when he went back.
Wu Cong suddenly sat up straight and looked at Su Chen warily. "Don't think that just because you are the Chosen One, I will follow your lead. I am the most suitable candidate for the position of Chosen One!"
This guy was really obsessed with the position of Chosen One.
Su Chen said seriously, "Then let's talk about our abilities. If you can reach the Saint Realm before me, I will give you the position of Chosen One."
Wu Cong's eyes suddenly lit up.
He was already half a step into the Heaven Ascension Realm, while Su Chen had just broken through the Inextinguishable Doom. It was obvious that he would break through the Heaven Ascension Realm first!
"It's a deal. If I break through first, the position of Chosen One will belong to me. If you break through before me, I, Wu Cong, will recognize you as my big brother for the rest of my life. From then on, I will follow your lead and listen to your every word!"
Well, Su Chen didn't think so much, but since Wu Cong had spoken, Su Chen certainly wouldn't refuse.
"By the way."
Su Chen asked, "Are you sure you didn't deal with Liu An?"
Wu Cong suddenly rolled his eyes. "Why would I deal with him? I don't know him well."
"Then why didn't he call anyone else's name when he was in danger, but you?"
"How would I know? Maybe that guy regarded me as an imaginary enemy on the path of cultivation. My brother Cong is so powerful …"
Now everyone couldn't help but roll their eyes.
"Wait."
Wu Cong suddenly thought of something and said, "When we were exploring around the oasis, I encountered a mirage. At that time, fog appeared on the hill in front of me, and there seemed to be my projection vaguely. At that time, I immediately rushed to sense it, but I didn't find anything unusual, so I didn't take it seriously. Could it be that something saw that I was extraordinarily handsome and deliberately stole my appearance and disguised as me?"
Although he wanted to complain, this information was quite important.
"Where is it?"
"Not far. I'll take you there."
Leaving two soul masters to take care of Cullen, Su Chen and the others followed Wu Cong to the nearby desert and found the sand dune he mentioned.
The sand dune was very ordinary, and there didn't seem to be any special place around it, but all this was just the appearance.
When Su Chen approached, he discovered that the luck here had begun to plummet. Private misfortune had enveloped him.
Su Chen stopped everyone.
"Don't go any closer. There is danger ahead."
"What danger?" Wu Cong was confused. There weren't any soul aura fluctuations here, so how could there be danger?
But seeing that Fang Ru had stopped, Wu Cong couldn't charge forward alone.
Wu Cong was still very respectful to Fang Ru.
Su Chen didn't waste any words and directly threw a fireball at the sand dune.
The raging flames burned the sand dune into a large piece of glass crystals.
Suddenly, the sand dune began to shake, and a bright red tongue drilled out of the ground and swept toward Su Chen and the others.
What a long tongue!
Just as everyone was shocked, Su Chen and Fang Ru moved at the same time.
Su Chen took out the Heaven-Destroying Sword and slashed out with flames wrapped around it.
Fang Ru also took out the Death Scripture. Pages of scripture floated out and formed a shield in front of everyone.
One attack and one defense complemented each other, but the attack power of that tongue was beyond imagination and extremely fast. Su Chen's Heaven-Destroying Sword didn't hit at all, and Fang Ru's Death Scripture couldn't block it at all. It was scattered in an instant. That tongue swept over with unstoppable force.
"Demonic beast!
It's a Heaven Ascension demonic beast! "
Wu Cong couldn't help but exclaim.
Su Chen had guessed this possibility the moment he came into contact with it. He immediately judged that they couldn't meet it head-on.
In a flash, Su Chen carried Su Xiaoyao and retreated. At the same time, Fang Ru led Wu Cong and the others to the other side.
The two cooperated very well, and their thoughts were very similar. When encountering such a powerful demonic beast, the wisest choice was to split up and escape.