The three powerhouses went out, and everyone continued to wait inside, feeling uneasy. This wait lasted for four months.
There was no news during these four months. No barbarians came. Hermit Cold Mountain did not come back. Everyone believed that he would not come back.
They were confused. They felt they had lost their leader. There were some warriors at the peak of the fifth tribulation here, but they were not useful here. If they could use divine energy, then they would be useful. Here, there was no difference between the peak of the fifth tribulation and the peak of the fourth tribulation in the outside world.
No one was in the mood to go out. They wanted to stay here quietly for a while, waiting for a slim chance.
Maybe, one day, Hermit Cold Mountain would come back.
Maybe the three powerful warriors that went out would bring back some news.
More importantly, what could they do when they went out?
What else could they do other than to court death?
Not even Hermit Cold Mountain could come back. If they dared to go out, they would be doomed.
Lu Li had been cultivating for a long time, but he did not make much progress. Apart from the improvement of divine energy and soul, his physical body was improved as well.
The fact that he had consumed so many elixirs made more people think that he was a demon. Otherwise, how could a warrior at the initial stage of the fourth tribulation have so many elixirs?
Lu Li was not worried. He could cultivate here for a few years. He believed that Hermit Cold Mountain would not die so easily. Therefore, Lu Li wanted to wait.
Another two months passed. Outside, Lu Li sensed some ripples. He was alarmed.
Blood Fairy sent a message as well, "Master, one of the three that went out has come back."
"Let him in!"
Lu Li ordered at once. At the same time, he opened his eyes and stood up.
Lu Li had been cultivating in a low-key manner. His unusual behavior had caught many people's attention.
Soon, there was a glare as a man dashed in.
"Eh …"
Countless people were alarmed. They looked over, and when they saw the person who had rushed in, they were instantly delighted.
Old Liu and the others flew up and shouted, "Old Cheng, you're finally back!"
Many people stood up, delighted. Finally, one of the three that went out had come back. Even though it was only one, it was good news.
That being said, many people had a bad feeling when they saw the look on Cheng's face. He looked awful.
"Let's talk inside. It's a long story!"
Old Cheng sighed slightly and walked in with the others. After taking a seat, Old Cheng's first words made everyone's heart sink. "The scholar has passed away. I saw with my own eyes his body being hung above an earthen city.
Not only him, but also Lord Xiang Xiong's body … "
Boom!
Many people's faces turned pale. Lord Xiang Xiong was a famous expert, and the strongest expert in Ivory City. Yet, he was hung on the city wall. What did that mean?
This meant that there were terrifying experts among the Savages. The Savages also knew that these two were supreme experts of the Human Race, and they had purposely hung them on the city walls to lower the morale of the Human Race.
Now that the two lords were dead, how could they survive?
Old Cheng continued to narrate what he had seen and heard. The three of them had been chased by the barbarians and had been fleeing for their lives. The barbarians had also sent out some experts. If it wasn't for Old Cheng having some tricks up his sleeves, he might not have been able to return.
The other two were killed by the barbarians on the way.
Along the way, Old Cheng saw many corpses. The two to three hundred thousand people who had entered were basically all dead. At most, there were less than ten thousand people left.
The remaining people might have hidden themselves, and there was no way they could fight the barbarians head-on.
According to Old Cheng, there were a lot of barbarians here. A conservative estimate was that there were two to three million of them, and they were divided into several big tribes.
Although they were very backward, they were very intelligent. It was obvious that they were united against outsiders, and they would kill any human who came from the Human Race without mercy.
After running for so long, Old Cheng still hadn't found the exit. Perhaps there was no exit at all!
After Old Cheng finished speaking, he took out his spatial divine item and went in to rest. During this period of time, he was both mentally and physically exhausted. He didn't even have time to rest; he had been running all the time.
After Old Cheng went in, everyone fell silent. They all felt the shadow of death looming over them, and they all felt a little suffocated.
The few female cultivators trembled slightly, and their eyes were filled with fear. Women were always relatively weaker. They were very afraid, and they felt like they could die at any time.
Everyone didn't know what to do. If they went out, they would die. Were they going to stay here forever?
What was the point of staying here?
So what if they broke through to the Lord Realm?
Hermit Cold Mountain and Lord Xiang Xiong were dead, weren't they?
What was more, they didn't know where the exit was. If they knew where it was, they could take the risk and fight their way out. There was hope that they could make it out alive.
Panic was spreading in the valley. At this moment, even Lu Li was lost. He didn't know what to do.
People were talking about it in the valley, like a market. Everyone was talking at once, but nobody could come up with a good solution.
Two days later, some people couldn't stand the atmosphere anymore. Several warriors of the Fifth Tribulation had a discussion and decided to go out and find the exit. They were ready to risk it all. They would go crazy sooner or later if they stayed here.
"Let's go out as well!"
Another day later, hundreds of warriors went out together. The atmosphere here was too depressing. Many people were afraid that they would go crazy in here. They might as well go out and fight. Maybe they could find the exit.
They agreed to leave a jade talisman behind. When they found the exit, they would crush the jade talisman and leave marks along the way so that others could find the exit.
Five days later, another four to five hundred warriors left in batches. Some left in batches, with dozens at a time, and some hundreds at a time.
Everyone knew that the more people there were, the easier it would be for something to go wrong. It would be safer to go in small groups.
Of course …
There was no such thing as safety in this world. They could run into barbarians at any place. It all depended on who could survive longer.
Lu Li didn't go out. He was not anxious and he needed time to cultivate as well.
After a few days, almost all the warriors that dared to go out had left. There were only about 1000 left in the valley. The rest had all left. Clearly, the 1000 warriors were afraid to go out.
More than half of the Fifth Tribulation warriors had gone out. There were less than 30 left. Liu and Cheng were still here.
Many didn't go out mainly because of these two. They should be the most powerful ones here.
Cheng woke up but he didn't go out. Instead, he stayed with Liu to discuss the situation.
In the end, they decided to wait for half a year or a year so that the barbarians wouldn't pay so much attention to them. If those who went out did not bring back any news, then they would take action.
"Three years!"
Lu Li set a goal for himself. If nothing unexpected happened, he would cultivate in the valley for three years to see if he could make any progress on Divine Chains of Order.