To say they slipped away was a little too much; from the start, they had never placed all their hopes on the Styx Poison.
Within this mountain valley, a formation had long since been laid.
At this moment, they were merely hiding inside it!
Yet the Spirit Division Stage old monsters had run, while the cultivators, Su Ru included, had all been abandoned here.
From the very beginning, they had been nothing more than bait. The moment the need arose, they could be discarded at any time.
As for their initial promises and credibility?
Perhaps they would keep them among those of the same rank.
But a mere handful of low-level disciples—what right did they have to bargain with them?
Just as Lin Xuan had said, from the very start, this matter had been nothing more than a dream of flowers in a mirror and moon on the water. It was only that Su Ru had been too fixated on advancing and on power, until in the end, she deceived even herself.
Foolish was the only word for it.
Or rather, once a person sank into obsession, they could very well do brainless, stupid things.
Yet when all was said and done, Su Ru was not an idiot. Seeing her newly acknowledged master fall, and the other Spirit Division Stage old monsters all run off as well, her face could not help but turn white with a swish, ugly to an indescribable forbidden ground.
"No... impossible. Weren't you struck by the Styx Poison? How can you still have such terrifying battle strength?"
Su Ru's shrill scream entered his ears, filled with hysteria. Though with her cultivation, she could not comprehend the Spirit Division realm, her master had been the head of a sect, an existence at the great accomplishment of