However, the group did not retreat immediately.
Instead, they continued battling the ape demon horde outside, which had formed one formidable Third Rank attack array formation after another, for a full hundred breaths.
Originally, the three array formations Bei Shan Zhenren had set up could only have held for several dozen breaths.
But with Ling Pengyun and the others drawing the attacks of those demon apes outside, the pressure on the three defense array formations Bei Shan Zhenren had laid down was greatly reduced.
Only then had those three defense array formations managed to hold until now.
After several dozen more breaths, an enormous fireball suddenly rose beyond Cloud Touching Forest, home to the Cloud Touching Ape Demon Race. Like a dazzling firework, it blossomed brilliantly across the world.
At the sight, the gravity on Ling Pengyun's face lessened somewhat, replaced by a trace of delight.
Bei Shan Zhenren and the Dragon Abyss Flood Dragon King were the same.
Ling Pengyun then took out his Third Rank High Grade Lifebound Magic Treasure, the Azure Sea Heavy Yuan Treasure Shield. It raised an enormous defensive light barrier around Bei Shan Zhenren and the Dragon Abyss Flood Dragon King, and he called out to Bei Shan Zhenren.
"Flame Demon Fellow Daoist has succeeded."
"Fellow Daoist Bei Shan!"
"Fellow Daoist Dragon Abyss!"
"We can withdraw now!"
"I'll hold off the attacks of those demon kings around us for the moment. Dismiss those three defense array formations and leave directly."
The Dragon Abyss Flood Dragon King agreed. It immediately cast a spell, and its body shrank to around ten feet in size.
After Bei Shan Zhenren swiftly dismissed the three defense array formations he had set up, he immediately used the Vein-Seeking Escape Technique, pulling Ling Pengyun and the shrunken Dragon Abyss Flood Dragon