The Dao Palace Golden Core Realm cultivators coordinated flawlessly, and the battle formation of the Five Qi Capturing Art relaxed considerably in an instant.
Unfortunately, once they eased their strength, the black qi burrowed into the ground even faster.
"Wretch, you still want to run?" The Third Pavilion Lord's face darkened as he took out an Array Plate.
But the next moment, he glanced at Ridge Lord Qu—he had promised not to act on his own. "Boss Qu?"
"Let it go," Qu Jianlei said impassively, discreetly shaking the Jade Talisman in his hand.
He did not want to rashly alert certain entities—even if they might already have been alerted.
In any case, the Jade Talisman in his hand had recorded the aura of that Golden Core Realm Heavenly Demon and could provide quite a bit of information.
"Lucky bastard!" The Third Pavilion Lord snorted and put away his Array Plate.
But immediately afterward, he froze slightly. Why did he feel that something was off? Things had gone in the direction Ridge Lord Qu had planned, so would the situation continue escalating?
Once a Heavenly Demon activated earth escape, its pace accelerated from slow to fast at an astonishing rate. Within a few breaths, it had vanished without a trace.
The crowd looked at one another. Qu Jianlei lowered his eyelids slightly, while Transformation Master Wen Yu looked around from side to side.
Time seemed to have frozen at that moment. For a long while, no one reacted.
After quite some time, a Golden Core Realm cultivator cautiously asked, "Transformation Master, should we...?"
"Wait." Wen Yu calmly uttered those two words and said nothing further, displaying all the bearing of a Transformation Master.
But after some time had passed, he spoke again with a hint of humility. "Boss Qu, is this