Within the pine forest, two figures flashed rapidly, racing away from Black Pine Town.
The gale tugged their clothes and hair backward.
Wei He had originally planned to break free, but seeing Yao Wan covered in blood, he worried that struggling would worsen her injuries.
"Don't be afraid. With me here, I'll definitely bring you back safely!" Yao Wan said fiercely, though blood had begun to slowly seep from her nostrils and eyes.
"Senior Sister Yao..." Wei He was slightly moved and was about to say something.
Whoosh!
A piercing shriek suddenly exploded directly ahead.
The ground before them burst apart with a roar, spraying shattered stone and dirt everywhere.
A tall figure shot up from the soil and rubble, striking at the two of them from below.
Like those people from before, this person used the same move and stance, yet the force she brought was utterly different.
Ten points of faint light lit up at the tips of her fingers, carrying a sharp sense of threat.
Yao Wan abruptly halted and twisted upward in midair.
With Wei He in tow, she seemed to turn a straight line into a curve in an instant. Their full-speed flight suddenly bent upward as they leaped into the air.
That change of direction narrowly avoided the Three Phases Bodhisattva's pursuit.
But dodging one move meant nothing.
The Three Phases Bodhisattva pressed her advantage without mercy. She sprang from a tree branch and continued upward, leveling with the two of them.
Her palms chopped down in a chain, so swiftly that in the eyes of ordinary True Persons, her moves were almost phantoms.
She understood deeply that one never wasted words in a fight to the death. Once she made a move, she went all out.
There had already been a gap in